The Magic of Metal in the Garden

[@joanwalters4741]

Brilliant lecture. 🌟🌟🌟. You give your knowledge, talent and style so very generously ❤️. 😊Thank You!!!

[@psusanwestlake5510]

Agree agree. Starting a metal work course, to put artwork in the garden well I hope it looks good enough

[@chrisjames923]

What I love about you, Bunny is your eloquent delivery of really useful, informative, and practical gardening tips. So inspiring, thank you.

[@diananazaroff5266]

I love metal in the garden. As a suggestion for those of us who are 'on a strict budget', lol, might I suggest looking around for odd metal pieces that are free (or nearly so) and putting them together yourself? I had a chain link fence replaced a number of years ago and I kept the gates. They have scrolls on the top and, when spray painted, are wonderful to use as trellises. I also shopped a store that was going out of business and bought several metal grids - either standing racks or not - and are coated metal and I use those as trellises as well.

[@dianetucker2711]

DITTO ❣️

[@bunnyguinness]

Quite agree I have found many things that have been thrown out which can be rejuvenated- always hugely satisfying!🐇

[@beccagiessing3890]

Bunny, I love your videos. Utah, USA zone 5 desert. I love metal in our garden. Our desert climate prefers metal. And high winds don’t break my metal pieces. More durability

[@junemarshallsmith4228]

This lecture was a fabulous overview of using metal in the garden combined with integral hints about fabricating.

[@redbougainvillea]

Bunny, I love your aesthetic and your practicality. Here in the Arizona desert I use a lot of metal as it tends to be one of the more durable materials in our intense UV. It does get hot so I have to use cushions on chairs.

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes I use cushions a fair bit , but if the metal work is quite curved they can be surprisingly comfortable, but def do get hot in intense sun 🐇

[@scottanthony6269]

It's nice to.listen to a gardener / horticulturist that is unashamedly grand

[@bunnyguinness]

Not grand at all, my father was a self made man, a chicken farmer and I like to think I am down to earth, don’t think I’m delusional……😧

[@scottanthony6269]

@@bunnyguinness bunny you are down to earth what I meant was your. Grand in the sense that you would use gold and sliver like no other gardener your style is of the great gardens that have a great imagination my own style is old world grand and my mother was a house wife and my dad a school teacher and I love grand myself very down to earth be proud of your grandness best wish

[@joannawalsh6997]

OMIGODDD...your creativity has put my overactive brain into high gear. Absolutely LOVE your wonderful ideas for adding splendid, original ideas to one's garden.❤

[@sosoutherncustomequestrian4598]

I always enjoy viewing your channel. You always have great takeaways. Thank you so much:)

[@bluesky7226]

Love metal in the garden. Love your videos! Thank you!

[@dianetucker2711]

SUPERBLY gorgeous gardens❣️ Excellent video, thank you!

[@YalisCommunity]

This is an awesome video full of valuable info & lots of inspiration! Thanks for sharing Bunny! I loved every single design & idea you shared. I hope to slowly start incorporating arches in our garden. Everything little by little.

[@s44577]

Indeed, metal is magic in the garden. Great title for another great video!

[@TheNosarajr]

So many wonderful ideas.

[@pennylymnrose6057]

Thanks for this inspiring and interesting video Bunny. Love your ideas and the way you put them over with so many gorgeous examples.

[@iyanla647]

I love so much your videos full of information and inspiration. Metal in my garden is painted just black or grey + I never thought I could use it in so many ways and making look so good.

[@lindamurns1245]

This was very informative, thanks for sharing all your knowledge!

[@psusanwestlake5510]

Brilliant thank you .

[@dn744]

Nice to add a little difference

[@waynejones750]

Brilliant.

[@shazav9776]

New subscriber here !! Love your video content ! What a beautiful garden you have !

[@tammywinter9268]

I Love your channel, I try to apply your knowledge to my tiny cottage garden, just wondering how much land your place is? It is very beautiful. I love that you can teach from your own garden…thank you Bunny

[@moniquemckenna6795]

I love the idea of metal, all points so positive. I noticed the Versailles pots around the trees and thought, since they are metal there could be hinges attached so they can be opened if the pot needed, for some reason to be moved. As the tree would be too tall and I would think the pot would be bottomless a hinge would be an easy solution. As always, I look forward to your KZbin videos. I find them very informative, even though I live in Canada zone 4, we grow many of the same plants. Thank you.

