The Old Vicarage: Working with Levels - and Cars!

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  • Опубліковано 13 лис 2020
  • Bunny re-visits a garden she designed 12 years ago and gives some top design tips on creating different levels - as well as advice on how to keep visitors cars at bay!
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  • @debbieswann5721
    @debbieswann5721 3 місяці тому +1

    Absolutely lovely, so glad the owners take pride and enjoy working in their garden also. I am in America and love boxwood. We are fighting the boxwood blight and envy your healthy ones.

  • @junebarrymunden6189
    @junebarrymunden6189 3 роки тому +5

    You are a garden genius...... it looks like a piece of Heaven

  • @williamwaterford8114
    @williamwaterford8114 9 місяців тому +1

    I keep coming back to this video.

  • @kathypatterson9906
    @kathypatterson9906 3 роки тому +16

    I've learned so much from you. Thank you. It never occurred to me to cut the bottoms of the pots out, or that root bags existed. Your videos are so informative that I watch them multiple times and catch details I missed the first time. You are a gracious presenter and speaker.

  • @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb
    @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Рік тому

    Those steps are amazing. As is the house, the gardens, and most importantly, the deep check book. Suggesting those box hedges are a 'simple design' is hilariously oblivious.

    • @bunnyguinness
      @bunnyguinness  Рік тому +1

      The box planting is simple in that there are not many different varieties of plants so maintenance is straight forward and I think
      It looks cohesive and non cluttered. But I see where you are coming from! The owners are really keen gardeners and open their garden to the public, television etc, and tending it and spending money on it over many years gives them huge pleasure . 🐇

  • @claireloving8973
    @claireloving8973 3 роки тому +28

    Bunny I love everything about your garden designs and thoroughly appreciate your enthusiasm for your craft. Thank you so much for sharing and please please continue to do so......

  • @samanthatorres9517
    @samanthatorres9517 3 роки тому +6

    Hello from Colorado!
    I came upon your videos some months ago, and quickly binge watched every episode. Not only do I love your garden designs but the videography as well. Not to mention your soothing voice as it takes us on a journey through each tranquil space, and the thought behind each one.
    Spectacular! Please share more videos🌳😊🌳

  • @ginahamlyn2569
    @ginahamlyn2569 3 роки тому +7

    This is the most beautiful and interesting garden I've ever seen. I could just spend hours there taking it all in. The owners love their home and garden and it shows.

  • @suekuly4723
    @suekuly4723 3 роки тому +5

    I love seeing all these older gardens. So beautiful.

  • @briandufty5081
    @briandufty5081 3 роки тому +3

    England Garden.. The best garden when I was a kid. Was my Grandpa and ma. I LOVE them..

  • @leighporter6816
    @leighporter6816 3 роки тому +43

    Wonderful and inspiring tour. Thank you. You made a brief mention of how even the compost area was interesting. How about a video with more inspiring designs for compost areas, large and small? Keep the videos coming. I find them a real inspiration as I’m sure many others do 👏

  • @sarahfurness3182
    @sarahfurness3182 3 роки тому +10

    Thank you Bunny for your help in our much loved garden! You have a great eye and the terrace is a particular triumph. It was a difficult area for me as an amateur to design as it sloped in varying directions. I had lots of thoughts involving building several (expensive) walls. I did not know what would look best. I had not thought of your suggestion of a slope with steps which works so well and opens the garden up from the terrace - where a wall across would have cut it off. The pattern of box is strong year in and out. It also saved me money! The trees and yew on the terrace stop the house feeling like it looms. Brilliant!.

    • @jennifersauer3257
      @jennifersauer3257 3 роки тому +3

      Your garden is such a lovely and tranquil looking haven. Thank you for allowing Bunny to feature it on her channel.

    • @susanfrost8898
      @susanfrost8898 3 роки тому

      Can you tell me please what material is the patio to the front door laid with aside from the granite sets?

