Small Town Gardens - 5 Dec 2003 - East Molesey, UK - garden makeover

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  • @lkenady52
    @lkenady52 4 роки тому +5

    Love this cozy garden and everything in it! Amazing design!

  • @paulalovesart4545
    @paulalovesart4545 2 роки тому +1

    Wow.....very impressive! How intimidated I would be at first..... I truly wondered how it would come together. The artist is a true visionary of sorts...such an artist! Thank you for sharing this with us all. I really loved it. Paula

  • @arlenehutchinson9259
    @arlenehutchinson9259 Рік тому

    Mastery at it's finest Annie 🙌🏾 I congratulate you 💯💯💯💯 brilliant design and execution If i was that client i would have paid double at the end no matter the cost 💯❤️

  • @myrnaleon8464
    @myrnaleon8464 4 роки тому +1

    Great design . Perfect foe the small garden!!! 👌

    • @myrnaleon8464
      @myrnaleon8464 4 роки тому +1

      How much did this project cost??? 👌🇺🇸

  • @wilmagregory8967
    @wilmagregory8967 6 років тому +11

    What a wonderful garden. Just a gardener come in a couple of times a year to trim up and clean and it will only get better. Thanks for sharing this video, much love and peace. Blessings

  • @drawyrral
    @drawyrral 3 роки тому +5

    I would like to see what it looks like today. The bamboo will grow crazy in such a small space.

  • @maganalia
    @maganalia 5 років тому +1

    I love this garden. The privacy, the lushness and the water. I love it.

  • @SF-ze6go
    @SF-ze6go 3 роки тому +1

    Great programme, funny presenter, made me chuckle. Fab garden, well done to the designer.

  • @cindyedwards6924
    @cindyedwards6924 6 років тому +3

    Wow! Well done!

  • @dawnnowak9078
    @dawnnowak9078 6 років тому +6

    I do love this take on a tiny city garden. I would have loved to have seen what they did with the conservatory as well, though...

  • @lisawaters2585
    @lisawaters2585 3 роки тому

    Brilliant! Beautiful!

  • @curly2smith133
    @curly2smith133 4 роки тому

    Beautiful, so peaceful.

  • @mairalscreations7003
    @mairalscreations7003 4 роки тому +6

    After watching this, I feel proud of myself for creating beautiful garden with lot of plants and 💐 much better looking than this boring screens.

  • @ladychatelaine697
    @ladychatelaine697 5 років тому +1

    That sculpture is awesome! 😃🇬🇧

    • @christiangaden7420
      @christiangaden7420 5 років тому

      It need 25 square meters in a lawn, otherwise you hurt yourself every time passing by, in particular if you get older.

  • @AlphonsodeBarbo
    @AlphonsodeBarbo 6 років тому +11

    At the beginning of this clip, I thought, Oh, No, not more boring modern box like concepts, but... Annie's ideas and implementation turned out to be better than the original plan. What a great outcome! The planting reminded me of the New Zealand bush and the sculptures really worked. The only jarring note was the guy who was a trifle narcissistic, although his suggestion to increase the height of the water feature, which looked fantastic btw, was a good one - he just needed to remember that the project was not all about him...

  • @maryodriscoll5378
    @maryodriscoll5378 5 років тому +2

    Just stunning I got great ideas from it thank you, n l thought it would b boaring

  • @christinecook1865
    @christinecook1865 3 роки тому +2

    How will the bamboo not spread? I had a few small stalks of bamboo the spread to 50 x 10 feet approximately and grew through my driveway.

  • @bayarnold-hy6ue
    @bayarnold-hy6ue Рік тому

    Lots of clever camera angles and beautiful individual pieces but oh dear ... The screens are like vacant advertising hoardings. The garden is a little green version of Phoenix, Az. The challenge here would have been to create a quintessentially English garden in the small space - bursting with flowers, etc. through the seasons.

  • @charlenejandik6587
    @charlenejandik6587 6 років тому +22

    I would have liked to have seen some lighting among the plants and the water feature. That garden will not work well with a conventional porch light.

  • @mariadias8959
    @mariadias8959 4 роки тому +5

    I have no words for that conservatory! I love my hall but then she builds a cement wall! She lived in America and the FLW concept of space!?

  • @pygiana16
    @pygiana16 5 років тому +4

    I liked the little tribute to Fallingwater. Nothing else.

  • @lilibetwindsor2386
    @lilibetwindsor2386 5 років тому +19

    live in the best gardening country in the world and plant a flowerless jungle.

