Such a beautiful garden. Steph, we do not thank you enough for the amazing camera work you do. Thank you both for all the amazing gardens we get to visit.
Wow! That's an impressive place! Wish I lived closer. Jim, you could make a lot of videos of each of the type of gardens by going slower and discussing some of the various plants in each one. This is a wonderful overview but I'd like to have a closer detail of the plants.
This is THE most inspiring garden tour. It makes me want to implement so many features into my own garden and the shear beauty of this amazing space is a delight 👩🏻🌾🐝🦋
In march and April 2004 I had a special opportunity to have multiple visits to therapy Duke Garden. That year, the wisteria vines that were over a large pergola absolutely stunning. The changes in the little woodland garden that was on the left as she first entered down. The main path was absolutely wonderful to see all early spring woodland flowers come out and to see the change in that as time progressed into the late spring and early summer
During my graduate program I walked this garden regularly, sometimes finding a half hidden bench or chair of incredible craftsmanship from which to enjoy the surroundings. Thanks for the tour Jim and also for the shout outs to the whole team that contributes to this garden everyday to make it such a beauty. And I can’t comment without making mention of that jaw-dropping stonework - fantastic! I remember once watching Brooks working on one of his many hardscape projects and wondering how and why in the world he kept making giant stones move without equipment and not realizing that he did so purposefully to avoid disturbing the existing garden. Such masterful work! Thank you for sharing and bringing to mind cherished memories.
It would be nice if every state in the union had these types of settings for just the peace, conservation, and beauty it provides. Thanks really enjoyed that.
This garden is definitely on my list to visit as I’m in eastern NC. Of course the plants are gorgeous but that stone work!!!!! Unbelievable that one man did that! This garden is beyond impressive!
My daughter loves Lavender and I could never grow it until I used where the driveway gravel has been washing into. The only addition I used was a mix with Permatil. North Georgia clay is a challenge, natives are the most dependable here. Just beautiful garden, thanks for sharing!
I have a garden path composed of crusher fines (crushed granite). It is a terrific seedbed. The Gaillardia that I tried for 3 years to grow in the flower bed is now a huge bush blocking the path!
What a beautiful gardens. So jealous of anyone living close to it. Lots of ideas and such a good interview. Please show more I. Each season if possible
I thought you had to go to Japan to experience such a magnificent "garden" This is huge, abundant and besides beautiful.... Inspiring. Thank You for sharing the Passion!
I need a stone mason friend. Oooh love the natural stone in my area. Working on walls in my garden but loooove the stone work!!!! You are blessed to have the stone guy on staff.
Oh yeah I used to dred bringing by cacti houseplants outside for the spring and summer but then I switched the potting mix to 25% potting soil and 75% pearlite and I never had to worry about them ever again. Doesn’t matter how much it rains for us those cacti never suffer from root rot. The water just passes right through the dirt like it’s nothing
@@jul7673 No im not leaving them out all winter. I have some succulents I keep in the ground year round here in North Carolina 8a. I have 3 separate opuntia (prickly pear) species out by the 'hell strip' my mailbox is on. I don't care that it's straight red clay cause that clay aint ever holding any water anyways. It's way to hot and sunny out there for it to ever hold any water for longer than a day so I plant. I also have some Sempervivum (hens and chicks), Graptopetalum (Ghost Plant) and an agave like jim has. But unlike jim who amended the soil he has. There's not an ounce of organic matter out there so I dont worry about the clay on the roots. It's inorganic anyways so I don't have to worry about it ever getting boggy out there. They've been in the ground for 3 years now and thriving. They're all completely hardy where we are at. Now all my other cacti and succulents like my Jade plants, etc that I know would not tolerate my clay soil I keep them in Terracotta pots with that highly draining potting mix you commented on. And those I do bring inside every winter. But recently I haven't been needing to bring them in until December because it doesn't freeze until then LOL (rip us were gonna be so cooked in 50 years)
Thanks Nolan! Yep, cooked, I know. I’m interested in evergreen potted plants that can take reflected heat on the concrete pool deck. Jim says containers should be 2 zone hardier than where I live (8a/b), so that means zone 6. I will try your formula next time to see if I can keep them drier over winter. Opuntia by the pool- why not lol
@@jul7673 oh my god are you kidding me? Absolutely they’re a PERFECT thing to add to your pool deck. Literally maintenance free. All I’d do is add some sort of 3 month slow release balanced fertilizer. Nothing organic. Has to be synthetic fertilizer. And then just leave them alone for the rest of the year. And if you want to add a spiller for the container too there’s a ton of zone 6 hardy sedum that would be fine in our winters here. Plus more flowers to enjoy in the same planter lol. Also another note. Learn from my mistake and if you’re going to get 1 prickly pear get a 2nd different variety so they can cross pollenate and produce fruit. I tried to pollenate my prickly pears by hand last year and learned the hard way that they are not self fertile and need to be pollenated by the genetics of a different plant. Which sucks cause I had 3 of the same opuntia that were clones of their mother plant I took cuttings off lol. So now I have another species entirely so I know for sure the genetics are different and will get successful pollination this year. The bumble bees and carpenter bees love hanging out in the flower so I’m sure they’ll be natural cross pollination. Also final PS: NEVER pay for a prickly pear from the store. Just drive around your neighborhood. A ton of people have prickly pears and I’ve realized over the years that if you just go up to them complement how beautiful their garden is then ask to take a small cutting off their prickly pear 9/10 times they’ll just let you do. Then literally plop the cutting in some well draining dirt and ignore it. Boom. Easiest plant to propagate on earth. Other option if you’re extremely socially anxious which I DO NOT CONDONE 😉…. I meannnn whose gonna notice if one cactus pad is missing off a plant that has 100 of them? THIS IS SOMETHING I DO NOT CONDONE okie have a great evening lmfao
Another amazing place you shared with us, thank you! Even if I never get to that area of the country, I still enjoy seeing public gardens of that size online. Love that they went all the way to Sissinghurst in England to get inspiration!
