Regarding the tree question; I have lived in the Pacific Northwest most of my life, and I do sometimes take the trees for granted (and the rain, but never the mountains.) But a few years ago, I took my kids on a road trip down the coast to visit my grandma in Southern California. On the drive home, we all definitely noticed when we got back above the tree line and back into forested area. It was like we all could take a deep breath again, when we hadn’t realized we hadn’t been taking them.
I’ve lived in multiple states up and down the east coast my whole life and my experience is that during the day to day hustle of life you don’t “notice/pay attention” to the trees. But in the quiet moments going on a hike, being a passenger on a long drive, having a picnic. That’s when my soul singings in gratitude.
It’s funny about where you live , what you take for granted. I live in the midlands of South Carolina and I have lived surrounded by trees. We normally have to remove trees to build and garden where we live. But I love my trees and rain , which we have had one of the wettest few months in years.❤️
@@nancypatterson374 I have a love hate relationship with my trees because they all have the helicopter seeds. And spring cleanup is almost overwhelming. But once we get passed that, I fall in love with again. Lol
We live amidst massive white pines and towering oaks and maples on 1.5 acres here in NW WI. We struggle with nature vs. nurture. Do we leave the trees grow naturally or do we cut them down to nurture the gardens we want to grow. It's a real struggle for my husband to make the decision to cut or not to cut trees.
Aaron should create his own garden area!! Start to finish, completely on his own. That would be fun to see! I love how inspired he was seeing these beautiful gardens! Thank you Garden Answer for the continuous inspiration!!🌺🌸
@@bananarose04 thats okay ,my hubby put the canadian flag in my garden area it looks really good !!at firs ti didntthink i would like it but it looked alright !
Lived in southern New York much of my life. But living in London and California gave me such a deeper appreciation for the incredibly beautiful topography of a New York. Vibrant greens, beautiful massive trees, old stone walls and many streams, lakes and ponds. I also love having four full blown seasons. I don’t take my 100 year old oaks or 80 foot pines for granted at all! I love the Hudson River School of painting for this reason -the area really looks like that.
You have really hit on something here- l could spend all day poking round other people's gardens. They are so relatable. Your gardening is endlessly inspiring but sometimes the smaller spaces are fascinating too.
I’m in Virginia and live at a lake nestled in the blue ridge mountains, and trees are EVERYWHERE! They are gorgeous and we do take them for granted for sure! There are times I wish we didn’t have so many, as I really would love a little greenhouse, but would have to take down majors trees in order for that to happen. I love having someone with you when talking about the beautiful gardens, it does add another dynamic to the video.
☕️Good morning Laura and Aaron and all GA friends. Wow, you said it perfectly, Laura, the gardeners featured possess a gift. Even the smallest bit of landscape beauty can spread so much joy. Thank you so much to gardeners for sharing the love. Can’t wait to see Part 5! 🌷💚🌸🌲
1. It's nice to see Aaron without his sunglasses on. 2. I really enjoyed the energy between you two! It made me chuckle to hear about his suggestions and your acceptance. What a team!
Laura, I could see your brain clicking when you said, “I could do that!” when you thought about a DIY of the planter basket on a post. Now I want you to do it and show us all the steps 😉. I just love your confidence.
I am truly enjoying these videos. Seeing other gardens from my zone really gives inspiration. Thank you to all the gardeners who are making submissions.
Omg! This just made my day having my garden in your show (Leidy from Rhode Island)!! especially today as I'm in the hospital because I'm very sick with pneumonia. Thank you for brightening my day ❤️
What an honor to be featured amongst such gorgeous gardens! Thank you! 😊 And thank you for continuing to share your wealth of knowledge and ideas with us all.
Hi Derek! You have a beautiful garden. I'm in pre-planning my back yard garden but after seeing your front entry, I am going to focus my efforts there. Could you share some of the plant names in front entry area and apx dimensions behind and in front of short picket fence. I'm in MD too with a blank canvas but struggling with too many possibilities.
@@rebeccalisi4052 thank you! Behind the fence is a narrow strip, less than 2 feet. Those are knockouts along that edge, and though hard to see in those angles between each rose is a pocket filled with sedum. Some years I let the roses go tall, some I keep them more mounded and tidy, just depends on my mood that season. Along the other little stretch of fence are hydrangeas. The opposite side of the walk has Otto Luyken laurels for the low hedge and the two trees were cypresses that I carefully pruned often and heavy to keep around that size while trying to maintain that whimsical look - but I recently swapped those for junipers and transplanted the cypresses into the back. The other small shrubs are Nandinas and of course plenty of annuals and perennials fill in around which I switch up each year. Good luck with your garden!
Thank YOU Derek for your submission. All the gardens showed extreme hard work and a love of gardening but yours was over the top! It would be wonderful to have an entire episode just based on your garden.
Hi from Finland! I've noticed many times in your videos you talking about trees in such admiring way, and that really has made me think about my own view about them. 75% of Finland is covered by forest, and I myself really have been taking it for granted. I of course enjoy trees and forests, but I've never really even thought that most people don't have them, in this quantity at least. So I guess, thank you, for making me even more thankful of the beautiful country I live in. BTW Finland is the most happiest country in the world, maybe beacuse of the forests? ;)
I know what you mean. I was born and raised in British Columbia and have always taken greenery and trees as a given. It wasn’t until I travelled extensively away from home that I realized how fortunate I was to live in such a beautiful place 😊
Sounds like a wonderful place to live - forests and happy people. I'm from Texas. We have happy, friendly people here, but not the trees and bountiful forests. I bet your areas are beautiful in the fall.
What a beautiful sentiment! Canada is blessed with trees as well. I live in Manitoba and our neighbour to the West,Saskatchewan, is pretty flat and treeless. But it is also beautiful in its openness and its ability to sustain grain farming. We’re pretty happy here in Canada too! 😁🇨🇦
This is so true! Ever since watching all her tree installments and learning about trees through their channel I’ve gained much more awareness and appreciation. I’ve been shopping around for frees for my yard!