  • @RestoreLife100
    @RestoreLife100 6 років тому +46

    The garden- must cost a shed load. The Man, obviously loves the sound of his own voice. Uuummmm.

    • @shanemcnaoimhin233
      @shanemcnaoimhin233 6 років тому

      Direct descendants of Piso have loadsa money through fraud, sure Arrius Piso aka Alpha to Omega aka Flavius Josephus was the ultimate fraudster

  • @Pipsqwak
    @Pipsqwak 6 років тому +29

    Ditch the conservatory and have a covered porch or pergola. The conservatory with the concrete walls is too claustrophobic in an already tiny space.

    • @sarahstrong7174
      @sarahstrong7174 6 років тому +6

      Pipsqwak Yes. I thought that was a bad choice of design of conservatory for that space. I guess they didnt want to look at the side walls but they could have grown things up those walls. They could have built in trellis and mirrors so that they gave the impression of windows through the walls, or painted beautiful views on them.

    • @ianmiles2505
      @ianmiles2505 4 роки тому

      Agreed.

  • @sarahstrong7174
    @sarahstrong7174 6 років тому +9

    I think that high mesh screen makes it seem smaller.

    • @sarahstrong7174
      @sarahstrong7174 6 років тому +2

      Would have been better to allow sight to travel outwards to the neighbours roof. The mesh in itself and the idea of seeing the leaves through it is good but it is dominated by the frame and support for the mesh which form a too solid eye stopping boundary.

  • @flowerfairy1950
    @flowerfairy1950 7 років тому +19

    Love the allium sculpture and the falling water BUT noone ever divulges how much the completed garden costs!

    • @oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164
      @oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164 6 років тому +6

      Usually more than the rest of us could afford. Custom made sculpture ... at least $2,000 each and the rest of the props another $3,000. The Bamboo is expensive, for the height and species $200 x 8 (I priced them locally where I live).
      Most of us do not have unlimited funds to play with, so we have to piece-meal it along. The waterfall, if you know any teens still in school who are taking metal shop, might be able to knock n weld something together, with the right incentive.

    • @flowerfairy1950
      @flowerfairy1950 6 років тому +5

      Tell me about it! As an Aged Pensioner I am starting a garden from scratch on a steep slope in hostile conditons! My 'other' garden are my gardening books. One can dream.

    • @oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164
      @oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164 6 років тому +8

      I usually scout n scavenge for odds n ends. I found an old beat up metal headboard (think brass bed), took it home, hosed it down and painted it. It now is a small privacy screen/border to carry sweet peas and morning glory. Out driving around you can usually find wildflowers growing by the roadside or the edge of a parking lot growing up through the cracks (keep a small shovel and a few pots in the back of the car for such opportunities). Also, don't be shy about knocking on someones door to complement their garden and asking for a few cuttings. Most people will oblige with a smile. Returning later with some of your own cuttings is a way of saying thank you.

    • @flowerfairy1950
      @flowerfairy1950 6 років тому +6

      Like the sound of your old brass bed headboard now covered in sweetpeas and morning glory! I have to say I think the gardens of 'real people' as opposed to landscapers have much more personality.

    • @flowerfairy1950
      @flowerfairy1950 6 років тому +1

      @Deb photos.app.goo.gl/S78SYhm6Eqdtz62u6 Coincidentally, today someone asked to see some photos of the garden. These are from late December to now. Unfortunately, in real time the garden only happens in seasonal bits and pieces and some of these flowers will never be seen again but others will replace them. A garden is a changing picture. A huge amount of hard work for an 'old girl' :)

  • @lindacummings6921
    @lindacummings6921 5 років тому +35

    Those metal screens look like hideous billboards cluttering up nature's beauty.

    • @kutrabilada8865
      @kutrabilada8865 5 років тому +3

      Yes, and in time won't they get dusty and dirty?

    • @hawthornetree646
      @hawthornetree646 5 років тому +6

      I groaned when she said she liked FLW. Soulless, pretentious architecture, and the falling water house in PA is ugly blocks of concrete ruining a beautiful waterfall.

  • @DennisdeLara
    @DennisdeLara 5 років тому

    Beautiful

  • @jannibal9273
    @jannibal9273 5 років тому +3

    The fountain was cool, I liked the bamboo. All the rest, nah. What the owner needed was Charlie Dimmock! Now that's a woman who knows how to weave together "tropical" looking plants into a wonderful larger than life design.

