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20 Best Gardening Youtube Channels to Follow Now!

This post names our top 20 gardening Youtube channels that are worth following in 2021.

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Are you a visual learner? As a matter of fact, visually is probably the best way I can actually grasp learning something new.

If you are the same way then you will enjoy all these amazing and inspiring gardening Youtube channels. These days trying to find information about gardening is as easy as a push of a button.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my gardening books but I can’t help to visually see all things gardening! Personally, I watch all these Youtubers channels and have learned a lot from them.

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All these channels are from all walks of life! The listed channels will help:

• beginner gardeners
• experienced gardeners
• instructional videos
• gardeners who are making more VLOG-style videos.
• gardeners who have minimal space to others who have plenty

So take your pick at our 20 gardening Youtube channels you should follow in 2021!

20 Gardening Youtube Channels

Instructional Gardening Youtube Channels

1. joegardenertv.

Joe is a gardener who does instructional videos to make a smarter gardener. He also has a blog and podcast as well. All beginners gardeners would love him because he is so easy to follow and gives simple to learn gardening tips.

Check out this video on his channel on how to properly drain your containers.

2. Our Stoney Acres

Rick is a gardener who has many videos about how to grow various veggies. Furthermore, his most popular videos are about what plants you should grow in any given month in each hardiness zone .

Below is a recent video on what to plant for Spring.

3. Learn to Grow

Misllia who hosts this channel is a mother from the PNW who is great at teaching others all about organic gardening. I like the facts she also brings some science when she teachers all things vegetable gardening. She is straight forward and I know all gardeners will get tons of content from her.

This video from Misilla is great for first time gardeners

4. Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens 

Urban homesteaders who garden will love John from Growing Your Greens. He has been educating all of us on aquaponic gardening, compost, how to start a garden , container gardening, and how to grow all types of fruits and vegetables some gardeners have never heard of. Fun facts he has been a YouTube since 2009!

This video about easy to grow fruit is a great example of Johns content.

5. Spring Hill Farms

For all the market gardeners out there, aquaponics gardeners, and all others who love fresh new gardening tips check out Spring hills farm content. Even though I don’t grow food on a big scale as they do, I learn cool tips from their videos.

Here is a video of transplanting in raise beds!

6. Lovely Greens

Tanya is an organic gardener and master soap maker in Europe who shows the beauty of gardening. She gives a lot of gardening craft ideas, how to grow your own food, and has a #1 new release book out called A Woman’s Garden Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things .

Grow carrots with Tanya in the video below!

7. Kelly Lehman

Need flower gardening tips, Kelly’s content is loaded with tons of tips, and great gardening gift ideas . Personally, I love her sunflower videos because I love growing them. If you enjoy the beauty of flowers, you will love her Youtube channel.

Peony gardéning tips are an example of one of her many videos.

8. Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden)

Gardeners who are located in 7a will get a lot of gardening tips from Gary. He has a lot of knowledge in his growing area and also is the author of the book The Modern Homestead garden .

How to grow in containers video from Gary is below.

9. The Urban Harvest – Homegrown Education

Elise Pickett is a gardener for Central Florida and has many videos on how to grow vegetables in a hotter climate. I am a little biased since I will be growing in Florida soon, but nevertheless, her content is great!

Check out Elise teaching how to prune tomatoes!

10. Next Level Gardening

Brain who developed Next level Gardening has been gardening for 30 years and is a University of California Certified Master Gardener. This YouTube channel is a great resource for master and beginner gardeners!

Below is a organic gardening basic guide from Brain.

11. Beginner’s Garden – Journey with Jill

Jill’s how-to videos are great for beginning gardeners and teaches basic information for all gardeners. Her experience from my 2500 square foot garden is a great resource for all gardening beginners!

A beginners guide video to grow blueberries from Jill is below!

12. Urban Farmstead

Kyle is an urban farmer in Sacramento California and is passionate about teaching how to grow the food you eat through instructional and educational gardening videos. As a busy gardener, with his first job being a firefighter, he makes it work and brings a lot of gardening tips to the table!

Turn your lawn into a food garden with his video below!

Vlog-style Gardening Youtube channels

13. heart in gardening and home.

Kate is funny, down-to-earth, relatable, and a great garden friend that will share all her tips and tricks in the garden. She has an amazing Instagram platform and has a VLOG-style approach to teaching and sharing all things vegetable gardening.

Take a peak at one of her garden tours below!

14. Roots and Refuge Farm

Jessica is also known as the tomato growing queen from Root and Refuge farm is a joy to watch. She has a huge following on Youtube, will inspire you to grow more food, and she just wrote her first book called The First-time Gardener: Growing Vegetables which is already a fan favorite.

Learn to grow the best tomatoes in one of Jessica’s videos below.

15. Gardenguy

Benjamin Meeks helps gardeners quickly learn about natural, sustainable, and practical ways of growing food. He also creates garden landscapes and provides many tutorials on how to do them yourself!

The video below shows home creating a edible landscape!

Most popular Gardening Youtube Channels

16. gardener scott .

Scott is a very experienced gardener who shows beginner gardeners and experience ones how to garden better. His explanations are clear, simple, and demonstrates the gardening process beautifully.

Look at a video of his below, and by the way he puts out new videos every Thursday and Saturday!

17. MIgardener

I’m sure you already know who is MIgardener! He not only sells heirloom seeds but also teach you all about 100% Organic Gardening, Self-Sustainability, and Healthy Recipes. I love watching all his videos and learn a ton along the way.

Watch him compare soil bags to use in your garden below.

18. Epic Gardening

Kevin from Epic gardening help 100,000,000+ people around the world with his Youtube videos writes books like Field Guide to Urban Gardening about all things vegetable gardening. Epic gardening is huge in the garden Youtube world and you might already know him!

Over 50 plants to plants for Spring below!

19. Charles Dowding

The no-dig method godfather Charles Dowding is very popular in the gardening world. He runs a market garden in the UK, and is an author of many popular books like No Dig Organic Home & Garden: Grow, Cook, Use, and Store Your Harvest . Charles teaches no the dig methods, compost, and how to grow amazing vegetables.