Laura- I just have to tell you that I have watched your channel for years and look forward every morning to watching your video of the day. I had a baby 6 months ago and she too is now OBSESSED with our morning routine of watching Garden Answer. When she hears your voice say “Hey guys, how’s it going?” she grins and giggles. It’s become such a fun thing to share together that I feel guilty now watching your videos without her! I felt it was only right for me to thank you for giving us such a great outlet to bond over and be excited about as she grows up! I think she needs some bunny slippers to represent Samantha. 💞
WOW. That first guy’s house was amazing. Wondering what he feeds his plants to get them that enormous.😲. All the submissions were fantastic. Laura you could definitely do that in your yard where the septic is the sky rocket roses . I totally agree with Aron you definitely need more Hibiscus there amazing. I definitely loved everything in this video. I am very impressed with Aron and his knowledge of all the plants and stuff. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Living in the Pacific Northwest and having 7 large, old oak, maple and spruce trees on my small lot, I see and love them every day. From the squirrels chasing each other around the trunks, and the birds making their nests, to the beautiful colors in the fall and the privacy these provide. Every season I am constantly reminded of the blessing of having these beautiful specimens in the middle of the city.
So about the trees. I lived most of my life in the east or southeast, so trees were just always “there”. But then I moved to Texas and I genuinely mourned not having the trees. I appreciate them now infinitely more than I ever did when they were everywhere. When we purchased our home the main selling point is that the property is covered in very old, huge oaks and it is a balm to my soul! I am thankful for these trees every single day.
Love these videos!!!❤ For the gardeners who are looking out the window at huge snow banks and the wind howling , these videos feed my gardening soul! Hang on !! Spring will be here soon!!!!🌷🌹🌼🌺
As much as I LOVE your videos with your mom, and of course love to see her in these, Erin knocks it out of the park with his commentary/banter. Team Erin!
I was just telling my husband how I like that you guys are showing a wide range of gardens in this series. All of us have different budgets, style of houses, size of yards, etc. It's really nice that you guys are featuring that variety. It helps me understand and be inspired in my circumstances (smaller yard in the berbs). Thanks!
Good morning, Laura and Aaron, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 🌞 🇺🇸 More great Gardens 👍...time for a cup of tea 🍵 and watching break. 👩🌾👍 Happy Gardening Everyone 💗🌹💗
Appalachian Mountains - SW Virginia - we have an abundance of a variety of trees and everyone is precious! We recognize when a storm takes down a few limbs. It leaves a whole in the scenery much like when a family member is missing in a photo. We know how long it takes to grow a great hardwood, and like a child, we don't want anything to happen to it. We lost a great oak in a storm that was over 400 years old (older than our family settled on the land in 1700s) and we all cried. Months later, we drive by and all have a moment of silence and takes a while to uplift a sad mood. My husband I have traveled all over the US and many countries and we cannot imagine living anywhere else. There is something about the mountains, rivers and creeks, the trees, flowers, shrubs, native herbs, wildlife, peep frogs in the spring, and those unbelievably amazing sunrises and sunsets all year round.
I live in Ohio and have ALWAYS loved and appreciated our trees. This is my favorite place in the world, especially the rolling farmland. Laura's video make me appreciate what I have even more.
Raised in Houston, but now east of Seattle, I notice the trees and natural beauty all the time. I’ll drive certain ways just to experience tree canopies overhead. What a privilege.
Thank you so much for including my garden in today’s video!! Such a fun surprise while I was having my coffee this morning…and enjoying Garden Answer!! I so look forward to these viewer submission videos. Love seeing what everyone is doing in their gardens and gathering ideas, during a time of year when we are all planning for the upcoming season. Thank you again for my daily dose of garden inspiration!
A model railroad garden would be wonderful for adults and children, its not cheap but oh the fun of watching the trains going through the landscape...I love your videos, you and your hubby are great together...Keep up the great work you do...
I grew up in Ohio and have lived in Michigan now for over 20 years and we are accustomed to seeing trees. But I think you always appreciate them for the shade and beauty they provide. Now, in the fall and spring I do sometimes curse all the leaves to clean up lol. When we lived in England for 4 years I missed the big oaks and hickory we were used to but loved all the boxwood lined country roads. Love these videos. 😊
We live on top of a hill in Appalachia Ohio. I absolutely love being surrounded by lush trees. Even though we have some neighbors it feels like an added level of privacy. These long winter months are brown and make me watch videos like yours to grab inspiration for the upcoming season. Thank you for everything you do!
I could watch these beautiful garden videos every day! I absolutely love them! I sadly no longer have a garden since I have downsized, but I can certainly appreciate other people’s beautiful gardens! I do have over 100 (104 to be exact, but whose counting, lol) houseplants, which prior to moving I could never keep alive (probably because I spent so much time in my garden:). Thank you to everyone who submitted photos. Seeing so many beautiful spaces always starts my day off in such a happy way.😊 xo
My grandchildren ages 2 and 5 at the time LOVED making fairy garden in the yard. Each year we would go and pick out new items to place in the little village. We have continued every year. They are now 10 and 13.
Hi Laura, and Aaron. Growing up in New England always had gorgeous tree borders. Now in zone 9A. When looking for a home, the first thing I told the realtor was there had to be trees…. Just can’t imagine a yard without a tree border. Love this series please keep it coming.
I moved from Michigan to Idaho. And when I was in Michigan I never noticed how lush everything was. We don’t have backdrops of trees in Idaho because we are high desert. So, when I go back and visit Michigan I’m BLOWN away by the trees!! I’m not sure you know what you have if you grow up in it…until your gone :)
Agree about the trees. I was born & raised in an area of farm country, just outside of Traverse City,,Michigan. We are surrounded by acres of trees, fields of lush crop during season of some kind. My older brother worked for a recycling fuel plant in S Dakota, for 5 yrs. He said the same...other than family, being surrounded by trees, grasses of any kind is what he ended up missing too, because it is flat land of nothing but dirt. Thanks for another wonderful video of amazing inspiration of beauty Laura & Aaron.
Northern Idaho isn't high desert, and we have lots of trees which I love EXCEPT for the horrible trees on the backside of my fence....so horrible. Dropping crap all year long, big inch long thorns and blocking the sun. They aren't on my property so I'm kind of stuck with them.
Northern Minnesota to middle of Montana....now we see mountains but I sure missed ALL the trees in the early days. Back there we cut them down to put things in. Now we have to work so hard to grow them up. Perspective and appreciation is everything.!!!
