🌸 Garden Design Part 1 ~ How to Design a Garden ~ Y Garden 🌸 

Trust me when I say that anyone who is watching this video is definetely "not bored." Don't apologize for teaching. :) As someone who just likes to plant without planning, this is a great video. Thankyou.

“I’m going to go quickly here because I don’t want to bore you”! Are you kidding?? This is the best video on garden design I’ve ever watched! Can’t wait for the sequel! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience in such a clear, easy to follow way x

As soon as you wrote “Norway maple” I knew that tree was not long for this world. 😀 Very interesting to watch your process. Thank you.

I'm a Master Gardener and have taken garden design courses before but this is the best explanation of how to start a plan that I have seen. I'm going to follow your process to revamp some of my spaces this year. So helpful! Especially love the practical aspects you incorporated in (wind screens, keeping a view of neighbor's trees, filling the low spots). In my earlier plans, it was always about the plants I wanted but I can see how your process will really help enhance what I've already started. Thank you for posting this!

Brilliant and oh so practical! I love how you stressed that...towards the end. Initially, as beginners we are so excited but quickly overwhelm ourselves by stuffing a bunch of plants in hoping to create the beautiful space but totally forget to prioritize safety, structure, and practicality! And it helps that you have a calm and soothing tone. Thanks Yulia!

I wish this series was around when I started! I have some green giants that the previous owner planted kind of randomly that could be transplanted and repurposed as a screen between us and a very nosy neighbor. Thanks for making these.

Thank you for taking the time to explain all of this. The learning curve of gardening is high and there is a lot of money wasted trying things out without a plan. I really appreciate your time and thoughts!

A garden to me is an oasis of nature, a place to escape. This is different than a flower bed, like the front of most homes. A garden is usually away from the road, a place that you can sit surrounded by your favorite plants. Thank you for talking about the water around the house. One mistake I made when designing my garden and flower beds was not thinking of the soil grade. We had recently bought the house and didn't realize how much standing water there was around the foundation because the soil had settled so much (despite all the downspouts being previously extended). Before planting or bringing in gravel, etc. it is really important to first bring the soil level up around the foundation. In my case, I had to go back and fix things after I already had everything in place. That made everything much more difficult.

It's very helpful to see someone else work out a rough drawing, that's all I can do, so I don't overthink the process. It doesn't have to be a finished product right off your first drawing. Just get something down to get started. Thank you Yuliya!

Wish I had watched this video a few years ago. Excellent content!

I'm a U of Rhode Island Master Gardener and very much wanting to redesign my yard on my own. Just had my septic replaced which caused a massive amount or destruction to both my yard & landscaping. I really needed this info to help me better plan my new landscape. Thank you so much for this series. This is super helpful!!!!

Oh my gosh, this segment is GOLDEN! It was so simple, yet packed with valuable, helpful information for a homeowner to go about designing or redesigning their garden. I can see the magic of doing these steps. This is timely for me because we moved to a new state with 1 acre+ property. Because this will be my second garden from scratch, I know the pitfalls as a plant lover wanting to get to the doing of the planting. This video has helped encouraged me to draw things out. I can't wait to see more. Thank you again for all of your help!

Love this! I'm a gardener, but I do tend to just throw things in haphazardly without a plan. I'm moving to a new home, and plan to use your suggestions. Can't wait to see the rest of this series!

OMG!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is a basics of landscape design! Thank you, I can start now with planning how to even start designing my garden. I hope that you will continue this lesson, please😏!

This is the best tutorial for garden planning on RU-vid! Thank you 😊

Excellent. Most engaging garden design video I've watched. Natural teacher!

EXCELLENT! This video is equal parts instructional and informational for the average home gardener looking to transform a yard into a beautiful, functional and safe home oasis! Thank you so very much for this series on Garden Design!

