My mouth dropped open when I saw this man and you talking about plants, design, etc. I live in Chicago and met him a few years ago, just on the street. I had dropped something and he picked it up and called out to me what I had done. I had no idea I was speaking with a world famous garden designer until I saw this video!!! We didn't speak much, but I remembered his gentle, loving eyes. I commented to my husband that I thought he must be a very loving man because of the look in his eyes and smile. What a small world!! So good to see him again, listening to his knowledge of planning and the thought process he uses in designing gardens with the belief of emotion being a part of it as well. How lucky I was that day to meet such a man, even briefly. You are so lucky to be spending time with him as he spreads his knowledge and love to your yard.
Roy says “Don’t get caught up in what the horticultural industry wants you to get caught up in”. Uh oh. I’m doomed. I always want what I don’t have. Erin has introduced me to so many new to me plants that I have to have.
Such a precious, intimate process and I feel so lucky to have been able to watch it all unfold. Loved the points Roy and Erin brought up and worked through. Can't wait now to continue the process. Thanks to you both.
Thank you Erin, for introducing me to this wonderful soul. I just watched his about Roy video and I'm excited to say I'm looking forward to getting to know him better. Grateful for the introduction to Roy Diblik! :)
Thoroughly enjoyed this design session. Thank you both for sharing this process. Can't wait for the final design and then implementation. I'm so ready for Spring as we have a major blizzard bearing down on us on the East coast. eek🥶
This was an exciting video to watch. How I would love to have a garden designed in this way. I loved many of the plants that were discussed. Well done Roy and Erin!
Thank you Roy and Erin for letting us in on your design method. I was taught the bubble method in school, but Roy takes it further by using the plant pairings within and along the edges of the bubbles to blend them. He reminds us to use color, texture and movement. Great content! Looking forward to watching this plan develop into a gorgeous garden.
When I first saw 45 minutes, I thought to myself, oh boy. I am so glad I watched it. I found that totally fascinating. Cannot wait for the next step. Thank you so much.
Roy and Erin thanks tons for this video…I’m a horticulturist in Colo I work on a golf course…it’s a lonely job doing a design…love Roy sharing your thought processes SO been there measuring 1/8 scale when drawing is 1/4scale act, LOL.…and loved you saying in regards to an area I don’t know what’s next and then talking thru the design plant choices with Erin…I got to design a matrix this past summer…your books really helpful…I’m huge Fan of both of you…can’t wait to see this garden grow!
I want to thank you both for this series. I have a new bed I will be establishing this spring and this has been incredibly helpful. I have struggled in the past determining the number of plants needed, healthy combinations, and how to give the area a sense of cohesion. I have been playing with all kinds of combinations with my graph paper and pencil (and eraser!) and am eager to give it a go when the ground is ready!
Now I want to re-design all my beds. But I've wanted to do that since day 1 of moving on this property. Thank you so much for providing the list of suggested plants- a few of them are intriguing to me. Well done- Can't wait to see this plan put into action Erin!
Roy, I found this to be quite fascinating even though I didn't know all the names of the individual plants that you talked about (I can google them). I found your channel through Erin quite a while ago, and I'm so glad I did. Thanks for showing us how you plan out an area, I love seeing and hearing your thought process. My grandmother referred to blending plants from one area into the next as 'dovetailing' the plants together. My grandfather was a blacksmith and a carpenter so maybe she borrowed the term from him. She planted her flowers in drifts rather than individual specimen plants, which seemed to blend effortlessly from one area into the next. Her vegetable garden, however, was very formal.
I loved this. Love Roy (and Erin) and I absolutely love the way he talks about plants and planting. I wish everyone I talked to thought this way. I have definitely seen the look of eyes glazing over mixed with terror when someone unknowingly asks me a random plant question. Can't wait to see this plan evolve from here. Thank you!
This was wonderful! Roy’s years of knowledge comes through with his thoughtful planning. Thank you Erin and Roy for this look into the structure of a garden. ☺️
I’m so excited to see this plan come to life and look forward to future videos on the process. This is a wonderful collaboration! Thank you for sharing your thought process and your wisdom on garden design & plant combinations. 🙏💚
I love the video and all the thoughts and ideas you've given me for a spot in my yard that backs up to wetlands. I've been ignoring it for years because it seemed overwhelming but when you break it down like you do and talk about the plants it seems more "do able" for me. I'm a little over an hour away from Northwind periennial farm and would love to plan a visit later this spring. I also watch Erin's videos and she's taught me so much over the years and I'm so happy she introduced me to you and your videos. 💚
I can’t wait to see the next step, the planting and the blooming of the plants. I’m sure it will be beautiful. Thanks for sharing this wonderful collaboration with two of my favorite garden gurus!