We are Montanans who lived in Missouri for nearly 10 years. Montana has views for miles. Missouri has trees, trees, trees and views are very limited. I can see four Mountain ranges from my backyard and I really struggle deciding whether to plant trees because I don’t want to block my view. I consider the size a tree will become far more than I would have in Missouri. I’m guessing that when someone places a large order of trees here, it’s to create a wind break. A shelter belt. Like where you live, we too get a lot of wind. There are pros and cons and beauty wherever you live. 😊 You and Aaron have already made your property so beautiful and you have plans to make it even better. What you’re doing is fabulous! You can leave your driveway and see out but come home to a paradise of your own making. Best of both worlds.
Can´t wait for spring. Finally found the last piece of the puzzle for a new "eatable" violet- greenish area idea. Red-veined dock! Impressive gardens- very enjoyable!
2nd comment- I live in Portland, OR & I never take the beautiful trees that surround me for granted. As my mom got older (rest her dear soul) I would take her for short walks & she would literally hug the trees. She would wrap her arms around them & thank God for their beauty. We buried her ashes underneath 2 gorgeous old growth trees in a local cemetery. She is literally buried between their trunks. We had chosen this spot over 20 years ago & reserved it for her. I cannot imagine her ashes being anywhere else. I know her spirit energy is surrounded by beautiful trees 🌲 🌳. Thank you for reminding me of the beauty around me. ❤
Thank you so much for this series. I’m starting from scratch in a new zone 7. Went from a city lot to rural wooded lot and needed inspiration and these videos help so much. I found so many things in this video I will use! Yes we have tons of trees and you appreciate them everyday. I have so many I had to cut 13 down around the house and still have 30 in my front yard. Lots of pollen and leaves to deal with. Beautiful none the less.
Speaking of the trees , I live right next to conservation land and I have trees all along my home and I notice them all the time and it gives me such a sense of privacy. I love it especially when it snows and all the trees are covered with snow .I especially love the change of seasons here in Massachusetts I love living in New England .I’m so happy you bring us videos from all over to see other people’s beautiful gardens .🌼🌸🌻
Love your videos! I live in western Oregon and Yes, I notice trees and appreciate the view of the trees every single day!! ... consider what the world would be without any trees, sadness. Seeing you and Aaron playing off of each other was fun. You two are cute ... keep up the great videos!! 😊
During these cold winter months it’s been fun spending time watching you work in your greenhouses and at your parents’ Garden Center and I have enjoyed hearing your and Aaron’s commentary as we all look at fellow viewers’ beautiful flower gardens. You provide such great content for us. Thank you!
This series is obviously well received, so I love the fact that you are continuing to show us these amazing gardens. We appreciate all your .hard work. Thank you so much.
I am so grateful to Laura for teaching me the value of order and structure in a garden. I used to be just a plant hoarder before I started watching her videos and now I’m like a sophisticated landscaper 😂
We have a farm with a forest behind our house, and I truly don't take it for granted. I'm from Indiana, and we had state parks near our homes growing up, now living in East Tennessee I feel like I have been blessed with two of the most beautiful places to live. One filled with farms, the other mountains.
Living in Washington state, trees are the jewels of the land. I love flowers and all but the trees…..❤❤❤❤ All types of evergreens from bright lime green, yellows, oranges, to the blues and silvers. My brother loves the beaches and hot weather but to me nothing compares to seeing flowers blooming thru the ice 🥰
Ive lived in south east Texas in the piney woods my whole life. I never get tired of checking out the trees or appreciating their impact. I think humans are just amazed by plants and trees everywhere 😂 ❤
Love the variety of sizes of spaces you’re including! And I still notice trees all the time despite having always lived in a heavily treed area. Can’t imagine living in a landscape without them!
I live were there is trees/brushy back drop everywhere and no I never thought about it.... till recently when I heard you talk about how beautiful they are and now I am really growing to appreciate them!!!
Thank you for talking about not being happy with Supertunia Bermuda Beach. I planted these in the ground and they didn’t do well at all. I watered everyday and feed liquid fertilizer every week. My other supertunia’s all were huge except for these. At least I know it is not be just me. Thanks again for all your UA-cam content. I learn so much from you and Aaron too. This year we are putting automatic watering system and drip. Love seeing you with the all the family too. Shopping is fun in the winter. Keep up the great work! 🥰
We are on 4 acres and are surrounded in forest. We appreciate all the trees so much, especially since our province has lost so many recently in Hurricane Fiona. Trees are precious!
Hi, Defensive Utah Gardener here. 😁 I’ve been to garden tours in the Salt Lake Valley that rival any of the ones you’ve spotlighted. We’re in a low water area that’s lush and green. But people are beginning to realize it’s possible to use less water. Unfortunately some people think Zero-Scaping (as it’s often pronounced here👎) means rocks, cactus and yucca. I hope you’re able to get more viewers from Utah. I’m constantly sharing your info and advice. Love your show and watching you and Aaron interact, plus those adorable kids of yours!
You can weld? Wow! Please make a video, if you decide to make a DIY tall post planter like the supertunia one shown in this video. I love this series, please keep it as a weekly staple or at least bi-weekly. I find many of the ideas and your comments very inspirational . God’s continued blessings on you, your family, and GA as a whole. 🙏🙏💐💐❤️❤️❤️
Good afternoon Laura and family Ohhh so many beautiful gardens, the Fairy Tales Garden was awesome reminded me of Germany, I went on a field trip with my daughter and her classmates it was such a fun trip mostly gardens an area for the kids to play sorry got cared away lol. Oh would love to see your mom in the next one, sorry Aaron. There's a lots of inspiration in all these Gardens, thank you Laura and Aaron for taking time out of your day to share with us.🙂👋🧚♀️🌸🌷
Love this garden tour! So fun to see new creativity. Regarding sandbox, when we had littles, we got the largest tractor tire we could find. Best sandbox ever! Comfy seats all around. Well contained. Easy to remove when outgrown. Grandpa's idea! 💡
Thanks for that shot of your mountains. I wondered and never seen such plain mountains. They’re beautiful and I would love to see a sunset there! Living in the foothills of the Allegheny mountains I’m surrounded by trees! I never take the scenery for granted. ❤
I live in Maine. I love trees so much, I pay attention to them and to how people use them in their gardens. I am really enjoying these garden episodes. I hope you do them during the whole year. Even if you need to spread them out during your busier gardening times.
