A Tour Of My Garden, Douentza in Wexford, Ireland

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  • This is a full tour of my garden, Douentza, taken on 19th June 2018.
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  • @elainesomers8867
    @elainesomers8867 6 років тому +1

    I was showing off your garden to a friend of mine. We very much enjoyed watching this tour Rachel. The years of hard work and dedication is evident ❤️

  • @FernandaNascimentoOrchids
    @FernandaNascimentoOrchids 6 років тому +3

    It is a wonderful garden, Rachel. So.much work, love and care you have put in it. Loved the tour, thanks.

  • @annathey2222
    @annathey2222 4 роки тому

    Thank you for the tour of your fabulous gardens! What a treat.

  • @jackiekennedy6131
    @jackiekennedy6131 6 років тому

    Rachel your garden is amazing and HUGE. I love all the rooms and the planting. ....Im so looking forward to your Open Day on Sunday and get to see it all for real........thanks for sharing .

  • @ElizabethHall0
    @ElizabethHall0 6 років тому +1

    Obviously lots and lots of love has been poured into this patch . Love the wedding cake tree

  • @BernardDauphinais
    @BernardDauphinais 6 років тому +1

    Wow! Wow! Wow! A real paradise. Absolutely beautiful!

  • @Nhoj31neirbo47
    @Nhoj31neirbo47 6 років тому

    Took me half an hour to watch this......pause.....pause..pause.............pause!
    I know it took and takes a LOT of work but I hope you can really appreciate what you have created. So special!

  • @pixiedust2135
    @pixiedust2135 6 років тому +7

    Speechless! Awesome garden, thank you for the tour🙂

  • @zazelda
    @zazelda 6 років тому

    Just beautiful! As I watch your video, I can't help but imagine all the work that goes into it.Thanks for sharing.

  • @vickieescobar163
    @vickieescobar163 6 років тому +4

    Wow! You’ve been a busy bee ! So many lovely plants... but the Rose and the purpurata won my heart!

  • @andreakae4211
    @andreakae4211 6 років тому +1

    I feel like the fountain of youth, the triwizard cup, and the holy grail are all in that garden somewhere. Beyond stunning!

  • @edstud1
    @edstud1 6 років тому

    What an enchanting garden you've created!

  • @margaretmcguirk5270
    @margaretmcguirk5270 4 роки тому

    Wood, what a beautiful inspiring garden. Roll on the summer.

  • @botanicaltreasures2408
    @botanicaltreasures2408 5 років тому

    The perfect thing to watch on a rainy day in March☔️. I think I spotted some Himalayan poppies-such a lovely shade of blue. Don’t think they like the heat where we are so it’s a treat to see them. Your garden has so many lovely destinations. Refreshing!

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  5 років тому +1

      Thank you for watching.

    • @botanicaltreasures2408
      @botanicaltreasures2408 5 років тому

      Happy Gardening. Just came back from helping some school children pull out out winter annual weed. Also helped them plant zinnias and sunflower 🌻 seeds in cups. 🌿

  • @heatherstephens9295
    @heatherstephens9295 5 років тому +1

    Seriously beautiful - leaves me speechless! All your hard work is rewarded & more 😊

  • @Claire-el6qk
    @Claire-el6qk 6 років тому +1

    A wonderful tour! I didn't think that your garden is so huge! You did a lot of work to have this beauty. Thank you for sharing. It's unbelievable & fantastic!

  • @baileyli6506
    @baileyli6506 6 років тому

    Your garden is absolutely magnificent! Thank you for sharing, Rachel.

  • @naturalPianoadastra
    @naturalPianoadastra 6 років тому +1

    Nice to see how it changed from when I was there last autumn :) lots and lots of things looking good!! Thanks for the tour

  • @peterpho
    @peterpho 6 років тому

    Absolutely incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful garden with us!

  • @tinajordan6591
    @tinajordan6591 6 років тому +6

    BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for the tour

  • @nancybennett9265
    @nancybennett9265 6 років тому

    You have a truly lovely garden. Thank you so very much for sharing.

  • @marciajackson6874
    @marciajackson6874 6 років тому

    Beautiful! Thanks for the tour..I needed something beautiful and uplifting. I lost my mom

  • @barbaragorman930
    @barbaragorman930 5 років тому

    Oh Rachel your garden is stunning!!

  • @colleenveronicabateman5614
    @colleenveronicabateman5614 4 роки тому

    Your garden is so beautiful Rachel.

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  4 роки тому

      Thank you so much. Wishing you a great evening and happy growing.