Thanks for taking us on a tour of this garden. I visited over 30 years ago and it has gotten even better. Like their focus on using plants that the average gardener can find locally.
Went there in summer time it was gorgeous gardens!! A little hot weather for my taste but worth the visit!!! Thanks for the great video of this great garden!!
Beautiful garden ! Some people “ get it “ and a lot of people don’t in my opinion they definitely “ get it “. They’re gardening style is amazing ! I don’t have the “ get it “ gene in my body. ☹️💐💚🙃 In my opinion nothing in that garden looks out of place. 💐💚🙃
They have a big budget, lots of people working in these gardens, and they're always learning and changing things up. You can't compare yourself! I'm sure your garden is lovely, even if a bit messy plants are just beautiful in general. And as long as you're having fun I'm sure it comes through as well
That’s definitely on the garden bucket list. It’s so interesting that they went to Sissinghurst when they were planning a renovation of the white garden, because when the video opened in the scree garden my first thought was Beth Chatto’s gravel garden. Bobby Mottern was a great guest, and he has my dream job. 😀
Hi Kathy funny you should mention Beth shadows Garden. We went there as well and we’re also very inspired by the gravel garden there. Glad you noticed it.
The Duke Garden in Charlotte is great too. I’ll have to visit this one. I have a video on my channel of the Duke Garden in Charlotte if anyone is interested.
This is such a beautiful garden and what a great tour! Thank you Jim and Steph. Being a salvia nut, there was a mistake in the printed titles about the salvia---it should have read "Salvia greggii and microphylla" not Salvia greggii and macrophylla". Salvia macrophylla is a completely different variety of salvia native to South America with very large leaves and small blue flowers that is water loving (unlike the Southwestern Salvias greggii and microphylla, which prefer a sharply drained soil and minimal water.) Again, thank you for a wonderful tour!
I have a question I hope you consider for your Sunday Q & A session. What can I do about the teeny, tiny ants that have set up colonies in my very large pots that are set into my landscape? Zone 6b Is this a common problem? I always enjoy your garden tours!! Thank you!
Why do anything about them? They'll protect your plants and clean up whatever's on the ground that could be food. Ants getting into my house and fire ant colonies are the only ones I ever mess with, the rest are just part of the natural cycle.
I had this in a pot that was sitting directly on the patio stone. I got a wire wheeled plant stand so it”s about two inches off the stone, and the problem stopped
Beautiful! I have a question about the containers holding the water plants like the water lilies. Would there be an issue with mosquitos? Is anything added to the water to help with that?
Mr. Mottern may embrace the containers and succulents in the rose garden, but Sarah Duke is rolling over in her grave. Everyone understands the impact global warming and water scarcity has had on gardens, large and small the world over, but when visitors' friends think their posts on Instagram are from out west it tells you a great deal. He has spearheaded an effort that has totally changed the 'feel' of Sarah Duke Gardens in less than 10 years, a terrible loss.
The garden was in terrible shape at the time of her death in 1936 and wasn't dedicated to her until 1939. My guess is that she would have loved this garden and the current stewards trying to lessen its environmental impact. Hopefully no one thinks that a monoculture of heavily sprayed roses would be a good decision with visitors including children and pets. I've always joked that the Raleigh rose garden glows in the dark from all the chemicals that have been applied there.