Compost, compost, compost, check out the need to know below from Charles.

20. Garden Answers

Laura is popular for her fun DIY and gardening tips that range from food and flowers. She has a following of her 5 million people across all her social media platforms.

What to learn how to build flower arrangements, check out the video below.

Overall, I hope you find a channel that fits your style of gardening or that you relate to the best. Besides, I love all of them and I am happy to share all these channels with you.

One day I’ll start my garden YouTube channel to share with you. But just one question for you, do you prefer VLOG-style or instructional-style videos? Let me know in the comments section.

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• Amazing Seed storage and organization ideas!

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39 Best Gardening YouTube Channels of 2023 (Ranked by Popularity)

We searched through YouTube to find the best gardening YouTube channels for people interested in learning about gardening. These gardening experts provide demonstrations, share experiences, and explain the important concepts for successful gardening. This list of gardening YouTubers is ranked in order of popularity based on the highest subscriber count.

1. Epic Gardening

2. garden up, 3. migardener, 4. the gardening channel with james prigioni, 5. gardening is my passion, 6. growing your greens, 7. fun gardening, 8. gary pilarchik (the rusted garden), 9. charles dowding, 10. calikim29 garden & home diy, 11. california gardening, 12. rob bob’s backyard farm & aquaponics, 13. gardener scott, 14. jeb gardener, 15. gardening at 58 north, 16. the weedy garden, 17. the middle-sized garden, 18. albopepper – drought proof urban gardening, 19. oklahomagardening, 20. gary pilarchik vegetable gardener, 21. red gardens, 22. kelly lehman, 23. gregthegardener, 24. gardening needs patience (gnp), 25. i am organic gardening, 26. wisconsin wonder garden, 27. volunteer gardener, 28. tanya visser – the gardener, 29. organic backyard gardening, 30. gardening at douentza, 31. garden ninja ltd, 32. my family garden, 33. maritime gardening, 34. centraltexasgardener, 35. sean james cameron’s diary of a uk gardener, 36. new england gardening, 37. fine gardening, 38. wisconsin garden, 39. hydroponic gardening & more with brent.

Epic Gardening has a simple mission: Help people around the world learn how to grow fresh, healthy food, no matter where they live.

Subscribers: 2,050,000

Views: 207,282,303

Videos: 458

Average Views Per Video: 452,582

Joined: Feb 22, 2013

Garden Up is a chronicle of all the Eureka moments of a curious green ninja, enlivened by creativity.

Subscribers: 1,440,000

Views: 101,451,628

Videos: 180

Average Views Per Video: 563,621

Joined: May 20, 2017

Welcome to MIgardener!100% Organic Gardening, Self-Sustainability, Healthy Recipes and much more for the gardener of today.

Subscribers: 1,100,000

Views: 150,880,092

Videos: 1,711

Average Views Per Video: 88,183

Joined: Jan 31, 2011

Gardening is my passion, and growing Food Forests is my specialty. I go beyond organic gardening and work with nature rather then against it.

Subscribers: 1,060,000

Views: 104,939,358

Videos: 533

Average Views Per Video: 196,885

Joined: Dec 13, 2012

Simple technique of gardening. How to maintain your Garden. How to control pest in your Garden.

Subscribers: 901,000

Views: 89,324,161

Videos: 1,119

Average Views Per Video: 79,825

Joined: May 16, 2017

Growing Your Greens is the most watched gardening show on youtube. It’s a fun and enlightening show on how to grow food at your home and beyond.

Subscribers: 889,000

Views: 120,663,582

Videos: 1,659

Average Views Per Video: 72,733

Joined: Feb 19, 2009

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun and heart with nature! Let’s make gardening fun with your gardener Monika!

Subscribers: 677,000

Views: 121,032,082

Videos: 1,605

Average Views Per Video: 75,410

Joined: Jun 26, 2015

This channel is dedicated to tomato and vegetable gardening.

Subscribers: 642,000

Views: 110,487,882

Videos: 1,494

Average Views Per Video: 73,955

Joined: Jun 18, 2011

Discover and enjoy these quicker and easier ways of growing and harvesting vegetables, based on my 39 years of growing experience.

Subscribers: 588,000

Views: 61,126,377

Videos: 319

Average Views Per Video: 191,619

Joined: Jan 15, 2012

Making gardening quick, simple, inexpensive and FUN way is the motto at CaliKim Garden & Home DIY!

Subscribers: 514,000

Views: 76,612,738

Videos: 1,262

Average Views Per Video: 60,708

Joined: Feb 7, 2012

California Gardening introduces you to the joys of gardening and growing your own vegetables , fruits and flowers. It is currently the best organic gardening channel on YouTube which helps you do gardening at your best!

Subscribers: 480,000

Views: 85,483,792

Videos: 381

Average Views Per Video: 224,367

Joined: Jul 22, 2012

Hi folks. On our backyard farming channel we post clips on aquaponics, water saving wicking beds, raising chickens, composting & other urban faring practices.

Subscribers: 366,000

Views: 40,818,817

Videos: 1,009

Average Views Per Video: 40,455

Joined: Jan 3, 2008

Everything gardening so you can become a better gardener. The Gardener Scott channel offers thorough videos that show how to garden, explanations of why it works, and demonstrations of all steps in the process.

Subscribers: 325,000

Views: 27,340,236

Videos: 587

Average Views Per Video: 46,577

Joined: Feb 21, 2011

My name’s Jeb and this is my channel. I like to try out new things in the garden and have some fun at the same time.

Subscribers: 275,000

Views: 25,425,065

Videos: 129

Average Views Per Video: 197,094

Joined: Jun 3, 2015

Gardening at 58 North is a Youtube gardening channel which focuses on house plants and gardening. The channel contains a series of horticultural videos, some are instructional and informative, whilst others are video diaries of how my plants are doing over the year.

Subscribers: 151,000

Views: 45,276,529

Videos: 668

Average Views Per Video: 67,780

Joined: Aug 8, 2014

The videos on the Weedy Garden channel are not created as “How to” videos, but rather videos that I want to share of my own enthusiasm of watching how plants respond to human care and nurturing.