  • @denisesorchidparadise1411
    @denisesorchidparadise1411 6 років тому +1

    lovely garden ,Rachel Thank you for the tour!

  • @maicaesquinas7151
    @maicaesquinas7151 6 років тому

    Wow , I'm impressed. It's such a lovely garden that made me dream. Thanks for the tour and for sharing.. regards from Spain

  • @miche7032
    @miche7032 6 років тому

    Beautiful garden ! Un petit coin de paradis en Irelande 😇 . Your cattleya purpurata blooms & your roses are stunning. Thank you for the tour.

  • @sharisullivan5115
    @sharisullivan5115 4 роки тому

    Your garden is beautiful,
    It makes me nostalgic for when I lived in Ireland

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  4 роки тому

      Ah, thank you. I think we are all nostalgic now that winter is in the air.

  • @orquídeasenelmundo
    @orquídeasenelmundo 5 років тому

    Wonderful! Flowers season 😍

  • @daheather356
    @daheather356 5 років тому

    I finally figured out who Roger was referring to when he mentioned Rachel! Love your videos! The Cornus controversa Variegata backed by the purple beeches is absolutely stunning! What a fabulous idea. Garden on! 💞

  • @penelopehammerton2907
    @penelopehammerton2907 2 роки тому +1

    Rachel your garden is awesome. I love all your Avenues, and so many of them. How much land does your garden cover? It looks very large. Secondly I love how constantly you put light leaves next to dark leaves small leaves next to large leave creating a vibrancy that shocks you into looking, now how has she done that! 👏👏😁

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  2 роки тому +1

      Actually, I agree with you. I spent about a week on Pico Island but wished it had been pretty Faial after my visit.

  • @laurenb6451
    @laurenb6451 Рік тому

    Thank you for yet another superior video. It is so obvious that you work VERY hard to get everything so lovely. (I only have .39 acres and find it very hard to keep up.). (Somewhere towards the start there was a row of orange cylinders and I wonder what they are. Although there is often mist or rain in Ireland it looks like the climate is amazing and hospitable to such a large assortment of plants. (Said the person where the temp was -22°c several days ago). My daughter and son in law visited Ireland a few years ago and they said it was the most beautiful place they ever visited, even though they were there in late fall. I aspire to visit some day (ha and would fill up my suitcase with little plants if allowed!!!)

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  Рік тому +1

      You had me puzzling for a long time over those orange cylinders bit I guess you are referring to 1:25 in the video. Those are Terra Cotta pipes, used to plant up succulents that like good drainage, just a quirky little feature. Thanks for watching and leaving such a nice comment on my video and I do hope you visit Ireland one day soon.

  • @walshpatrick3638
    @walshpatrick3638 6 років тому

    Liked the tour and was very impressed and inspired by many aspects.

  • @macizoc9496
    @macizoc9496 6 років тому +1

    Wow!!!! Your garden is wonderful! I could live in that garden full time, I would Just have to come in every now and then to eat and use the toilet. Just wow!!!

  • @cholotg9177
    @cholotg9177 6 років тому +1

    ❤️ 💕 your garden so so beautiful 😍 Tks for the tour from South Florida USA

  • @rosedowning6466
    @rosedowning6466 6 років тому

    Wow! Just lovely! New subscriber, here. I'm so glad I stumbled upon your video. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous garden.

  • @Amy-bb7lb
    @Amy-bb7lb 5 років тому

    Simply Beautiful! I love your garden and envy your extended knowledge of plant names. I'm a new subscriber and you have me hooked with your beautiful orchids and garden. Thank you for the tour of your amazing garden. Amy

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  5 років тому

      You are very welcome to the channel, Amy. Hope you find lots to detain you here. Have a great weekend!

    • @Amy-bb7lb
      @Amy-bb7lb 5 років тому

      Thank you Rachel, I’m certain I will. I can’t get enough of your gorgeous garden, I’ve viewed your garden videos again, it’s eye candy to me. Enjoy your Garden!

  • @MiracleOrchids1
    @MiracleOrchids1 6 років тому +1

    Indeed, laelia purpurata is looking fabulous! How can you even keep that beautiful garden in such a perfect shape?!

  • @joannelson9571
    @joannelson9571 3 роки тому

    Such a treat! Thank you!

  • @gardeningandgrowingorchids1688
    @gardeningandgrowingorchids1688 6 років тому +2

    Your gardens beautiful.....yours is the one that the gives me inspiration for mine, thank you.

  • @andrewgoldfish
    @andrewgoldfish 6 років тому

    Love the gates. Beautiful green.

