A pond and sitting area incorporate the same flowers to keep uniformned,or if not pond water feature using old castiron tub,Her ho.e is beautiful and every garden room is just breathtaking. Thank you for letting us visit your lovely home and gardens.
A quirky water feature or statue tucked into the trees would be so cool! She seems like the type of person that could do that. Then I would surrounded with ferns and brunera, lots of little whimsical figurines and things thrown in here and there , with wind chimes hanging around
For that front bed, I think it works be amazing if Leslie found an “antique” farming carriage or LARGE implement and place it in the center-ish under the trees, and then under plant with more of the white Hydrangeas, astilbe, and ferns. ItIt would tie into her family’s farming history and her love of collecting historical pieces. ❤ Gorgeous gardens Leslie!!
Wow, what fantastic gardens Leslie has! I’ve gotten so many fun ideas for incorporating my own collections. Thanks to all for sharing Leslie’s gardens with us.
What a wonderful gardener ! Unique ideas and such a well thought out placement, love all the metal pieces especially even the fishing lures hanging on the fish keeper, no doubt a memory of your dad ! Keep it up !
Thank you for sharing your fantastic garden with us! We live on a farm and you gave me ideas for decorative pieces I could salvage from our "junk"!!! Also, your home style & color is beautiful. Thank you again Leslie & Jack.
I think some sort of a water feature would be beautiful. It would have to be done in her own special style with some iron and rock and other "finds" incorporated into it. Then, I would plant around it with some of that sedum and maybe a few roses. I didn't notice many roses in her gardens. Some sort of a pretty "specimen" garden with different plants you might not see every day, maybe even in pots so they could be moved into the house in the winter months. Whatever you do, Leslie,I know it will be wonderful and unique. I love having things we love and enjoy incorporated into the garden. Yours is done beautifully! Thanks for another great adventure, Jack! Thanks to Julia for filming most of this video. See ya in the next one! Byeeee!❤️🙂👋
Omg what a fantastic garden the talent that went into it she is amazing love love love it. Good luck on the island design wish I could think of something maybe a succulent garden.
Leave larger trees, small pond, old iron hand pump drippping water into pond, incorporating same plants from front - the hostas, astilbe, etc, thank you for the tour , beautiful gardens. I love the stone walkways
Leslie is a woman after my own heart-- garden finds , the rustier the better! A water feature for the new bed; flowing from an old well pump or farm equipment.
For the island garden, I would make it a secret space to almost hide in. I would put an old tractor seat or two in the middle of the trees. Make a small table with some of the leftover flat pieces from your other walkways, somewhere to put a beverage or aa book. Plant the area with wild moss so you could take your shoes off and rest your feet on a carpet of soft moss. The outer edges I would keep simple with larger rocks and fill in spaces with pretty ground covers and tuck in some trillium and other lower growing native plants. It would be a spot where you could go and let your imagination wander or a place to think.
OMG!!! Love her style!!! Reminds me of my aunt's yard in TN. Very playful and whimsical play on reusing things from the past. Thank you for stopping by her house and sharing it to us. I'm really starting to love Michican. Starting with Mackinac Island. I've been following you for a few years now and really love that you show of Michican and all it's glory. Great job Leslie
I am very lucky to get to experience Leslie's garden in person, and let me tell you, it is an oasis of relaxation. My favorite aspect, the outdoor shower, is the perfect place to rinse off after a dip in the lake or a tennis session. I think the island garden should stay kind of wild on its exterior and open in the middle so that you can add seating for two, allowing you to stay hidden from golfers and passersby. I love Leslie and her garden!
