Beautiful garden. As you said, you’d never know it’s long and narrow. And I oove the different rooms.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you- she is such a talented garden designer
@t7957r4 жыл бұрын
Alexandra, I wanted to say thank you for your videos. I live in Atlanta and love to garden in my yard and I look for videos that are educational. I find your vlog is one of the best. You show beautiful gardens, bring in lots of experts and provide inspiring ideas. Keep it up thanks for your hard work.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@jennienorcutt77675 жыл бұрын
A huge change from your last video of Poseys garden! She is an artist. Thank you for sharing it with us.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think the last one was over a year ago, and she constantly experiments. Thank you!
@neverlostforwords5 жыл бұрын
Lots of good ideas here (which I will happily call upon), so well illustrated in Posy's beautiful garden. I particularly like the flowers-as-glitter concept, and I believe this to be useful in not only a small narrow garden, but medium and large gardens. I find the effect of tiny flowers sprinkled through plants - and the overall garden - both subtle and enchanting, whereas large flowers can sometimes be distracting and overwhelming. The trees in this garden also play a critical role and are very cleverly positioned to provide structure and screening. Thanks for this most interesting video, Alexandra.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you - I do think Posy has a very unusual and clever eye for plants - I would never have thought of the 'glitter' concept.
@stuartanderson76714 жыл бұрын
A really interesting garden, and your descriptions of the planting excellent🇨🇦
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@chrislittebrant52355 жыл бұрын
Hello Alexandra, It must be inspiring to have a cup of tea sitting amongst the beautiful flowers in this garden. So beautiful. Thank you for sharing. 🥰👍🥰 Take care and God Bless, Chris-Raleigh NC
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@josanders14284 жыл бұрын
I love this just go slower .I love the description map of the whole yard . Please please make more of these.
@annfinster3 жыл бұрын
This is perfect for me! Thank you very much. I am moving soon to a home with a long expanse. I will be thinking about this.
@lanialost13204 жыл бұрын
I love your eloquent and well-spoken style of commentary/narrative as much as the information and gardens you share. Thank you, Alexandra! Also, Posy's garden layout would work perfectly for homes with 20'-wide side areas. Lots of houses in USA have this much room each side, and are often left very bleak.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, and that's an excellent suggestion
@patricianunez40255 жыл бұрын
I have a small garden...my whole front yard. Your video is very inspirational. Thank you!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you - sorry to be late replying to this!
@iartistdotme5 жыл бұрын
All those little rooms with windows to the other rooms are delightful. Great idea to break up the space and I adore the purple chairs and table in one of those rooms. Such a relaxing yet exciting space.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
It is lovely, I think
@Mrs.TJTaylor8 ай бұрын
Love that walkway.
@alisonburgess3455 жыл бұрын
Excellent video - lots of valuable info in this. Enjoyed this really well presented episode Alexandra. You’re really hitting your straps...
@meredith35885 жыл бұрын
Love that Hinoki False Cypress in one of her pots. They are a very beautiful tree, my favorite at the moment.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Yes, lovely, I agree.
@TheWarrenFamily5 жыл бұрын
What an enchanting garden! Beautiful!
@mellisugahelenae4 жыл бұрын
Best channel ever! 🌲🌳🌿💚💚💚
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@scottglasspool013 жыл бұрын
What a lovely garden!
@franconianable5 жыл бұрын
Your video has most useful tips for designing a small garden. A great starting point.
@itsmewende5 жыл бұрын
What a Beautiful garden, had you not mentioned the size I'd never guess it was that small. The meandering path practically disappears, Love that too, I think that helps make the garden look bigger as well. Thanks for sharing...and using the measure of feet.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you - and I keep meaning to translate feet into metres as well, but I often forget!
@itsmewende5 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden, just noticed you mentioned that this time. Honestly, if I'm going to immerse myself into so many gardeners in the UK I should learn the metric system.