  • @tonyl5480
    @tonyl5480 6 років тому +1

    What an amazing garden! We have a large garden in the US but yours puts ours to shame! I’m curious about how much staff it requires ( besides you) to keep everything so lush and well tended.

  • @lindab1458
    @lindab1458 6 років тому +1

    So beautiful to watch this as we sizzle in the south east of england, it is SO hard and things are rapidly starting to turn brown, not lovely lush green like yours. Please send your rain here :-)

  • @parisday9631
    @parisday9631 6 років тому +1

    Hello, from Michigan! Your garden is such a beautiful visual!

  • @moonorchid564
    @moonorchid564 5 років тому

    What an amazing garden. Do you have a video of your garden during winter time? I'm wondering how many of those plants are evergreen, deciduous, perennial and annual? In Melbourne Australia, we don't have snow in winter.

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  5 років тому

      Good morning and tha.k you for your interest in my garden. The garden relies heavily on perennials which provide lots of colour and summer interest. In my opinion, evergreens offer winter structure but at the expense of summer spontaneity so I don't use them much.

  • @sunshinesilverarrow5292
    @sunshinesilverarrow5292 6 років тому +1

    Thank you for sharing, you have a beautiful place! Hugs & sunshine & wishing you a lovely midsummers 🌸🍓🌞 N

  • @stanleykelly9459
    @stanleykelly9459 6 років тому

    love light peace in this moment. just love your gardens. how big is the acres that you have. its beautiful. love to all.

  • @tonyduffy851
    @tonyduffy851 3 роки тому

    Hi Rachel, your garden is beautiful. I hope to visit it someday soon. Can you tell me the name of the small umbrella shaped tree in Josh's garden @ 8.41. I would really like to get one for my own garden.

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  3 роки тому

      It is Daphniphyllum macropodum, usually grown as a bush. Thank you for watching.

  • @Odeliza
    @Odeliza 5 років тому

    Adorei! Brava! Lots of beautiful inspiration from your garden. I will be working on my garden this spring and early summer. Thank you! Ciao

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  5 років тому

      Thank you for such a lovely comment and wishing you happy growing!

  • @kenryandub
    @kenryandub 4 роки тому

    Inspirational garden, thank you for sharing

  • @НинаМальцева-е7ы
    @НинаМальцева-е7ы 2 роки тому

    what a beautiful garden!

  • @unluckyneighbor4063
    @unluckyneighbor4063 5 років тому

    Very beautiful!

  • @krystynapawlowski4206
    @krystynapawlowski4206 4 роки тому

    I love it, you have everything in your garden

  • @RogersOrchidsGardenandBonsai
    @RogersOrchidsGardenandBonsai 6 років тому +12

    Someone could spend hours and hours getting lost in such a place!

  • @jackiebinkley4391
    @jackiebinkley4391 6 років тому +1

    Lovely and ready for the tours!

  • @xxthat0nexx
    @xxthat0nexx 6 років тому

    What a beautiful garden

  • @jeane561
    @jeane561 6 років тому

    What wonderful gardens. Compliments to you from the state of Virginia in the the US😊❤️😊

    • @jeane561
      @jeane561 6 років тому

      Oh Also I did subscribe❤️😊❤️

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  6 років тому

      Thank you for very. And welcome to the channel :)

  • @charlieb9388
    @charlieb9388 6 років тому

    Breathtaking!!!!!

  • @ivane.degonzalez7520
    @ivane.degonzalez7520 5 років тому

    Stunning garden!

  • @liztaiNCAD
    @liztaiNCAD 6 років тому

    Lovely tour Rachel - I wonder have people any idea of the hours of work that are put in to make this 'treasure garden' look like it does. Bail o Dhia ar an obair [God bless the work]

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  6 років тому

      Thank you so much for your kind words, Elizabeth. Yes, a labour of love :)

  • @CuidandodoJardim
    @CuidandodoJardim 6 років тому +2

    So beautiful!

  • @elainetrostinsky3104
    @elainetrostinsky3104 6 років тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful garden 👍. How big is your property?

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  6 років тому

      Thank you, Elaine. The garden is an acre (half a hectare) but that includes the ungardened/vegetable area at the back which was fenced off.

    • @elainetrostinsky3104
      @elainetrostinsky3104 6 років тому

      Gardening at Douentza thanks 🙏.

  • @marygorchidsmore2058
    @marygorchidsmore2058 6 років тому +1

    Wonderful garden and beautiful plants! Love those arches and the big rose. C. purpurata looks amazing . Does it bloom this many every year?