She needs a water feature for sure!!! I would put a small waterfall in that island and use rocks that she loves to tie into the other areas which picks up on the theme she has going. It’s hard to see how many trees are there, but the water could flow around a tree or two. Every gardener needs a water feature if you ask me..☺️🥰🤭
Hi Jack, Julia, and Leslie! Thank you for sharing your beautiful gardens with us! I love all the "finds" , stories, and memories you shared. Thank you Jack, I love seeing all your videos! 😊
Love, love this garden...OMG is she talented. For the tree island I think it would be beautiful with a water feature, a large tree carved into something very usual and plants all around it plus some iron art. I sure hope I win!!! Jack, thanks for sharing this amazing garden.
Beautiful garden! This is one of those garden tours you save to rewatch when in need of inspiration! I would love to see an older repurposed water feature. I'd also brighten up the space with a few Aralia Sun Kings, or Sun Gold False Cypress for winter interest
Beautiful garden. My idea for the small garden... add in a collection of Jack's self watering assortments size colorful pots to add in some colorful annuals. And maybe a water feature using Jack's pot too.
In keeping with the red/orange theme, how about Arctic Fire or red twig dogwood for some winter interest. I love the lime green foliage on my Arctic fire. Sunjoy Tangelo barberry shrubs or maybe candy corn spirea for summer color and In front of them for repetition the alliums and orange echinacea would look great bordered in with some lime green sedum. I love everything about this home and gardens. Your collectors finds are all amazing and well displayed.
Absolutely LOVE Leslie's garden 😍She should find an old metal wing back chair/bench to put in the middle of the island. Then plant all around with a small pathway so it is a little secret garden area.
For the redesign of the island I recommend white hydrangeas that seem to do well on Leslie's property with alliums at the forefront. Keeps the flow of her design already established and the symmetry as well.
Wow! What an amazing place! Leslie does a great job with her collections - while some people put collections in their yards and it looks like junk - hers is an art instillation!! My husband loves the ski lift swing!! I can't think of specific plantings for the island bed, but I think it needs a nice ground cover and then layers of texture and color to go with Leslie's collections and other beds. Thanks for sharing!
Love the tour, thank you Leslie and Jack! I think the garden area needs to include a few more allium, Quick Fire Fab hydrangea and taller ferns on the road side. Also, I can see more found objects from the farm, such as old hand pump, more glass insulators used as mushrooms on copper pipes with ajuga underneath. Whatever you do it will be beautiful!
Wow! Amazing home & gardens Leslie. I love all the neat pieces she collects. It might be nice to have a fountain with water in the tree space. Add a nice swing for two people to just sit and relax. Really pretty twinkling lights strung from the trees. I think white Guara would look magical in this space. Just a cozy little spot to listen to the fountain and relax. Tuck some lavender around the area. Maybe a few David Austin roses for their wonderful smell. Thanks Jack and Leslie for touring us through your amazing space.
I absolutely love this home and space. It's just perfect. As for redoing the one garden space...I would incorporate some of the same plants you have used in the other gardens that are great for pollinators. Maybe add one brighter colored plant or flower. Add different type of elements, of varying heights, maybe a water feature, geared to create a mini sanctuary for birds or squirrels. Maybe a sundial for a conversation piece. The skies the limit. Thank you for the wonderful garden tour.❤
She could move her limelight hydrangeas to the island bed. Keep the trees and add a little color with the alliums that she has scattered around her glorious garden! So beautiful! ❤
For the design for the new area, I’d like to see some hydrangeas and ferns and ….in a special area on that island some Lavender. Your gardens and home are wonderful.
The one island garden needs to have the tree trunks showing. I would cut down the bushes and add more ferns and things. Gorgeous house and gardens. Love that shade of green.
For the project section, you could keep the trees you like, but clear out the low vegetation. Add in some black lace elderberry for screening from the road, and surround it all with a bee/butterfly-focused native flower section, integrating in a few large rocks for interest, one of which could be used as a bench. You could also pop in some bulbs for spring interest.
