After living in Oklahoma our whole life, we sold almost everything we owned and moved to Western North Carolina. We needed a change…
Little did we know that God had been preparing our hearts and a place for us in North Carolina.
Being surrounded by the beautiful mountains has changed our perspective and shown us just how much we’ve been missing out on in our life.
The week is for work and the weekend is for the mountains… Each weekend we will try to explore a new area and bring you along for our adventures. We hope you enjoy our videos and that maybe you’ll find some inspiration and encouragement to finally take that trip or make that move! If we can do it anyone can. We also enjoy landscaping and gardening at our home in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Japanese maples is one of our favorite trees in the world of plants.
We’d love to hear from you! Feel free to email us at [email protected].
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BEAUTIFUL 😍
ordered mine today! Nice Mofro tune
Like those alot!!!
Omg stop advertising this town. Ur gonna attract all the yankees
This was from 2 years ago when we first moved here. We were just excited about moving to such a beautiful place. We are a couple of Okies who fell in love with the mountains.
@@NorthCarolinaLiving well glad ur in the blue ridge!
Do you know the name of the first one?
Sunseekers White Perfection 🤍
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Very Impressive. . . I'd be interested in a workshop session to learn about this skill. -- For a Fee of course.
Great idea! I’ll try to put together a series of videos on how I approach creating a bonsai. Thanks for watching my friend!
Beautiful ❤
Thank you! 🍁
Great job. They look beautiful. ❤
Thank you very much! They are my lil creations. I have a lot of fun with them
Beautiful 😍 great work Bryan 👏
Thanks so much! Bonsai is so much fun!
amazing 👏
Thank you! 🍁😃
Never thought of a boxwood as a bonsai. I like it! They can be trimmed to any shape. Good idea. ❤
I had not thought of one either until a friend sent me this miniature dwarf boxwood as a gift. I had the very small bonsai pot already and so it became a perfect fit. Looking forward to continuing to shape it and see it grow
Beautiful 😍 I love it!❤
Thank you! 😊
Soo peaceful and beautiful 😍 Thank you for sharing 🙏
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Outer Banks, one of the best and most beautiful places on earth. ❤❤❤
Absolutely amazingly awesome
It’s a pretty epic tree!
One of my two most favorite plants in the Western Carolina mountains: mountain laurels and wild rhododendrons. Spectacular along the Tail of the dragon, but it’s hard to enjoy when you’re the driver. Can’t really take your eyes of the road. 🤣🤣🤣
The native plants here in WNC is amazing!
We are liking this Native Inspiration series. -- a creative avenue for folks who love the WNC Mtns. -- Thanks Sir. - The Laurel on my driveway had defined Pink coloration this year but the same plants on most years are a White showyness. I have never seen one in person but there is a Maroon color that is native called a Catawba Laurel.
Glad you’re enjoying it! More to come soon!
Stunning! How lucky you are to have views like that so close to home!
It’s a beautiful place to be able to call home. ❤️⛰️🍁
Another great video. Nc has about everything you could want in a state.
We certainly feel blessed to be able to call this home… but of course this is our temporary home ❤️🙏
@@NorthCarolinaLiving We see what we have but this is nothing compared to heaven
Spectacular view! Who could get over that? I would be there every chance I could get. I love seeing the mountain laurel in full bloom. ❤ Great video.
We spend a lot of time out here in the mountains. The amazing nature and mountain views are absolutely stunning!
Kalmia's are great, definitely need more attention in the horticultural world.
I absolutely agree! They look great in a landscape setting. The cultivar “Keepsake” that I have has a very reddish pink color center with a white to light pink outer edge! Excited to watch it fill out in my garden
WOW Bryan 😍 the blooms are thick, covering the whole tree... gorgeous! And the mountain views are STUNNING!! Thank you so much for sharing this 💜🙏💜
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching
Beautiful!
Thank you Bryan for taking us along on this beautiful, peaceful and very inspirational journey 🙏 Every morning I sit outside and just listen and watch and admire nature and the beauty that many take for granted, I thank God. 🙏
My pleasure! There is so much beauty around me here it’s joy to share it. I feel that same thankfulness as you for this life God has given me. I don’t want to take it granted. Thanks for always coming along for our adventures!
Being out in nature is an inspiring place to be. To the Glory of Abba Father! ❤
It truly is! I’m excited to continue this amazing journey in life here in the mountains. We have so much to be thankful for and the beauty of God’s creations all around! Thanks for watching 😊
Brother not only are your videos inspiring but you are inspiring as well. It is great to know someone that is like minded. God created ALL things for our good. This is why I'm planting prayer gardens just to see the beauty He has created and spend time with Him. Keep up the great work.
I appreciate that…. We feel very blessed and grateful for all God has done for us in our life. It’s a joy to share the beauty of the mountains here. It certainly is a beautiful display of the glory of God!
Being that I am originally from Colorado and I got to experience the beauty of the Rocky Mountains daily, I love seeing any mountains as they are my favorite place. I miss them every day, and that is what inspired me to make a home garden. It is tough out in Texas because there is no way to really mimic that mountain feeling.
We are originally from Oklahoma and have just completely fell in love with the mountains here in WNC. We have never felt more at home in a place before as we do here. Glad you enjoyed the Mountain View’s and thanks for watching!