It is so evident in these videos how much you inspire so many people. Myself included and I am eternally grateful. I can see your influence in so many gardens!
I had a great experience with a landscape fairy garden! I had a small yard on a small-child filled cul-de-sac which had a fairly good sized berm in it. I made it into a fairy village and the kids had a blast with real imagination! They claimed their own houses where they “lived”. The rules were that they could play all they wanted, move the stuff around etc. but just don’t take it home with them. They were perfect! I got to know all the families and occasionally we’d have cupcakes! Sometimes little things the kids had of their own would show up too. It wasn’t flashy but was a real winner!
Enjoying the beautiful gardens that people around the country are sharing. So many great ideas. Speaking of trees which I love. When the ice storm hit Silverton, OR, you could hear trees snapping everywhere. So many trees had to be cut down. Very depressing. Thank you Laura and Aaron for sharing. Will be looking forward to #5.
I appreciate all the trees we have here in New York. Watching them go from winter into spring into summer and then the crowning fall foliage is amazing! I especially like the pink haze of buds in spring time.
We live just North of Houston. Houston is very green, but all the newer neighborhoods clear out EVERYTHING and stick a twig in the front yard. We were so happy to find a house in an established neighborhood next to a lake with tons of green space and established trees. With it being a 30+ year old neighborhood a lot of those original little trees have grown into monster beauties and then all the trees that were left in the green spaces lend to all of our views. We even have some Bald Eagles that nest in the neighborhood.
I live in Michigan where we have a lot of trees. I never take them for granted. I love them in every season. The bright vibrant green leaves in the Spring, the full shade producing leaves in the Summer, the beautiful Fall colors. I love the winter structure of trees, the limbs, branches and twigs. I also love to watch the winter bare trees as they sway in the wind. I LOVE trees and I would have a hard time living in an area where they are not a natural part of the landscape.
Do a fairy garden for Benjamin and Samantha. Start small and add things at night while they are sleeping so they think the fairies did it...they're moving in and creating their new home in their yard. The kids will ve so excited to check in on the fairy garden to look to see what's new!! 💚
Fantastic idea K R....being whimsical in a Fairy Garden is part of the magic! I think Benjamin understand it, Samantha Grace may want to play with them instead..haha. Awesome idea though!
I just love these videos. Perhaps keep these submissions for when it's really warm and we need to see some of the beauty of bloom times in the garden as inspiration to keep up on the 'chore' aspect of gardening. Thanks for the compilation and for sharing!
Hi Laura and Aaron, thanks for making these garden tours. It gives me a lot to think about for my own garden 🤔. I'm from the Netherlands and a zone 8a and took all the trees I'm surrounded wirh my whole live for granted. Until I started watching your channel. Now I make it a thing to watch every single one of them during my walks with the dogs and how they change during the year. Thank you for that!! 😘😘
I live on 4 acres in NE Texas (zone 8a) and the area is nicknamed the "Piney Woods." You asked if people in treed areas appreciate/notice the trees and I can honestly tell you that I admire mine every single day. Most of the pines on our property are Loblolly variety and are between 80'-100' tall. The rest of the tall native trees here are Sweetgum and Elm. I love your videos and have learned so much. You inspired me to finally get a greenhouse, 12x24, which was installed in October by a wonderful company called East Texas Greenhouse. They pre-fab it at their warehouse and then deliver and set up all the parts. My husband is building his first raised bed and it's looking great.
To answer your question about the tress and if we notice them, I live in North Carolina and we have lots and lots of trees and no I don’t notice them at all, I guess cause we’ve had them my whole life you don’t appreciate it as much, but when I watch your videos and see how much y’all love them, it reminds me not to take them for granted, because not everyone lives in a climate that is lush and have lots of trees. So thank you for that ❤❤❤❤
Oh gosh that table and bench is beautiful! Well done dream team putting the top on!! So happy to hear and see darling Georgie and mom being happy! Have you started milking mom for your own milk yet? Such exciting times!❤❤ Pigs are in their glory also! You both have been so busy! Godbless!!❤❤
Regarding the tree question; I have lived in the Pacific Northwest most of my life, and I do sometimes take the trees for granted (and the rain, but never the mountains.) But a few years ago, I took my kids on a road trip down the coast to visit my grandma in Southern California. On the drive home, we all definitely noticed when we got back above the tree line and back into forested area. It was like we all could take a deep breath again, when we hadn’t realized we hadn’t been taking them.
I’ve lived in multiple states up and down the east coast my whole life and my experience is that during the day to day hustle of life you don’t “notice/pay attention” to the trees. But in the quiet moments going on a hike, being a passenger on a long drive, having a picnic. That’s when my soul singings in gratitude.
Dreaming of Spring and gardens as we speak. Lol
I love the sunrise and sunset through the trees, always love looking off past the fields into the trees!
It’s funny about where you live , what you take for granted. I live in the midlands of South Carolina and I have lived surrounded by trees. We normally have to remove trees to build and garden where we live. But I love my trees and rain , which we have had one of the wettest few months in years.❤️
@@nancypatterson374 I have a love hate relationship with my trees because they all have the helicopter seeds. And spring cleanup is almost overwhelming. But once we get passed that, I fall in love with again. Lol
We live amidst massive white pines and towering oaks and maples on 1.5 acres here in NW WI. We struggle with nature vs. nurture. Do we leave the trees grow naturally or do we cut them down to nurture the gardens we want to grow. It's a real struggle for my husband to make the decision to cut or not to cut trees.
Aaron should create his own garden area!!
Start to finish, completely on his own. That would be fun to see!
I love how inspired he was seeing these beautiful gardens!
Thank you Garden Answer for the continuous inspiration!!🌺🌸
It would just be trees lol
Trees and hibiscus!
With a huge American flag 🤣
@@bananarose04 thats okay ,my hubby put the canadian flag in my garden area it looks really good !!at firs ti didntthink i would like it but it looked alright !
Missouri here!! YES WE NOTICE THE TREES!! I have lived here most of my life and I fall in love again every spring when the trees come back to life!