Thank you Roy, very informational. 🥰👏 Thank you for explaining this to me. ☺️ I am so sorry I forgot I wasn’t on Erin’s channel Thank you again Roy, Chris
Beautiful to watch this process play out! How do you decide if a space needs evergreen interest or not? I guess the grasses can provide some winter structure as well as the surrounding trees. I struggle to remember to include evergreens while planning and also how to choose them.
I love seeing this process play out. I’ve yet to “plan” anything. Just kept planting what I like but I end up with plant over crowding, not enough texture and height variation. This was so helpful-thanks for bringing us along. Can’t wait to see the actual planting video and watch it develop over time.
Wow this was wonderful, I definitely don’t plan any further than what I’m picturing in my head.. but I’m still fairly new to gardening. This was so interesting to watch!
Informative video. Looking forward to seeing the garden planted. Hope you do a video on that. My problem is with all these get plant suggestions is finding them. 🙃
There will be at least two more episodes...one on a final design and then one on installation. Seek out a relationship with a local nursery and talk to them about obtaining plants...nothing too exotic on this list. thanks for watching!
love watching this collaboration, and can't wait to see the future steps in the process. also, drat, i recently chose deschampsia schottland over goldtau because i was placing it in a shady spot and thought it would do better but i hope i don't end up with rust. fingers crossed!
The average gallon perennial in my area is about $18.00 each. As per your diagram, one perennial area with 30 plants is more than I can spend comfortably on the entire garden area. You have about a dozen plant “circles” with 30 or more plants in each one. Fortunate are gardeners who can readily buy all of these plants at once and plant them.
@joanp I have a completely bare landscape so I asked my local nursery to custom grow plant plugs for me this spring. It works out to $1.56 per plug-they are easier and faster to plant, although smaller of course. Also I stock up on gallon size plants in the fall when they are 50-75% off. I’m also doing a combo of indoor seed starting and winter sowing for hundreds more plants this spring.
Shuz1211, thanks for the info on how you fill empty garden area. I however, am almost 80 and do all my work myself. I have no nursery nearby willing to sell me plugs….tried years ago….and at my age, I do not want to wait a few more years for a perennial to reach maturity. I care for many rescued cats and dogs who never got adopted and live in an open plan house. Therefore, no seed trays. At the end of the growing season here, the shelves were nearly bare of plants and those that were left were almost dead. Prices are never marked down as you describe. As a lifelong gardener, I winter sow, trade plants with other gardeners, divide those I have, and still spend much, much more than I had planned. I love every single day of my time in the garden and have been planning for this coming Spring garden since my tools were cleaned and hung up for the winter😄 thanks for taking the time to respond with such good information.
I'm enjoying your book and videos. I'm planning a 15x30 ft lakeshore native planting in Mn. I love how you have the plants ebb and flow together. I'm hoping to accomplish this with all Native plants. I'm wondering if you'd do the same ratio with plugs? Thank you.
Cannot wait…WHAT SIZE PLANTS ARE YOU PLANTING HERE? Are these gallon or larger pots of perennials? And, I am assuming that there are no tree roots from old and large trees, to plant between?
I'm very excited to see Erin's new garden come together, I found you through her channel and love your work. I totally relate to finding plant communities and harmony as they grow together, as a floral designer it's chasing those color and textural relationships that keeps things fun and interesting. I've been renovating my formerly abandoned garden over the last few years and over the summer finished a large matrix style planting with my own twists. Here's an overview video of it if you're interested: czcams.com/video/vby09qy4Rh4/video.html
My mouth dropped open when I saw this man and you talking about plants, design, etc. I live in Chicago and met him a few years ago, just on the street. I had dropped something and he picked it up and called out to me what I had done. I had no idea I was speaking with a world famous garden designer until I saw this video!!! We didn't speak much, but I remembered his gentle, loving eyes. I commented to my husband that I thought he must be a very loving man because of the look in his eyes and smile. What a small world!! So good to see him again, listening to his knowledge of planning and the thought process he uses in designing gardens with the belief of emotion being a part of it as well. How lucky I was that day to meet such a man, even briefly. You are so lucky to be spending time with him as he spreads his knowledge and love to your yard.
what a great story! thanks for sharing!