I immediately imagined a custom grotto bench made of found items welded together, with a horizontal corkscrew on each side styled to look like the curling tendrils of a climbing vine that lets you slide the stem of a wine glass in. The inside could be lit with fairy lights, and made cozy with cushions. I would plant mosses, astilbe, Pulmonaria, and a Japanese maple that can be shaped to arch over and around the grotto bench like a shell. Bluetooth speaker stones on either side let you set a mood. Adding a subtle fragrant planting, like creeping thyme, completes the sensory circle. Keeping the side facing the house as is (because it is lush!), makes discovering the secret niche even more impactful. Now I want one for myself!
I was also thinking of the months of pleasure and the excitement of the hunt for Leslie as she tracks down treasures to be included in the piece. In my mind, it looks like a garden Fabergé egg full of memories. The world’s biggest flea market is in Madrid. I recommend that for some really cool elements.
What a gorgeous garden. I have the lightening rods with glass balls too. Mine are on my house. I love them! A pondless waterfall or fountain would look beautiful in the area you asked us about.
LOVED this tour, thank you! My idea for her space to be developed...three posts (square I think) at various heights that she collages on, one or more sides of them. Collaged with found pieces/artifacts or broken pottery as she has been doing in the rest of the garden. The posts are topped with some kind of copper piece, one that reflects the style of the house. The space under the trees could be planted with hostas and a ground cover like wild ginger.
Wow! Loved these gardens! So many personal touches added throughout the landscape! My idea for something to add to the area Leslie wants to redo, would be a ‘natural pond’ addition. With boulders, aquatic plants, and fish. A lot of ‘antique fishing gear could be incorporated throughout that area. P.S. I would love to win a trip to Michigan. I’ve been to MacKinaw Island, and just fell in love with all the beautiful landscape, annual & perennial flowers, as well as the restoration of the historic buildings. Love watching your Jack Barnwell videos. So much beauty to take in and enjoy! Thank you! 😊
Wow what an interesting garden. Love everything. As for the island I thought it looked good as it is. Nice contrast to the other flowered areas. How about putting something secret in the middle and plant more bushes around to obscure it. Maybe a seat, maybe a little fort? Something for kids to find? There could be a little solid gate to enter, so you have to enter to find what is inside.
Oh my gosh, Jack Barnwell. You never cease to amaze me when your sprituality leaks out. Your observation that plants perform better when they are a part of a story harkens back to Potowatomi beliefs. You are clearly where you belong.
Wohoo 32min of Jack & crew. Leslie, your garden is so inspiring. Love the simplicity of the steping stones leading to front of house. Oh my the outdoor shower - great touch. And the details throughout - stunning. I would add understory tree (Japanese Maple] or similar small tree, evergreen winter interest, hardy geranium, ferns and quick fire fab hydrangea.ohhhh water feature would be fab.
Thank you for the tour. Since you asked for ideas, how about a working windmill for the island space, Jack mentioned there is always a breeze. Also, around the base add swaying purple fountain prairie grass surrounded by Tuscan sun Heliopsis
A pondless murmuring waterfall in the trees with really whimsical but smaller seating perhaps suggesting mushrooms or spiral shapes, or even a unique but very comfy swing for one. (Don't forget the drink holder!) Include lots of contrasting leaf color and texture on the garden floor and use some plants native to the area. I'm from the desert so I envy your wonderful choices. PS I adore the colors of your house!
Gorgeous home and garden! Thanks Leslie and Jack for sharing. In the island bed put some grey owl junipers is my suggestion. Low and wide with great winter interest! Enjoy!
For the garden, I recommend some different types of hydrangeas, oak leaf, lace cap etc. with various types of hostas in a circular fashion interspersed with spring bulbs and irises for spring. A solar water fountain with an industrial parts design in the sunny part of the garden with special rocks and tidbits she picks up around the entire garden!
I would add a bench and white or bright colored perennials along with huge pots (aqua pots ) 😀 I have a vintage garden and love funding elements . Also add a bird sanctuary.