@feeonaghchambers74034 жыл бұрын
Really beautiful. So glad I stumbled upon this channel; it is always informative, inspiring and delightful. Thank you Alexandra.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@zerogoldfish2015 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous design. I love every inch of her space. I know that wide short gardens are less common, but I’d love to learn about similar approaches for them: What makes you NOT feel like sitting right in front of their far border and helps them appear more spacious?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
I keep looking for a wide short garden to feature, but haven't found one to video yet. However, looking at the principles, I think they are similar - divide the space up into rooms and blur the boundaries. Transparent planting rather than big blocks of colour...I did once see a short garden with a huge tree bang in the middle of it, and although I don't think I'd ever recommend that, it did look great and certainly distracted the eye.
@julieibbotson61933 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden I would find this helpful too. My garden is short and wide and you can see the whole garden at once. We have an open aspect over fields, but in my attempt to get some height and structure I have ended up blocking some of the view! Thank you for all your videos, Alexandra, I planted a cotinus Grace last year, on your recommendation. I have been making lots of notes from your videos on hydrangeas, conifers and alternatives to buxus for topiary, and have found them very helpful.
@deborahcampbell24003 ай бұрын
My garden is hardly seen from the house … only two high up bedroom windows … and my single storey steading house is long and narrow with the garden running like a corridor alongside it - barely 12feet from house to fence, and 60ft long. No chance to blur the edges. I’ve settled on a formal courtyard using the shape like an enclosed internal garden, not trying to hide the boundaries. I don’t think anything else would work and still allow space for dining, shed, drying space for clothes etc.
@delphinenyirahabimanam.d.85105 жыл бұрын
Alexandra, I always enjoy your videos! Thank you so much for brightening my days!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@garytroman56575 жыл бұрын
Stunning garden..
@PrairiePlantgirl5 жыл бұрын
This is a great example of a well planted small garden. Great design tips.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@arielmcgillacuddy6640 Жыл бұрын
I would love to see more small cottage gardens.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын
One coming up soon!
@patriciarussell11773 жыл бұрын
I really love this one it has to be one of my top five videos
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@Wazupiseeyou5 жыл бұрын
Such great tips! I didn’t plant gypsophila this year, but still have seeds. Will definately add some glitter next year with covenant garden.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
It's a great idea, I think.
@jillwyzywany49804 жыл бұрын
Love the term “glitter “ I will be adding glitter to my garden too
@joyceaitchison59004 жыл бұрын
love your videos clearly explained, informative and inspiring.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them! Sorry this answer is so late!
@CatherinesGardenHomeLWS5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the garden tips. I like that "if it is your garden plant it differently. " I am glad that U found your channel. I will try some of your tips in my garden in the city.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@izabelaszydlowska39405 жыл бұрын
simply beautiful!
@cct2513 Жыл бұрын
I did like the small garden approach. I enjoyed that alot and got some ideas I would like to try. I'm in the US I dont think snapdragons get that tall. Amazing.
@lunanorth3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed your video, helpful advice and you have such a nice voice
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@misstwinkle31423 жыл бұрын
Oh my this is so helpful i will use these tips for my yard garden. I will use tall plants for my garden but its very shady because its lower down. Any sugges for flowers that grow happily in areas where there is less light?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
There are some shady garden tips in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6aZiYiDf8hpg6c and also in this blog post www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/a-shady-border-the-best-and-easiest-part-of-your-garden/ - I hope that helps.
@pinkpoodle71003 жыл бұрын
Another fabulous video. Thank you, Alexandra🌷👍
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@SMElder-od5cl3 жыл бұрын
I love small gardens!
@Smallsizedgarden3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful beautiful video!!!! I love her garden!!!
