This is a second video from the "How I Designed my Garden" series. I am not a professional garden designer, but a happy enthusiast. Here I share my thoughts on how to make our gardens more private.
This isn't just about creating privacy, she's also doing an excellent job of cultivating good relationships with the neighbors. By creating a aesthetically pleasant ways to shield certain areas of the garden, she's respecting everyone's need for privacy in their yard--and not subjecting them to uncomfortable views or embarrassment about that corner of our yard we all have. So many people just put up the tallest, cheapest fence the local regs allow, which often creates friction. I'll bet all her neighbors appreciate her efforts, especially the ones whose tree she's watering.
Hello Olga, I really enjoyed your in depth explanation of creating Privacy with different species of plants , I love the informal, yet thoughtful approach to designing your area. Your garden has inspired me🌺 thank you
Your video points out what the poem by Robert Frost says that "good fences make good neighbors" but adapts it to say, "good landscaping makes good neighbors."
Oh wow you truly have a beautiful garden and speak so well in your videos. I am so happy I found your videos. Awesome job treating us to such beauty, inspiration and joy!
I am so glad to have come across your video today Olga! I love the way you present the garden to us. I will subscribe to your channel. Very interesting and informative.
love your use of evergreen shrubs to create privacy. Well done. This is exactly what I am slowly creating in my back yard. This will take me many years to create the mature evergreens that you have, since I my budget will only allow me to purchase the plants as small as possible and then watch them grow. So mine is a perpetual project which I so enjoy and am totally committed, as I see that you are, to making it a peaceful oasis for me and my family. I love what you have done here and the way you explain the thought process of how you create. I have been doing what you describe; sitting in my favorite resting area and studying what I want to see, and what I do not want to see.
Wonderful! Those small plants of yours will give you plenty of pleasure to dream about their majestic mature state. And once our baby plants are in, years go by and suddenly garden is all grown up! The biggest mistake people make is not to plant at all because it takes so long for plants to mature.
@@OlgaCarmody exactly. This is art. In progress. The painter does not just sit and look at the blank canvas forever. The writer sees the blank paper in the typewriter, and then creates. I see this as my living art project. I see what it is, what it will be, what it can be, and even if no one else sees it, enjoys it ( looks at the painting on the gallery wall, or buy the book ) it is the process for me that I enjoy, and if I ever get to the end result, then I will have, by then, created another outside room, or outdoor space that is a work in progress, not quite finished, never finished. Like an interior designer can see the room already set up, I can see the outdoor space already set up, already mature. I really enjoy your videos and so happy to have found your channel. Thank you for sharing. All that you do takes a lot lot of work, and love. Labor of love, that you share, are happy to share, so that someone else that is like-minded can have this same peace in their life, if they so chose. I do, and I recognize your work and I appreciate it. Thank you :) from Kentucky.
I have 2 acres, but my neighbors are kinda close , I like them but need to add more shrubs or trees or something to block out , so I’m not looking at them all the time .. but plants are so expensive & I need a lot of them .. I have a couple arborvitae trees that I planted last year , I think i might dig them up in the fall & try to use them to start the ((blocking )) stage of my one side .. I only have 2 neighbors, one on each side .. nothing in the back & just the road in the front . I just wish I would have done this 20 years ago … lol 😂 It would be all filled in by now .. But , I’m slowly going to get it done & not put up a big huge ugly fence .. I would rather have beautiful plants to look at .. your garden is so private & looks so nice & cozy. Love your videos ♥️
Stunning garden !!! Love your front door color & stenciled flower “ shutters “. Fabulous!!! I have decided rain drooping shrubs, trees & flowers are praising the Lord for rain. Bowing in reverence. And my corn & dahlias were bowed down too ! That front strip is wonderful & adds amazing depth to your front garden.
Olga! I love your buffer at what we call curbs your backyard is so peaceful and very well thought out,your teaching me😅! Your green door is Fabulous 😍 Thank you so much for sharing!
🌿 ~Live your videos!! Your little garden is adorable & I love the way you use natural elements to make such beautiful ornaments that look so special in the garden! 🥰🌷🌱☺🐦👍
Thank you Olga for sharing more of your gorgeous garden. Such practical advice, especially borrowing the view (and shrubs) of your neighbor's. These are the issues we deal with living in the suburbs. Have a great holiday!
OLGA YOU ARE JUST WHAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR, HOW TO CREATE MORE PRIVACY IN THE GARDEN 🪴, YOURS IS SO BEAUTIFUL, I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE IDEAS, THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!
Loved this topic Olga! An important aspect of designing for privacy is the sunlight requirement of your other landscape plants. Want to make sure the roses get their minimum daily requirement of sunshine.🌹
Great video! I have been thinking about purchasing the property I currently lease but it was daunting thinking about putting a huge privacy fence all the way around and how to "block" the views I didn't want and how to keep deer out. This is great! Thank you so much! Love your garden! :)
I’m loving this series. I live on a wide open property. The views are beautiful but there is wind and no privacy. We do have trees planted but it’ll be a while. Meanwhile I shall try your tip of sitting down and observing where I’d like a little more privacy.