Watching this has me wanting to read Roy’s book again. The most accessible, approachable gardening book I’ve read to date.
"Its joyful to be a learned person" - indeed!
I love the idea of blending the plants so they don't just stop and start.
Roy says “Don’t get caught up in what the horticultural industry wants you to get caught up in”. Uh oh. I’m doomed. I always want what I don’t have. Erin has introduced me to so many new to me plants that I have to have.
Such a precious, intimate process and I feel so lucky to have been able to watch it all unfold. Loved the points Roy and Erin brought up and worked through. Can't wait now to continue the process. Thanks to you both.
Thanks for watching Carol.
Thank you Erin, for introducing me to this wonderful soul. I just watched his about Roy video and I'm excited to say I'm looking forward to getting to know him better. Grateful for the introduction to Roy Diblik! :)
What?? You two!! How amazing! My husband said the other day that he wants to ‘Roy Diblik’ our front yard. I’m so excited!
Sounds great! thanks for watching!
Thank you for discussing the plant growth and showing how they mingle with each other. Never thought about this. So informative!
You are so welcome!
Thoroughly enjoyed this design session. Thank you both for sharing this process. Can't wait for the final design and then implementation. I'm so ready for Spring as we have a major blizzard bearing down on us on the East coast. eek🥶
Glad you enjoyed it!
You’re a great team! 👏💪🤗
Thank you 😁
This was an exciting video to watch. How I would love to have a garden designed in this way. I loved many of the plants that were discussed. Well done Roy and Erin!
Glad you enjoyed it! We are planning a follow up next month so stay tuned!
@@RoyDiblik That’s great Roy. I can’t wait to see it. Thanks 😊
Oh my goodness 45mins with Roy and Erin.... I have to make me some hot cocoa. Be back in a few
lol ... thanks for watching!
I'd be happy to join Roy's book club! Speaking of which, Roy, your book is so beautiful and filled with great knowledgeable, please make another!
I.56, 1.56, 1.56….will remember this forever. THANK you for sharing this process.
thanks for watching!
Ok - my brain isn’t computing where 1.56 is coming from - help!
@@nancyharold5521 multiply the square footage of the area by 1.56 to get the number of plants needed at a 15 inch spacing.
1.56 feet, the new math? 15" spacing is 1.25 feet. So where does 1.56 feet (almost 19") come from?
@@rixeykelly5996 good point. I didn't actually do the math.
Thank you Roy and Erin for letting us in on your design method. I was taught the bubble method in school, but Roy takes it further by using the plant pairings within and along the edges of the bubbles to blend them. He reminds us to use color, texture and movement. Great content! Looking forward to watching this plan develop into a gorgeous garden.
thanks for watching!
What fun to see this process. Thanks for showing. A great gardener to really think about how plants live together
I'm just 14min in and this is so enlightening to be a fly on the wall of this planning session. Thank you both for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for the masterclass! ❤❤❤
Thank you too!
When I first saw 45 minutes, I thought to myself, oh boy. I am so glad I watched it. I found that totally fascinating. Cannot wait for the next step. Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it! thanks for watching!
I’m not a fan of grasses, they look like weeds to me, but it will interesting to see how this turns out for you.☃️❄️💚🙃
Roy and Erin thanks tons for this video…I’m a horticulturist in Colo I work on a golf course…it’s a lonely job doing a design…love Roy sharing your thought processes SO been there measuring 1/8 scale when drawing is 1/4scale act, LOL.…and loved you saying in regards to an area I don’t know what’s next and then talking thru the design plant choices with Erin…I got to design a matrix this past summer…your books really helpful…I’m huge Fan of both of you…can’t wait to see this garden grow!
thanks for sharing! and thanks for watching!
Wonderful video -- much to think about -- thanks to you both
Glad you enjoyed it!
I want to thank you both for this series. I have a new bed I will be establishing this spring and this has been incredibly helpful. I have struggled in the past determining the number of plants needed, healthy combinations, and how to give the area a sense of cohesion. I have been playing with all kinds of combinations with my graph paper and pencil (and eraser!) and am eager to give it a go when the ground is ready!
wonderful! thanks for watching!
This is very interesting and informative. I wish the design was on a dry erase board behind you in bold print!