    • @sarahfurness3182
      @sarahfurness3182 3 роки тому +1

      @@susanfrost8898 The area in front of the front door is laid with stone sets and fine 'pea' gravel, the smallest size gravel. I like it because it is fine and as I have a lot of trees, and leaves, if it gets raked up with leaves it is great in my compost! - Sarah Furness

    • @susanfrost8898
      @susanfrost8898 3 роки тому

      @@sarahfurness3182 Thank you. We have a similar issue with leaves. I will take a look at pea gravel.

    • @snomeesmoo
      @snomeesmoo 3 роки тому

      @@sarahfurness3182 your garden is stunning! Bunny your brilliant ! I just love your designs and videos. Can you tell me the Malus you used in the pots on the patio they are beautiful! I would love to try the bottomless pot in my small pottager style garden and these have really caught my eye. Also where can i find your most revommended small trees for your bottomless pot method ? many thanks!

  • @dogblessamerica
    @dogblessamerica 3 роки тому +1

    The topiary knot bank is utterly inspired

  • @asianangie7209
    @asianangie7209 3 роки тому +5

    This is a fabulous, amazing space! Formal but friendly and inviting! Owners are lucky!

  • @GrannysGarden
    @GrannysGarden 3 роки тому +12

    What a design, truly lovely and calming. 12 years have past but the garden looks like it's been there for 100 years. The Box hedge geometric design on the slope is inspired..... you are getting a "drone" view without the drone. Love it.

  • @aspasiabibas1819
    @aspasiabibas1819 2 роки тому +1

    True staying power is when you watch a video over and over again and this one is it.

  • @nnagle9224
    @nnagle9224 11 місяців тому +1

    It was wonderful to hear how these gardens and spaces were planned and evolved using height and "faults" of sloped land. I love the way you moved the parking area.

  • @gardensal3112
    @gardensal3112 3 роки тому +4

    Absolutely beautiful gardens, I love your gardening style, presentation and tips. I've watched all your videos over and can't wait for your next upload. You're an inspiration to us all keep up the good work Bunny.

  • @genevievebarnett5764
    @genevievebarnett5764 3 роки тому +2

    You are truly a master in your craft. I love your videos and the opportunity to understand what my untrained eye loves about your designs. Thank you for glimpses of the beauty you create and the opportunity to understand and emulate tiny moments in my own outdoor spaces! 💚

  • @JohnSmith-tw2im
    @JohnSmith-tw2im 3 роки тому +8

    Your enthusiasm is uplifting on a grey, wet morning. Thank you. You don't seem to have written any books strictly on garden design; I am surprised by that. I am pleased I discovered your channel, despite that !

  • @angelakilroe3271
    @angelakilroe3271 Рік тому

    Love, love your videos Bunny, I’ve learned so much from you. Many thanks.

  • @michelerich3242
    @michelerich3242 3 роки тому +1

    Such an honor to be able to see this garden, and even better to have you explain how and why!
    It has an olde world feel about it, but nothing fuddy- duddy- fussy!
    Everything works! Total functional beauty. Even the compost and chicken areas are lovely.
    I feel the same sense of serenity seeing this as I do when I have a massage- at peace with the world.
    Some private gardens open one weekend a year for charity here in the Cape.
    I would pay for the honor of walking in this garden. Then again, too many prople would mess up the tranquility.
    You are very, very talented. The owners must have been overjoyed to get your undertaking to do this!

  • @janethothersall8345
    @janethothersall8345 3 роки тому +5

    I need you in my life, my garden, I wish I could afford you! I’m saving up!

  • @taitlandsstainforth9524
    @taitlandsstainforth9524 3 роки тому +1

    Bunny you are so practical and knowledgable, the combination is hamony. Thank you.

  • @maynardgreenhouse
    @maynardgreenhouse 3 роки тому +3

    I got so excited when I saw a new video post from you. Just adore your formal style that we in the US just can’t seem to compare.

  • @kathyberal5623
    @kathyberal5623 2 роки тому

    I've watched this video at least 10x and all 10x I've discovered something beautiful that I hadn't seen before. Long may this continue.

  • @JoannaLouise200
    @JoannaLouise200 3 роки тому +2

    The courtyard area is so welcoming! It has a 'genius loci' all of it own.

