My cottage border … planted densly to suppress weeds
Here I’m showing my cottage border in naturalistic style - planted densly to suppress weeds. Bulb plants - daffodils, tulips and alliums - are growing together with perennials, shrubs and small trees. I’m telling how I’m planning a border and talk about colors, shapes, forms and repetition. And the best is, that I don’t need to weed, because seedlings don’t get space!
My name is Claus Dalby, and I live in Risskov on the outskirts of Aarhus in Denmark. To date, I have written about 30 books on flowers and gardens in Danish, and my garden has been featured on many TV shows. In March 2022 my first book in English will be available. I consider my home (built in1908), and its garden with its neighboring wood, as my sanctuary. When I started gardening in 1996, there was just a large lawn covering approximately 1 acre (4,000 square meters), but today the grass is long gone - replaced by 15 hedged rooms with varying colors and moods. Additionally, one of my great passions is growing in pots, arranged to create spectacular container gardens, which I will share quite a bit about on this channel. Decor and creating moods have always interested me - both outside and inside - and I love to use the flowers from my garden for bouquets and to inspire other crafts that create a sense of hygge.
Join me on:
Instagram: / clausdalby
Discover my books on my garden and hobbies at:
Klematis: www.klematis.dk/l/Have
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So can we talk about how Claus Dalby coming to KZread is one of the best things to have happen! 😩😍🌿
@ruralangwin
Жыл бұрын
Definitely agree! I'm a huge fan, but now there are so few new videos! I wonder where Claus went?
I just love this border and really appreciate the focus on a few of the plants in it that you’re enjoying now. That Philadelphus is quite the stunner. But Claus, you must introduce us to your adorable pup, unless you are afraid that he or she will steal the show. 😀
@anitahadley2871
3 жыл бұрын
I agree, he/she is adorable and really wanted to play some fetch!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Erin, thank you so much. It’s a pleasure to be here on KZread
@AndYourLittleDog
3 жыл бұрын
Because Odin and Dorothy never, ever steal the show
Now l think my lawn has to go and all my boarders replanted. So inspiring! Thank you.
Claus I love your garden. I could just spend hours looking at everything. I love how tightly everything is planted and your spikey plants are gorgeous.
THANK YOU for adding closed caption. My mother, 98, loves watching but can’t hear well.
You Sir, are a garden genius! The Einstein of garden borders! I adore your voluptuous, ever evolving garden! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Simply put, Eden on earth.
I love the “wild” look of your planned borders.
Your cottage border is amazing Claus. I would love to get mine that full of plants. Your dog is also so sweet carrying his ball💜😊💜
Fabulous! Thank you so much for taking the time to show us your garden ❤
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 ай бұрын
The pleasure is all mine - thank you for being here.
Your garden is stunning and I really love how you showed the previous months . Looking forward to seeing the next changes.
Absolutely love the way the forget me nots can be glimpsed behind taller plants .The use of varied heights creates such a feeling of naturalness and mystery. I’ll be saving this to see again as it makes me feel happy.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much for all your kind words - I really appreciate them.
What an ideal secret garden. I could spend every day not just enjoying the beauty of the garden but studying each and every flower, insect and plant! Garden artistry!
I have developed an appreciation for alliums as well. They look good any where in the garden.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH CLAUS, BEING WITH YOU IN YOUR GARDEN IS SO VERY PLEASANT, I LOVE IT AND I LEARN SO MUCH FROM YOU AND AGAIN YOU ARE SO INSPIRING, THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH, I AM SO GLAD YOU HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS BECAUSE I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THEM!!!! YOUR GARDEN IS SO VERY ROMANTIC AND DREAMY!!!!!!!
I am very much looking forward to seeing this border again in a few weeks. Thank you!
Soooo happy to see you too have a dog in the garden 🐾🐾
What a treat! I will never have a cottage garden of my own. Thank you for sharing yours.
I am presently creating a cottage border.......planting densely to suppress weeds, thank you! Beautiful gardens!
Thank you for sharing your lovely garden with us over the weeks so we can see the progression of bloom. Hello to handsome Nero.
Hello from north Idaho USA. Love your videos Claus. Such beauty. What a tranquil garden to meander through. ❤️
Such a beautiful garden space! Thank you for sharing with us, Claus.
It was surprising to see that so many of your lovely plants here grow wild around my house; some classed as weeds and difficult to keep in one place. In this contest they are perfect, and you have made me re-think my attitude to 'difficult' borders so thank you Claus.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
Жыл бұрын
The pleasure is all mine - thank you for watching my video.
You need your own tv show!🌸🌷🌼🌻🌺🌹
Just a magical garden! I love the lacy look of the pale pink flowers and the dark burgundy leaves.
