English garden ideas from the most famous English garden...
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Be inspired by the beautiful garden at Gravetye Manor Hotel, created by William Robinson, who invented 'English Garden style.' See beautiful mixed borders, romantic wild garden areas, the most stunning white wisteria arches, a classic kitchen garden and the sound of birdsong...
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The only thing that can make an exquisite garden even more beautiful is the quality of the early morning and early evening light. Absolutely gorgeous Alexandra. Enjoyed it immensely, thank you!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much - I so hoped I would do it justice
@AlBeebe
3 жыл бұрын
In the past year i just witnessed and learned exactly that. That early evening light is just the most beautiful thing that it's so easy to not appreciate if you don't have a garden or a view that you love
Hello. Indeed both Sislertx and Catherine Dean's comments do remind one of how lucky to garden in The British Isles. It's often said that we have the worst weather in the world but, at the same time, the best climate of anywhere to garden. How so many lovers of flowers, plants and gardens in more challenging extremes, in places around the world strive for the English Garden look. And with cleverness, good work and sometimes a little luck, gladly often they do. Well done to them !
I would love to see more of this garden, in the format of a type of tour, with naming some of the plants and shrubs. A longer video. Thanks!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
I would love to go back and you are quite right - more naming and specifics would be very helpful
@misskim2058
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, it would be nice as a second stay, made for the purpose of making a more detailed video, perhaps even funded in part by those benefitting from it, but I’m glad instead you got some beautiful footage and chose to share it, but still focused on enjoying the moment and the gift for yourself and your husband. That was the purpose of the trip. Savoring that was more important than losing those moments just to create something longer and more detailed for appeasing the masses, the viewers. One cannot quite capture the moment with the camera, or spend one’s time and attention on extensive detail and enjoy the moment simultaneously. Much is lost in attempting to do that. Better to get lovely overall examples as you did, and either let others be inspired to come see more or do their own research for that which they seek, or come back another time when it isn’t a private, personal occasion, and then one can make it about appeasing the interests of others. I find the world has often come to expect people to sacrifice much on behalf of strangers who give absolutely nothing in return, but instead demand much. And so, without even giving it a first thought, let alone a second thought, and given half a chance, such types would take every last drop of blood, sweat, tears, or a person’s last pennies and valuable time from anyone who would allow them to do so. They must be kept in check. Like the weeds, a little tolerance of them is harmless enough, but if let run rampant, they would choke the life out of anyone who doesn’t resist them, out of the giving, sharing ones who nurture the world with their kindness and selfless sharing. Such sharing people are the treasures in the garden of the world, they are those who need deep roots, and healthy boundaries and barriers, which may also need to run quite deep in order to stand against the rampant weeds that would overpower them and suck the very life from them if allowed...and, the occasional looming or aggressive weed or two being uprooted by a passerby wouldn’t be amiss. Weeds don’t seem to know they’re weeds, they simply dig in deeply, sprawl wherever they can, take all and give little to nothing in return, and while some are less aggressive, some can be quite prickly at times as well. It was lovely to see some footage and a fair bit of background about Gravetye, William Robinson and his outlook on gardening, (good to see that his books are still in print), and I appreciate the time you took to capture, edit and present this for us all to enjoy. My own neighborhood was built in the 40’s and many had kitchen gardens as part of the lot layouts. Mine did, and I’m working to bring that area back, as well as two shady garden rooms, a meadow area, and cottage-garden borders. I got a lot out of this video, so thank you again!
@orchidgarden3124
4 жыл бұрын
The Middle-Sized Garden so sorry if I came off as ungrateful! I love your videos and am very grateful for everything you post! I think I just got excited about this garden and wanted to know more and I didn’t think how my comment might come across! I hope you had a wonderful time and got to relax and enjoy the atmosphere!!
Beautiful garden! I loved the book quote. I have often thought it boring to have all the small plants at the front of the border and the tall ones at the back. Mixing it up is so much more intriguing and inviting. It was interesting hearing about the need to weed from time to time, but not too much. I tend to be too quick to remove a weed once spotted. I become anxious that it will take over the garden. One needs a certain serenity, that I lack, to leave a weed be! Thanks again for sharing this stunning garden and introducing me to William Robinson. I look forward to exploring his history further.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
That's a pleasure - and I think that taking a weed out the minute you spot it can be a very good policy. I don't weed enough and although I get alot of self-seeders the garden does sometimes tip over into being too weedy.
@snu3877
3 жыл бұрын
I also love putting some tall plants into the very front of my garden. It's a garden, not a Kindergarten class photo, where you want the tallest in the back and the shortest in the front. :) In fact, tomorrow I am going to tuck in two white Culver's Root plants into the front of my garden.