@sbic56864 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love your videos! 🥰 Thank you so much for all your hard work!! Can you please tell me the gardening zone that your videos are in?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much - we are more or less a 9 or maybe an 8A. It doesn't quite equate because our summers aren't as hot as Zone 9 summers in the US
@wayneenglish2658 Жыл бұрын
I Love Her Style
@misstwinkle31423 жыл бұрын
I have stairs in my garden which looked like an ugly feature at first but then i decorated it with mosaic mirrors from behind. I have now hung some ferns unders the stairs but i am looking for more ideas
@chrissforza64053 жыл бұрын
My garden lot is wide and short, following the lines of my house, a ranch-style, single storey. I would so much appreciate advice on designing a garden for this shape. Thank you for all the practical and beautiful inspiration!
@tomm40732 жыл бұрын
False perspective could work to make your lot look longer. The width is an asset for creating "hidden gardens" towards the sides. Just my 5 cents worth of input.
@jesshadfield62044 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@dyanalayng5507 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful advice & inspiration as usual. This year, I had one Giant Mullein volunteer in my south pollinator flower bed this year 💖, southern Ontario, 🇨🇦 and it adds so much to the yarrows and coneflowers etc.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын
I love Giant Mullein and it's volunteering in odd places around my garden too.
@dyanalayng5507 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea Mulleins had wonderful frills running vertically up their stalks until I took a closer look. Such a charming surprise. When we lived in the country, the goldfinches loved the mulleins for their seeds; the male goldfinches are like flying yellow flowers.
@AJsGreenThumbLLC4 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful and substantive video. Tried and true principles and fantastic ideas. Thanks for sharing!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@vivienrothwell95363 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video . So many great ideas. Thank you Alexandria xx
@normancoutts3 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see this garden. Very special.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@TheDonovanu3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@kunalkishore29382 жыл бұрын
Loving all your videos.... Just amazing ideas that are so full of life..
@TheMiddlesizedGarden2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@kunalkishore29382 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thankful to you for bringing out such a wonderful collection of garden ideas... mesmerizing videos
@angemac15194 жыл бұрын
Your videos are so refreshing! Packed with info & no long intro or waffle. This is a particularly beautiful garden with many ideas I could use for mine, but I particularly love the shell path. Could you suggest anywhere I could buy similar shells? Many thanks xxx
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Here in South east England I put 'cockle shell mulch' into Google to find companies that deliver. I don't think retail garden centres sell them, though.
@angemac15194 жыл бұрын
The Middle-Sized Garden that’s where I am. Many thanks
@Mrs.S-UK2 жыл бұрын
Love this garden
@mariemccoubrey74634 жыл бұрын
Lovely garden.
@connieebinger63434 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! Lots of helpful tips on color and size of plants and why you would do certain things. Thank you!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@carmenbailey15604 жыл бұрын
Beautiful garden, just the type I love, thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@veemcg36824 жыл бұрын
I've enjoyed this video as I have a small front garden that I need to design on a budget and find your suggestions very helpful. I also need to redesign the "wrap around" small back and medium sized side garden as I was able bodied but now have health issues including mobility issues. Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge ❤️ and please do make more videos as I really enjoy learning more about gardening and your voice is pleasant to listen to without any unnecessary background music. God bless and keep you safe, from Northern Ireland.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I find background music too complicated to organise!
@JustME-ft4di2 жыл бұрын
Would appreciate a post on very small square gardens.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden2 жыл бұрын
I'll keep an eye out for one. In the meantime, this post on garden design applies to square gardens too and may have some helpful tips: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqXWoot7gsqima8
@flowerpixel3 жыл бұрын
Great tips, I do a lot of these subconsciously. Sweet alyssum = glitter
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Excellent suggestion!
@GraftingTactick3 жыл бұрын
Your garden looks amazingly beautiful and very clever design 😍😍
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@nuruzzaman48933 жыл бұрын
Love everything about this garden. We're the four petal white flowers, hydrangea?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
No, Cornus 'Norman Haddon'
@CROPSCHOOL2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding!
@mfmarshall44784 жыл бұрын
Beautiful garden
@TheEnduringGardener5 жыл бұрын
Some great tips here Alexandra. I've just taken down my cardoon which was looking a bit tired. I wonder if you'll be coming to the Malvern Autumn show ? Would be good to meet you, I'll be there on Sunday.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
I don't think I'll make it as very snowed under but hope to meet you soon.