Another wonderful visit Claus! So much to ponder and enjoy... and that sweet doggie...🤗
Wish I was there to walk through your garden, and play with sweet doggy!!!!! love, hugs,prayers.
Thank-you for your comments and tips, very interested in what you are doing
Love Love Love this video. You amaze me. So much beauty. So peaceful. This is what our world needs. Blessings to you and your family 🙏🏾
Thank you for sharing the plant names. It is very helpful! What an incredible space!
I am a fan of Laura of Garden Answer and have heard her mention you. Now I know why, what a peaceful garden such beauty. Thank you for sharing your little piece of heaven.
That’s an extraordinarily beautiful border. It must take a great deal of work to maintain it.
That's retriever behavior 😉 The dog will gently place the ball so that you can see it. Or they'll stand in front of you, wagging their tail hopefully. My sister's dog used to do that with her horse, hoping that the horse might one day throw the ball 😂 What a lucky dog to live in such beauty 💚
COMPLEMENTING AND EMPHASISING The white creamy cow parsley airey flowers that "float" above the lovely mix of perennials and bulbs knit the whole garden together and act as a calming counter foil to the exicting jumble of colours and shapes of all the flowers and foliage. The straight edges of the borders and the pond and the confinement of the space work so very well in complementing and emphasising the naturalised and balanced look you've achieved. I don't think I've seen any thing quite like this in a garden before; except that it reminds me of the energy and promise given of a wild deciduous woodland floor in the Springtime. It's unique and magical.
OMG Claus! So glad to see that you started a KZread channel! YAY!!!!!
I love your gardens! So glad Garden Answer suggested your channel to us...
Your garden is like a beautiful painting a collage of gorgeous colors on a canvas! Thanks for sharing!
I’m going to watch your film again! I love your garden Claus.
I’m also very fond of shrubs within perennial beds. Your garden is beautiful in all seasons.
I have gardened my entire adult life (75) and I learn new perspectives every time I watch one of your videos. Gorgeous black poodle:) hopefully we will see more of!
Hi Claus! I am so happy when you post another video. I would be more happy if the videos were several hours long. lol Your cottage border is absolutely magical, and thank you for sharing.
Margie waterman and John Waterman we are getting so much rain now in the Midwest and cannot wait until we can get back into our gardens in the meantime drawing inspiration from gardeners like you!
Your little friend was wanting to play ball. 😎
Your garden.is my perfect heaven.such an inspiration,for any gardener.the perfect place to be,thank you so very much,for shairing,I absolutely love it.🌺🌿🌾🍃🌼🌸🌹🌾🌿💫
Greetings from Canada. Your garden is exquisite! Thank you so much for doing some videos in English. I look forward to them so much.
I was looking for inspiration and found you. I started planting densely in my garden , replacing my lawn to cottage garden. Thank you
This is exactly how I want my garden to look full of flowers and no soil showing.
Thank you very much Claus for sharing your beautiful paradise garden wow so many different kinds love them all the colors textures heights. Please keep posting more videos love watching them all. GBU
I love the slow moving camera shots of the garden at the end. It gives a chance to take it in without words, and my eyes pick out flowers that I must have in my garden based on how it makes me feel. My “Claus Dalby” plant wishlist continues to grow!
@anderjpoo
3 жыл бұрын
Mine too!
Thank you so much for the tour. Your plans for the channel are ideal as it is very helpful to see seasonal changes.
Just adore your gardens. I am new at gardening, and I have always loved gardens where a variety of plants reside side by side. I now live in a tropical climate, and those relatives who I had and tended these types of gardens have passed. I am eternally grateful to you for sharing such a beautiful passion.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
Жыл бұрын
The pleasure is all mine - thank you for watching my video.
Your border is beautiful Claus. It looks natural and yet orderly---very pleasing. I saw several tree trunks planted in there and was wondering what kind of trees are planted so that they don't over-shade the whole area. Thank you for sharing your lovely space with us!
Really enjoyed the walk in the garden. Would love to see the canopy of trees over this garden. Thank you for this visit.
This is a dream, I am dreaming 😃😊
I love the frothy exuberance of it all. Like a beautiful meadow - but more.
Such a beautiful evening walk! I would give anything to have that peaceful evening walking. Again, thank you for sharing your breathtaking garden to us. It's such a peaceful stress reliever.
Beautiful Klaus, thanks for sharing your gorgeous garden with an avid Australian gardener.
A walk in heavens garden. Pure beauty. Thank you for sharing your lovely garden. Looking for to more. 💕👍
A truly stunning garden Claus you're so inspiring! That was a masterclass in horticulture
Greetings from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA! You have a beautiful garden - just breath-taking!