  • @cricketsmith368
    @cricketsmith368 4 роки тому +1

    Beautiful! What a transition! Very wise decision to NOT include a grassed area. I am surprised that that area is called a garden & NOT a patio.

  • @christiangaden7420
    @christiangaden7420 5 років тому +10

    When she hurts herself for the first time going by that "sculpture" perhaps she will take her spade and damage it until it is dust.

  • @ollvebranch
    @ollvebranch 3 роки тому

    The stone decking is clever.

  • @GreentopLandscapes
    @GreentopLandscapes 5 років тому

    Good Job

  • @lornaswick7219
    @lornaswick7219 4 роки тому +3

    Few years back on TV. Young British guy. Landscape designer. Clients with small budget's/ small yards. I thought he came up with some really creative plans. And he wasn't stuffy or arrogant. Anyone know the guy or show I am referring to? Love to see some of those episodes on You Tube. Young and tall. Say he was in his 20's or early 30's. Did work by himself.

  • @brummiepcgamer568
    @brummiepcgamer568 5 років тому +7

    so this is what Clint Eastwood was up to before he started movies

  • @ToadstoolGirl
    @ToadstoolGirl 6 років тому +10

    I like the planting but the screens, sculpture and water feature are too modern for me. Must have cost a fortune though.

  • @matinka7018
    @matinka7018 4 роки тому

    Where can I get the allium sculptures? They are beautiful!

    • @martinhogg4940
      @martinhogg4940 4 роки тому

      Hello Margit I will see if I can find who made the Allium sculpture

    • @martinhogg4940
      @martinhogg4940 4 роки тому +1

      The website for the person who designed the Allium sculpture is as follow: www.ruthmoilliet.com

    • @matinka7018
      @matinka7018 4 роки тому

      @@martinhogg4940
      Hello Martin, thank you very much for your effort to get the address out. 🌺👍🏻🌼

  • @ruthieonline
    @ruthieonline 4 роки тому +2

    The garden looks wonderful but the presenter has to go back to theatre to play hamlet.

  • @derekprice7747
    @derekprice7747 5 років тому +17

    Sorry but this guy has spoilt what could have been a good video.

  • @Domini_k
    @Domini_k 6 місяців тому

    Can I ask how do you find this content, I'm trying to find the BBC TV series called "Hidden Gardens" from 2003 but have had no luck in finding any video content anywhere online.

  • @franlooving4203
    @franlooving4203 7 років тому +15

    Not my type of gardening or garden. Glad the world has all types.

  • @cadena141
    @cadena141 3 роки тому +2

    God this guy is hard to take.

  • @shabnamkauser4033
    @shabnamkauser4033 4 роки тому +3

    Oh god, as soon as I saw that guy with the hat walking, I thought no, I don’t wanna watch this guy

  • @marymary5494
    @marymary5494 4 роки тому +3

    Guy is a little obnoxious but I like that he questions the designer.

  • @emihayes
    @emihayes 6 років тому +51

    this can't be a very popular show, because this guy is so obnoxious! this is my first and last viewing ever

    • @Noactualdirection
      @Noactualdirection 5 років тому +10

      You are spot on. What an awful man. I expect his parents had a celebration when he left home. If he has moved out yet of course!

    • @InspiredbyBarbNatifu
      @InspiredbyBarbNatifu 4 роки тому +5

      True! I could not stand his pompous ways either!!!!

    • @tieniestoffberg8597
      @tieniestoffberg8597 4 роки тому +4

      Absolute agree. The presenter is a huge pain in the backside.

    • @ritupriyasingh9758
      @ritupriyasingh9758 4 роки тому +3

      Same here

    • @lesleyupton7252
      @lesleyupton7252 4 роки тому +2

      @@Noactualdirection 😂😂😂

  • @vijayagita3158
    @vijayagita3158 4 роки тому +3

    These gardeners are so posh, I can't see them getting their hands dirty ever!

  • @MLD.Ltd.
    @MLD.Ltd. 5 років тому

    This is a oldie but goodie!!! Is there more?? :)

  • @Heatherhigleydrums
    @Heatherhigleydrums 4 роки тому +3

    A heckling presenter😅

  • @elsafischer3247
    @elsafischer3247 7 років тому +23

    What happens when the bamboo takes over

    • @BlueGardenCottage
      @BlueGardenCottage 6 років тому +3

      when bamboo is surrounded by lots of other strong rooted plants, it has no room to spread and if harvested/thinned out regularly, not a problem if a smaller types are chosen.

