Transform a Backyard Into a Secret Garden | Ask This Old House

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Jenn (@JNawadaTOH) meets with a homeowner who wants to redesign her massive landscape and clean up the space. Jenn loved this project because it felt like such a good representation of the work she regularly does outside of the show. Executing full landscape designs is usually too large in scale for us, but this homeowner had enough existing pieces in the landscape to give us an opportunity to tackle it. Being able to call out the design features and the intention behind it was a joy. Jenn actually just visited there recently and saw it all grown in and it looks amazing! SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse #atoh25 #landscaping #DIY Time: 6-8 hours Cost: $3000 Skill Level: Moderate Tools List for a Secret Garden: Pruners Shovel Tarp Resources: In Jenn’s opinion, a “secret garden” landscape design requires elements that allow a person to experience and participate in the garden. Elements like walkways, entrance/exit points, and destinations within the garden are all key elements to a good secret garden design. Like with many of Jenn’s landscape designs, she relied heavily on elements of the garden that were already in place, though most of the things she reused can also be found at garden centers and nurseries. Throughout the garden, Jenn used a variety of plants, including sedum, Cherokee brave dogwood, sempervivum, stonecrop, hen & chicks, lavender, provence, Hakone grass, blue jean baby Russian sage, and witch hazel. In Destination 2, Jenn

Published 2019-02-07 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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