Thank you Yulia! This is one of the most helpful gardening videos I’ve watched. Can’t wait for the next one. Kathy

I got the key to a huge garden three days ago and looking forward to starting work, but am also nervous, because it is my first. This is helping a lot. Thanks for your work 💚

I am renovating a little cottage on the Baltic in Sweden and have spent the last couple of years renovating the cabin and the front garden. But the back yard is what I want to tackle and it is completely wild with an elevation and a lot of large diverse trees. So this design process is exactly what I was looking for. Excited.

Last night, I found your garden design videos-parts 1-3-and stayed up until the wee hours of the morn watching them all. Thank you so much!!! I keep plants/flowers alive, but I’ve never designed a yard before. We purchased a new-to-us home 5 years ago, and I’ve spent the past 3 years UNxeriscaping it so that I could plant flowers. With your encouragement, I spent hours this morning wandering through and sketching my garden/forest-just like you explained and am more excited than overwhelmed for the first time in years. Thank you!!!

I got a huge grin when I saw this was up. Yay!!! You’re so cute.. “who knows?!?” 🤣 I cant wait to see where this goes.

Oh Yulia, I wish you were here in KC to help me with my new garden! Thank you for sharing your expertise. I love your style of design.

Oh my, this is wonderful!!!! My back yard as a whole is sooo very tired looking. I started a new flower bed during the winter. It’s empty and I’m still fighting a couple weeds. I’m zone 8. I ALWAYS buy plants first then prep a spot, and there you go! I want a proper garden and this is amazing. You are so very talented and you explain it so well. Now I just need to find my pencil! 😝🧐😍

Definitely not boring us! I’m also a master gardener and this makes so much more sense to me. I knew these ideas in my head but couldn’t articulate it. Thank you so much!

I've been looking for this lesson for close to 2 years now. Thank you so much! Subscribed!

I love your video! Thank you. Bring more! Happy gardening and designing.

Brilliant, so inspiring! I'm that gardener who goes out and buys lots of plants and excitedly puts them in the ground with no plan... after watching your video, I'm going to sit down and master a garden plan! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Thank you Yulia for the series, now I can have a foundation to built my garden design ideas. I spend soo much time agonizing over where and how I would place things in that "hazy" vision I have for my garden, lol, flower beds, walkways, etc. With your clear instructions and hands on explanation, I believe that both I and my garden will be in a better place.

Wow! Amazed at how quickly you broke out the space and wrote out the garden plan! definitely can see the professional hand. Also, very interesting perspective - to start with "vision garden" and "features" - like shade space, screen or just "beautiful wall" designation - i definitely see value in this approach, makes it easier to see bigger picture and not get lost in what type of plans to put where right from the start

This is better than content you have to pay for. Absolutely amazing, thank you

Thank you so much for starting this series!! The basics of garden design is something I never learned and I'm realizing how important it really is. After years of doing it the wrong way it may take awhile to correct my mistakes but I look forward to taking on this challenge and improving my property. What an incredible journey this will be. Thanks again for creating this!!

Thank you so much!! I have struggled for years on how or where to start on my property now I can learn from you. Can’t wait to see what’s next. This video was a great idea. 🦋💕

Don't worry about 'boring' any of us. I don't think that is going to happen. Looking forward to part 2!

Yay! So glad you are doing this series. I moved into my house about a year ago and I need to develop a better plan. This will help so much!

Don’t worry about going fast! I LOVE this video. This is what I’m looking for. I’m wanting to go back to school maybe or get some certification for landscaping. I’m starting with projects at home but don’t know where to start. So thank you!

Love it Yuliya! This design series is so fun! Thank you!

This is absolutely the BEST - you're a great teacher! Already I have more of an understanding & appreciation for the scope of what a landscape designer does for their clients. I've never seen this side of the business before & find this incredibly fascinating! So excited - can't wait for more videos! Thank you for your time in making this series for us - you're a true friend to all your subscribers. Hugs from Florida!

I loved this video! Not boring at all. I’m excited to learn more. Thanks so much.