Subscribers: 147,000

Views: 4,995,892

Average Views Per Video: 116,184

Joined: May 11, 2020

Garden ideas, inspiration and tips that really work. Expert interviews and real life garden tours.

Subscribers: 142,000

Views: 14,786,881

Videos: 296

Average Views Per Video: 49,956

Joined: Mar 2, 2015

AlboPepper is for urban gardeners who enjoy the science of plant growing. Not just what to do, but also WHY we do it. This is gardening for open-minded people who like to learn.

Subscribers: 123,000

Views: 13,525,816

Videos: 116

Average Views Per Video: 116,602

Joined: Apr 11, 2012

Whether you are a gardener or just enjoy the diverse beauty that Oklahoma has to offer, you will enjoy watching the Oklahoma Gardening show that provides the best research-based information available on TV.

Subscribers: 118,000

Views: 30,911,401

Videos: 2,544

Average Views Per Video: 12,151

Joined: Mar 15, 2010

This is my second YouTube Channel that focuses on gardening. This channel, however, is dedicated 100% to the new or relatively new vegetable gardener.

Subscribers: 113,000

Views: 11,676,878

Videos: 298

Average Views Per Video: 39,185

Joined: Aug 9, 2013

Based on the explorations and discoveries of a series of food growing spaces, located in the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland. This RED Gardens Project (Research, Education and Development) consists of 6 family scale gardens each one 100m2 (1000sqf) and following a different methodology, or approach, to growing vegetables.

Subscribers: 110,000

Views: 11,000,813

Videos: 155

Average Views Per Video: 70,973

Joined: Apr 3, 2016

Kelly Lehman provides Fun Free Flower Tips from her Cranbury Fields flower farm. New flower garden tips and advice every week! Hydrangeas and sunflowers are her specialty.

Subscribers: 102,000

Views: 6,965,059

Videos: 307

Average Views Per Video: 22,688

Joined: Jun 22, 2016

Having a gardening business for over 10 years, l deal with all aspects of gardening, from plants to power tools, garden design and maintenance.

Subscribers: 93,700

Views: 28,401,251

Videos: 103

Average Views Per Video: 275,741

Joined: Feb 18, 2011

Hi guys, This is Dheeraj Prasad & welcome to my channel. This channel is all about the art of gardening, where you all can learn some tips and tricks about this art.

Subscribers: 78,300

Views: 12,783,255

Videos: 150

Average Views Per Video: 85,222

Joined: Dec 7, 2017

It will be my pleasure to teach you on my gardening channel Located in Zone 6b ( New Jersey ) the BEST way HOW by just using fall leaves, wood chip, cover crops and worm casting.

Subscribers: 75,100

Views: 7,165,748

Videos: 275

Average Views Per Video: 26,058

Joined: Oct 21, 2013

Expedition Homestead is all about sharing the passion of homesteading and gardening with you!

Subscribers: 62,500

Views: 9,294,897

Videos: 511

Average Views Per Video: 18,190

Joined: Oct 31, 2016

Produced by Nashville Public Television, Volunteer Gardener features local experts who share gardening tips, upcoming garden events, recipes, visits to private gardens, and more.

Subscribers: 56,900

Views: 8,097,866

Videos: 503

Average Views Per Video: 16,100

Joined: Apr 26, 2010

GardenTube is your one stop channel for all things gardening and DIY created by Tanya Visser, editor of The Gardener and Die Tuinier Magazines, presenter of The Gardener TV Show, author and above all an avid and enthusiastic gardener.

Subscribers: 55,100

Views: 8,701,829

Average Views Per Video: 14,825

Joined: Jan 18, 2011

Organic Backyard Gardening is focused on sharing with you high-quality growing tips & guides so you can grow more healthy food.

Subscribers: 52,700

Views: 3,619,526

Average Views Per Video: 50,980

Joined: May 21, 2017

This channel contains tips, inspiration and instructional videos on a vast range of plant and gardening topics.

Subscribers: 49,500

Views: 9,208,868

Videos: 1,210

Average Views Per Video: 7,611

Joined: Nov 3, 2014

Garden Ninja Lee Burkhill is a multi-award-winning garden designer and blogger from the UK. Helping to teach the world to garden successfully.

Subscribers: 48,700

Views: 5,438,950

Videos: 201

Average Views Per Video: 27,060

Joined: Apr 7, 2016

This is the story of My Family Garden (homestead), based in the UK, a place to enjoy with all the family, pets and neighbours. Our gardening philosophy is based on permaculture principles and our own unique methods of gardening based on knowledge passed down through the generations.

Subscribers: 45,400

Views: 3,196,166

Videos: 457

Average Views Per Video: 6,994

Joined: Oct 8, 2012

MaritimeGardening.com is a podcast and resource for food gardening enthusiasts, especially those interested in adopting a “no-till” or “permaculture” approach to organic gardening.

Subscribers: 44,100

Views: 6,130,867

Videos: 808

Average Views Per Video: 7,588

Joined: Sep 21, 2014

What’s a gardener to do when heat, pests, water restrictions and bad soil—or not much at all—crowd the path to creative, beautiful outdoor handiwork? Central Texas Gardener is here to help!

Subscribers: 40,100

Views: 6,812,769

Videos: 790

Average Views Per Video: 8,624

Joined: Jun 7, 2007

Welcome to my gardening world – here you will find a variety of videos which all have a gardening and nature theme from creating my own allotment garden to exploring public and private gardens; plus all the people I meet along the way.

Subscribers: 37,800

Views: 8,932,583

Videos: 1,440

Average Views Per Video: 6,204

Joined: Aug 29, 2012

Welcome to New England gardening were I try to push the envelope on what you can grow in cold climates. Everything from the usual seasonal fruits and vegetable to the not so common figs, citrus and even bananas.