Lived in southern New York much of my life. But living in London and California gave me such a deeper appreciation for the incredibly beautiful topography of a New York. Vibrant greens, beautiful massive trees, old stone walls and many streams, lakes and ponds. I also love having four full blown seasons. I don’t take my 100 year old oaks or 80 foot pines for granted at all! I love the Hudson River School of painting for this reason -the area really looks like that.
I'm looking on moving back - hopefully within a year. I miss New York State. Plus I will get to start a new garden...fun!
You have really hit on something here- l could spend all day poking round other people's gardens. They are so relatable. Your gardening is endlessly inspiring but sometimes the smaller spaces are fascinating too.
Please keep these coming! It’s so calming and we get so many new ideas. ❤
I’m in Virginia and live at a lake nestled in the blue ridge mountains, and trees are EVERYWHERE! They are gorgeous and we do take them for granted for sure! There are times I wish we didn’t have so many, as I really would love a little greenhouse, but would have to take down majors trees in order for that to happen.
I love having someone with you when talking about the beautiful gardens, it does add another dynamic to the video.
Haha Aaron is such a gentleman. Sometimes you just have to see something to really get a feel for it. You guys are so sweet. ❤
☕️Good morning Laura and Aaron and all GA friends. Wow, you said it perfectly, Laura, the gardeners featured possess a gift. Even the smallest bit of landscape beauty can spread so much joy. Thank you so much to gardeners for sharing the love. Can’t wait to see Part 5! 🌷💚🌸🌲
1. It's nice to see Aaron without his sunglasses on.
2. I really enjoyed the energy between you two! It made me chuckle to hear about his suggestions and your acceptance. What a team!
That first house was a traffic stopper! What talent !
🏠 That first house has got to be the nicest one you have ever shown from a viewer submission! So gorgeous and well put together. Very impressive! 💚
My absolute favorite!!!
I thought that was beautiful also !!!
It is spectacular
Laura, I could see your brain clicking when you said, “I could do that!” when you thought about a DIY of the planter basket on a post. Now I want you to do it and show us all the steps 😉. I just love your confidence.
I am truly enjoying these videos. Seeing other gardens from my zone really gives inspiration. Thank you to all the gardeners who are making submissions.
Omg! This just made my day having my garden in your show (Leidy from Rhode Island)!! especially today as I'm in the hospital because I'm very sick with pneumonia. Thank you for brightening my day ❤️
I pray you get better very soon Leidy! 🙏 Lord send your healing quickly to her in Jesus name, amen! :)
Get better soon.
What an honor to be featured amongst such gorgeous gardens! Thank you! 😊 And thank you for continuing to share your wealth of knowledge and ideas with us all.
Your garden is beautiful!!
Hi Derek! You have a beautiful garden. I'm in pre-planning my back yard garden but after seeing your front entry, I am going to focus my efforts there. Could you share some of the plant names in front entry area and apx dimensions behind and in front of short picket fence. I'm in MD too with a blank canvas but struggling with too many possibilities.
@@rebeccalisi4052 thank you! Behind the fence is a narrow strip, less than 2 feet. Those are knockouts along that edge, and though hard to see in those angles between each rose is a pocket filled with sedum. Some years I let the roses go tall, some I keep them more mounded and tidy, just depends on my mood that season. Along the other little stretch of fence are hydrangeas. The opposite side of the walk has Otto Luyken laurels for the low hedge and the two trees were cypresses that I carefully pruned often and heavy to keep around that size while trying to maintain that whimsical look - but I recently swapped those for junipers and transplanted the cypresses into the back. The other small shrubs are Nandinas and of course plenty of annuals and perennials fill in around which I switch up each year. Good luck with your garden!
Your place is amazing
Thank YOU Derek for your submission. All the gardens showed extreme hard work and a love of gardening but yours was over the top! It would be wonderful to have an entire episode just based on your garden.
Hi from Finland! I've noticed many times in your videos you talking about trees in such admiring way, and that really has made me think about my own view about them. 75% of Finland is covered by forest, and I myself really have been taking it for granted. I of course enjoy trees and forests, but I've never really even thought that most people don't have them, in this quantity at least. So I guess, thank you, for making me even more thankful of the beautiful country I live in. BTW Finland is the most happiest country in the world, maybe beacuse of the forests? ;)
I know what you mean. I was born and raised in British Columbia and have always taken greenery and trees as a given. It wasn’t until I travelled extensively away from home that I realized how fortunate I was to live in such a beautiful place 😊
I agree! I'm from Michigan and it made me stop and pause to be grateful for what we have!
Sounds like a wonderful place to live - forests and happy people.
I'm from Texas. We have happy, friendly people here, but not the trees and bountiful forests. I bet your areas are beautiful in the fall.
What a beautiful sentiment! Canada is blessed with trees as well. I live in Manitoba and our neighbour to the West,Saskatchewan, is pretty flat and treeless. But it is also beautiful in its openness and its ability to sustain grain farming. We’re pretty happy here in Canada too! 😁🇨🇦
This is so true! Ever since watching all her tree installments and learning about trees through their channel I’ve gained much more awareness and appreciation. I’ve been shopping around for frees for my yard!
Laura- I just have to tell you that I have watched your channel for years and look forward every morning to watching your video of the day. I had a baby 6 months ago and she too is now OBSESSED with our morning routine of watching Garden Answer. When she hears your voice say “Hey guys, how’s it going?” she grins and giggles. It’s become such a fun thing to share together that I feel guilty now watching your videos without her! I felt it was only right for me to thank you for giving us such a great outlet to bond over and be excited about as she grows up! I think she needs some bunny slippers to represent Samantha. 💞
WOW. That first guy’s house was amazing. Wondering what he feeds his plants to get them that enormous.😲. All the submissions were fantastic. Laura you could definitely do that in your yard where the septic is the sky rocket roses . I totally agree with Aron you definitely need more Hibiscus there amazing. I definitely loved everything in this video. I am very impressed with Aron and his knowledge of all the plants and stuff. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
That first cottage garden was fabulous, and loved the potoger gardens, love these formats…I also like hearing Aaron’s thoughts. Thank you
Living in the Pacific Northwest and having 7 large, old oak, maple and spruce trees on my small lot, I see and love them every day. From the squirrels chasing each other around the trunks, and the birds making their nests, to the beautiful colors in the fall and the privacy these provide. Every season I am constantly reminded of the blessing of having these beautiful specimens in the middle of the city.