How incredible!! How about a pathway that leads to an old fashion swing in the middle of that island bed? Something very unique that would give you a view of all the beauty that surrounds you. Maybe it could be a little elevated with a rounded roof. It could be as charming as all the rest of this amazing property. Good luck!
I like the bench idea. A rock water feature would be great! I think a pugster blue dwarf butterfly bush towards the front as a low to the ground shrub. I think white phlox and possibly a baptisia would be fun. Possibly some tall grasses!
What a beautiful garden! It’s so personal and unique. For her island garden, I would continue with shade plants like hosta, astilbe, and brunnera. I think adding some larger boulders for interest and of course any of her salvages would continue to personalize it. Lastly, add alliums and black eyed Susan for a bit of color on the edges that receive more light.
Beautiful eclectic garden space! For the makeover garden, visualize a brilliant orange “flower garden river” running through center and winding around established trees lined by cobblestones or your “found” stones and dotted with small evergreen junipers and Hosta type plants. Magical with bench to rest on at end of day!
Gorge gardens love all the collectibles. I think you need the sound of water in the form of a pond less stream. With Leslie’s special touches of collectibles.
Very cool house and gardens! For the new space, I would clear out some of the bushes, lay down some flagstones - make like a path with a small area for something like a small bistro table and chairs. Load up on the Japanese Forest ferns and maybe some Hakonechloa - maybe the All Gold one for a pop of color to contrast with the Japanese Forest ferns, interspersed with the cool sedums she likes. I don't know how the light flows through there so she would have to check that - some small brunnera would look cool in there as well. What fun and we can tell, whatever you all do, it will be beautiful.
I would leave the trees and plant Hostas, brunnera, and astiable in clumps under them. I would have to hide a few alliums to add some pop! Then put a fire hydrant that has been retired in the middle of it all! Hey! It's a thought! LOL!
Beautiful garden and home.🤗Her personality can be seen through out. Very special.Thankyou Jack for sharing this with us.❤
A pond and sitting area incorporate the same flowers to keep uniformned,or if not pond water feature using old castiron tub,Her ho.e is beautiful and every garden room is just breathtaking. Thank you for letting us visit your lovely home and gardens.
Amazing garden, i just loved it. Leslie your garden is one of the best I have seen. Thank you jack for bring us along on your journey!
❤❤❤. Every time I watched these vlogs, I feel like I am in a fairytale place.
The ski lift 🚠 chair is epic!!! ❤
Absolutely beautiful! What an amazing gardener she is! Jack your the best with knowledge and knowing how to present a great video!
Thanks so much
A quirky water feature or statue tucked into the trees would be so cool! She seems like the type of person that could do that. Then I would surrounded with ferns and brunera, lots of little whimsical figurines and things thrown in here and there , with wind chimes hanging around
What a beautiful garden so many unique and beautiful things like go threw rooms in your garden can’t say this is a boring garden for sure 👍🌲🐿️
So many people have taken back to this natural prairie land effect, including businesses and forest preserves. Nice tour.
Fantastic....good job Leslie. Jack, you hang out with the best people.
Leslie is a wonderful and talented woman! Thanks for sharing your beautiful garden and vision.
For that front bed, I think it works be amazing if Leslie found an “antique” farming carriage or LARGE implement and place it in the center-ish under the trees, and then under plant with more of the white Hydrangeas, astilbe, and ferns. ItIt would tie into her family’s farming history and her love of collecting historical pieces. ❤ Gorgeous gardens Leslie!!
❤❤Oh my goodness ❤❤So loved this garden tour. Thank you 🙏 for sharing!
Wow, what fantastic gardens Leslie has! I’ve gotten so many fun ideas for incorporating my own collections. Thanks to all for sharing Leslie’s gardens with us.
I loved this ,it was fun ….so glad to see people not take life and gardening so seriously even though it is well thought our Thanks for sharing 🌿🍃
What a wonderful gardener ! Unique ideas and such a well thought out placement, love all the metal pieces especially even the fishing lures hanging on the fish keeper, no doubt a memory of your dad ! Keep it up !