Subscribers: 36,400

Views: 8,882,995

Videos: 1,361

Average Views Per Video: 6,527

Joined: May 16, 2011

Fine Gardening produces online and magazine content for those of us who are nature obsessed. We aim to offer the highest quality advice on how to be an active curator of nature’s beauty – gardening advice, creating a healthy ecosystem, ‘how to’ projects, and garden design techniques.

Subscribers: 33,800

Views: 8,879,260

Videos: 218

Average Views Per Video: 40,731

Joined: Nov 22, 2013

Join Lynn & Richard As They Share Seasonal Gardening Tips And Techniques With Nearly 700 Video Blogs Covering Their Eclectic Gardening Adventures, Including Timely Tools And Delicious Recipes With Their Worldwide Garden Family.

Subscribers: 30,000

Views: 5,404,478

Videos: 1,072

Average Views Per Video: 5,042

Joined: May 31, 2010

My name is Brent and I live in central Arkansas. Love to garden and dabble in hydroponics–Drip Systems, Deep Water Culture Systems, Self Watering Containers, & modified Rain Gutter Grow Systems in the greenhouse.

Subscribers: 26,900

Views: 3,806,153

Videos: 578

Average Views Per Video: 6,586

Joined: Jul 22, 2011

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Please add “Suburban homestead” by Siloe Oliviera. he has more subscribers than your bottom 24 entries, from number 15 onward, coming just below Jeb with 240k subscribers. His videos are works of art, and he’s a favorite of all the gardeners and artists I know, up there with Li Ziqi in terms of aesthetics.

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2023 Home Garden Tours

Do you love to go on home garden tours? I do! I was privileged to participate in a garden tour with my local master gardener extension. Garden tours are a fun way to get ideas for your own gardens or see a plant that you ‘need’ to add to your gardens. Garden tours are also a great way to learn about different aspects of gardening.

As an added bonus we had 8×10 before pictures available so visitors could see the changes we have made during the almost 7 years that we have lived here. I will share links to the makeover posts as we go along, so you can check those out if you want to.

My neighbor’s gardens were included in the tours and she has given me permission to share some pictures of her gardens as well. Thanks, neighbor!

This is a picture-heavy post with just a bit of explanation of each picture and the names of the plants included in the pictures. Grab your beverage of choice, and join me as I share these virtual home garden tours. 

This post contains affiliate links. If you click on one of the links and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. See full disclosure here .

Entry Gardens

As visitors walked up the driveway they were greeted by all the cheery blooms in the flower bed that is adjacent to the driveway. The flowers in this bed include both perennials (shasta daisies, black-eyed Susans, little pleasures daylilies, south seas daylilies, veronica, etc.) and annuals (marigolds and vinca).

If you are interested, you can find this garden makeover here .

The little girl garden statue at the end of this flower bed can be found here .

Next is the entry garden that is between our front and side doors. This flower bed is one of my favorite 3-season gardens meaning there are perennials blooming from spring through fall. The link above is to our signature course on designing such a flower bed.

I like to add in annuals too and change those up from year-to-year. The flowers that are blooming in the entry garden include an array of perennials (shasta daisies, coneflowers, knautia, salvia, coreopsis and daylilies) and annuals (alyssum, marigolds, vinca and profusion zinnias).

Shade Garden Area

Let’s head around to the backyard to an area I refer to as hosta hill. We have had to remove diseased trees and have lost much of our shade. Part of this area is in shade and part of it gets too much sun for the hostas to be completely happy, so hosta hill is up for some reworking.

As a side note, we have been experiencing drought conditions and you will see lots of very sad, dead grass. We like to keep it real here, so no apologies.

There are many different varieties of hostas and for added color, I like to fill in with coleus and impatiens. The tall dark red shrub along the fence is chokecherry and the tiny tree in the middle is serviceberry. The hubs added the lattice work panel this year to cover the utility boxes in the corner. To see the initial makeover of hosta hill, check out this article  when you’ve finished up here.

Below is a closer look at the wheelbarrow planter full of coleus, calla lilies, impatiens and creeping Jenny. The panicle hydrangea is the Proven Winners Quickfire Fab variety. It will be fun to watch the color change as the season progresses.

The next area is sort of rough due to mulberry stains on plants and too much sun for the hostas, but we all have those areas. To shift the focus away from the ugly, I like to add cute touches like the planter of caladium, new guinea impatiens and ivy with the birdhouse.

Ideas for Garden Art

Along the back fence is about the only flat area in our backyard, so I like to add little vignettes using some upcycled vintage finds . If you like decorating your gardens like this too, be sure to check out the highlighted post above when you’ve finished up here.

This is an area that used to be shady that is now full sun, so there are lots of new plants, including coreopsis, yarrow, marigolds and others. Again, using garden art is a great way to take the focus off of an area that doesn’t have many blooms.

I enjoy using old chairs in the garden. It’s a great way to add character and charm. The rustic planter box was a recent flea market find. It’s filled with lantana and wire vine.

Adding shepherds hooks to your flower planters is a fun way to add instant character to your planters. Finish out the look by hanging a small watering can or solar lantern from the hook. The galvanized planter in the image below is full of colorful tuberous begonias.

It’s easy to find old vintage bicycles and they can add tons of personality to your gardens. I just use zip ties to hold a wicker basket to the handlebar, line it with plastic, fill it with potting mix and plant flowers. The impatiens and ivy weren’t as full as I would have liked for the tour, but they will fill out as summer progresses. The galvanized bucket includes coleus, impatiens and some hidden browalia.

Potting Shed

Now let’s walk across the crunchy, lumpy backyard to visit the potting shed. It’s not really a potting shed, but the sign was cute and adds character to the outside of my garden storage shed. I love to decorate the outside of this shed, but I’ll let you in on a little secret… the inside is a mess. Some day maybe it will be a cute she shed.

The bright blue flowers in the watering can on the bench are browalia. They are one of my favorite shade annuals, but they are difficult to find.

Around the corner is our raised garden bed area. The galvanized steel raised beds are Mr. Ironstone brand and you can find different varieties here . I love them and so do the plants growing in them.

The cutting garden is full of lisianthus (the bright pink flowers), celosia, snapdragons, calendula and a few others. If you are interested in learning more about growing your own cut flower garden, check out this article when you have a few minutes.