Thank you so much for your video. We live in zone 6b, in the high desert of Nevada. We get about 7-9" of annual precipitation, have hot summers, cold/dry winters and high pH soil. Our home is an old ranch that sat vacant for 5 years, in which time all of the original landscaping and mature trees died. We have now been here 5 years and I have been buying plants just like you said! I buy them because I love them either for their color or variety but have no plan on where I'm going to put them. It has cost me a lot of money over the last couple years because many have died just sitting in the container.

Я в восторге! Так доходчиво и абсолютно применимо на практике. Благодарю! Буду смотреть следующие видео

This was so incredibly helpful! You described the process in the best, easiest, most doable way I’ve seen - and I’ve been at this a while. I was getting so bogged down in actual dimensions and stumbling block problems that the creative problem solving of the Site Analysis fell by the wayside. Thanks so much for sharing this with us! 💚

This is very helpful for me! We’re buying a new construction and i want to draw up my ideas before i walk to a landscaping company

very helpful, thank you. I have to restrain myself, I just want to plant flowers.

Thanks for all the great tips and info Yuliya!

Y, This is awesome! I have found other You-Tubers who have covered or cover this topic, but I soon fade out or change the video. While my garden is a work in progress, I have installed many features without making a plan. However, I did consider many of the elements you are covering. And the way you are going about planning will help me greatly as I improve my space. Thanks!!!!

Oh this is awesome. More please. I’m super excited to get a plan on paper.

Love this video. You make it look so easy. Very practical.

Yuliya, I am so appreciative of your willingness to share your knowledge! I am looking forward to learning everything!

Loved it!! Have started a new garden last summer with your “no dig method” hoping to finish the shape this spring. Perfect timing. Can’t wait for your next video. Thank you.

That sunlight. Wow. Great production.

I have a good sized garden laid all to lawn at present and it goes all the way around my bungalow. I have been excited and very, VERY daunted by starting a design for improving the garden and as a result I haven't started yet. I loved your video and have now subscribed. I actually feel that maybe I will be able to do this with your tutorials and feel more excited than daunted. I'll start this weekend. Thank you for inspiring me to have a go at last. I look forward to watching part 2 when I have completed my 'homework' from part 1. x

“Let me know if you like this video”.... You are adorable! I LOVE THIS VIDEO! it is so helpful and something I’ve always wanted to know how to do. I found you because of “the Impatient Gardener” and I’m so so glad I did. Now gotta go do “my homework”, I’m so excited!

This is my first time to watch your video,I like the way you explain with simplicity,keep it up

hello with great respect from Iran... this series is amazing .. thx for share it with world :D

Its lovely to meet you; thank you very much for this series.

Wow! Thank you so much - this is just what my garden needs!

This video was so informative and will definitely help me to be more observant of my space when creating future planting areas. Thank you so much for sharing.

I am in USA and an edible garden landscape designer. I love this! I’m working on coaching and designing usable and beautiful spaces!

This is FANTASTIC! I love learning design. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Very helpful! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos!

What a great video! So much useful information!! Thanks 😀

So hard to find "actual" garden design lessons for those of us interested in space planning to enhance the flow, visualization & use of our gardens. So far I am beyond delighted with this first lesson & cannot wait to few all of your videos. Thank you so much!!

That's exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you so much!❤🌸

Excellent!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in such a clear and simple way 😊

I have just started an Advanced Certificate in Garden Design. I have been a florist in Adelaide South Australia for 30+ years.I am an avid gardener and wanted to further my design and gardening skills. Your videos are very helpful and enjoyable to watch. I will keep watching. Thank you!

Exactly what I needed right now!

Off to an excellent start with my landscape design. I was overwhelmed 🙇🏻‍♀️ with the idea of putting this all together. But you are making it easy to work out my ideas to make sense. Thank you for the video 🌞🌹

thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. i've already learned so much and i've only yet watched the first 10 minutes of the first video!

Hi there, I've just started out gardening after the first UK lockdown and now heading in to garden design (mainly flower beds, shrubs, trees etc). I found this video really useful. It was exactly what I was looking for. Simple, informative and inspiring. Thank you. Subscribed!

Very good explanation of garden design.