Thank you Claus for a lovely tour.
Hello from Texas. I am very much enjoying your amazing gardens. Thank you for sharing them with us. They make me smile.
I’m so happy you are now make no videos. I have been experimenting with dense planting and use of ground overs to see if I can suppress weeds. My garden is not yet mature, but I have hope after hearing you talk about your success!
Such a beautiful garden and lots of mixed colors and a great ideas to grow them densely to prevent weeds.
hello claus, thank you so much for sharing your garden!!!! loved seeing the changes through the weeks and am looking forward to more videos. I like your style, both in the plants you chose and the way you talk to us. generous and charming you are!!!!!!!!!!!
Claus, thank you for sharing your border with us...beautiful arrangement of plants with a variety of colors and shapes that really catch the eye. Watching your channel from Louisville, KY, USA
So beautiful flowers in your garden.
Claus you inspire me.
Your cottage border is stunning 💖🏡🌳 ,
Cottage boarder is beautiful 🌷❤️🌷❤️
The poodle is sweet
Good morning Claus, Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🇺🇸. I love your borders and I believe your heart is really that of a florist. The Gardener in you is there to supply the Florist in you 🌹💕🌹
You area joy to watch, because you clearly love your garden have a deep love of the plants in it!
I love your lime green colours with all the purple flowers! Thank you for giving this opportunity to see your garden. For a garden lover it is a real treat! Greetings from Germany.
Claus, your garden blooms are so colourful and beautiful, I so enjoy looking at it. thank you for sharing. I'm from Malaysia.
Lovely garden tour, thank you. Yes, very nice the lime green foliage. 🌻
I'd love to visit this garden and just chill for a few hours
Love your serene videos with music as the the beautiful plants are featured.
Love viewing your garden with the music! Very pleasing!
I loved the footage over time! Thanks!
Wonderful. That is what i try in my garden since 3 years.....thank you and greetings from Germany
A very lovely garden what pleasure it brings to all of us lucky enough to have you sharing with everyone.
Claus, what beautiful borders !! And Nero is so patient waiting for you to play fetch. Thank you for the video. I tend to plant tightly as well but my garden looks nothing like this. Very inspiring.
Your garden is beautiful! Perfection! Cottage gardens are my favorite.
I love all of the variety! It has almost a wild look, but like a very tamed wild garden.
Claus, your garden is breathtaking. Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden with us!
What a beautiful and well thought garden. A real genius ! Thank you for this wonderful post 😊
Can you imagine watching a video like this and doing thumbs down? Who is a person that would watch Claus, Lauren (garden answer), Erin (impatient gardener), Yuliya (Y garden) and many other great channels and feeling compelled to thumbs down?? No. I don’t believe it’s real people because these channels are pure joy and wonderful knowledge 🥰
@ClausDalbyEnglish
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words
@greatgardensforall
3 жыл бұрын
thank you! that is so sweet for you to say ☺️
Dear Claus, this cottage border is so lady-like! The soft shades of pinks, yellows and a touch of blue. Each plant compliments the other. I can understand your joy in showing your hard work to us to enjoy. So you should share, such beauty and clear talks are so inspiring to all, young and old.
Beautiful Claus. Well done sir
Thank you for sharing names of flowers as they are different than US.
Variety, that's the theme in your garden. I love wild varieties along with the cultivated varieties. 🥰 I love the music too.
I so appreciate the views of the same garden through the growing season. Every day brings a new joy. The slow tour at the very end is a wonderful way to end, but I want more! Your garden is feeding the souls of so many people all around the world. Thank you.
Oh my, I want a pup like yours in my garden.
I also love plants "that look like they are dancing above the border." Beautiful cottage borders!
Thank you for showing the progression. . .Absolutely stunning video and gardens . . .Such a joy to see💚
Thank you so much. Could you also start listing the flowers in your garden? I especially love your cottage garden and would love to utilize some of the beautiful flowers and shrubs you have planted. Happy gardening!
There are not enough words... 💙🌷🌱🌳🌿💙
The ethereal beauty of this garden has brought tears to my eyes. The music is the perfect accompaniment. This is my dream garden.❤❤❤
Love the way the Ravenswing floats above the garden like a cloud. I'm trying to create a similar effect with verbena bonariensis except mine will be a blue cloud 😁
@karenmarie3326
3 жыл бұрын
I’m using the same verbena to float above my little limelight hydrangeas!
@donisenberg3032
2 жыл бұрын
Such an easy to grow plant too. It can become a bit weedy, as it self sows prolifically in my gardens.