Blue, purple, white, chartreuse, now and then a dose of red. What a beautiful place. Will have to watch it again and take each shot in. Thanks for the video.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
It's a pleasure. It was such a lovely garden to share.
In my ignorance I had no knowledge about this wonderful and grounded by nature loving man. Thank you My garden is a wild woodland 🙌🏻🌿
Another gem of wisdom. I love the English garden, even here in Ohio, USA. I keep on learning from you Alexandra, thank you!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
My cat Jekyll and my Sheltie Lutyens loved this!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
So glad it kept them amused.
How lovely. And 30 years...wow congratulations!!! I suppose it would be nearly 32 by now. God bless you and your husband. And thank you for helping inspire us to make the most of our outside space big or small 🌸😊
Love your videos but this one is my favorite! I would love to see more detailed (maybe multi-series?) dive into this garden.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
I will really try as it's something I'd love to do, too.
@tanyag9010
3 жыл бұрын
I would love that too. I thought the garden was so beautiful and would like to learn more about the planting
Lovely. I have 2 acres in Pennsylvania USA that I am trying to garden and videos like this are so very helpful and instructive. Thank you for sharing.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
2 acres in Pennsylvania sounds wonderful - so glad you're enjoying the videos
Alexandra thank you for bringing us this beautiful garden and giving us the history lesson. Just amazing!!!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Absolute heaven on Earth!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
I agree!
Stunning! I wish this video was longer!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you - it was the most wonderful garden, but I hope to go back at a different time of year.
Wonderful. Thank you for showing this. It's proving tricky to find real English garden views here on KZread, so this is a precious treat.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it is the most beautiful garden if you ever get the chance to visit.
Indeed it is beautiful
First time I watch this episode. Fascinating, stunning garden! Shorter haircut - most fitting...
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Always learn something from your videos! I will never have a garden like this or any of the other immense British gardens but they all offer us something. By the way, I love your hair like this!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Beautiful
Splendid video. I treasure my first edition of William Robinson's The Wild Garden (1870). His influence on Gertrude Jekyll was important. Issues of his journal The Garden are well worth reading too if you come across them. I recall a very lazy dog in the peach house on one of my visits. Hoping to go back and stay when it gets easier to travel back to Japan.
wow how beautiful
Gorgeous garden. So many things to appreciate. 🪴🪴🪴🪴
What a lovely tour! I will put a stay here on my list if I ever get back to England. I love the charm of old brick walls and stone steps. My house is too new(built in 1988), only a third of an acre and we have a Home owners association that looks over our shoulder at everything, but I am bringing touches of this beauty into my yard.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Glorious. Thank you.
It is on my list. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this beautiful video.
Luv luv luv !!!!!!☀️
Gorgeous! And inspiring and doable!
So inspirational! I will put these new theories in place this summer!
Beautiful garden and photos. Thanks for the history of the landscaper. Inspiring.
Lovely garden surrounding the building love your talks about these gardens
Thank you for sharing a fabulous spot.
Alexandra: I have been spending most of the last year watching video garden tours, and I think this one is the absolute best. The most I could ask for is: more, please! Fabulous job! Thank you!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I absolutely adore this garden too, and hoped to go back though Covid somewhat prevented that this year.
Oh my goodness. What an inspiration. I watch this and quickly collect the names colors heights of the different plants that I would like to incorporate in my own garden
Certainly a beautiful garden! 💚 And how wonderful to be able to go back and enjoy it with your husband on your anniversary. I have never heard of this garden and the owner. Thank you so much for the great knowledge shared! Have a wonderful weekend. 😃💐💚💚💚💚💚💚
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It is so wonderful to discover a garden at the height of its beauty.
@maureenjones2045
5 жыл бұрын
Hello there, the house of Gravetye is now a lovely hotel built by the Infield family in the late 1500s. I am descended from two sisters of the builder, Richard Infield (their descendents married each other). One day I would love to see a video of the house itself. :-)
It is one of the best I've seen ! K
Very educational as if you are guiding in an actual garden tour. Thank you very much.
Amazing!!!!!!
Este frumoasa gradina mas plimba mereu prin ea! E un colt de rai! As pune maci rosii in iarba din fata bancii! O oaza de liniste si de relaxare!frumos!😀😁😀
Breathtaking
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
I thought so too. Just my favourite garden ever.
Beautiful!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
thank you!
Stunning!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for sharing! Stunning and relaxing all at once!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
Ravishing! Thank you so much for posting this.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ya know...any englishman who cant.garden.fabulously should be ashamed...u guys have it so dang easy
Very interesting,very well done!