Hi there, happy gardening! As a designer myself I have done many many homes and rooms and now ready to work on the outdoors. Your video was great! Really explained the area as well. I had never heard or seen anybody explain this like you do. Ready for the next video. Thank you

This was such an awesome design lesson!! I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to the next lesson!!💖

I'm thinking of pursuing a career in green design as I think we need more of those in my country. If watching your videos is any indication, I'm actually looking forward to plan and design which is usually where I abandon my projects so new follower here! 💚

This is wonderful, thank you Yulia! I’m an amateur gardener but have been picking up hints along the way, and I also dabble in feng shui, so I’ve been approaching garden design in a similar way to what you described but all your points have clarified many things I’ve been struggling with. I’m really looking forward to the next instalment of your course, especially because this is the year when I plan to really go for it in my garden.

Thanks for this video! It’s exactly what I was needing to help me with my garden. 😊😊😊

Absolutely loved this video! You just validated everything I did last summer in my back yard and also pointed out some steps I missed in the planning phase ( newbie mistake, didn’t account for wind break). I am anxious to see your next design video for sure! Have a great day and spring is not to far away😍

Excellent guidance. My garden, as with others, has evolved over time, as have my tastes. I’m going to get the info needed and process your info, then looking forward to your successive videos. Thank you for sharing your expertise and inspiration.

Best i have seen

Dear Yulia, we are moving to new house with a large, but almost empty garden. So far I dreaded the idea of having to attack this emptiness, but your process is really helpful! I just my site analysis and it was so much fun. Thank you so much posting this video!

Exactly what I needed! Thank you so much! Yes to more details or basic SketchUp. I have a lot of drawings for our yard that are not practical financially so we’ve been working in structure, removing dead and dangerous trees, poorly located shrubs, river rock, landscaping rock etc. I’ve been working on clearing a large potager garden for veggies etc and the school decided to build a huge elementary school behind our property that now blocks our Mountain View’s so we have to rethink everything and this video is very helpful. I will say that I have downloaded SketchUp and still can’t figure it out.

This is so, so very helpful...thank you!!

Wow Y!! I swear you drew my house and backyard. From the gate on the side and neighbors with the trash bin and the wires on the right corner. The only difference is to the left I don’t have neighbors because it’s a corner lot. Haha. Great video. I can really relate to this being in landscape myself but I have learned a lot as well. Thanks for sharing your expertise and breaking it down for the average homeowner.

It’s nice to hear I was on the right path. I was planning with my house/land plan from my mortgage! Thank you so much.

I love your class. Thank you.

Yulia, this was so helpful!! I know you think of this as a little boring, but for those of us who need to do this process, it was wonderful. You really made the whole thing accessible, thank you!

Absolutely loved this!!! Thank you

Love this. Such a great approach, thank you. Starting my master list now.

Yeah! This is what I've been looking for on RU-vid for 2 years. I have lots of books (John Brookes, Thomas Church, etc), but love to see it in action and with new ideas) Thank you!! Love that you said "Think big, start small."

so helpful thank you. I'm inspired!

Thank you so much for this video. This is going to help so much as we plan our areas at our country house.

Loved it. I drew my area during your video. I'm re doing my flower beds so this is super helpful. I think having it all in front of you is a reality check. Give you perspective! Thanks. 💙🐝💙

O U made perfect sense !!!👍🏻‼💐

Thank you, this is very useful. I am learning to be a landscape designer so to see someone talk about the process as a real person not a teacher is very helpful x I have started my own channel as I am designing my new garden so would love for you to follow my progress

Thank you so much for giving clear information of site analysis. I'm from India

This is awesome. So afraid to start and this helps direct me!

Great help for me to change focus from architectural building design job to......Thank you so much Yuliya,

This is fabulous. I love sitting down with my site plan and dreaming up new ideas. I’m sure I’ll learn a lot from this series.

This REALLY helped me and I am looking forward to more - thank you!

Wow! Yulia!! This was great. I can´t wait to get started on my yard. I want to add more to my already established garden> I think this will be very helpful. Look forward to doing homework and watching next week.