    • @ekatlaterrible
      @ekatlaterrible 6 років тому +6

      It really depends on the variety of bamboo. Some varieties are not aggressive spreaders.

    • @christiangaden7420
      @christiangaden7420 5 років тому

      @@ekatlaterrible And what do you think about this monsters?

    • @christiangaden7420
      @christiangaden7420 5 років тому

      These monsters

  • @Alifelessordinaryover50
    @Alifelessordinaryover50 6 років тому +12

    monumentally stupid to plant bamboo in a small garden. those walls would look spectacular with climbing roses and clematis on them , the trellises are already in place

    • @paradisoperduto4900
      @paradisoperduto4900 5 років тому +2

      It's a matter of taste. Roses can also look quite tacky

  • @cherbrowne1637
    @cherbrowne1637 5 років тому +1

    wow I had no idea about this series of Small Town Gardens. 2003 and looking so contemporary. Beautiful. Not keen on the presenter who was a bit of a stereotyped gay man of that time. Nice that things have moved on in that respect.

  • @angies3057
    @angies3057 5 років тому +5

    I hope she never full down on metal statue. It looks like a death trap

  • @saa82vik
    @saa82vik 5 років тому +5

    Camp level: I can't even

  • @jekalambert9412
    @jekalambert9412 5 років тому +10

    Who wants to watch a bunch of snooty people going at each other? Not me!

  • @jimjimgl3
    @jimjimgl3 4 роки тому +5

    "The shimmering bamboo dancing behind the gauze..." Um. Wha....?

  • @ArnaGSmith
    @ArnaGSmith 6 років тому +8

    Okay, what's with the hat!?

  • @johnmonck5054
    @johnmonck5054 5 років тому +11

    john sinclair is so up himself ... he is worse now ... not watching anymore

  • @sharkfatrccustoms
    @sharkfatrccustoms 6 років тому +2

    These are the sort of people who go to wine tasting events and shop at Waitrose! lol

  • @cahenglish
    @cahenglish 4 роки тому +2

    It's hard to decide from this side of the pond, but do people in Britain actually like this James guy? It was only by sheer power of will that I made it to the end.

    • @JD-qd5zp
      @JD-qd5zp 3 роки тому

      @cahenglsh - Don’t be so nasty. We Americans love Matt James. You should’ve seen his series The City Gardener many years back. He’s a genius.

  • @cricketsmith368
    @cricketsmith368 6 років тому +9

    Ugly neighbors? What a term! I am NOT at all impressed with the fellow on this program. I do like the finished product & the homeowner seems like a really nice gal.

  • @Cenepk101
    @Cenepk101 6 років тому +1

    Why didn’t we see the conservatory? I was gypped ! Also - Thought the table and chairs could’ve been more modern/sculptural. Otherwise PERFECT.

  • @lesleyupton7252
    @lesleyupton7252 4 роки тому +9

    This bloke is a knob, couldn't watch it as he got on my nerves!

  • @Nottherebutthere
    @Nottherebutthere 5 років тому +10

    The presenter is annoying and has nothing interesting to add. Blah.

  • @stevenleadbeater7069
    @stevenleadbeater7069 6 років тому

    Thanks

  • @rainrowan4939
    @rainrowan4939 4 роки тому +1

    I'm not keen I think a japanese garden would have looked amazing.

  • @JoJo-Hamilton
    @JoJo-Hamilton 5 років тому +1

    The wall needs something? Lights and huge sculpture... 🙏

  • @peterstaiff2211
    @peterstaiff2211 4 роки тому +2

    Can’t believe she didn’t know how to pronounce Loquat!!! It’s lowcut!

  • @Keksdich
    @Keksdich 6 років тому +15

    omg what a horrible result. .. not inspiring at all and those screens ! XD

  • @lowesonia8551
    @lowesonia8551 6 років тому +2

    I would have used the facing wall Aluminum faced water fall then planted featured drama plant s or trees that reflect on the water wall instead of table and chairs sunken alu. centre seating.for table centre changeable fire . Hers just look too much!

  • @warrenpowers108
    @warrenpowers108 6 років тому +4

    Well I like the fountain! Lol, those plants are all wrong for that space; that bamboo will completely choke out the entire yard, and it will be forever in permanent darkness lol. The plants are all way too close together and have no room to grow, it just seems way too cluttered just for the sake of spending money, lol. That is a beautiful fountain though

    • @christiangaden7420
      @christiangaden7420 5 років тому

      The fountain is ugly too.(bad quality) and you are absolutely right. Delicious.