Flower Garden on a Slope

On the east side of our backyard is a perennial garden on a slope. It has undergone quite the transformation during the almost 7 years we have lived here. Because of the difficulty of maintaining this flower garden, I’m working to make it a lower maintenance garden by adding in various shrubs.

In the picture below you will see coneflowers, balloon flowers, fooled me daylilies, bee balm, cranesbill and Laura phlox.

Perennials in the picture below include Shasta daisies, black-eyed Susan, coneflowers, balloon flowers and campanula. I like to pop annual flowers into my perennial beds to keep the color going all summer and into fall. The annual flowers are New Guinea impatiens, zonal geraniums and marigolds.

These chippy faux birdhouse stakes have found a place in my garden for many years. I can’t even remember where I initially purchased them, but they would be easy to replicate.

Sometimes flowers will just plant themselves wherever they wish. Case in point, the coneflowers in this grouping with hydrangeas and oriental lilies. Other than the coneflowers trying to block out the oriental lilies, it works and is a pretty little group.

Next, we enter a part of the gardens that were completed in 2020. Part of this area is shade and part is full sun. It’s one of my favorite places to take a break. You can learn more about the makeover of this area here .

If you’re lucky you can find the cutest handmade garden art items on Facebook Marketplace. That’s where I found the adorable wood gnomes, handmade by an older gentleman in a neighboring suburb. The hostas in this picture include, elegans, Maui buttercup, cathedral windows, paradigm and ginko Craig.

The hubs makes the cute faux birdhouse stakes and they look cute anywhere I put them. He’s working on a tutorial that I can share here on the website soon. Perennials here are Herman’s pride, frosted ribbons hosta, rainbow’s end hosta, wrinkle in time hosta and lungwort.

In the same garden area is another creation of hubs – a bench made from a large log slice. I call it the ogre bench.

Although these pictures were just some of the highlights of my gardens, it was fun to be able to share them with you. There are many, many more tips and ideas here at Gingham Gardens. Get all the tips and ideas by subscribing to our weekly newsletter by completing the form below.

Neighbor’s Garden Tour Highlights

I’ve always wanted a neighbor that liked to garden and I finally have one. A lot of our gardening styles are the same and it’s fun to trade ideas. She is very creative and has a knack for putting together the most charming vignettes. I call her gardens – Pinterest on steroids! 

As guests started the tour in the front yard, they were greeted with this adorable entry garden. Don’t you just love the staged garden bench?

Here is a closeup of the hanging galvanized planter with impatiens spilling out. 

More galvanized bucket planters in a grouping with an old whiskey jug.

I believe the next picture is an antique cream separator. Whatever it is, it makes an interesting focal point used as a planter. Plants here include forget-me-nots, coreopsis and yarrow. The flowers in the planter are scaevola.

A vintage cast iron kettle turned on it’s side and used as a planter. Such a cute idea! The momma hen and her chicks can be purchased here .

I don’t know what it is about this next picture, there are no flowers, but it spoke to me. It’s just so simple and charming.

I leave you with this adorable, rustic playhouse that our neighbors built for their grandchildren. It’s just full of creativity and personality. Our grandchildren love it too.

I hope you enjoyed these home garden tours and are leaving today with lots of ideas swirling around in your head. Come back soon for more flower garden ideas and tips.

Happy gardening, Julie

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Love the galvanized tub with the inpatients spilling from it! Can you tell us how she did that? Is there soil just in the bucket, or is there also a mound of soil below, that more inpatients are planted in? I have galvanized tub and a shepherds hook, and I can’t wait to copy this!!!! Thank you

Hi Norma – thanks for stopping by Gingham Gardens. The galvanized bucket is hung on a short shepherd’s hook and then soil is piled up to stabilize the bucket. Next soil is mounded and flowers are planted. When watering, water very slowly so the water doesn’t run down the mound. Once the plants fill in, it is easier to maintain. Good luck and happy gardening, Joanna

Shepherds crooks are very usefull. I hang wind chimes on them. In the veggies garden, rotate things to scare birds. It has worked really well in the strawberry patch. Aluminum pie pans blow nicely in the wind. Joy in Sammamish

Hi Joy – thanks for stopping by Gingham Gardens and sharing your helpful tips for shepherd’s hooks. Happy gardening, Joanna

Your gardens are eye-candy! Give got such an artistic flair. Just beautiful!

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Garden Tour: Melissa’s Magical Shade Garden

Welcome to Melissa’s dream garden, completed in 2021 after taking the Design Your 4 Season Garden course . 

Melissa lives in Zone 6B near the Boston area. She lives in a beautiful home, but the yard was a blank slate. She dreamed of having a beautiful cottage-style garden, filled with flowers. But, while she tried to plant things here and there, it never felt successful..  

“I did everything you said – bought pretty plants and popped them in the ground.  No groupings, no thought in advance.” 

She didn’t think she was capable of designing a landscape. 

“Periodically I would buy a few plants at the nursery, haphazardly plant them, pay little attention to them and of course nothing resembling a garden resulted,” she said. “I had no idea how to design a garden.”  

She thought the only solution was to hire a professional, so she budgeted about $15,000 for the project. But, the landscape design company seemed really disinterested in the job, noting they were very busy with other projects and she may have to wait 4-5 months. In addition, they estimated that she’d need at least $18,000, depending on the specifics of the project.

Annoyed with their fees, delays and general disinterest, she told the landscape designers to take a hike. She began to wonder, “Why can’t I do this myself?” 

Despite her years of unsuccessful planting efforts, Melissa took to books and the internet to learn more about designing her own landscape. She kept wondering why there wasn’t a course to learn how to do this. 

“And then, by a stroke of luck, I found YOU,” she said. 

Melissa enrolled in the Design Your 4 Season Garden course and immediately got to work planning her garden! 

“I have been working very hard every night and I am extremely energized to give this my best shot,” she wrote in an email to me.

