Today's video is a visit to Georgina Yates and her beautiful tropical rainforest / jungle garden near Sheffield. Georgina is a fern fanatic and her garden really is a green sanctuary, a place to relax away from a busy life. Previously working in retail, after the birth of her daughter Georgina retrained and entered the world of horticulture and now works at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens near Doncaster alongside other English Heritage properties, whilst developing her own garden and passion for foliage plants alongside. Created over the last fifteen years and often on a tight budget, this garden really is a labour of love and requires minimal winter care due to the use of tough and hardy exotic plants able to thrive in a wet & North facing Yorkshire garden complete with frost pockets and windy conditions. In this video we chat about garden design ideas, tips to create a resilient jungle garden on a budget as well as how you can get so much out of a garden over many years without needing to put in as much as you might expect.
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0:00 Intro
1:28 Outdoor seating area, dining table and ferns
6:31 Growing an urban jungle garden in challenging conditions - design ideas and using tough & hardy plants
14:22 Tips for growing Miscanthus x giganteus jungle grass in UK tropical style gardens
18:06 Garden projects, starting with small cheaper plants and not having an instant garden
22:19 A sunny seating area complete with mini pond and jungle planting
27:15 Garden personality, companion plants & garden projects
31:22 Plans for an outdoor shower area
33:24 Tips for creating a tropical jungle garden on a budget, contemporary pergola & planting for the light
42:07 UK Nurseries and suppliers of shade loving ferns & exotic plants plus working at Brodsworth Gardens
If you've enjoyed watching this and would like to say thanks for the price of a coffee then please head over to my Ko-fi, any kind donations would be appreciated and put towards creating more videos on fascinating plants and amazing gardens: https://ko-fi.com/georgesjunglegarden
Thanks,
George