Secret Garden in London • Autumn Days • Urban Gardening (Slow Living Vlog)

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  • Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
  • Autumn has arrived in England and it's time to slow down... I spend a zen November afternoon in the garden harvesting the last of the vegetables and reflecting on the recent changes in my life. An Eckart Tolle quote sums up my feelings about creating space for change to happen, and although the unknown is scary, I trust that life is unfolding just as it should. With my apartment sold, I will soon be leaving the city for a new life in the countryside. This could be one of the final days in my London garden. #winter #SlowLiving #cottagecore
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    CHAPTER QUICK-LINKS:
    00:00 Introduction to Autumn
    01:06 This year in the garden
    01:36 Harvesting Bramley apples
    02:45 Appreciating what I have
    03:46 Cottage gardening style & harvesting
    04:23 Getting ready for the colder months
    05:13 Eckhart Tolle quote about change
    05:37 Cutting flowers
    05:55 Death and decay in Autumn
    07:32 Enjoying the last of the sunshine
    #mindfulness #eckharttolle
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    This video is about a zen day in my garden as the fall season arrives. I have a slow living day, enjoying the last of the sunshine as Autumn gets well underway and winter approaches. I'll harvest the last of my Bramley apples, kale and tomatoes, and pick some cut flowers (Cosmos). I'm pondering my upcoming move away from London and into the Cambridgeshire countryside. I reflect on how so-called problems may have been just what I needed to allow life to unfold as needed.
    I read this recent Eckhart Tolle quote that shows how the season of Autumn beautifully mirrors the path to change in our own lives: "Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge."
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    I enjoy and make videos all about slow living, present moment, personal growth and development, the power of now, daily routines and living mindfully. I am interested in mindfulness practices, yoga, pilates, meditation and general musings on the meaning of life. I am a classic introvert, and get my energy from solitude, quiet time and creating a peaceful home to be my daily sanctuary.
    Similar channels I love and recommend: Fairyland Cottage, Little Boho Cottage, Isabel Paige, Eugenia Diaz, George Dunnett, Kalle Flodin, Malama Life, monalogue, Quiet Tales, Rajiv Surendra, TheCottageFairy, Verdant Vanille, Roaming Wild Rosie, Bealtaine Cottage, benjiplant, Pursuit of Wonder

КОМЕНТАРІ • 52

  • @caroleenever5650
    @caroleenever5650 10 місяців тому +5

    I found your vlogs by accident but glad I did love your garden beautiful. I've just come out of a 41 year of being with my husband and I am now trying to put my life back together it's been so scary tying to think for one learning to do things by myself how to decorate do the gardening, listening to what you said helps and will carry on watching your videos for ideas for how to have my home and garden.

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      Absolutely, I totally understand how that must be scary. On the positive side now you can do it all your way, build the homely exactly as you want! 🙂

  • @everausten
    @everausten 10 місяців тому +12

    So calming. Charming camerawork and editing. Beautiful philosophies ✨

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      Thank yooou. Definitely trying to improve my camera skills with each video. It’s a combo of iPhone and Sony camera shots until I can justify a new lens 😂

  • @dianamcfarland1997
    @dianamcfarland1997 10 місяців тому +2

    SOOO INVITING!...PEACEFUL, CALMING AND HAPPY! THANKS FOR SHARING!...GOD BLESS YOU!

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      Aw so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you… 🙂

  • @Pachelbel_PaperDarts
    @Pachelbel_PaperDarts 11 місяців тому +8

    Welcome to a world where peace reigns, imagination soars, and a unique ambience, which Wordsworth refers to as "emotions recollected in tranquility", that beckons the viewers into a little Edenic garden! Take a moment and be still and smell the fragrance of the last summer flowers. Thank you so much for your beautiful videos. They are a breath of fresh air, so far away from the world that is so volatile with so much suffering. How glad I am to hear that you decided to come back to UA-cam after a break. You have so much to contribute to this world and a gentle and sensitive soul like you has never been more needed in this world. I think that your videos are more like a visual essay, carefully considered and thoughtfully composed. Your intelligent commentary will strike a chord with many people on here who are tired of the same formulaic trends on UA-cam. Because they are narrated with your own voice, it conveys the inherent character and charm of the narrator with immediacy, sincerity and authenticity. There is a soothing and introspective quality in your videos, which I think makes this channel enchanting and truly one of a kind. Wishing you all the best of luck with the new chapter of your life. May you find many wonderful surprises and miracles both large and small in store for you. With greetings from Scotland.

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  11 місяців тому

      Thank you so much ☺️ glad you’re enjoying the new videos. I’m really enjoying making slower and peaceful content. Hopefully I’ll have another one ready soon 🙂

  • @feliciasmith2920
    @feliciasmith2920 10 місяців тому +2

    Hopefully your next "nest" you move into will provide an ample landscape for planting. A garden is so full of life and the gardener has the privilege of caretaker and partner in the gardens magical yields.
    Prayers for your new path of life.
    Stay in touch with your audience when you can. 😇

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  9 місяців тому

      Thank you, hoping the move will be in the not too distant future. Editing a new video at the moment so should have that finished soon 🙂

  • @76svetlana
    @76svetlana 10 місяців тому +4

    Enjoyed watching your garden. Your voice is soothing and your narrative is beautiful, your thoughts philosophical and full of wisdom and positivity. A tryly different experience on UA-cam and that too coming from such a young person. For some of us it takes ages to attain this.