@lindas.martin2806 Жыл бұрын
Could you do a video for pet owners with small gardens? I rescue dogs and have six to ten at a time, none large, and love plants but do not know how to balance out dog and plant space. I live in southern Mexico in San Cristobal de las casas. I may rent a house with an ample small garden, at the back of which is a covered area for dog beds and a walkway to a narrow side garden. Any and all ideas welcome. Thank you.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын
That's an interesting thought, and well done for rescuing the dogs. Both our dogs have been rescues, and we have so appreciated them.
@nekovero934 жыл бұрын
Awesome advice and beautiful garden.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
So nice of you
@jossywhite30035 жыл бұрын
Have you been to New Zealand. You so remind me of someone we met. Love your KZbin channel
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you - and I haven't been to New Zealand although a great uncle emigrated there. Perhaps I have some very distant cousins! Sorry this is so late, I have just found a stream of comments that hadn't been visible before.
@mariedeyo73994 жыл бұрын
Hello and thank you for sharing all of the gardens. I am moving in to a new garden later this year and was wondering if you have some ideas on rased beds. Maybe a Video? There are some restrictions and space is limited. I want to do veg and flowers. And I need to incorperate my fruittrees and blackberies. There are 4 little fruittrees and a smal Acer . All in pots, the Patio is full , but the Birds live it. Thank you for all the Videos and hope you are well and stay safe. Lots of wellwishes from Münsterland in germany. 🌻
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I will certainly think about a raised beds video. If you get the opportunity to install an irrigation system, this is often a good idea with a raised bed as they drain well, so can need a little more water. Otherwise, you can plant them as you would plant ordinary beds, and make sure you add a layer of garden compost or well rotted manure every year to keep feeding them. I hope you enjoy the move.
@mariedeyo73994 жыл бұрын
Hello and thank you so much. I am looking forwort to a Video on raised beds. I use to have some, so it is not totaly new. Water will not be a problem. I use rainwater and there is a well in the garden. 💗🌻 It is always fun to see what others do in and with there gardens. Take care and see you here soon again. 🌻
@LilianaJulita3 жыл бұрын
Congratulations for your great video.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@lesleybruechner81325 жыл бұрын
So helpful. Thank you!
@mabelgoddard58135 жыл бұрын
Lovely ,lovely garden and thank you 💕💕👏👏
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@auggiebluhm1805 жыл бұрын
I adore this garden- every inch of it! Thank you!! What are the hot pink spiral flowers in the beginning of the video? 2:02
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Amazingly they are just common snapdragons. Posy bought some a few years ago and they self-seeded. I think they look great.
@cath.lamontagne5357 Жыл бұрын
❤to learn from your videos. It would be interesting, to learn more about Yews and learn strategies about how to integrate them to the garden as they mature over a very long time as they are shade loving and slow growing. Is it better to start with a large plant even if they are more expensive?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын
I haven't specifically grown yews myself but the general rule applies - trees establish better if they're planted young, and the RHS says that yews between 18"-24" establish best. If you want an immediate statement, then you can plant them the size you want them, but you will have to make sure you water regularly for the first few summers.
@Cassieskins213 жыл бұрын
Hi Alexandra, can you please tell me the name of the huge shrub at 0:27 on the right?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
If it's the one with spiky grey leaves, it's a cardoon. They're amazing, although they're not shrubs, they're usually grown as annuals.
@radoslawjocz29764 жыл бұрын
Very nice 👍
@nordlys34324 жыл бұрын
Great
@maceyloubrown4 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous and genius 😍
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@lodgechant3 жыл бұрын
S-o-o-o useful!
@marilynhaughton19553 жыл бұрын
Lovely garden. Thank you for the video. Do you think you could superimpose some of the names of the plants on them ? I know it's a hassle but if we don't have a name we can't find them. Thanks again.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
I will try to do more of that, because I agree it would be more helpful.
