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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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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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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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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.

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