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much for the kind comments. I think I was lucky to have the right books and meditations come into my life at a young age and it just stuck. The more I look around me and (try to) relax about the way life unfolds the more it seems things just align if you let them. Thanks so much for watching 🙂

  • @maryhiggins9285
    @maryhiggins9285 10 місяців тому +4

    Beautifully inspiring & refreshingly detailed piece of creational living. !!! Good wishes for your next chapter .🥂🍀💐

  • @truthray2885
    @truthray2885 10 місяців тому +1

    You crafted a beautiful garden - a credit to and a revelation of you. Well done, from Florida.

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! Hello from London!

  • @eattherich9215
    @eattherich9215 10 місяців тому +1

    Having a garden in expensive London is a luxury that a lot of us cannot afford. In all the years since I left the family home, I have never managed to afford a flat that had a garden.

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah I think I was lucky and it was also the first thing on my priority list so I didn’t mind taking a flat that needed a bit of work inside if it meant I got a garden. Took me a few years to slowly get everything the way i wanted though.

  • @gkreyl8700
    @gkreyl8700 10 місяців тому +2

    Just found your channel, I'm loving it. Thank you for sharing your life.

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! Glad you’re enjoying the channel. Should have a new video soon ☺️

  • @shubhobrottodas7357
    @shubhobrottodas7357 10 місяців тому +2

    Love your cosy rustic garden and the soothing commentary. I live in a small flat as well with a small and your video has inspired me to make small changes to my place. Cheers from Australia.

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much! The great thing with a small space is they’re easy to play around with, try something and if it’s not working then it’s not too much hassle to try something else 😀
      Good luck with your experimenting! 🙏🏻🙂

  • @bonriver9420
    @bonriver9420 10 місяців тому +1

    What a lovely little garden, so beautiful and peaceful. Looking forward to seeing what you do with your next home. Just found your channel recently and am really enjoying your videos.

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      Thank you so much 🙂 glad you’re enjoying the videos. I’m quite excited to get decorating somewhere new soon 😀

  • @avrylmallen273
    @avrylmallen273 8 місяців тому +1

    New subscriber here!! Everyone on UA-cam should make more videos like this! Very calming ❤

  • @juliej5917
    @juliej5917 10 місяців тому +5

    Enjoyed your current chapter, and looking forward to what you’ll create! 🎉

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much. Definitely want to explore it further and keep on making videos of this style ☺️

  • @sandieedward993
    @sandieedward993 9 місяців тому +1

    Your place is adorable as I watched "Your Gorgeous interior space first "; so now wondering where LiFe has taken You to..and what kind of Life You're now enjoying as your London Apt spot is absolutely magical with Your fantastic designer skills...Hopefully Your finding Your dreams coming true...Since Im watching these on Dec 27th 2023 am going to search to see 🙈 where Youve landed up and what You're Now Creating...Much Prosperity 🤔 for 2024 I'm 🙏 praying You're Finding 😮🎵🎶🎶🎶 & Joy & Happiness as You're Adorable 🥰

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for the lovely comment🙏🏻 I’m hoping to be moved very soon, so hopefully will have a fresh new space to call home in 2024! 🙂

  • @stephenstokesberry3767
    @stephenstokesberry3767 10 місяців тому +1

    LOVE the sucsincness of delivery and each edited inch of photography..

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      Thank you! I try to make the videos I’d want to see. So try to cut out all my jumbled waffle 😂

  • @marianfernando3038
    @marianfernando3038 10 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful garden 🌾🥒🥀🌷🌸🌻

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much! It’s definitely looking a little worse for wear at this point in the English winter 😂

    • @marianfernando3038
      @marianfernando3038 10 місяців тому

      @@duncan-carter Still good 😂

  • @traceg2903
    @traceg2903 11 місяців тому +3

    Soothing video...well done.
    Good luck with your new future.
    New subscriber.
    Cheers 🇨🇦

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  11 місяців тому

      Thank you… and welcome! Enjoying the cosy winter nights now ❄️🙂 not much left in the garden but letting everything rest until I start my new garden in the spring 🌹

  • @pamelahonakerlewis4707
    @pamelahonakerlewis4707 10 місяців тому +2

    I just stumbled upon your site and truly enjoyed it so much. Plan on watching all you’ve posted
    Happy Holidays 🎉🎉

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      Thank you! Happy holidays to you too… 🎄
      I should have a new video coming in the next few days 🙂

  • @march3609
    @march3609 10 місяців тому +1

    Lovely Video

  • @miareal1746
    @miareal1746 10 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful video 👏❤️🙏😀

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      Thank you! It’s sometimes sad to see it all die back for the winter but so excited for a new garden in the spring! 🌱💚

  • @andrewwyatt-younger7115
    @andrewwyatt-younger7115 11 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful space and perspective

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  11 місяців тому

      Thank you! It’s been a lovely wee garden to potter around in. Definitely has a relaxing / calming effect to be able to step out into a slice of nature! 🌱🪻🪴

  • @creationslandscapedesigns
    @creationslandscapedesigns 10 місяців тому +1

    May I ask curiously where you will be migrating to?

    • @sharong8511
      @sharong8511 10 місяців тому +2

      I believe he is moving to Cambridgeshire.

    • @creationslandscapedesigns
      @creationslandscapedesigns 10 місяців тому

      @@sharong8511 oh ok

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому +2

      Yep! SharonG got it! Heading off to Cambridgeshire … hopefully very soon! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

    • @lovelywonderwoman9009
      @lovelywonderwoman9009 10 місяців тому +1

      I’ve just found your channel, smile.

  • @lovelywonderwoman9009
    @lovelywonderwoman9009 10 місяців тому +1

    You may enjoy fello you tuber, Eugenia diaz

    • @duncan-carter
      @duncan-carter  10 місяців тому

      I love Eugenia’s videos! 😍 everything is so cinematic , she’s super talented! 👍🏼