@nickblommaerts24454 жыл бұрын
Hi Alexandra, any chance you could let me know the name of the three trees at 4:14 in the video? Looks like Birch but it’d be great to know which variety. Inspiring video as always!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's actually Chinese Red Barked Birch (I know it looks white, but it's red when it's younger). The full name is Betula albosinensis septentrionalis.
@brucewayne-cn4vd4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what that pink plant is at the bottom of the screen at 0:54? It looks amazing.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
It's Thalictrum - I'm not sure which variety, but it could be Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'. Thalictrums are beautiful.
@sherimatthews2958 Жыл бұрын
What is the large bush like (evergreen) with the white flowers with 4 petals called? Time stamp 4:24
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын
That's Cornus Norman Haddon, a wonderful plant.
@prayerwarror4 жыл бұрын
Can you please tell me what the small pink pom-pom flowers on spindly stalks are? Also, the large mauve-pink ball flowers on long stalks are called. I live in a temperate zone in Oz and don't think I have seen either of them here. Oh yes, and the deep pink flowers on tall stems which appear to me to be very tall snapdragons.......what are they?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
The deep pink flowers are definitely snapdragons, but could you let me know at what time the video is on the other flowers as I'm not quite sure.
@prayerwarror4 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Hi Alexandra, and thank you for your reply. The pink fluffy flowers are displayed at 2.42min. mark and I recently discovered that they are called Thalictrum 'black Stockings' but I haven't been able to find availability here in Australia although there is a similar one avail. but it has green stems and doesn't appear to be as tall. I hope you don't mind but I have two more questions for you. Pansy's garden is exactly what I have been trying to achieve in my small backyard of 38' deep x 50' wide, and I have watched this video a number of times to pick up tips as well as try to identify plants that I think would be useful in my garden. Q1. At 1.20 min. mark there is a white climber next to and beginning to grow over the bench seat. Do you the name of it? Q2. At 5.29 min. mark there is, on the LHS, a tree with very long, weeping, sweeping branches (reminds of a weeping willow tree). Can you tell me what the name of it is? I love your website and look into it whenever I get time. There are lots of great tips for small backyards and lots of beautiful gardens that inspire.
@ronwhitehouse233 жыл бұрын
What does this garden look like in the winter ? pretty desolate I would think.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
No more so than most gardens I see. It has some good structure, with trees and fastigiate yews, but winter isn't a great time for most gardens.
@colincruickshanks75783 жыл бұрын
Normally I'd avoid planting a tree in a small garden. Nevermind 3 of them all together in a central position. But this works Therefore we ought not to always follow common sense all of the time when thinking of making a garden.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@betinasteentoft20274 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know which plant is in the pot in the bottom right corner at 6:14? Could it be an umbrella plant?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
I'll ask Posy and get back to you, I don't think it is.
@onemanfran2 жыл бұрын
I thought I had a medium size garden but seems mine is defined as small. It's weird because it's very wide but not that long and the front garden is the same size as the back. Front is south facing and back is north with two large lime trees. Very difficult to plan.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden2 жыл бұрын
I asked garden designer Charlotte Rowe about planning wide gardens and she said it was important to interrupt the line of sight - so to have something (a sculpture, a border, an eating area, a low hedge) halfway between your house and the back wall. Sometimes people do that by designing on the diagonal (almost as if the garden had been turned sideways). I hope that helps, but I can see that it is tricky.
@Wazupiseeyou5 жыл бұрын
At 1:10 what does “go across it” mean?
@jennifersauer32575 жыл бұрын
Ruby - imagine the line from back of the house to the back border to be a vertical line or the longest measurement. Arrange beds across that length rather than with it so the garden doesn’t look long and narrow. Isn’t that a gorgeous garden?! Cheers...