“Thank you for being my INSPIRATION!  I never would have even attempted this before meeting you and taking the course.  I am grateful for all you do.  Your passion for gardening is infectious!!!!” -Melissa

While she was committed to her project and full of energy and enthusiasm, it didn’t come without challenges. Namely about money mindset, finding time to complete the work and having the confidence to design the plans. 

Mindset Challenges

Her mindset on the total cost of the project was a really important factor. 

“Having that big price tag in my head made me realize that if I am going to do this, I need to pay for plants. So I pretty much just said it’s going to cost me, but a ton less than the landscaper. And, it’s also going to come out soooo much better. …That mindset was critical because, as a friend told me last week, “you buy ten plants at the nursery and it’s $200!” If I didn’t have that “it’s gonna cost so don’t be cheap” mindset , I really couldn’t do it, at least not on the scale I did.”

If you’re struggling with price issues, a great exercise is to get quotes from local design companies . Then, do some of your own research on the cost of plants and equipment.

This will give you a baseline to work from so you can create your dream garden without being blindsided by the cost .

Labor Challenges

Melissa decided to use some of the money she budgeted to prepare her garden beds. Local landscapers dug out her beds, tilled in good soil and gave her the perfect blank slate to install her new garden. 

This was definitely worth the investment, she says, as it cut down her prep time and labor for the project so she could focus on the design.

Design Challenges

While taking the course, Melissa regularly emailed me her plans and asked for feedback every step of the way. At one point of the process, she wrote,

“I am terrified about the next step of mapping out layout, but I think I will just dive in and try.” 

It’s amazing what you’re capable of if you just trust the process and do the work . She credits the step-by-step format in the course with keeping her project on track. 

“Landscape design is really hard,” she says.

“It was way harder than I even thought it would be, and I expected it to be hard. The lighting, the soil, working around what you already have combined with each plant and its size, light requirements….it’s just a lot. It absolutely requires a course and I was surprised that I never found one until I found yours.”

Melissa’s Gardens

Melissa used the course to design two garden beds in her landscape. The first was a challenging, muddy side yard that she wanted to turn into a 22’ long walkway. The space is shady and flanked by a fence and a deck. The biggest challenge was that the space was so narrow, leaving space for only 2’ wide beds on either side of the walkway.

The second garden bed was the entire border of her backyard, along the fence line. This bed was about 95% empty when she started. Different sun exposures and the sheer size of this bed at 48’ wide and 15’ deep made it a daunting task.

The side was a total mud pit before creating this garden. The bed goes past her deck on the left and leads to the backyard. This is a super narrow area with stepping stones in the middle and two long beds that are 2’x22’.

• Considerations   –  Super narrow area with two, narrow and long beds. Lots of shade limits plant choices.
• Size   –  Each bed is 2’ wide by 22’ deep, separated by a walkway in the center.
• Light   –  Part-sun to shade.
• Color Scheme – Pink & Chartreuse
• Main Season of Interest – Summer

Using what she learned in the course, Melissa used a harmonious and exciting combination of evergreen shrubs, perennial plants and groundcovers to create this magical woodland walkway.

Not only is the combination of plants beautiful, but it’s also unique and shows off her personality so well. She adds,

“I loved your course and I love your approach to garden design.  It just makes sense and you are a wonderful teacher.”

Back Garden Design

This back garden bed was 95% empty before Melissa’s new garden bed was installed. In early spring, more than half of the area was grass with an old scruffy tree in the left corner. The area left a lot to be desired and Melissa was determined to use what she’s learned to turn this into the space she’s always dreamed about. 

• Considerations   –  Low fences on each side and a high fence in the back. Several existing trees to design around (arborvitae, crab apple). Difficult to use the same plants because different areas of the garden bed get different amounts of sun.  
• Size   – 6’ fence.  48’ wide by 15’ at its deepest point. 
• Light   –  Primarily part-sun. Full sun on the left side with a long stretch of afternoon sun. The rest has dappled, part sun.
• Style   –  Cottage
• Color Scheme – Pink, Burgundy and Chartreuse

Melissa struggled at first to create repetition and flow in this garden bed, mostly because of the varying amounts of sun that parts of the bed receive. But, she was able to use what she learned in the course to choose the right plants for the right places, while still making this garden bed feel cohesive yet unique. She used a combination of several different evergreens mixed with flowering shrubs, perennial plants, even grasses, ferns, sedges and vines.

The step-by-step format of the course enabled her to make lots of different plant selections with confidence. The end result is a gorgeous, professional looking garden that incorporates all of the plants and colors that Melissa loves. 

Continuing Her Gardening Journey

Melissa’s love of garden design didn’t stop after taking the course ! In 2022, she continued using the skills she learned to design several new garden beds. These included: the side of her backyard, a bed near the back of her house and a sun-loving garden bed on the other side of her house.

To see all of Melissa’s gardens, including the new side yard design, watch this video!

A Massive Transformation

After taking the course, Melissa not only has a beautiful garden, but a new hobby that will continue to reward her as the years go by. She adds, 

“It’s been quite a life-changing experience (thanks to you!). Looking at my “before” photos right now is pretty shocking.”

I asked Melissa how she feels about garden design and how things may have changed for her since she’s taken the course. Here’s what she said. 

“A MASSIVE transformation took place. I designed a beautiful garden from scratch and planted it. I know all of the steps and considerations needed to design a garden.  I loved Amy’s step by step approach. It was so logical and practical and effective. I always wondered why there wasn’t a course like this, and then I found it!  If you are a gardening novice and are remotely considering this course, take it.  You will be happy you did.”

Melissa kept track of the cost of her plants and other purchases like a wheelbarrow, hoses, accessories, hardscaping (large stepping stones and cobbles), soil, soil delivery and a day of labor. In the end, the cost of her new garden was half the price of paying the landscape design company.

“I told a friend I feel like I had a baby.  I love it and want to ‘baby’ it. And watch it grow.  I am so excited to see it blossom. And I am so proud of it. Every plant was my choice. Every location was my choice. I had a plan and redid the plan and evolved the plan, but in the end, it came out as it was supposed to.”

