I've been watching lots of your videos Sue since I recently found your channel. They are inspiring and soothing at the same time. I have moved house recently and am both excited and daunted where to begin with the garden. Love from the UK 🇬🇧
I picked up Monty Don's "Mad about Gardening" at a $1 book store. I had no idea who he was, which is kind of crazy because my husband's grandmother wrote one of the most prolific & popular weekly gardening column in So Cal. But we never talked about other authors. Most of my gardening reading came from BH&G, Sunset Mag or the garden bible Sunset Western Garden book. But Monty's was truly eye-opening.
I LOVE growing calendula and will be growing ‘Pink Surprise’ and the more medicinal ‘Resina’ this year. I have grown ‘Cantaloupe’ and adored those shades, too. I love that it readily reseeds and I always let the plants create seeds and then throw them around in areas where I’d like it to establish. The smell of the foliage is so enjoyable to me.
I throughly enjoyed this video. I now want to go on a search for these books even though I have plenty of garden books in my library. I also have the itch to find the seeds you mention. I love it when a flower has a long bloom time and the ones you mention fill that requirement. I have already purchased so many seeds, so I will have to give it a thought as to whether I should purchase any more for this year. I do quite a bit of winter sowing and I wonder if these flowers would work with that method of starting seeds. I visited Sisssinghurst a number of years ago so this video reminded me of that wonderful garden and my trip to visit English gardens, so thank you for the trip down memory lane.
Hi Sue, you always inspire me and all your followers! Definitely want to read the In the garden book and try some of the seeds! Especially the first two-so dainty and prettyThank you for sharing ❤
Thank you Sue! You always inspire me with your videos. I have always enjoyed Vita Sackville-West. Your gardening style and your choice of gardeners you talk about has always resonated with me. I feel like we are gardening soulmates, lol. Just a FYI about calendula, it may be deer resistant, but it certainly isn’t squirrel resistant. I found out the hard way last summer. I moved my pots of calendula onto my front porch as close to the front door as possible and that finally saved them from the squirrel buffet. Looking forward to another year of gardening with you!
Hello and thanks for sharing that you struggle with squirrels and your calendula. That is great information. It sounds like we are gardening soul mates...😊 Thanks for watching.
Hi Sue... we have been enjoying your videos and "In your Garden " sounds like one I need to add to my collection. I think we might be neighbors as we are in SE Michigan in zone 5b. Funny our cottage is 4 hours north and is a 5b as well. Can't wait to see how you plant up your back garden!
Aww what a lovely ode to VSW - Sissinghurst and Great Dixter are my go to gardens for inspiration. Have you Christopher Lloyd? You’ll love him too. The was the roses are done at Sissinghurst is the best!
Alan titchmarsh had great British tv garden shows as does Monty don. Alan has written some books and has had numerous shows as well as Monty don. I enjoyed esp. Monty don’s 80 gardens around the world.
Your videos are next level stuff, thanks! I have a weird recommendation from the pioneering hippie pile, that won’t expand your palette even one iota, but it changed my relationship to insects, plant damage, and action generally: One Straw Revolution. It’s a blessing to rethink everything, What if I don’t do that?
when I started gardening I got the book THE GARDEN PRIMER by Barbara Damrosch. It is available at thrift books (used). I 'm sure you can get it new also. It was very helpful to me and made all the difference. She is married to Elliot Coleman who also is a big veg gardener in Maine. He has his own books especially about extending the season for growing. I highly recommend the Primer.
Here in S. Ontario, I find that landscape companies follow British advice on gardening which often is inappropriate to our weather conditions. For example they routinely plant the crown of a rose bush at the soil surface and hard pruning to achieve exhibition blooms even if you don't intent the blooms for exhibition. Even before I aged, I wanted efficient garden practice to lessen the hours of work required to maintain a lovely somewhat tidy garden, hence my gardening style. While living in Atlanta, I saw gardeners mulch rose bushes a foot high to preserve soil moisture. I chose to bury the crown of the rose bush at least a foot below soil surface which then guaranteed winter survival without any mulch in our harsh climate and prevented drought conditions at root level during hot summers. I have lived in Vancouver which is a duplicate of British weather conditions, mild temperatures and lots of rain and British rules apply perfectly. Unpruned tea and grandiflora roses grew to heights of eight feet easily, lovely to view from an elevated distance but at close range offered a great view of the undersides. Trial and error will teach one not to slavishly follow the advice of others. According to one's locale, some methods work well, some don't and it's fun, entertaining and instructive to try a bit of everything. Vita Sackville-West deserves all the accolades accorded her as a great garden designer and horticulturist whom I admire greatly and enjoy her writing. What a beautiful video you offered featuring the views of the Sissinghurst garden. Thank you for providing a refreshing retreat during a snowy afternoon.