So about the trees. I lived most of my life in the east or southeast, so trees were just always “there”. But then I moved to Texas and I genuinely mourned not having the trees. I appreciate them now infinitely more than I ever did when they were everywhere.
When we purchased our home the main selling point is that the property is covered in very old, huge oaks and it is a balm to my soul! I am thankful for these trees every single day.
Love these videos!!!❤ For the gardeners who are looking out the window at huge snow banks and the wind howling , these videos feed my gardening soul! Hang on !! Spring will be here soon!!!!🌷🌹🌼🌺
Perfectly said! Freezing in Michigan right about now!
Same in Massachusetts!
My sentiments exactly! Perfect winter therapy here in MT
As much as I LOVE your videos with your mom, and of course love to see her in these, Erin knocks it out of the park with his commentary/banter. Team Erin!
Aaron, not Erin 😊
I was just telling my husband how I like that you guys are showing a wide range of gardens in this series. All of us have different budgets, style of houses, size of yards, etc. It's really nice that you guys are featuring that variety. It helps me understand and be inspired in my circumstances (smaller yard in the berbs). Thanks!
I definately enjoy the layering of trees. I’m 70 and have always enjoyed trees . Wisconsin Zone 4
Good morning, Laura and Aaron, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 🌞 🇺🇸
More great Gardens 👍...time for a cup of tea 🍵 and watching break. 👩🌾👍
Happy Gardening Everyone 💗🌹💗
Appalachian Mountains - SW Virginia - we have an abundance of a variety of trees and everyone is precious! We recognize when a storm takes down a few limbs. It leaves a whole in the scenery much like when a family member is missing in a photo. We know how long it takes to grow a great hardwood, and like a child, we don't want anything to happen to it. We lost a great oak in a storm that was over 400 years old (older than our family settled on the land in 1700s) and we all cried. Months later, we drive by and all have a moment of silence and takes a while to uplift a sad mood. My husband I have traveled all over the US and many countries and we cannot imagine living anywhere else. There is something about the mountains, rivers and creeks, the trees, flowers, shrubs, native herbs, wildlife, peep frogs in the spring, and those unbelievably amazing sunrises and sunsets all year round.
I live in Ohio and have ALWAYS loved and appreciated our trees. This is my favorite place in the world, especially the rolling farmland. Laura's video make me appreciate what I have even more.
I love when you and Aaron have a conversation together! It’s sweet and interesting!!
Raised in Houston, but now east of Seattle, I notice the trees and natural beauty all the time. I’ll drive certain ways just to experience tree canopies overhead. What a privilege.
Thank you so much for including my garden in today’s video!! Such a fun surprise while I was having my coffee this morning…and enjoying Garden Answer!! I so look forward to these viewer submission videos. Love seeing what everyone is doing in their gardens and gathering ideas, during a time of year when we are all planning for the upcoming season. Thank you again for my daily dose of garden inspiration!
A model railroad garden would be wonderful for adults and children, its not cheap but oh the fun of watching the trains going through the landscape...I love your videos, you and your hubby are great together...Keep up the great work you do...
I grew up in Ohio and have lived in Michigan now for over 20 years and we are accustomed to seeing trees. But I think you always appreciate them for the shade and beauty they provide. Now, in the fall and spring I do sometimes curse all the leaves to clean up lol. When we lived in England for 4 years I missed the big oaks and hickory we were used to but loved all the boxwood lined country roads. Love these videos. 😊
We live on top of a hill in Appalachia Ohio. I absolutely love being surrounded by lush trees. Even though we have some neighbors it feels like an added level of privacy.
These long winter months are brown and make me watch videos like yours to grab inspiration for the upcoming season. Thank you for everything you do!
I could watch these beautiful garden videos every day! I absolutely love them! I sadly no longer have a garden since I have downsized, but I can certainly appreciate other people’s beautiful gardens! I do have over 100 (104 to be exact, but whose counting, lol) houseplants, which prior to moving I could never keep alive (probably because I spent so much time in my garden:). Thank you to everyone who submitted photos. Seeing so many beautiful spaces always starts my day off in such a happy way.😊 xo
My grandchildren ages 2 and 5 at the time LOVED making fairy garden in the yard. Each year we would go and pick out new items to place in the little village. We have continued every year. They are now 10 and 13.
Hi Laura, and Aaron. Growing up in New England always had gorgeous tree borders. Now in zone 9A. When looking for a home, the first thing I told the realtor was there had to be trees…. Just can’t imagine a yard without a tree border. Love this series please keep it coming.
I moved from Michigan to Idaho. And when I was in Michigan I never noticed how lush everything was. We don’t have backdrops of trees in Idaho because we are high desert. So, when I go back and visit Michigan I’m BLOWN away by the trees!! I’m not sure you know what you have if you grow up in it…until your gone :)
I agree. When I lived in south Florida I missed the trees. I was tired of palm trees!
Not me😃I live in beautiful Virginia and appreciate everything about it everyday😃
Agree about the trees. I was born & raised in an area of farm country, just outside of Traverse City,,Michigan. We are surrounded by acres of trees, fields of lush crop during season of some kind. My older brother worked for a recycling fuel plant in S Dakota, for 5 yrs. He said the same...other than family, being surrounded by trees, grasses of any kind is what he ended up missing too, because it is flat land of nothing but dirt. Thanks for another wonderful video of amazing inspiration of beauty Laura & Aaron.
Northern Idaho isn't high desert, and we have lots of trees which I love EXCEPT for the horrible trees on the backside of my fence....so horrible. Dropping crap all year long, big inch long thorns and blocking the sun. They aren't on my property so I'm kind of stuck with them.
Northern Minnesota to middle of Montana....now we see mountains but I sure missed ALL the trees in the early days. Back there we cut them down to put things in. Now we have to work so hard to grow them up. Perspective and appreciation is everything.!!!
I discovered Zinnias last year. They are so drought tolerant and just grow and grow. I'm starting a bunch from seed this year.
I just love it when you two “spar” a bit! It is so fun to be part of your lives.
