RHS Hampton Court: 11 'Real Garden' Trends You Need to Know

The trends for your garden from RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - the ones that work in real life gardens.
00:00 The RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival: www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events
00:34 Raised beds - now design led
01:01 Patchwork hard landscaping
01:48 The small garden becomes a large courtyard
02:32 Recycling and upcycling
03:21 Formal wildlife gardens with clover in the lawn
04:42 Add colour with fences, furniture and other items
05:21 Divide up space with a dead hedge
05:54 Wood, logs and planks as vertical interest and ornaments
06:20 Foliage is more important than flowers
06:50 Ornamental veg, edimentals and mixing food with flowers
07:26 Your guttering is part of your garden!
08:16 More ideas for your garden from BBC Gardeners World Live: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4qXe2Wwh9KFhZY
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[@Shravanidakeens1178]

Yes. This, exactly.

[@user-ys9sz5ie6c]

Alexandra does amazing work . Really inspires and gives realistic advice. She's really focused on removing clutter and giving viewers what they want.

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[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

The RHS Hampton Court garden festival is on my bucket list to see one day but until then thank you for taking us along and sharing the practical aspects.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

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[@minworks1626]

Thank you for taking us with you on your visit to the Show. Regards J

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

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[@quailhollow7955]

You really are so talented at breaking these show gardens down for us. I have referred over and over again to many of these over the years. Thank you very much for all of your hard work on these. ❤

[@samotanso6422]

Your video so inspiring to me. I learn alot from them. Thanks

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[@GDSavingThePast]

Inspirational garden ideas

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[@sadasivan6159]

Great ideas. Thank you for the video.

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[@LouciferFlump]

Loved all these gardens, they really all looked fab! And I love the trend for upcycling, it makes your garden so unique, which I think is everything if you want to really feel like your garden is part of *you* Gravel is a much underrated medium, so relatively cheap, easy maintenance and very obliging! I’ve a small area of gravel for parking and turning my car on. It’s such a small area, it’s quite hard to turn the car successfully coz I don’t want to give over any more of my planting areas for a car! 😆

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I agree, upcycling really does give a sense of character.

[@nikkinoo47]

My newest obsession this year is Cosican Mint!!! Also a camomile lawn!! ❤

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I got some Corsican mint - it was lovely but didn't survive a very wet winter. Good luck with yours, it is really nice.

[@naomiweaver1855]

I’m really glad to see a way of catching rainwater that is beautiful - something other than those hideous plastic rain barrels. I fully plan on adopting that new method. Thank you so much for spotlighting it!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

They are absolutely stunning!

[@muminakowalski8799]

Always cutting edge ideas! Thank YOU and Good bye!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@melissaj4626]

What a great video, thank you! I liked the clover lawn a lot

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MyFocusVaries]

If you're considering putting one in, do some research. Clover on its own isn't great. After a year, it will have gaps. It works best when mixed with grass or another ground cover.

[@melissaj4626]

@@MyFocusVaries great to know, thank you!

[@debs-more-plants]

Fabulous! Love these ideas. We are moving to a smaller place with a large deck that looks out at the water- and a 10 foot garden below. I am wondering if you see gardens that you look down on. The struggle is real! So love you channel! ❤❤❤

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you, and that's an interesting problem. Perhaps this video may help? kzbin.info/www/bejne/paTKo2x-l86Kaqs

[@debs-more-plants]

great video! Gorgeous gardens! I got a few more ideas! Thank you !!!

[@kathleenellison6869]

Oh so sorry to have missed this amazing event as I’ve just returned from London. I had the fortune of working with my daughter in her perennial beds. We spent a day planning and shopping at Petershem’s. A must do after visiting Hampton Court.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

That is a lovely nursery!

[@tanyastephens3187]

Another good video....thanks.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Thank you so much for showing us this beautiful show!🌿🪴🌿

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@teresatomkins8534]

This was wonderful. We are moving home from a large plot to a very small one. You adressed and confirmed the main issues I was wondering about. Garden size, use of various materials and drainage in town gardens. Loved the garden photos ( I want it all 😂) you do a great job, always ☺️

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@MyFocusVaries]

Thanks for showing us some highlights!

[@juliepardo7767]

Fabulous theme this year! Wouldn't dare try to fill up my eavestroughs with succulents, but it does look very charming. I've seen people hang pieces of eavestrough off the side of their garden sheds. One of my favourites was a shed that had 3 troughs full of strawberries and herbs. Smelled and looked fantastic. Thank you for the sharing, Alexandra.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you (and I'm not sure how the succulents in the gutters would work either, but they were fun!)

[@roovawal]

Great week rounded ideas. Thank you so much!

[@kenlani1]

You are my favorite! We live in the Pacific Northwest of America and because of availability, we do use a lot of wood and logs. Our landscaping is inspired by our forests and woods. You, however, nudged me to change up our black metal bench. I was going to spruce it up with another coat of black. After watching you this afternoon, I selected a can of leafy green.spray paint. I LOVE it.! So fun! Thank you! Love your videos.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you, that's lovely to hear!

[@geraldinefields1730]

Thank you.

[@catherineperry9513]

Terrific ideas as always, thanks so much Alexandra. 🙏

[@kevinjamesparr552]

You can have too much wild life in a garden . I love your take on change .Neatness is next to Godliness was my mothers view on life and i have to say her view i share .

[@francineh.7825]

Oh I really enjoyed this!!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I'm so glad!

[@JoannaLouise200]

Lovely video! My favourite garden was the Mediterranean...just so beautiful, fresh & inviting, and the raised container beds were inspirational. Then there was the garden with a scatterring of builders' rubble (concrete & brick chunks) that, to my mind, was pursuit of recycling to an unecessary extreme, and detracted from what was otherwise attractive planting.

[@margaretmichelsen766]

Thank you Alexandra, it was a very enjoyable tour. I loved Mediterraneo!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I thought that Mediterraneo was a very good garden, too.

[@barbkenas5663]

Great video with great ideas!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you like them!

[@Michael-Bennett]

You always provide a lot of inspiring and practical information in a concise fashion. It is much appreciated. Greetings from Toronto.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@lorimiller623]

I can affirm that plants will grow in rain gutters--they do here in central Indiana in abandoned and neglected houses. I wouldn't recommend it, though. The plants dam up the water and the whole thing gets so heavy that it pulls part of the gutter off the house, leaving the rain to fall around the foundation.

[@lulu6618]

I loved your video. Thank you

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

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[@Flower_hoarder]

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[@julieathome7793]

Can you please feature tiny gardens and how to make them look bigger? Mine is only 4 meters by 1.5 meters. Thank you!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

That is always a challenge, but there are a couple of videos that might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/paTKo2x-l86Kaqs and kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqXWoot7gsqima8 They both feature small spaces and also the principles they use apply to small spaces, I hope that helps.

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

Micro-clover is the way to go

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