Wonderful video. Have you read the garden books by Beverley Nichols ? Down the Garden Path or A Thatched Roof? Once picked up I couldn’t put them down because not only are they informative, but injects humor into the passionate love we have for gardening.
Vita’s books can often be ordered through library sharing services with libraries across the USA. All of these annuals mentioned are indeed beautiful, but where spring turns to humid , hot summers, they quickly fade away. They really do best in the far west, especially California.
Please tell us, why did they put a tall wall around their gardens? Secret beauty they don't want to share? Protect from wind? But it gives shade all day.
Walls in Britain are used for heat retention, as the summers are usually very cool. With climate change they are less necessary now. They would make absolutely no sense in most of the USA
Lovely video. I am determined to grow older varieties as an alternative to brand plants. I have a new book to recommend for its visual pleasure and recipes: The Side Gardener by Canadian Rosie Daykin.
You are our Sackville West. At lleast you are my Sackville West. Please never stop giving us videos. You inspire me. Thank you Sue.
Ha! Thanks for the compliment however off base it may be...ha ha. I am glad to hear you liked the video. Thanks for watching.
I've been watching lots of your videos Sue since I recently found your channel. They are inspiring and soothing at the same time. I have moved house recently and am both excited and daunted where to begin with the garden. Love from the UK 🇬🇧
Add storyteller extraordinaire to your resume! Very well done video!
Thanks so much for the kind words and thanks for watching.
I picked up Monty Don's "Mad about Gardening" at a $1 book store. I had no idea who he was, which is kind of crazy because my husband's grandmother wrote one of the most prolific & popular weekly gardening column in So Cal. But we never talked about other authors. Most of my gardening reading came from BH&G, Sunset Mag or the garden bible Sunset Western Garden book. But Monty's was truly eye-opening.
Monty is a legend in the UK
I am a huge Monty Don fan. I have two of his books, but never read 'Mad About Gardening'. Thanks for the recommendation.
Thank you. so very comforting garden! OOOOh to have the land for it! Cheers
I LOVE growing calendula and will be growing ‘Pink Surprise’ and the more medicinal ‘Resina’ this year. I have grown ‘Cantaloupe’ and adored those shades, too. I love that it readily reseeds and I always let the plants create seeds and then throw them around in areas where I’d like it to establish. The smell of the foliage is so enjoyable to me.
That sounds awesome! I thought the 'Cantaloupe' variety was gorgeous as well. Thanks for watching.
I love and inspired by her white garden. Love yours too. All the greens are beautiful, soothing , and peaceful .
Thank you. I love that Sissinghurst White garden too. So beautiful! Thanks for watching.
Will be going to the library! Love your voice is so tranquil. Thank you❤❤
Thank you and thanks for watching.
I throughly enjoyed this video. I now want to go on a search for these books even though I have plenty of garden books in my library. I also have the itch to find the seeds you mention. I love it when a flower has a long bloom time and the ones you mention fill that requirement. I have already purchased so many seeds, so I will have to give it a thought as to whether I should purchase any more for this year. I do quite a bit of winter sowing and I wonder if these flowers would work with that method of starting seeds. I visited Sisssinghurst a number of years ago so this video reminded me of that wonderful garden and my trip to visit English gardens, so thank you for the trip down memory lane.
Hi Sue, you always inspire me and all your followers! Definitely want to read the In the garden book and try some of the seeds! Especially the first two-so dainty and prettyThank you for sharing ❤
I'm glad to hear you liked the video. Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching.
Thank you Sue! You always inspire me with your videos. I have always enjoyed Vita Sackville-West. Your gardening style and your choice of gardeners you talk about has always resonated with me. I feel like we are gardening soulmates, lol. Just a FYI about calendula, it may be deer resistant, but it certainly isn’t squirrel resistant. I found out the hard way last summer. I moved my pots of calendula onto my front porch as close to the front door as possible and that finally saved them from the squirrel buffet. Looking forward to another year of gardening with you!
Hello and thanks for sharing that you struggle with squirrels and your calendula. That is great information. It sounds like we are gardening soul mates...😊 Thanks for watching.
Oh, how wonderful that was
Thank you and thanks for watching.
What a lovely video. Well conducted book review with visuals and valuable information. Brava!
Thank you and thanks for the kind note of encouragement. I appreciate it.
The cantaloupe calendula was gorgeous.
I thought so too. Such pretty colors. Thanks for watching.