Simply spectacular garden! Thank you so much Alexandra for introducing me to the genius of William Robinson. Your channel is quickly becoming my favorite. Now I have a visit and overnight stay at this place on my "Things to do before I die" list!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
It is definitely a very special place. Worth a visit.
Absolutely gorgeous thank you
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Have only just seen this. It's wonderful. Thank you.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
One of my very favourite gardens.
Thanks a lot for your detailed kindness introduce about such wonderful beautiful English garden!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
2 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
I have watched this video many times as well thumbed book
Breathtaking 🌹
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Fabulous garden
Thank you for sharing this gorgeous and romantic garden, I loved every glimpse! Happy Anniversary!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Well show. Good information.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the garden and thank you Alexandra for your brilliant video, What a beautiful place to stay. ENJOY Cheers from Cheryl in Australia.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I love, love, love the garden too so it's great that others do as well.
Just stunning! Good shots Alexandra!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you - just so wonderful to be able to be in the garden at dawn.
Thank you for this video. What a gorgeous garden, and I learnt so much even though your video was relatively short - very well produced. It was encouraging to me to know that according to William Robinson I'm instinctively doing quite a few things right in my garden!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It is amazing to think that almost everything he wrote about in the 19th century is still so relevant today.
Great advice from William Robinson...Just how I like to garden though nothing planned. I put a plant in wherever I find space and if it survives, great!. Love informal plantings.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
One of my all time favorite videos, thank you so much for sharing this and getting such AMAZING shots. I took several screen shots, watched it twice (at half speed) and wish it were longer!!! Love your channel and your enthusiasm for gardening makes your videos an absolute joy to watch❤️🌿❤️
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! And it is one of my all time favourite gardens, too.
Magical. Thank you thank you.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. It is such a beautiful garden.
Congratulations on your 30 yr anniversary! I’m sure you were delighted with the garden in full bloom.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
What a beautiful garden and wonderful video.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Magnificent.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing a lot of beauty and information, so lovely! I’m working to bring part of my own yard back to the kitchen garden it originally had, and have begun 2 garden rooms in the past few years (getting the bones of them in first) and the cottage-style borders are next. Oh, to have a strong helper, and a master gardener at hand! For now, I have to settle on first creating what pleases the birds, bees, and butterflies, and it does, and then on to what pleases my own self as I can. In the meantime, virtual visits to superior gardens are greatly appreciated!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
That sounds delightful.
That Is my idea of garden! Thankyou for sharing!🥀
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
I think it quite seriously may be one of the best gardens in the world. Just beautiful, with excellent 'bones'.
Memorable! Worth visiting and revisiting! 🙂 Thanks for sharing this special garden by William Robinson. What a treasure it is!🌿🌸 Happy Anniversary to you & your husband! Wishing you a great upcoming year together!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, and yes, what a treasure it is.
@botanicaltreasures2408
5 жыл бұрын
😊
Beautiful garden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
It is lovely.
Santeti ca un basm de poveste!!!cand vad inca o data video ma simt ca trec intr o alta lume! Minunata!cred ca santeti o persoana norocoasa ca triti intr o astfel de lume ! O zii frumoasa!😀😀😊
@kmyk2020
4 жыл бұрын
Multumesc!😀
That’s simply beautiful!
Bloody hell, what an absolutely brilliant video. Thanks,
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Oh what a nice Video und what a wonderfull Garden. I hope you did have a lovely time there and you outdone you self with that Video. I can understand why you realy like this garden. Great job...thank you. 🌻
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
We have viewed this magnificent garden many times An absolute beauty and superbly designed We hope to have a read of the flower garden by WR Thanks for sharing this on KZread Cheers Trevor & Janet
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
It's a wonderful garden, I'm looking forward to going back again in a couple of weeks.
That is a WOW of a garden! 10 out of 10 for the head gardener. Thank you so much for the education & happy anniversary - well done 🙃 Is the seeded plants Queen Anne’s Lace?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you - could you let me know at what point the alliums and the other plant is at (ie 3 mins 10 seconds or whatever it is), and then I should be able to find out.
Good information. Well show.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
This is the perfect garden! Thank you so much!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
This is one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen. I love his style and strive for it in my own garden. I wish I could grow those wonderful Lupines, but it is simply too hot here in Georgia. Thanks or posting!
Thank you for all your information. I'd love to see pictures of Helen Dillons garden in Ireland, with details of her planting. It all looks so easy when the professionals do it!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, her garden is famous, I'd love to see it too, although rather limited in how far I can travel at the moment.