  • @kseniadekermen3940
    @kseniadekermen3940 4 роки тому +1

    The wall is nice

  • @OswestryGrey
    @OswestryGrey 4 роки тому +3

    Very claustrophobic. The sculpture won’t work, will get covered in grime and moss. Impossible to keep clean. Same with the screens. The plants will quickly grow too big.

  • @SeriousMoonlight666
    @SeriousMoonlight666 4 роки тому +2

    @23:48 pretty much nails this guy's over the top, over Zealous presence on........A. Garden. Show. ....L...M....A.....O

  • @christiangaden7420
    @christiangaden7420 5 років тому +2

    She still is under shock.

  • @picollajones388
    @picollajones388 5 років тому +1

    They could have painted the walls it would of looked much better.

  • @lesliekendall5668
    @lesliekendall5668 2 роки тому

    The gaudy screens in front of the plants??? Just "no". And I thought the client didn't like the deck. ??? 🤷‍♀️

  • @wendylawton8274
    @wendylawton8274 5 років тому +10

    The presenter is cloying and annoying.

  • @valeriebickford3329
    @valeriebickford3329 4 роки тому +2

    The host is redundant. Trying my patience here.

  • @kina7128
    @kina7128 4 роки тому

    She wanted "flamboyant" and ended up with BLAND!!!

  • @laura2842
    @laura2842 4 роки тому

    I kind of like the guy, he has a weird sense of humor!!!! now ,the screens not to my liking, but the owner likes it sooooo be it! OY Not fond of the metal sculpture either aaaaaaaa water feature is nice though bamboo is quite aggressive. Ok all and all I can do a great job on my own lol

  • @kaycee625
    @kaycee625 4 роки тому +3

    This would be a fabulous programme if it weren’t for the crawling sliminess of the presenter. Yuck 🤢

  • @christiangaden7420
    @christiangaden7420 5 років тому +2

    Looks like an given up factory terrain. What bad quality water feature. What ridiculous dilletantes. Who will crawl around and behind to clean up this senseless mess? A contortionist?

  • @margaretlittle6800
    @margaretlittle6800 4 роки тому

    It was too long winded for me , didn't see the end

  • @cliffboulton8763
    @cliffboulton8763 5 років тому +9

    What a disaster that "garden" is now!!

    • @christiangaden7420
      @christiangaden7420 5 років тому

      I would only pay for the limestone terrace, but cut the invoice for missing edges.

  • @ivanahanaivana
    @ivanahanaivana 4 роки тому +1

    Awful!!! Dear God... and someone is even prepeared to pay for something like that?!?

  • @kathyraidt16
    @kathyraidt16 5 років тому +5

    "Swinging a small cat..." poor taste.

  • @christiangaden7420
    @christiangaden7420 5 років тому

    Not one flower out of the dirt.

  • @cosimakazak2309
    @cosimakazak2309 6 років тому +6

    Horrible

  • @amincomputer9476
    @amincomputer9476 6 років тому

    rdsssseeeee

  • @DonkeyKongBMAC
    @DonkeyKongBMAC 6 років тому +1

    I think I love Frank Lloyd .....

  • @kathleensmith644
    @kathleensmith644 4 роки тому +1

    Wish she didn’t keep saying architecture, so annoying.

  • @christiangaden7420
    @christiangaden7420 5 років тому

    No other plants possible in such a mild climate. What a nonsense.

  • @julieloesch6571
    @julieloesch6571 3 роки тому

    The are more pictures of people talking and ‘a’ plant than the whole garden ....rubbish

  • @lyonspainter
    @lyonspainter 6 років тому +2

    That man is so deliciously... rude!

  • @johnsmithe9163
    @johnsmithe9163 6 років тому +2

    results are crappy to say the best part of it is it is over, what a waste of money sigh

  • @bearberenstein5202
    @bearberenstein5202 4 роки тому

    Turned out shite!

  • @anynamebutmyrealone
    @anynamebutmyrealone 4 роки тому

    Haha, it’s so ugly.

  • @lynnbyers423
    @lynnbyers423 4 роки тому

    Not a fan of that man..this is not interesting..he sucks big time...

  • @Pikrodafni
    @Pikrodafni 4 роки тому

    What a boring show...!