Hi Sue... we have been enjoying your videos and "In your Garden " sounds like one I need to add to my collection. I think we might be neighbors as we are in SE Michigan in zone 5b. Funny our cottage is 4 hours north and is a 5b as well. Can't wait to see how you plant up your back garden!
Hello fellow Michigan gardener! Thanks so much for your note and thanks for watching.
Wow ❤ thank you
Thank you and thanks for watching.
Aww what a lovely ode to VSW - Sissinghurst and Great Dixter are my go to gardens for inspiration. Have you Christopher Lloyd? You’ll love him too. The was the roses are done at Sissinghurst is the best!
Thanks so much and thanks for watching. Christopher Lloyd is one of my favorite writers.
Alan titchmarsh had great British tv garden shows as does Monty don.
Alan has written some books and has had numerous shows as well as Monty don.
I enjoyed esp. Monty don’s 80 gardens around the world.
Your videos are next level stuff, thanks! I have a weird recommendation from the pioneering hippie pile, that won’t expand your palette even one iota, but it changed my relationship to insects, plant damage, and action generally: One Straw Revolution. It’s a blessing to rethink everything, What if I don’t do that?
Thank you. I am glad to hear you liked the video. Thanks for the inspiring book recommendation. That book sounds amazing.
when I started gardening I got the book THE GARDEN PRIMER by Barbara Damrosch. It is available at thrift books (used). I 'm sure you can get it new also. It was very helpful to me and made all the difference. She is married to Elliot Coleman who also is a big veg gardener in Maine. He has his own books especially about extending the season for growing. I highly recommend the Primer.
Oh that sounds wonderful. Thanks sharing the book recommendation and thanks for watching.
Going to check out these books, tfs!
I hope you like them as much as I did. Thanks for watching.
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Thank you and thanks for watching.
Here in S. Ontario, I find that landscape companies follow British advice on gardening which often is inappropriate to our weather conditions.
For example they routinely plant the crown of a rose bush at the soil surface and hard pruning to achieve exhibition blooms even if you don't intent the blooms for exhibition. Even before I aged, I wanted efficient garden practice to lessen the hours of work required to maintain a lovely somewhat tidy garden, hence my gardening style. While living in Atlanta, I saw gardeners mulch rose bushes a foot high to preserve soil moisture. I chose to bury the crown of the rose bush at least a foot below soil surface which then guaranteed winter survival without any mulch in our harsh climate and prevented drought conditions at root level during hot summers. I have lived in Vancouver which is a duplicate of British weather conditions, mild temperatures and lots of rain and British rules apply perfectly. Unpruned tea and grandiflora roses grew to heights of eight feet easily, lovely to view from an elevated distance but at close range offered a great view of the undersides. Trial and error will teach one not to slavishly follow the advice of others. According to one's locale, some methods work well, some don't and it's fun, entertaining and instructive to try a bit of everything.
Vita Sackville-West deserves all the accolades accorded her as a great garden designer and horticulturist whom I admire greatly and enjoy her writing. What a beautiful video you offered featuring the views of the Sissinghurst garden. Thank you for providing a refreshing retreat during a snowy afternoon.
Thank you and thanks for sharing your experiences. Thank you for watching.
Wonderful video. Have you read the garden books by Beverley Nichols ? Down the Garden Path or A Thatched Roof? Once picked up I couldn’t put them down because not only are they informative, but injects humor into the passionate love we have for gardening.
Thank you. I love books that can make you laugh and learn. I am adding your recommendations to my list. Thanks for sharing them.
I have read the book Garden Maker three times
I'm definitely putting that on my "to read" list. Any book you can read three times must be great. Thanks for sharing the recommendation.
Vita’s books can often be ordered through library sharing services with libraries across the USA. All of these annuals mentioned are indeed beautiful, but where spring turns to humid , hot summers, they quickly fade away. They really do best in the far west, especially California.
Thanks for sharing your experiences and recommendations on how to access older books. Thanks for watching.
Please tell us, why did they put a tall wall around their gardens? Secret beauty they don't want to share? Protect from wind? But it gives shade all day.
The walls are from the ruins of the castle walls from past history. It is a beautiful space.
Walls in Britain are used for heat retention, as the summers are usually very cool. With climate change they are less necessary now. They would make absolutely no sense in most of the USA
Lovely video. I am determined to grow older varieties as an alternative to brand plants. I have a new book to recommend for its visual pleasure and recipes: The Side Gardener by Canadian Rosie Daykin.
Thanks for the book recommendation. I am with you on growing different types of plants. Thanks for watching.