We are Montanans who lived in Missouri for nearly 10 years. Montana has views for miles. Missouri has trees, trees, trees and views are very limited. I can see four Mountain ranges from my backyard and I really struggle deciding whether to plant trees because I don’t want to block my view. I consider the size a tree will become far more than I would have in Missouri. I’m guessing that when someone places a large order of trees here, it’s to create a wind break. A shelter belt. Like where you live, we too get a lot of wind. There are pros and cons and beauty wherever you live. 😊 You and Aaron have already made your property so beautiful and you have plans to make it even better. What you’re doing is fabulous! You can leave your driveway and see out but come home to a paradise of your own making. Best of both worlds.
My yard butts up against a nature reserve . I never take for granted the backdrop of trees. Everyday I look out at them with appreciation.
Can´t wait for spring. Finally found the last piece of the puzzle for a new "eatable" violet- greenish area idea. Red-veined dock! Impressive gardens- very enjoyable!
2nd comment- I live in Portland, OR & I never take the beautiful trees that surround me for granted. As my mom got older (rest her dear soul) I would take her for short walks & she would literally hug the trees. She would wrap her arms around them & thank God for their beauty. We buried her ashes underneath 2 gorgeous old growth trees in a local cemetery. She is literally buried between their trunks. We had chosen this spot over 20 years ago & reserved it for her. I cannot imagine her ashes being anywhere else. I know her spirit energy is surrounded by beautiful trees 🌲 🌳. Thank you for reminding me of the beauty around me. ❤
Thank you so much for this series. I’m starting from scratch in a new zone 7. Went from a city lot to rural wooded lot and needed inspiration and these videos help so much. I found so many things in this video I will use! Yes we have tons of trees and you appreciate them everyday. I have so many I had to cut 13 down around the house and still have 30 in my front yard. Lots of pollen and leaves to deal with. Beautiful none the less.
Speaking of the trees , I live right next to conservation land and I have trees all along my home and I notice them all the time and it gives me such a sense of privacy. I love it especially when it snows and all the trees are covered with snow .I especially love the change of seasons here in Massachusetts I love living in New England .I’m so happy you bring us videos from all over to see other people’s beautiful gardens .🌼🌸🌻
I love my trees in New England!
Love your videos! I live in western Oregon and Yes, I notice trees and appreciate the view of the trees every single day!! ... consider what the world would be without any trees, sadness. Seeing you and Aaron playing off of each other was fun. You two are cute ... keep up the great videos!! 😊
During these cold winter months it’s been fun spending time watching you work in your greenhouses and at your parents’ Garden Center and I have enjoyed hearing your and Aaron’s commentary as we all look at fellow viewers’ beautiful flower gardens. You provide such great content for us. Thank you!
I can’t tell you how much I love these videos. Please, keep’em coming!
Yaaaaaaayyy!!! Getting my coffee ready to sit and enjoy my morning pick me up with the GA gang! ❤
This series is obviously well received, so I love the fact that you are continuing to show us these amazing gardens. We appreciate all your .hard work. Thank you so much.
I am so grateful to Laura for teaching me the value of order and structure in a garden. I used to be just a plant hoarder before I started watching her videos and now I’m like a sophisticated landscaper 😂
I'm so glad you're continuing this series!! It's so inspiring and every single garden has something beautiful about it!! Thank you!!
We have a farm with a forest behind our house, and I truly don't take it for granted. I'm from Indiana, and we had state parks near our homes growing up, now living in East Tennessee I feel like I have been blessed with two of the most beautiful places to live. One filled with farms, the other mountains.
Living in Washington state, trees are the jewels of the land. I love flowers and all but the trees…..❤❤❤❤
All types of evergreens from bright lime green, yellows, oranges, to the blues and silvers.
My brother loves the beaches and hot weather but to me nothing compares to seeing flowers blooming thru the ice 🥰
Ive lived in south east Texas in the piney woods my whole life. I never get tired of checking out the trees or appreciating their impact. I think humans are just amazed by plants and trees everywhere 😂 ❤
Love the variety of sizes of spaces you’re including!
And I still notice trees all the time despite having always lived in a heavily treed area. Can’t imagine living in a landscape without them!
I live were there is trees/brushy back drop everywhere and no I never thought about it.... till recently when I heard you talk about how beautiful they are and now I am really growing to appreciate them!!!
Being surrounded by trees brings so much peace! 🌲🌲🌲 ❤
Thank you for talking about not being happy with Supertunia Bermuda Beach. I planted these in the ground and they didn’t do well at all. I watered everyday and feed liquid fertilizer every week. My other supertunia’s all were huge except for these. At least I know it is not be just me. Thanks again for all your UA-cam content. I learn so much from you and Aaron too. This year we are putting automatic watering system and drip. Love seeing you with the all the family too. Shopping is fun in the winter. Keep up the great work! 🥰
These videos would be great for Saturdays
We are on 4 acres and are surrounded in forest. We appreciate all the trees so much, especially since our province has lost so many recently in Hurricane Fiona. Trees are precious!
Hi, Defensive Utah Gardener here. 😁 I’ve been to garden tours in the Salt Lake Valley that rival any of the ones you’ve spotlighted. We’re in a low water area that’s lush and green. But people are beginning to realize it’s possible to use less water. Unfortunately some people think Zero-Scaping (as it’s often pronounced here👎) means rocks, cactus and yucca. I hope you’re able to get more viewers from Utah. I’m constantly sharing your info and advice. Love your show and watching you and Aaron interact, plus those adorable kids of yours!
Trees, yes I notice background trees. Love the sound of wind through them as well.
I enjoyed watching this again! It's cold and snowy, so this is a gift!
Southwestern PA is beautiful with trees and mountains, we're definitely appreciative.
Yes, Ohio 6A zone. I notice and appreciate the beauty of having trees. Their majesty is a divine gift.