Thank you for sharing your fantastic garden with us! We live on a farm and you gave me ideas for decorative pieces I could salvage from our "junk"!!! Also, your home style & color is beautiful. Thank you again Leslie & Jack.
Beautiful home and gardens Leslie! I think a tall bubbler fountain would be a great addition there! Thanks for sharing your gardens with us!
I think some sort of a water feature would be beautiful. It would have to be done in her own special style with some iron and rock and other "finds" incorporated into it. Then, I would plant around it with some of that sedum and maybe a few roses. I didn't notice many roses in her gardens. Some sort of a pretty "specimen" garden with different plants you might not see every day, maybe even in pots so they could be moved into the house in the winter months.
Whatever you do, Leslie,I know it will be wonderful and unique. I love having things we love and enjoy incorporated into the garden. Yours is done beautifully!
Thanks for another great adventure, Jack! Thanks to Julia for filming most of this video.
See ya in the next one!
Byeeee!❤️🙂👋
Omg what a fantastic garden the talent that went into it she is amazing love love love it. Good luck on the island design wish I could think of something maybe a succulent garden.
Beautiful gardens. Loved the tour.
Glad you enjoyed it
Leave larger trees, small pond, old iron hand pump drippping water into pond, incorporating same plants from front - the hostas, astilbe, etc, thank you for the tour , beautiful gardens. I love the stone walkways
What a sweet Lady, & a garden full of love
Leslie is a woman after my own heart-- garden finds , the rustier the better! A water feature for the new bed; flowing from an old well pump or farm equipment.
For the island garden, I would make it a secret space to almost hide in. I would put an old tractor seat or two in the middle of the trees. Make a small table with some of the leftover flat pieces from your other walkways, somewhere to put a beverage or aa book. Plant the area with wild moss so you could take your shoes off and rest your feet on a carpet of soft moss. The outer edges I would keep simple with larger rocks and fill in spaces with pretty ground covers and tuck in some trillium and other lower growing native plants. It would be a spot where you could go and let your imagination wander or a place to think.
OMG!!! Love her style!!! Reminds me of my aunt's yard in TN. Very playful and whimsical play on reusing things from the past. Thank you for stopping by her house and sharing it to us. I'm really starting to love Michican. Starting with Mackinac Island. I've been following you for a few years now and really love that you show of Michican and all it's glory. Great job Leslie
I am very lucky to get to experience Leslie's garden in person, and let me tell you, it is an oasis of relaxation. My favorite aspect, the outdoor shower, is the perfect place to rinse off after a dip in the lake or a tennis session. I think the island garden should stay kind of wild on its exterior and open in the middle so that you can add seating for two, allowing you to stay hidden from golfers and passersby. I love Leslie and her garden!
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She needs a water feature for sure!!! I would put a small waterfall in that island and use rocks that she loves to tie into the other areas which picks up on the theme she has going. It’s hard to see how many trees are there, but the water could flow around a tree or two. Every gardener needs a water feature if you ask me..☺️🥰🤭
So enjoyable, I look forward to whatever you shoe👍❤️
Hi Jack, Julia, and Leslie! Thank you for sharing your beautiful gardens with us! I love all the "finds" , stories, and memories you shared. Thank you Jack, I love seeing all your videos! 😊
Beautiful home and garden. Leslie has such an eye for detail. Love those lightning rods.
Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing it. So many great inspiration points in this wonderful space.
Leslie is remarkable! I really enjoyed seeing her garden! What a great video
Absolutely gorgeous, thanks for sharing
Love, love this garden...OMG is she talented. For the tree island I think it would be beautiful with a water feature, a large tree carved into something very usual and plants all around it plus some iron art. I sure hope I win!!! Jack, thanks for sharing this amazing garden.
