Back home in my own garden , I reflect on our recent trip to RHS Garden Bridgewater and what we can learn from studying the plants used in the birders. In a quest to extrapolate the formula for better planting that ensures a long season of interest we can emulate Tom Stuart-Smith’s clever planting in our own gardens. Come with me on the start of my journey to investigate which plants I should use in my large herbaceous borders to give a better display next year. I will be following this video up by talking to two great gardeners about how they do it - so keep watching!
0:00 Intro
5:52 The Problem
8:17 Repetition
9:15 Plant in large drifts
11.30 Use plants with a long season of interest
12:36 Grasses
16:26 Positioning of plants
18:33 Ground cover
19:32 Colour and contrast
21:04 Architectural Plants and structures
22:36 Beautiful trees
24:46 Anchor plants
25:20 Focal points
26:04 Zoning an area
27:2 Summary
27:36 Videos to come and goodbye