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  6 років тому

      Purpurata often blooms twice a year for me. I think the 3 spikes is about normal. It is a very large pant to only have 3 spikes though!

  • @edstud1
    @edstud1 6 років тому

    It's a very lovely garden!

  • @umachandel9356
    @umachandel9356 5 років тому

    Hello from India. Started watching your videos and so.ply love them! Your grouping and choice of plants and aesthetic sense. Could you reccomend a coffee table book of a majority of plants you grow and how to care for them. Waiting anxiously for your reply😊🙏

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  5 років тому

      How nice to hear from you, Uma, and welcome to the channel. I am not sure I can recommend one book to you but I did make this video about the gardening books that were formative to me so maybe you will find it interesting...
      ua-cam.com/video/2jMMB8BNjrM/v-deo.html

  • @cashk100
    @cashk100 6 років тому +1

    Amazing!!! I’m inspired.

  • @marthafigueroa4686
    @marthafigueroa4686 6 років тому

    You have a beautiful garden.

  • @Theatersounz
    @Theatersounz 6 років тому

    Love it! such a labour of love!

  • @Poemsapennyeach
    @Poemsapennyeach Рік тому

    Huge lovely garden. A lot of hard work. Terrific...but next time...pls hold the camera higher...less grass, more foliage. Cheers from Wicklow.

  • @tinajordan6591
    @tinajordan6591 6 років тому +2

    Rosa celeste is looking fabulous

  • @karmajeffers3194
    @karmajeffers3194 6 років тому

    Absolutely lovely 👏

  • @maladangol7456
    @maladangol7456 6 років тому

    Owww v nice organize garden, v big .

  • @antonellalaveneziana671
    @antonellalaveneziana671 2 роки тому

    But, if i am on a open day in your garden, i can take the seeds of the plants i dont have?

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  2 роки тому

      Haha. No, you can't! 😁😁 Not unless I give them to you.

    • @antonellalaveneziana671
      @antonellalaveneziana671 2 роки тому

      @@GardeningatDouentza ok, thank you very much
      Sorry if i ask you too. Its because i dont want to have a bad figyure:)

  • @michaelmccarthy4077
    @michaelmccarthy4077 6 років тому +5

    Such a magnificent garden! I do miss the beauty of the temperate garden, just so much variety. And love that you said _Liquidambar_, always been one of my favorite tree scientific names, much better than the common name Sweetgum, IMO. 😀

  • @melenelewis5975
    @melenelewis5975 6 років тому

    Very pretty !

  • @juanitaiveyivey
    @juanitaiveyivey 6 років тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @rose2fame1
    @rose2fame1 6 років тому

    Hi Rachel, that black iris is stunning. I’m going to look for that variety. Love the color. Your garden as a whole is stunning. Thanks for shareing.

  • @maireadharkin5124
    @maireadharkin5124 6 років тому

    TFS, you have two large grasses on the path to the house,could you tell me there name please, its not oats but some other one ??

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  6 років тому

      Hmm, not sure where you mean but Stipa gigantea and Chionochloa rubra feature strongly in my garden. Perhaps it's one of them?

    • @maireadharkin5124
      @maireadharkin5124 6 років тому

      yes it must be the grass chionochloa rubra, thank you

  • @1234BABBS
    @1234BABBS 3 роки тому

    Beautiful Donna from TEXAS

  • @Cesc8170
    @Cesc8170 6 років тому

    I really like the dark leafed beeches with this flowering tree next to them. Very nice contrast betweem them. If I was in Ireland I guess I would create a garden with spaces for a few kinds of temperate forests from arround the world. I would try to replicate each plant ecosystem. For instance, you would find in there a place where Quercus ilex var. rotundifolia x Quercus ilex var. ilex is mixed with Quercus x cerrioides and Quercus faginea, Acer opalus var. granatense, Fraxinus ornus, Sorbus aria, Lonicera implexa, Smilax aspera, Virbunum tinus and Arbutus unedo, hedera helix, Prunus Spinosa, Amelanchier ovalis, and Ilex aquifolium. :)

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  6 років тому

      Thank you, Habeeb. Do you have your own garden?