Just found your channel, and I love your garden and your personality. 🥰🌸🌹🌲 You mention hiding eyesores in the video. I would love to watch a full video on that topic if that's something you would like to do. 😊
Hi I just passed through your channel 😊 your garden is so beautiful and nice 👍 I love the flowers you have, I love gardening too ☺️ thx for sharing i just subscribed 😊 greetings from Austria 🇦🇹🤗🤗
Such good advice on barriers, screens, borrowed views, and on planning your garden and placement! I enjoyed this so much. You are clearly very knowledgeable and have a delightful personality! Your gardens are beautiful! As a new subscriber, I would love to know what gardening zone you live in. Thanks!
Hi Olga, I really enjoyed seeing this overview of your yard. Can you share how many square feet your property is? I recently moved to a new home (property is 7500 sqft) and I’m currently working on a plan for privacy and creating garden “rooms”. Your videos are very helpful.
Hi Olga! What an insipiration :) You have no idea how much I am learning from you and how much I am inspired by you! I have been binging on all your videos (and planning for next spring -- to move around and redo my landscaping). I am not sure if it is in this video you mentioned Linden tree... I have been researching it and would like to find one. Do you know if it is the Tilia Tomentosa (latin name)? I do not want to buy the wrong thing. (By the way, was yours already planted on your property, or did you purchase and plant?) I have found that there are so many positive properties in this tree! Again, thank you so much! I am sometimes watching over and over with a pen and paper. You are a wonderful teacher!
Olga….norwegian ? I am in 🇺🇸, and working on sealing up the open parts to my yard. I love my home, but one side of the yard is approximately 10’ from the path to a common area/small park…and the back area faces the common area, 😔. In December I brought home a puppy and the neighbors went crazy for her, everyone walking by just had to greet the puppy through the wrought iron fence…while I’m trying to teach her impulse control and wait for my permission. I’ve asked a couple people to not touch her through the fence, the walked off in a huff, 😂, seriously I can’t have a simple request. I am planting a fast growing hedge this summer and hope it grows fast. Meanwhile I am currently building a light frame fence just enough to keep her 3’ from the wrought iron fence. The other thing that wears me out is zero privacy for me, my former home was as private as yours…with the dog I feel like I moved into a petting zoo…and while she’s a cute dog…people act like she’s a some rare creature…just a dog. thank you for this video &
Hi Kate, everyone looove your dog! Oh, well, what can you do... Hope those privacy shrubs will grow fast for you! What are you planting, may I ask? I am Ukrainian living in US as well!
@@OlgaCarmody i’m planting Eleagnus-Olive Martini on one big strip, by that walkway, 10-12’ tall and wide, Cleyera-Big Foot-think it’s 15-20’, only 4-5’ wide. The cleyera are next to my junipers, so will be similar in height. I also am strategic with my planting as you said in this video…so I have some privacy…but don’t want to box myself in. This yard is too open though. I’m an introvert, when I’m having my quiet daydream time, I don’t feel greeting the constant parade of people. Thank you for taking the time to reply.
Excellent video Olga. I don’t think of myself as a creative gardener but your videos are so inspiring. I will review these videos again and again for your wonderful ideas! A friend just bought a property which is pretty much a blank slate. I’m going to send her the links to these videos right away! Can I ask you, in your front yard near the street I can’t tell if it’s a pink hydrangea or rose? Do you know the variety? And the white hydrangeas close to your home, which variety are these? I love them! I have one final question, I live in south central CT and we have plenty of snow. We don’t have a sidewalk in our front yard but I would love to plant something along our front edge near the street. It is a very quiet street, but when the snowplows go through and toss the snow on our yard I am worried about damaging plants close to the road. Without a sidewalk, how far from the street do you think is good so that plants are not damaged by plows? Excellent video as always. You are such a source of information and inspiration ❤️
Hi Arlene, thank you for watching! Yes, the pink hydrangea is smooth leaf hydrangea. Don't know the name, sorry. The White ones are Incrediball hydrangeas, they are sturdier than anabelle, and generally are the improved version. As for the sidewalk. I had the same worry, how about the plow? You know, every year snow machines go through and put huge piles of snow on my plants, they don't break! I have more damage from kids than from snow machines. So, dont' worry.
Hi Olga, your lady of Shalott video inspired me growing David Austin and now I have a whole flower bed of DA roses. One question I do have is that whether I need to put down a plant support for my rose shrubs? I do not grow climbers but just shrub David Austin. Is it necessary to support my young roses in the first three years? And another problem I came across was there are always bugs around due to the fragrance, is there anything I can do in the long run to keep the bugs away from my beautiful blossoms? Thank you very much!
Hi there, Your shrub roses don’t need support, at the beginning I might support stems with sticks, but it is not necessary. As for bugs, it all depends on the bugs. Neem oil is usually a good defense, I have a video about it. Check it out.
Hi Olga, this is wonderful and much needed advice for my backyard! Can you tell me what the rustic looking fence is called by the chainlink and where to purchase? Thank you for the inspiration!
Olga please can you tell me why a my abravite tree 🌲 I plant 6 of them year ago and 2 of them half side greens and the other half is brown please can you tell me why ? I live in Illinois usa and there is enough sun on them ,thanks
You probably planted them too close to each other. Arborvitaes don't like competition and will respond with dying off/ brown limbs. Another problem with them can be chronical dehydration. Try to water them deeply through summer, don't let them go into winter dry. I would do fish fertilizer too.