Final Thoughts

Melissa had budgeted to pay about $15,000 for a professional landscape design. When the company came back at $18,000 and seemed disinterested in the project, she decided to try it herself. 

She made all of the mistakes that beginner gardeners make, such as buying pretty plants and plopping them into the ground without much thought in advance about design. Not surprisingly, her efforts were unsuccessful. Then she turned to books and websites to try to learn more and fix some of the issues she was having.

But, she says,

“What you read in books and magazines never breaks down the “how to” like this course does.” -Melissa

Melissa noted that the price of the course is well with it, especially if you’re planning to create multiple gardens like she did. While you have to invest your time, lots of elbow grease and a substantial amount of money on plants (more than you’ll expect), learning how to DIY your own landscape is a really fun and energizing experience .

“I really hope I can help you and help others find you and try your course because it has been truly life-changing for me. THANK YOU, thank you, thank you!” MELISSA

I am so grateful to hear about Melissa’s experience and see her beautiful work. I often smile, knowing that I’ve converted another person into a lifelong gardener. And I think that may be what I am called to do in life. What I’m supposed to do.

Gardening is a hobby that continues to give back to me each and every year. I know it will reward me for the rest of my life and I’m so glad I planted that first plant in the ground (so very many) years ago. I want everyone else to experience the joy and excitement of garden design, too… just like Melissa was able to.

So, if you have an itch for gardening and are at all interested in design, I do hope you’ll join me in the Design Your 4-Season Garden Course . I can’t wait to meet you.

If you need any more convincing, here are a few final thoughts from Melissa (I picture her writing this to me while enjoying her brand new backyard garden space).

“This course is fantastic!  Amy has done a very thorough job in preparing top notch videos and a plethora of useful materials to guide the design process.  She is very generous with her time and provided outstanding thoughtful responses to my questions. This course has changed the way I think about gardening and has inspired and empowered me.  I am so grateful that I found Amy and Pretty Purple Door. I have a new hobby I will enjoy for many years as a result!”

If you’re ready to get your dream garden and are looking for a step-by-step framework to follow, this course may be a great fit for you.

Join over 300 other home gardeners who are expressing their creativity and supporting each other when you enroll in the Design Your 4-Season Garden Course today!

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7 Gorgeous Spring Garden Tours Across the U.S.

Stroll through a sea of blossoms at these top sites.

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Across the country, the arrival of spring brings bright floral landscapes. These seven annual garden tours offer particularly lovely opportunities to enjoy spring’s blossoming.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival  (Mount Vernon, Washington)

Sixty miles north of Seattle, Skagit Valley is at about the same latitude as the Netherlands and home to 350 acres of tulips. During the annual festival , a self-guided driving tour of the tulip fields takes about 30 minutes and you can also walk through the rows of brilliant flowering bulbs. Festival stops include RoozenGaarde, Tulip Town, Garden Rosalyn and the tour’s newest addition, Tulip Valley Farms. While the four show gardens are very different, all showcase commercial growers who plant millions of tulips. Purchase tickets online for RoozenGaarde ($15), Tulip Town (general admission online is $15; $13 for seniors), Garden Rosalyn ($20) and Tulip Valley Farms (prices vary per event). Note: Tulip Valley Farms offers a new parklike area where you can stroll miles of grass “Tulip Trails” with stunning views of the North Cascades and Olympics. Parking is free at all four sites. 

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As the only statewide house and garden tour in the country, t he Garden Club of Virginia’s Historic Garden Week , a tradition since 1927, celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. The participating 150 homes and gardens in communities across Virginia — from the Shenandoah Valley to the beaches of Tidewater — showcase private landscapes, public gardens and historic sites through tours organized and hosted by 48 member clubs. Highlight this year include two special properties opened to the public this spring: Bunny Mellon’s Little Oak Spring in Upperville and John Kluge’s Morven in Charlottesville. Some of the tours will offer outdoor demonstrations or porch talks on topics such as floral design and composting, so you can plot your daily itinerary according to your interests. Tickets start at $15 and prices vary by destination.

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Known for formal gardens that feature year-round greenery and flowers from azalea to camellia, magnolia, hydrangea, jessamine and roses, Charleston in spring offers an especially lush display, often in elegant settings. On Fridays, the  Glorious Garden Tours  ($75) celebrate the design, history, culture and architecture of the town’s most impressive private gardens. The guides at each location will answer questions about the blooms and offer background on the history and features of the stately houses where they’re cultivated. In addition to the garden tours, special events and concerts are part of the monthlong celebration. Check out the “Live Like a Local” series for events including the popular Rosé and Roses in the Garden ($55) to listen to lovely string music as you sip and stroll the garden surrounding the Nathaniel Russell House Museum. Purchase tickets online or at the festival ticket office in Shop Historic Charleston on Meeting Street.

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Mary Lou Heard was a passionate horticulturist who created a garden tour in 1993 to highlight the small gardens cultivated by local homeowners. Every year brings more fans to this self-guided tour of “real gardens by real people,” tucked into Long Beach’s neighborhoods. This year’s event includes  44 home gardens , 13 of them new to the tour. This year will also feature drought-tolerant gardens in an effort to reflect California’s changing climate. No tickets are required for the two-day event (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.), but donations are accepted at each of the locations (funds go to the Sheepfold, a shelter that helps women with minor children in crisis). 

Tulip Time Festival  (Holland, Michigan)

In spring this Michigan city rivals its namesake in the Netherlands with millions of  colorful tulips  filling its fields and parks for the public to enjoy for free. At the Window on the Waterfront Park, take photos next to the life-size statues in traditional Dutch dress and stroll walking paths through acres of tulip fields and beds. In addition to free activities, there’s Veldheer’s Tulip Gardens and De Klomp Wooden Shoe & Delft Factory, where you can watch artists hand-carve your own traditional wooden shoes from a block of poplar wood or hand paint blue and white Delftware pottery. Or visit Windmill Island Gardens ($12) to see an authentic Dutch windmill surrounded by tulips, dikes, canals and walking paths. 