Beautiful garden! This is one of those garden tours you save to rewatch when in need of inspiration! I would love to see an older repurposed water feature. I'd also brighten up the space with a few Aralia Sun Kings, or Sun Gold False Cypress for winter interest
I loved this garden-very inspiring!
Collecting done tastefully. Beautiful yard.
Beautiful garden. My idea for the small garden... add in a collection of Jack's self watering assortments size colorful pots to add in some colorful annuals. And maybe a water feature using Jack's pot too.
In keeping with the red/orange theme, how about Arctic Fire or red twig dogwood for some winter interest. I love the lime green foliage on my Arctic fire. Sunjoy Tangelo barberry shrubs or maybe candy corn spirea for summer color and In front of them for repetition the alliums and orange echinacea would look great bordered in with some lime green sedum. I love everything about this home and gardens. Your collectors finds are all amazing and well displayed.
Great ideas!!!!
ooooooh, these colors and textures sounds gr8t!
AMAAAAAZING!!!! Thank you so much for sharing, what a wonderful place!
It really is!
Absolutely LOVE Leslie's garden 😍She should find an old metal wing back chair/bench to put in the middle of the island. Then plant all around with a small pathway so it is a little secret garden area.
For the redesign of the island I recommend white hydrangeas that seem to do well on Leslie's property with alliums at the forefront. Keeps the flow of her design already established and the symmetry as well.
Wow! What an amazing place! Leslie does a great job with her collections - while some people put collections in their yards and it looks like junk - hers is an art instillation!! My husband loves the ski lift swing!! I can't think of specific plantings for the island bed, but I think it needs a nice ground cover and then layers of texture and color to go with Leslie's collections and other beds. Thanks for sharing!
Such creative plantings and beds. Love it. NOW I want to see inside the house? Please Leslie???
Love the tour, thank you Leslie and Jack! I think the garden area needs to include a few more allium, Quick Fire Fab hydrangea and taller ferns on the road side. Also, I can see more found objects from the farm, such as old hand pump, more glass insulators used as mushrooms on copper pipes with ajuga underneath. Whatever you do it will be beautiful!
Wow! Amazing home & gardens Leslie. I love all the neat pieces she collects.
It might be nice to have a fountain with water in the tree space. Add a nice swing for two people to just sit and relax. Really pretty twinkling lights strung from the trees. I think white Guara would look magical in this space. Just a cozy little spot to listen to the fountain and relax. Tuck some lavender around the area. Maybe a few David Austin roses for their wonderful smell.
Thanks Jack and Leslie for touring us through your amazing space.
I absolutely love this home and space. It's just perfect. As for redoing the one garden space...I would incorporate some of the same plants you have used in the other gardens that are great for pollinators. Maybe add one brighter colored plant or flower. Add different type of elements, of varying heights, maybe a water feature, geared to create a mini sanctuary for birds or squirrels. Maybe a sundial for a conversation piece. The skies the limit. Thank you for the wonderful garden tour.❤
Leslie loves whimsical it seems by her collections. That flower bed in in the trees needs a swing or a hammock with fragrant roses. 🌹
She could move her limelight hydrangeas to the island bed. Keep the trees and add a little color with the alliums that she has scattered around her glorious garden! So beautiful! ❤
What a beautiful and fun video. Thank you always for sharing. 🤗
Amazing garden ! Such creativity & personal touches! Thank you for the tour it was the most enjoyable I have seen on UA-cam 🩷
Wow, thank you!
Oh my dream for an outdoor shower! Complete with Petosky stones! (I have 2 from my trip to Michigan)‼️. Sweet!
I think the tractor theme for the new bed. Possibly an antique tractor as a focal point❤
I think some kind of water feature would be good that island bed. Love that area of the country. Thanks for showing
For the design for the new area, I’d like to see some hydrangeas and ferns and ….in a special area on that island some Lavender. Your gardens and home are wonderful.
The one island garden needs to have the tree trunks showing. I would cut down the bushes and add more ferns and things. Gorgeous house and gardens. Love that shade of green.
