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How to create stunning garden borders - essential tips

Make your borders beautiful! Tips and advice from Tom Brown, head gardener at West Dean Gardens in Sussex. How to create lush, colourful borders without it turning into a mess. West Dean Gardens are beautifully restored historic gardens with exciting and innovative planting. Open to the public for most of the year: https://www.westdean.org.uk/gardens 0:00 Welcome 1:50 Head gardener and garden writer Tom Brown   / headgardenertom   1:52 What is the starting point for creating a border? 5:18 What percentage of a border should be perennials or annuals? 6:12 How many different varieties of plants should you have in a border to make it look lush, but not messy? 7:48 What plants mingle together well without turning into a mess 9:12 What is a good succession of plants for colour throughout the year? 10:06 List of plants to give you a succession of 'fireworks' in the garden 11:24 How deep should a flower border be? 11:57 How deep should flower borders be in a narrow garden? 12:59 How to plant a plant 14:55 Do we have to keep to the spacing between plants recommended on the label? 15:39 How to create natural patterns or drifts without it looking messy? 16:40 How can amateur gardeners get full, colourful borders like the ones you see in professionally run gardens? Is there one really good tip? 16:50 The white flowers are Astrantia major 17:24 The best tip is to mulch. That means putting a layer (5-10cm/2-3 inches) of garden compost, mushroom compost or soil improver on your soil once a year. 17:58 Tips on staking plants For garden ideas, gardening advice, garden design and landscaping ideas for your garden or backyard, subscribe to the Middlesized Garden YouTube channel here:    / themiddlesizedgardencouk   Whether you love English garden style, cottage gardens or contemporary urban gardening, The Middlesized Garden has gardening advice and garden ideas for you. Weekly videos cover gardening advice and garden design - from small space gardens to middle-sized garden landscaping - plus garden tours and tips for container gardening. The Middlesized Garden practices sustainability, wildlife gardening and no till methods. If your garden backyard is smaller than an acre, join us and enjoy your garden even more! The Middlesized Garden Complete Guide to Garden Privacy is available in Kindle or paperback in 13 countries (in English only). If you'd like your garden to feel more private, click here for availability in your country: https://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.u... #gardening #gardendesign #backyardgarden For small and middlesized backyards and gardens.... See The Middlesized Garden blog: http://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/ For Amazon storefront see: https://www.amazon.com/shop/themiddle... Note: links to Amazon are affiliate which means I get a small fee for qualifying purchases. It doesn't affect the price you pay and I only recommend things I use myself or really think you'd like! More garden ideas on Pinterest:https://www.pinterest.co.uk/midsizega... Twitter:   / midsizegarden   Facebook:   / themiddlesizedgarden