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Oh, I'm sorry I didn't make that clear - as Jennifer says it's about designing borders so they go across the garden from side to side, rather than running down the sides. If you can think of a narrow garden design as being in horizontal stripes (a patio across from one side to the other, then a border from one side to the other with just a path etc), then it will make it feel less narrow.
@Flower_hoarder5 жыл бұрын
🌼🌺🌿🎋🌳🌸PRETTY 🌸🎋🌳🌺🌼
@gracecakes82415 жыл бұрын
Love it!!! ❤️
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Really lovely garden, I thought
@elizabethbarnhill85684 жыл бұрын
Could someone kindly tell me what the beautiful plant with both a yellowy green and darker green foliage is at 7:04?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden4 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry I couldn't see that as 7.04 seems to be the end of the video but I'm wondering if the upright yew (Taxus baccata 'David') might be the plant you're referring to? It's got dark green evergreen foliage but the new foliage is a very bright yellowy green, and the plant itself is very upright and narrow. I hope that helps.
@elizabethbarnhill85684 жыл бұрын
The Middle-Sized Garden Hi Alexander, thanks for your reply from a while back, I have only just seen it. The plant I was referring to is at 5.55 and about 4.21 also. 5.55 shows it better. Not sure why I wrote 7.04! It’s just so beautiful and I’ve been blindingly trying to find it here in Australia. Would it be a Chamaecyparis ?
@Smallpotato19653 жыл бұрын
.."only twenty wide long and a hundred feet long".. That's six by thirty meters?! Most houses in the Netherlands, if they have a garden at all, have on five meters wide and eight meters deep. Say fifteen feet by twentyeight feet, to be generous. A twenty by hundred feet garden is a very, very large garden by Dutch standards.
@DutchThroat2 жыл бұрын
Only 20ft wide? That's still 1m wider than the typical Dutch suburban garden. Not to mention length.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden2 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons I call this The Middlesized Garden is that garden size is so relative. 20ftx70ft would be a 'big' garden in London, a 'small' garden in the rural countryside and a middlesized garden almost everywhere else! And professional gardeners will sometimes refer to a four acre garden as 'small'.
@pennyring57925 жыл бұрын
That’s a big garden compared to mine.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
I called the vlog and blog The Middlesized Garden because everyone's idea of a 'small garden' and a 'big garden' is different. For a professional gardener, four acres can be considered a 'small garden'. Posy's garden is longer than average, but there are not many gardens narrower than 20ft wide.
@robbie2red5 жыл бұрын
Hi again! This is one of my favourite videos you've done, along with the contemporary garden design one a few weeks previously I think! This garden is very similar to my own, I've watched it over and over, writing notes etc. What I would like to know is, what is this shrub in the pot by the bench please??? It has white flowers...and shows at 6 minutes 26 seconds in. Thank you again. Rob
@TheMiddlesizedGarden5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I've just contacted Posy, whose garden it is, and it's a Perle D'Or rose.
@robbie2red5 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thank you!! Loving your videos as always! I'm learning! 😊
@adriannind25069 ай бұрын
Good video but you speak far too quickly for me to digest the point you are making. It would have helped if you said what the trees were, and the types that work in a small garden. Still a fan of the channel despite these comments 😂😀
@TheMiddlesizedGarden9 ай бұрын
All constructive feedback is very welcome, and I know I sometimes speak too fast. In terms of trees for a small garden, there's a video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2SynmeGf7eBg7s
@ryan96003 жыл бұрын
100 foot is considered a small garden ? Lol. Mine is 30 foot long.
@kwicher3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but I stopped watching after the description of this SMALL garden: 20 ft x 100ft.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
I was a bit startled to be told that four acres was a small garden once. It's actually the narrow 20ft that creates 'small garden' challenges when planting this garden.
@worsfoldable Жыл бұрын
honestly 20 ft x 100ft is not a small garden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын
Everyone has a different idea of what a 'small garden' is, so it very much depends on where you live and how big the gardens around you are. But the principles here would apply equally well to a shorter garden too.