Great garden and home👍😎❤️❤️❤️
For the project section, you could keep the trees you like, but clear out the low vegetation. Add in some black lace elderberry for screening from the road, and surround it all with a bee/butterfly-focused native flower section, integrating in a few large rocks for interest, one of which could be used as a bench. You could also pop in some bulbs for spring interest.
Thanks, for a lovely tour of Leslie’s garden. Now I am going to go out and add more fun quirky treasures to my garden.
I immediately imagined a custom grotto bench made of found items welded together, with a horizontal corkscrew on each side styled to look like the curling tendrils of a climbing vine that lets you slide the stem of a wine glass in. The inside could be lit with fairy lights, and made cozy with cushions. I would plant mosses, astilbe, Pulmonaria, and a Japanese maple that can be shaped to arch over and around the grotto bench like a shell. Bluetooth speaker stones on either side let you set a mood. Adding a subtle fragrant planting, like creeping thyme, completes the sensory circle. Keeping the side facing the house as is (because it is lush!), makes discovering the secret niche even more impactful.
Now I want one for myself!
Wow- a well thought through idea! I’ll be running all of these by the owners and we will follow up with another video soon of what we come up with!!
I was also thinking of the months of pleasure and the excitement of the hunt for Leslie as she tracks down treasures to be included in the piece. In my mind, it looks like a garden Fabergé egg full of memories.
The world’s biggest flea market is in Madrid. I recommend that for some really cool elements.
What a gorgeous garden. I have the lightening rods with glass balls too. Mine are on my house. I love them! A pondless waterfall or fountain would look beautiful in the area you asked us about.
LOVED this tour, thank you! My idea for her space to be developed...three posts (square I think) at various heights that she collages on, one or more sides of them. Collaged with found pieces/artifacts or broken pottery as she has been doing in the rest of the garden. The posts are topped with some kind of copper piece, one that reflects the style of the house. The space under the trees could be planted with hostas and a ground cover like wild ginger.
Wow! Loved these gardens! So many personal touches added throughout the landscape! My idea for something to add to the area Leslie wants to redo, would be a ‘natural pond’ addition. With boulders, aquatic plants, and fish. A lot of ‘antique fishing gear could be incorporated throughout that area. P.S. I would love to win a trip to Michigan. I’ve been to MacKinaw Island, and just fell in love with all the beautiful landscape, annual & perennial flowers, as well as the restoration of the historic buildings. Love watching your Jack Barnwell videos. So much beauty to take in and enjoy! Thank you! 😊
Not only are the gardens beautiful but the house is perfect. That green house color enhances everything going on in the garden. Well done
Wow what an interesting garden. Love everything. As for the island I thought it looked good as it is. Nice contrast to the other flowered areas. How about putting something secret in the middle and plant more bushes around to obscure it. Maybe a seat, maybe a little fort? Something for kids to find? There could be a little solid gate to enter, so you have to enter to find what is inside.
A Beautiful Rock Garden and Beautiful Flowers and some of her great finds
Oh my gosh, Jack Barnwell. You never cease to amaze me when your sprituality leaks out. Your observation that plants perform better when they are a part of a story harkens back to Potowatomi beliefs. You are clearly where you belong.
Such a fun, unique, beautiful with awesome surprises!
Thanks Jack! beautiful place. 🪴
Wohoo 32min of Jack & crew. Leslie, your garden is so inspiring. Love the simplicity of the steping stones leading to front of house. Oh my the outdoor shower - great touch. And the details throughout - stunning. I would add understory tree (Japanese Maple] or similar small tree, evergreen winter interest, hardy geranium, ferns and quick fire fab hydrangea.ohhhh water feature would be fab.
Secret garden with small seating and of course the art.