God knew that we needed trees to do more than create CO2...thanks for your testimony. The special trees you featured are some that I always watch for. -- The Striped Maple...it is not considered rare, but I don't see many when I'm hiking (that was true of the magnolia also). I have a striped maple in my backyard woods (lucky me) that has developed black bark after the striations faded. -- So cool that you featured those two trees because the leaves jumped out to you -- they are special natives to the Blue Ridge and Smokys. You are so knowledgeable and also talented at creating your vlogs.
So glad you enjoyed the video my friend! It was fun sharing the beautiful plants and the mountain overlooks. What a wonderful place we live in. The striped maple and magnolia are so beautiful. I love the diversity of native plants here
November on that road is otherworldly. Beautiful!
Oh yes… the Parkway in the fall is so amazingly beautiful!
Thanks for watching! 😊
I don't know what I like more. The song or the tree
Sorry, second comment. I have Summer Gold also and love it. She is still new to me and will be moved to a new area we are landscaping that gets full sun. I was glad to hear that yours does well in full sun. We are 7b here.
Enjoyable as always. I love the garden tours. I have Snow Kitten envy! What is not to love? A heavily varigated Mikawa! Everything looks beautiful. Thank you for the update. I understand you get busy, but I will patiently wait for new videos! ❤
Thanks for always tuning in to our channel! It was fun to share the extraordinary ‘Snow Kitten. It really is kind of the pinnacle Japanese Maple especially for a crazy collector like me 😎
I have a Temple of Bloom (Seven Son Flower), Heptacodium Miconioides. It has year long interest, which is why it surprises me that it is not used or mentioned much! It is a small tree with lovely foliage. It gets fragrant white flowers that attracts pollinators, including hummingbirds!! These in turn give way to beautiful red bracts in fall…..and over the winter it has beautiful peeling bark!! Your videos are always so calming and relaxing! Your garden is lovely!! If I wasn’t so old, I think I could get hooked on Japanese Maples and conifers!! I truly enjoy your channel!!
Thanks so much for watching our life adventures. After reading your comment about Temple Of Bloom I have been on the hunt to acquire one for our garden. Thank you for bringing that one to our attention. It’s a pleasure to share our garden with you and hope to have some more videos coming soon. 🍁❤️
Very nice!
Thank you! 🍁
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Did you Bonsai this?
Yes I did! I’ve been trying my hand at bonsai the last few years. It’s a lot of fun 🍁
@@NorthCarolinaLiving You did an awesome job Bryan!
Hi Bryan 👋 So nice to see you! Miss you and Frances 😊 It was nice seeing you on Mr Maple. Thank you for sharing this great video. I love all the fantastic color showing still here in June! 🙏
Thanks so much! We plan to spend more time in the garden and making videos. It’s fun sharing our life with everyone here.
awesome cultivars good work brother 👏
Thank you friend! 🍁
I have been enjoying my Snow Kitten. At first like you said, I didn’t care for the high graft. I don’t tend to like lollipop style grafts. But having the knowledge that this will give the plant extra airflow makes sense now. I received my Dark Ghost yesterday and WOW what stunning color of leaves.
Dark Ghost has some beautiful colors! Love those reticulated cultivars. Very cool to hear you have a Snow Kitten too!
Thank you, loved it.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 🍁
Hey Brian, I have a seiryu I'm wanting to plant in the landscape this fall. Can I plant it in all day full sun zone6a
Seiryu is a very sun tolerant Japanese Maple. Would do great in full sun in your Zone 6a!
I was eyeballing a few maples at the nursery on Friday. I plan on getting one but just can’t decide yet. I may send you a video of what they have and where I’d like to put it and let you help me decide. 😀
I would love to help you pick out some maples for your garden!
Diva is interesting. I have one in the ground and it isn't A+, #1 at any specific feature, but it is a tree that does everything well here for me. Really nice cultivar overall and one I keep coming back to on garden walks.
I agree, it’s a solid cultivar. Looking forward to seeing its fall color in my garden for the first time as well.
Great to see another video. Your Snow kitten is looking great, I need to figure out what is going on with mine. I also have Elizabeth and now I will think of you and your mom when I look at it. I have many trees and gardens in memory of different people in my life. Summer Gold should have been named Sunny Day or Bright Day because even on a cloudy day it is the brightest one in my garden. Keep make videos and keep following God you have been Blessed with a gift.
Excellent my brother! Glad to know you have Elizabeth. It’s a beautiful cultivar. Hope you have success with your Snow Kitten, it’s a great plant
Got a snow kitten and Summer Gold, wasn't familiar with the others. Very nice!
Hey thanks for watching, glad I could bring more attention to some great cultivars. Snow Kitten is pretty amazing 🤩
Excellent cultivar Underrated also
It really is!
Another nice one!
Brian, I don't always comment but I am watching, I'm very happy for you and your wife. Your yard is a reflection of both of you, enjoy!
Thank you for watching. Our garden is something we both enjoy very much. It’s cool to be able to share the progress and journey of creating a beautiful garden landscape. The gazebo was such a great addition. I’ve been spending a lot of time out there enjoying all the beautiful plants.