  • @truthbetold2611
    @truthbetold2611 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant design principles. They make sense. Thank you Bunny!!

  • @eliev7844
    @eliev7844 3 роки тому +1

    I could watch you all day, Bunny. Really love your design ideias.

  • @lesleyrigby5648
    @lesleyrigby5648 7 місяців тому

    Beautiful !

  • @charlieb2903
    @charlieb2903 3 роки тому +1

    A beautiful garden. Thanks for the tour.

  • @carolynshepherd4153
    @carolynshepherd4153 2 роки тому

    Utterly heavenly

  • @highlandlakecottage4276
    @highlandlakecottage4276 2 роки тому

    Lovely!

  • @sandyphillips2467
    @sandyphillips2467 3 роки тому

    Bunny your video’s are amazing,and your garden is fantastic.thank you for your time Sandy .

  • @gardener5857
    @gardener5857 2 роки тому +1

    Incredible garden. Thank you so much.

  • @bethfolz4637
    @bethfolz4637 3 роки тому +1

    I am always so inspired by you when I watch your videos thank you for providing us with so much beautiful garden ideas and knowledge.

  • @angelacross2216
    @angelacross2216 5 місяців тому

    Lovely.

  • @rusticanrefined
    @rusticanrefined 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely stunning garden! That’s the best use for a slope that I’ve ever seen.

  • @cbvickers4044
    @cbvickers4044 3 роки тому

    Absolutely gorgeous. I love the formality that is welcoming.

  • @SteveL2012
    @SteveL2012 3 роки тому +1

    Extraordinary design. ❤️

  • @anneduigan4933
    @anneduigan4933 3 роки тому +1

    Just gorgeous.

  • @rebeccavalicoff1581
    @rebeccavalicoff1581 3 роки тому +2

    This is simple? I think it is amazingly complex!

  • @monawolfe
    @monawolfe 3 роки тому +1

    Breathtaking

  • @claireangier3322
    @claireangier3322 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful. Very inspiring!

  • @nellamiller1307
    @nellamiller1307 3 роки тому

    Dear Bunny.. So thrilled to find you here!! You’re brilliant! Your advice is so logical and your gardening expertise outstanding! Thank you so much! My own personal gardening channel!❤️🇨🇦❤️

  • @sbhimji4568
    @sbhimji4568 3 роки тому

    Love it love it love it! I really do enjoy watching your work. You are an amazing designer!

  • @williamwaterford8114
    @williamwaterford8114 Рік тому

    This video I have looked at several times.

  • @kathyberal5623
    @kathyberal5623 3 роки тому +2

    I would love to see some of your work for smaller city/urbain gardens. Although very beautiful, these sprawling country gardens are out of reach right now.

  • @Laurablushing
    @Laurablushing 3 роки тому +1

    So inspirational!!

  • @JOHNKIRBY1000
    @JOHNKIRBY1000 3 роки тому

    How wonderful. I love every bit!!

  • @lilwilliams7277
    @lilwilliams7277 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful, love it 😍

  • @imahappygal1
    @imahappygal1 3 роки тому

    Gorgeous and peaceful!

  • @jenniewilliamsmural
    @jenniewilliamsmural 3 роки тому

    I love the partnership you've developed with this couple, and their own delightful stone and brick work. Handling a continuous slope and the problem of cars are both challenges that I face - what a magnificent answer you've formulated, listening to your people, history and site. In the US in zone 5, box is not a ready solution, though I am exploring and experimenting with it.
    Warmest regards
    Jennie

  • @juliedubberley1192
    @juliedubberley1192 3 роки тому +2

    As always fabulous presentation and garden..... Can anyone make suggestions for container shrubs for my North facing courtyard in Anglesey?

    • @JenforMelissa
      @JenforMelissa 3 роки тому

      Omg That is gorgeous. I wish I could find someone like you in the US to help me design my backyard. I have a pool and want so much to place your style around it. Absolutely stunning!!!

  • @MamatasEssence
    @MamatasEssence 3 роки тому

    Absolutely beautiful garden❤️

  • @KMJCAN1313
    @KMJCAN1313 3 роки тому

    Thank you, I adore your taste, your gardens, how inspiring you are. Merry Christmas.