Ennis Bluebonnet Trails and Festival  (Ennis, Texas)

The bluebonnet, a wildflower that blankets the fields, meadows and rural roads throughout the Lone Star state, holds the title of state flower. And the small town of Ennis, a 36-minute drive south of Dallas, has the Texas Bluebonnet Trail and is the self-proclaimed  "Bluebonnet City of Texas .” The bluebonnets peak in mid-April but since they are a natural occurrence, their blooms may not be in the same exact place year to year. (The locals defer to Mother Nature each year on the best trail sightings.) People trek from all over the country for the Bluebonnet Trails opening (April 1) and the Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival, a weekend of music and activities celebrating the beautiful blue wildflower (April 14–16). To explore the trails, download the map for self-guided driving tours. All events are free.

Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Historic Home Spring Garden Tour  (Palo Alto, California)

April 28 and 29

In 1902, when the Gamble House was built, the city of Palo Alto was considerably smaller, with a population of 3,000 compared with 69,000 today. Thanks to the Garden Club of Palo Alto, which assisted in creating a nonprofit organization to restore the garden and maintain the buildings, the Gamble House and garden continues on as a beautiful example of Colonial-Georgian Revival architecture, complete with restored gardens of the era. The original family gardener, Elizabeth F. Gamble, was well known for her love of flowers and her extensive collection of prized camellias. While you can take a free self-guided tour anytime, during the spring tour  you can see what a restored 1900 garden looks like, from camellias, roses and wisteria to the front lawn’s three surviving Canary Island date palms. Live music, a silent auction and special shopping experiences are part of the tour admission. Plus, five private Palo Alto gardens will be open for tours April 28 and April 29, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Note: The private gardens on the tour are not wheelchair accessible, but all activities at Gamble Garden are fully accessible. Admission includes the five garden tours; $30 for members, $45 nonmembers; $50 at the door. 

Editor's note: This article was originally published on March 31, 2021. It has been updated to reflect new information. 

Gigi Ragland is a Colorado–based travel and food writer whose work has appeared in  National Geographic Traveler, Hemispheres, Sierra, AFAR, American Cowgirl  and many other publications.  

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As folks read Garden Variety, friends have been asking for a tour of Ocean View Farms. It’s the garden that inspired the novel. Our latest video takes you on a quick tour of the garden where the whole thing began.

See what’s growin’ on in Christy’s plot, and discover elements of the real community garden where scenes in the Garden Variety story take place.

Garden Tour of Ocean View Farms

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Don’t have room to grow? Find a spot of land (check with local churches, schools, and other community spaces) and carve out space for the neighborhood to grow food. Use the guidelines above to get permission to use the land for growing food. Some landlords would rather rent out a spot to veggie gardeners, rather than have to maintain a vacant lot themselves. Make connections and do the work, and a community garden may be in your future!

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Tickets for the Behind Adobe Walls Home and Garden Tours 2023 have SOLD OUT.   TOUR GUESTS PARK IN THE CITY PARKING LOT ON SANDOVAL WITH THE ENTRANCE ON WATER STREET.  PARKING IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE HOTEL .  Frequently tickets become available the morning of the Tours and a Waitlist is created at 10 a.m. the morning of the Tours at the Eldorado Hotel.  Inquire at the Behind Adobe Walls Registration Desk to be added to the BAW Waitlist.

Event proceeds benefit the Santa Fe Garden Club’s community education, beautification, and conservation projects including the Pollinator Garden Olmstead Project at the Amelia White Garden, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden’s Ojos y Manos Learning Laboratory and the New Mexico Museum of Art Courtyard Garden, a legacy gift to the Santa Fe community.

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Behind Adobe Walls and Pequeno Home and Garden Tours’ proceeds now approach $50,000 annually and support a variety of community projects in the areas of conservation, horticulture, floral design, educational programs specifically designed for school-age children. As supporters of the Behind Adobe Walls Home and Garden Tours , your participation assures the continuation of the SFGC’s many projects in the community.

The first tour was held in 1939 and the cost of the tour was 35 cents. Over the years, the tours have grown and continue to showcase beautiful homes and gardens in Santa Fe and surrounding areas.

On the day of the tour, there are often tickets available. We will release tickets on the day of the tour in the order of people’s arrival time.

Guests board buses at Eldorado Hotel, 309 W. San Francisco. City parking lots across the street from the Eldorado Hotel, with the entrance on Water Street.

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Guests board SFGC hostess-guided buses equipped with HEPA filters at noon and visit four unique, seldom-seen private residences each week. Each tour features four different houses. Refreshments are served at each delightful garden on the tour. Regrettably, these tours are not ADA accessible . Walking is required. Homes do not accommodate mobility devices.  Tickets are non-refundable and changes to tour dates are not   allowed , but you may transfer a ticket to another person . Masks are encouraged, but not required. This is subject to change.   We encourage you to bring your own water bottle to minimize plastics in the landfill.

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The small and private Pequeño Home & Garden Tours are offered mid-April through mid-October and provide entry into some of Santa Fe’s finest homes and gardens. Small groups enjoy visiting up to three beautiful residences on a 3-4 hour tour hosted by Santa Fe Garden Club members.

Each tour includes narrated descriptions of the homes as well as stories of historic Santa Fe. Groups arrange their own transportation by van or small bus. Assistance in securing transportation can be provided. For more information about reservations please call 508-221-8005, 505-989-1787 or 502-939-5629.

Please note that some homeowners may request that guests wear masks regardless of current protocols. We hope that you feel safe and comfortable while attending a Pequeño Home & Garden Tour and thank you in advance for your consideration. We appreciate your support!

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• Minimum requirement is ten guests. Cost per guest is $75 .
• If there are fewer guests, cost remains at $750 per tour.
• A lead time of one month is requested to arrange the tour.

Proceeds from the tours benefit the Santa Fe Garden Club’s education, beautification and conservation projects, including New Mexico Museum of Art Courtyard Garden and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden.

Mission statement:.

To stimulate the knowledge and the love of gardening… to restore, improve and protect the environment through programs and action in the fields of conservation, civic improvement, and education.

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