I am so happy you are showcasing viewers’ gardens. Every one is so different and uniquely beautiful 😊
You can weld? Wow! Please make a video, if you decide to make a DIY tall post planter like the supertunia one shown in this video. I love this series, please keep it as a weekly staple or at least bi-weekly. I find many of the ideas and your comments very inspirational . God’s continued blessings on you, your family, and GA as a whole. 🙏🙏💐💐❤️❤️❤️
Good afternoon Laura and family
Ohhh so many beautiful gardens, the Fairy Tales Garden was awesome reminded me of Germany, I went on a field trip with my daughter and her classmates it was such a fun trip mostly gardens an area for the kids to play sorry got cared away lol. Oh would love to see your mom in the next one, sorry Aaron. There's a lots of inspiration in all these Gardens, thank you Laura and Aaron for taking time out of your day to share with us.🙂👋🧚♀️🌸🌷
🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎Thank you Laura and Aaron for sharing these videos!
Love this garden tour! So fun to see new creativity. Regarding sandbox, when we had littles, we got the largest tractor tire we could find. Best sandbox ever! Comfy seats all around. Well contained. Easy to remove when outgrown. Grandpa's idea! 💡
Thanks for that shot of your mountains. I wondered and never seen such plain mountains. They’re beautiful and I would love to see a sunset there! Living in the foothills of the Allegheny mountains I’m surrounded by trees! I never take the scenery for granted. ❤
I live in Maine. I love trees so much, I pay attention to them and to how people use them in their gardens. I am really enjoying these garden episodes. I hope you do them during the whole year. Even if you need to spread them out during your busier gardening times.
Come those hot, dog days of summer where they struggle getting outside content for us due to the heat, it’s a perfect idea. I’m 100% down for it!!
Thank you for adopting !! From this foster mom, this means so much.
Are you talking about Monica's new kitty?
It is so evident in these videos how much you inspire so many people. Myself included and I am eternally grateful. I can see your influence in so many gardens!
I live by a wood lot
. Yes, I appreciate them everyday.
Anne's garden stole my heart - she is the David of this video ❤️ Wow. STUNNING cottage look.
I had a great experience with a landscape fairy garden! I had a small yard on a small-child filled cul-de-sac which had a fairly good sized berm in it. I made it into a fairy village and the kids had a blast with real imagination! They claimed their own houses where they “lived”. The rules were that they could play all they wanted, move the stuff around etc. but just don’t take it home with them. They were perfect! I got to know all the families and occasionally we’d have cupcakes! Sometimes little things the kids had of their own would show up too. It wasn’t flashy but was a real winner!
We live in the piedmont of Virginia and DO notice and value our trees, especially as they change with the seasons!❤
I love the pots of flowers on the patio. Love the little pot with the face maybe saying peekaboo!
Enjoying the beautiful gardens that people around the country are sharing. So many great ideas. Speaking of trees which I love. When the ice storm hit Silverton, OR, you could hear trees snapping everywhere. So many trees had to be cut down. Very depressing. Thank you Laura and Aaron for sharing. Will be looking forward to #5.
I can only imagine how many times we will hear the word pretty when your mom joins. I love listening to the two of you
I appreciate all the trees we have here in New York. Watching them go from winter into spring into summer and then the crowning fall foliage is amazing! I especially like the pink haze of buds in spring time.
We live just North of Houston. Houston is very green, but all the newer neighborhoods clear out EVERYTHING and stick a twig in the front yard. We were so happy to find a house in an established neighborhood next to a lake with tons of green space and established trees. With it being a 30+ year old neighborhood a lot of those original little trees have grown into monster beauties and then all the trees that were left in the green spaces lend to all of our views. We even have some Bald Eagles that nest in the neighborhood.
I live in Michigan where we have a lot of trees. I never take them for granted. I love them in every season. The bright vibrant green leaves in the Spring, the full shade producing leaves in the Summer, the beautiful Fall colors. I love the winter structure of trees, the limbs, branches and twigs. I also love to watch the winter bare trees as they sway in the wind. I LOVE trees and I would have a hard time living in an area where they are not a natural part of the landscape.
Yay Aaron! The timing of these videos is so perfect since we are in the planning stage right now. So many great ideas!
Do a fairy garden for Benjamin and Samantha. Start small and add things at night while they are sleeping so they think the fairies did it...they're moving in and creating their new home in their yard. The kids will ve so excited to check in on the fairy garden to look to see what's new!! 💚
Fantastic idea K R....being whimsical in a Fairy Garden is part of the magic! I think Benjamin understand it, Samantha Grace may want to play with them instead..haha. Awesome idea though!
Fairy Garden hidden in landscape 😊😊😊 my favorite in this weeks sharing video.
I just love these videos. Perhaps keep these submissions for when it's really warm and we need to see some of the beauty of bloom times in the garden as inspiration to keep up on the 'chore' aspect of gardening. Thanks for the compilation and for sharing!
I absolutely love these viewer garden submissions. You must know how inspiring you are.
Hi Laura and Aaron, thanks for making these garden tours. It gives me a lot to think about for my own garden 🤔. I'm from the Netherlands and a zone 8a and took all the trees I'm surrounded wirh my whole live for granted. Until I started watching your channel. Now I make it a thing to watch every single one of them during my walks with the dogs and how they change during the year. Thank you for that!! 😘😘
I live on 4 acres in NE Texas (zone 8a) and the area is nicknamed the "Piney Woods." You asked if people in treed areas appreciate/notice the trees and I can honestly tell you that I admire mine every single day. Most of the pines on our property are Loblolly variety and are between 80'-100' tall. The rest of the tall native trees here are Sweetgum and Elm. I love your videos and have learned so much. You inspired me to finally get a greenhouse, 12x24, which was installed in October by a wonderful company called East Texas Greenhouse. They pre-fab it at their warehouse and then deliver and set up all the parts. My husband is building his first raised bed and it's looking great.
To answer your question about the tress and if we notice them, I live in North Carolina and we have lots and lots of trees and no I don’t notice them at all, I guess cause we’ve had them my whole life you don’t appreciate it as much, but when I watch your videos and see how much y’all love them, it reminds me not to take them for granted, because not everyone lives in a climate that is lush and have lots of trees. So thank you for that ❤❤❤❤
Oh gosh that table and bench is beautiful! Well done dream team putting the top on!! So happy to hear and see darling Georgie and mom being happy! Have you started milking mom for your own milk yet? Such exciting times!❤❤ Pigs are in their glory also! You both have been so busy! Godbless!!❤❤
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Keep these collection videos coming!! Love them!
A succulent fountain would be a fabulous way to repurpose your Grande Kensington fountain! What a great inspiration.