  • @marilynhaughton1955
    @marilynhaughton1955 3 роки тому

    Stunning garden. So many lovely ideas too. Can anyone tell me the name of the banjo music. I keep hearing it on different videos. Thank you.

  • @shanlynwebb
    @shanlynwebb 3 роки тому +3

    lovely. Thank you 🌿

  • @rawsunnata829
    @rawsunnata829 3 роки тому

    It is amazingly beautiful!

  • @jacquipayne5798
    @jacquipayne5798 3 роки тому

    Hi Bunny Have just found your channel and wanted to let you know how much I love your vlogs ♥️ such beautiful gardens and such valuable info. Thank you 🙏

  • @TheClipperchip
    @TheClipperchip 3 роки тому

    Those shrubs give me nightmares 😳

  • @jennrowsell7868
    @jennrowsell7868 4 місяці тому

  • @phykell
    @phykell 8 місяців тому

    I really like the courtyard design and how well the paving/edging matches the golden gravel but can I please ask what the stones/setts/cobbles you’ve used? I can’t find anything as nice.

    • @bunnyguinness
      @bunnyguinness  8 місяців тому

      Hi they were Indian stone setts colour grey. I get them from indi stone Ltd in Deeping st Nicholas, great firm to work with, will give keen prices and have made stone urns for me to my design and have shipped products to Japan for me. Really helpful firm and easy to deal with 🐇

    • @phykell
      @phykell 8 місяців тому

      @@bunnyguinness Thank you for your kind reply - I’ll take a look at their website. We have exactly the same issue where we don’t want cars parked directly in front of the house apart from the odd occasion. Love the channel - have you done or considered a video about hedges (native species)?

  • @kateharvey7385
    @kateharvey7385 3 роки тому

    Bunny this is such a beautiful garden! But could you tell me how you stop the soil on the slope from washing down in a heavy rain? I’m sure the box holds it in now but when it was first planted was this a problem?

    • @bunnyguinness
      @bunnyguinness  3 роки тому

      It’s worth planting slopes in early autumn so plants can get roots down before the droughts. Some soils are more stable than others ie have a steeper natural angle of retention. If it looks like the soil might roll down a bit I use a type of netting which is pegged in place and plant through this. The netting is designed specially for soil stabilisation. Many thanks for your comments🐇

  • @biwallace
    @biwallace 3 роки тому

    What a beauty! Is this garden open to the public?

    • @bunnyguinness
      @bunnyguinness  3 роки тому +1

      Yes it is, under the National Garden Scheme I think.

  • @ibisa79
    @ibisa79 3 роки тому +2

    Miss Marple is trying to find out who killed the colonel in the sunken garden.

  • @magdalenakosarzecka2955
    @magdalenakosarzecka2955 2 роки тому

    Could I ask what stone was used in this garden apart from gravel? It looks so beautiful.

    • @bunnyguinness
      @bunnyguinness  2 роки тому

      It was Indian sandstone I think probably Raj Green. Trade price is from £13/Sq metre so it is quite reasonable. 🐇

    • @magdalenakosarzecka2955
      @magdalenakosarzecka2955 2 роки тому

      @@bunnyguinness Thank you so much, and thank you for your knowledge, experience and wisdom you are so kind to share with everyone.

  • @helenachase78
    @helenachase78 3 роки тому

    does anyone know if you can do box work in zone 3 ???? Its just not done here in Canada

  • @xyzllii
    @xyzllii 3 роки тому

    Lovely...except I'm adverse to clipped box. It's such a cliche. I love the smell of the flowers when it's allowed to grow naturally. Like the planting of the Crabapple trees !

    • @BathtubPorsche
      @BathtubPorsche 3 роки тому

      These boxwood are absolutely unique! Wonderful artistic sculpture.

    • @xyzllii
      @xyzllii 3 роки тому

      @@BathtubPorsche You cannot say 'absolutely unique'. Something is unique...or it is not. Box hedging is just not my thing...especially such formal geometry. I am fan a fan of Bunny G. none the less.