So beautiful 🥰👍💗💕💜💖 Thank you for sharing, take care and Bless you, Chris-Raleigh NC
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND MANY MANY MORE! ❤️💕💖
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Happy anniversary!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
This is a beautiful garden! Thank you for your great videos. I could not understand what you said was done with the apple trees to expose the fruit to more sun.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. The apples are grown as 'Stepover' apples, on just one or two branches, because the trees are kept low. They are no higher than your knee level. So there is no foliage above them to shade them from the sun - all the apples get full sunlight instead of being hidden by branches, leaves and apples further up the tree.
👌💕
This is pretty much how I imagine paradise would be, if it existed.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
2 жыл бұрын
It really is exceptional.
Fabulous channel ...so much knowledge shared thank you new sub xx
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks and welcome
Agreed! This is one of the most beautiful gardens I've ever seen.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
It isn't isn't it?
Thankyou for doing this!! Gravetye is my favorite garden, I can't get enough of it.
Does anyone know what the pink flower bush is at 3:28? It’s so beautiful, I would like very much to plant it!
This was such a pleasure to watch! I will search to see if you recorded a "tour" type of video, mentioning some of the plants and more of the rationale and techniques that were applied to the design. If you haven't done so, would you please consider it? Even if it's a "virtual", "remote" stroll with one of the gardeners interpreting...it would be a joy! (I recently discovered you, and while I live in the USA and my garden is composed of mostly native plants, I still thoroughly enjoy your presentations. I subscribed!)
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
2 жыл бұрын
Great idea and I will try to go back there for something like that.
Beautiful garden, I love to design a garden of this style. What is the name of the tall purple flower plant ?
Thank you very much for your videos. They're wonderful. I do have a question for you and or your viewers. What are "Step Over " apple trees? I've never heard of that term. Are they a type of dwarf apple tree? or pruning technique? Whatever it is...I would love to try it. Thank you in advanced. Dallas, Texas
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
5 жыл бұрын
Stepover are trees that are trained to be very low with their branches going along. Like espaliered but lower. I did have a dreadful accident with stepovers once because I was photographing a garden in winter when there were no leaves or fruit and I didn't see them. So I tripped and hit my head on some garden steps. Two weeks concussion. So they're that low.
@jessicabradshaw3365
4 жыл бұрын
The Middle-Sized Garden I’m so sorry about your stumble! You are now a certified hardcore gardener💪🌿 (glad you made a good recovery!)❤️❤️❤️
What is the name of the beautiful very light blue iris, with full old-fashioned form? He uses it a lot and it' s stunning.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
I'm really sorry, but I don't know. I agree it is lovely.
Wow! Just gorgeous, very special garden indeed. Very interesting video, thank you. I love your dress, would you be able to tell me where it is from? ( It may be asking a bit much seeing as the video is from 2019 )
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it is from our local market - there's a stall which appears with a random selection of clothing and I suspect they are factory seconds as the sizing appears not to follow any kind of logic! And there's no label on the actual dress itself. But a good bargain!
@nicoeeek.7181
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden It is lovely . Thank you for answering :)
That’s better.
Please share some photos we look forward to hear from you Kindly T&J
Never knew he was an Irish man🤔😉
@marvinc9994
3 жыл бұрын
"he was an Irish man" With a name like 'Robinson', I doubt he was THAT 'Irish' - any more than the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley - (who happened to have been born in Dublin).
Also could you give me the botanical name for the decorative allium so I can try & find them here in New Zealand. Thanks again.
What's the difference between a meadow garden and a cottage garden? I mean I can see a difference but technically, what's the difference? Can I mix the two? Begin with a meadow and evolve cottage plants into it?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
A meadow is an area of grass, with wildflowers in it. A cottage garden generally doesn't have grass, as the borders are as big as they can manage and packed with planted (ie cultivated) plants. I think you could have both, but probably best in different areas. This video on how to create a cottage garden may help: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2SBx5tvgsyzZcY.html and there is also one on creating a mini meadow: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eIGf0blrXcfRaM4.html
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I think Malcolm Hockham said that the housing that was formerly available for gardeners was sold or rented to other people to make more money so the gardeners often couldn't afford to come back. ☹️
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's right, and also people didn't want to work in that way any more. Another factor was that many of the young men who would have inherited the big houses died (particularly in the First World War when they would have been young officers so the first out into the battle to lead their men), so the houses themselves eventually had to be sold away from the farm land that supported them.
may i have the name of the books?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
4 жыл бұрын
The Wild Garden and The English Flower Garden, both by William Robinson