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes the original design of the Versailles containers have hinges, does make it more expensive though. The ones I design tend to be baseless though.🐇

[@camilibugs]

I loved this vid, I’m feeling really inspired! I have my eye on an old cattle trough but I’m wondering do metal plant containers get hot and damage roots?

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes black metal containers do allow the compost to get really hot so if you live in a hot climate I would be a bit cautious about using them. I remember we did a feature on different types of containers and their heat transmission years ago on BBC Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time and I seem to remember black metal and black plastic transmitted lots of heat. Hope this helps 🐇

[@iyanla647]

I have a 15 m long front gate + fence made from full metal, so you cannot see inside the property. I was looking for some time an appropriate color to paint it so it can match the house which is white and you can both see from the street. The gate is facing South, I thought for a matte chocolate brown color, but I'm not so sure is a good choice. After seeing your metal works in the garden I doubt about the color even more... Any suggestion would be more than appreciated. Thank you.

[@bunnyguinness]

I would prob go for a soft muted stone/grey /green get the Farrow and Ball colour chart out and try one or two possible shades and live with it in a few different light conditions and then decide🐇

[@achnix3167]

Great advice but seems very intimidating to manage alone for a private garden ... Designing and planning, making good materal and detail choices for a small scale project where you dont really have an enthusiastic metalworker to answer questions and guide you along the way because they wont make a lot of money from it. Because i cant weld all that together myself

[@1lunarin]

thank you for the video is there any way you can do a tutorial on cladding things (pots/decor/ornaments) in zinc

[@1lunarin]

also i wanted to thank you because you make these amazing pieces of garden art actually acheivable for some of us wiith the information you give, i will be etching many pieces thanks to you

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes will look into that and give it a try. Up to now it has always been more expensive, but in the last few weeks mild steel has shot up massively in price. 🐇

[@1lunarin]

@@bunnyguinness ive noticed that as well, time to pick through salvage yards there is always beautiful things to be found

[@ourlifeedited6441]

How wide is the patio at 3:13? Looks quite narrow and wondering if that works well for you as we are planning a similar dining space. Thank you for another informative video too! :)

[@bunnyguinness]

I think it’s around 4m but will check and correct if wrong. But do you mean the sett bands with planting in between? That is designed to keep people away from the windows as the building is where spa treatments are carried out. Generally I reckon 4m is the narrowest if you have that space but on bigger buildings I would say 6m is the narrowest and on really large scale buildings I may go to 12 m but it won’t just be solid paving but May have planting/gravel / large pots etc. It always looks bug when first laid but as soon as you furnish it with sofas etc it visible shrinks . Maybe we should do a video on that, as it can be an expensive mistake if you get it wrong….🙃

[@ourlifeedited6441]

@@bunnyguinness yes, a whole video on the subject would be amazing 😁😁😁. Thank you! ☺️

[@TheNosarajr]

Please! No shape edge to fall on.

[@elisaangel9789]

Does the metal get hot on the chairs and tables? Is it too hot so you only use it at certain parts of the day? And it's all steel, right?

[@babymoon5282]

Steel and iron. Depends

[@elisaangel9789]

@@babymoon5282 Got it. Thanks, BM.

[@Lotsielots]

I'm not sure that bench around the shrub looked comfortable at all for sitting on for any real amount of time. You did not look at ease.

[@jimmichilton1409]

Sorry Bunny, but I disagree, I feel that the metal arbors with the twigs in Horatio's garden really need the presence of vines.

[@bunnyguinness]

Ok we have got some growing on in places so when more established we can judge which looks best! 😉

[@user-sq3kk3wt8p]

@@bunnyguinness I love everything about your videos and also love metal in my garden. Your work in Horatio's garden is stunning, but I do feel the same about the metal twigs benefitting from greenery. When I look at the pointy bits it actually makes me uneasy. I understand the look and it is so well done, but mentally when I see it, I have an impression of pointy metal with the potential to poke one (although they are sky high). Just me, I'm sure, but thought I'd share. I'm a huge fan and always look forward to your next video notification. Your garden is magnificent, and the fact that you do the work yourself is an inspiration. Thank you for sharing and giving to us all.