Thank you for the tour. Since you asked for ideas, how about a working windmill for the island space, Jack mentioned there is always a breeze. Also, around the base add swaying purple fountain prairie grass surrounded by Tuscan sun Heliopsis
I love how you talk with your hands
A pondless murmuring waterfall in the trees with really whimsical but smaller seating perhaps suggesting mushrooms or spiral shapes, or even a unique but very comfy swing for one. (Don't forget the drink holder!) Include lots of contrasting leaf color and texture on the garden floor and use some plants native to the area. I'm from the desert so I envy your wonderful choices. PS I adore the colors of your house!
What a beautiful and creative space! Loved seeing it!
Leslie is a wonderful and kind person with great taste - One of a kind - Congrats!!!!
Gorgeous home and garden! Thanks Leslie and Jack for sharing. In the island bed put some grey owl junipers is my suggestion. Low and wide with great winter interest! Enjoy!
For the garden, I recommend some different types of hydrangeas, oak leaf, lace cap etc. with various types of hostas in a circular fashion interspersed with spring bulbs and irises for spring. A solar water fountain with an industrial parts design in the sunny part of the garden with special rocks and tidbits she picks up around the entire garden!
What a fun space ❤
What a beautiful and unique property ❤, I was going to suggest a unique gazebo for the front island surrounded by some Rudebeckia, alliums and ferns
A beautiful garden. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful and a lot of good ideas for my garden.
Beautiful garden, I love the color of the house.
Yeah….Leland, Michigan!!! Beautiful garden!
I would add a bench and white or bright colored perennials along with huge pots (aqua pots ) 😀 I have a vintage garden and love funding elements . Also add a bird sanctuary.
Beautiful, Thanks for sharing your garden with us Leslie!!!
How incredible!! How about a pathway that leads to an old fashion swing in the middle of that island bed? Something very unique that would give you a view of all the beauty that surrounds you. Maybe it could be a little elevated with a rounded roof. It could be as charming as all the rest of this amazing property. Good luck!
Leslie, Thanks for sharing your garden! My take for the island would be more alliums, lavender, a climbing hydrangea to grow up the trees.
Loved this tour!!! 🌺🌼🪻
I like the bench idea. A rock water feature would be great! I think a pugster blue dwarf butterfly bush towards the front as a low to the ground shrub. I think white phlox and possibly a baptisia would be fun. Possibly some tall grasses!
What a beautiful garden! It’s so personal and unique. For her island garden, I would continue with shade plants like hosta, astilbe, and brunnera. I think adding some larger boulders for interest and of course any of her salvages would continue to personalize it. Lastly, add alliums and black eyed Susan for a bit of color on the edges that receive more light.
Beautiful eclectic garden space! For the makeover garden, visualize a brilliant orange “flower garden river” running through center and winding around established trees lined by cobblestones or your “found” stones and dotted with small evergreen junipers and Hosta type plants. Magical with bench to rest on at end of day!
😊lovely gardens and even a lovely host….
Thank you for this beautiful tour!! her home, garden & patio is just gorgeous!!!
Gorge gardens love all the collectibles. I think you need the sound of water in the form of a pond less stream. With Leslie’s special touches of collectibles.
Thanks Jack and Julia for taking us along! Love seeing your videos and all the magical places you get to see and at times work on. Bravo!
Very cool house and gardens! For the new space, I would clear out some of the bushes, lay down some flagstones - make like a path with a small area for something like a small bistro table and chairs. Load up on the Japanese Forest ferns and maybe some Hakonechloa - maybe the All Gold one for a pop of color to contrast with the Japanese Forest ferns, interspersed with the cool sedums she likes. I don't know how the light flows through there so she would have to check that - some small brunnera would look cool in there as well. What fun and we can tell, whatever you all do, it will be beautiful.
Beautiful yard and I love her all her neat things through out her garden!!❤
I would leave the trees and plant Hostas, brunnera, and astiable in clumps under them. I would have to hide a few alliums to add some pop! Then put a fire hydrant that has been retired in the middle of it all! Hey! It's a thought! LOL!