    • @Cesc8170
      @Cesc8170 6 років тому +1

      My family has two cottages and one of them has a little garden with a ginkgo, an abies pinsapo, and a prunus pisardii and a magnolia grandiflora. All bad choices for this climate because I don't want to water forever in the summer...except the magnolia, my favourite one, which seems to be quite drought tolerant! hhhh The rest need either cool/dry summers or wet/hot/warm/mild summers in order to survive (but the magnolia, even if it's from the southern USA, it has no problem, maybe because of the soil, where I planted it, in a quite shady area, and its hard leaves). So I decided to substitute the prunus pisardii with a fraxinus ornus, the ginkgo with a prunus spinosa, and the abies pinsapo with a Sorbus aria, all very beautiful, local species, and looking fantastic after one year only. hhhh

  • @laurapoore1284
    @laurapoore1284 6 років тому

    So beautiful thanks

  • @carolinemumzie3199
    @carolinemumzie3199 6 років тому

    Wow is all I can say 😱❤️

  • @SardiPax
    @SardiPax 6 років тому

    So many things I would ask about :)

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  6 років тому +1

      Well, maybe you want to give me some hints for future videos?

    • @SardiPax
      @SardiPax 6 років тому

      Well, I'd like to see more about the Paulownia Tomentosa. At 2:00 there is an interesting fern like bush on the right I'm curious about, a Sumac maybe? At 2:45, behind the grass is a plant that interests me. The blue flowers on the right in front of the mock oranges at 3:00 look great and I'd like to know about them. I'd like to know more about Lobelia Tupa at 4:12. Liquid Amber Tree at 4:33 would be interesting to hear about. Is that a Verbascum at 4:56, would be great to know more about growing that plant. Great looking tree-like plant behind the table at 4:58 that intrigues me. Do you grow your Saracenia outside all year (5:16) that would make an interesting topic. I'd find a video about the yellow stemmed Bamboo at 8:16 interesting. the small tree/bush with large, elongated leaves at 8:41 is intriguing. Centre screen at 9:44 is a large leafed plant I don't recognise but looks great. At 9:49 I think I spotted some small (dwarf?) banana plants. Also the Saracenia planter shown at 9:57 would be interesting to hear how it was created (i.e. soil). Sorry for the long list but you did ask :)

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  6 років тому +1

      Okay, well here are videos to answer some of your questions.
      Blue Flowers near mock orange are geranium...
      ua-cam.com/video/6TzdkRtEMLk/v-deo.html
      Paulownia pruning...
      ua-cam.com/video/TEqfARs05ck/v-deo.html
      Verbascum...
      ua-cam.com/video/FBVUguhvD_w/v-deo.html
      Tetrapanax 'Rex' (the tree behind the table)...
      ua-cam.com/video/wdJU19qE4k4/v-deo.html
      Growing sarracenia outdoors...
      ua-cam.com/video/cRQ24HFQMMs/v-deo.html
      The bamboo...
      ua-cam.com/video/2wx6mmtMWLI/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/YDWOuK1So_o/v-deo.html
      The plant at 9:44 is Darmera peltata...
      ua-cam.com/video/IM3EvXf7SBA/v-deo.html
      That'll keep you busy for a while :)

  • @hellinronquillo8702
    @hellinronquillo8702 6 років тому

    So pretty

  • @allisonadonis4543
    @allisonadonis4543 6 років тому

    U got s beautiful garden

  • @farazqayyum7345
    @farazqayyum7345 6 років тому

    Very nice lovely

  • @Чёрно-БелоеКино-р4в
    @Чёрно-БелоеКино-р4в 6 років тому

    SUPER!!!!!

  • @Aeliah23
    @Aeliah23 6 років тому +1

    Lovely

  • @francish5401
    @francish5401 4 роки тому +1

    Please upload more fab videos.

    • @GardeningatDouentza
      @GardeningatDouentza  4 роки тому

      Just uploaded the July Garden Tour video this evening. Happy growing!

  • @henrygalea2066
    @henrygalea2066 6 років тому

    If heaven is like your garden will change my course.

  • @samsharma532
    @samsharma532 Рік тому

    Very beautiful garden🤍

  • @Цветикиирина
    @Цветикиирина 6 років тому +1

    🖒🖒🌱🌹 Terrific!!! Good for you!🇷🇺

  • @sharonsheehy3128
    @sharonsheehy3128 6 років тому

    When I was in Ireland, I didn’t see many gardens outside houses, bit different to colletts garden ,,,this is perfectly tidy,,,,, not like my wild garden,,,,,,

  • @cordeliamd
    @cordeliamd 6 років тому

    Beautiful! Thanks for the tour.

  • @naturewoman1274
    @naturewoman1274 6 років тому

    What a beautiful garden

  • @mysticshining
    @mysticshining 6 років тому

    Gorgeous

  • @jtrose6995
    @jtrose6995 4 роки тому

    Soooo beautiful!

  • @shamrock4500
    @shamrock4500 4 роки тому

    Beautiful