Thank you also for the recommended books.
thanks for watching!
Now I want to re-design all my beds. But I've wanted to do that since day 1 of moving on this property. Thank you so much for providing the list of suggested plants- a few of them are intriguing to me. Well done- Can't wait to see this plan put into action Erin!
You can do it! thanks for watching!
Roy, I found this to be quite fascinating even though I didn't know all the names of the individual plants that you talked about (I can google them). I found your channel through Erin quite a while ago, and I'm so glad I did. Thanks for showing us how you plan out an area, I love seeing and hearing your thought process.
My grandmother referred to blending plants from one area into the next as 'dovetailing' the plants together. My grandfather was a blacksmith and a carpenter so maybe she borrowed the term from him. She planted her flowers in drifts rather than individual specimen plants, which seemed to blend effortlessly from one area into the next. Her vegetable garden, however, was very formal.
very interesting! thanks for sharing! there's a plant list in the description of every plant we discussed.
@@RoyDiblik Thank you, I will check them out!
I love Roy’s emphasis on joy and learning.
thank you and thanks for watching!
I loved this. Love Roy (and Erin) and I absolutely love the way he talks about plants and planting. I wish everyone I talked to thought this way. I have definitely seen the look of eyes glazing over mixed with terror when someone unknowingly asks me a random plant question.
Can't wait to see this plan evolve from here. Thank you!
so great! thanks for watching!
Me too!
Thank you for sharing the information of knowing what your working with is better than grabbing the newest thing on the shelf.
You are so welcome!
This was wonderful! Roy’s years of knowledge comes through with his thoughtful planning. Thank you Erin and Roy for this look into the structure of a garden. ☺️
Glad you enjoyed it! thanks for watching!
This was a great video. His passion and expertise is so evident.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m so excited to see this plan come to life and look forward to future videos on the process. This is a wonderful collaboration! Thank you for sharing your thought process and your wisdom on garden design & plant combinations. 🙏💚
thank you! and thanks for watching!
What a fantastic video Erin I learned a lot about the design process . Thanks Erin and Roy
Glad it was helpful!
This discussion was fascinating to me! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thank you both. Watching the process is a gift. Can’t wait to see the plan come to life.
thank you!
I love the video and all the thoughts and ideas you've given me for a spot in my yard that backs up to wetlands. I've been ignoring it for years because it seemed overwhelming but when you break it down like you do and talk about the plants it seems more "do able" for me. I'm a little over an hour away from Northwind periennial farm and would love to plan a visit later this spring. I also watch Erin's videos and she's taught me so much over the years and I'm so happy she introduced me to you and your videos. 💚
fantastic! thanks for watching!
Learned so much! And I love the idea of planting emotionally! Thanks Erin and Roy!
thank you!
What a wonderful planning session! So intimate and full of great information.
Thanks so much!
I can’t wait to see the next step, the planting and the blooming of the plants. I’m sure it will be beautiful. Thanks for sharing this wonderful collaboration with two of my favorite garden gurus!
So nice of you... thanks for watching!
Oh my goodness, this is so helpful Erin! Thank you so much, 🥰 Chris
Thank you Roy, very informational. 🥰👏 Thank you for explaining this to me. ☺️
I am so sorry I forgot I wasn’t on Erin’s channel Thank you again Roy, Chris
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. The process is fascinating!!
You are so welcome! thanks for watching!
Beautiful to watch this process play out! How do you decide if a space needs evergreen interest or not? I guess the grasses can provide some winter structure as well as the surrounding trees. I struggle to remember to include evergreens while planning and also how to choose them.
I love seeing this process play out. I’ve yet to “plan” anything. Just kept planting what I like but I end up with plant over crowding, not enough texture and height variation. This was so helpful-thanks for bringing us along. Can’t wait to see the actual planting video and watch it develop over time.
thanks for watching!
Two garden gems collaborating - "why not"?
Finding the unexpected the joy of gardening? "You never know"!
Wow this was wonderful, I definitely don’t plan any further than what I’m picturing in my head.. but I’m still fairly new to gardening. This was so interesting to watch!
Wonderful! thanks for watching!
Informative video. Looking forward to seeing the garden planted. Hope you do a video on that. My problem is with all these get plant suggestions is finding them. 🙃
There will be at least two more episodes...one on a final design and then one on installation. Seek out a relationship with a local nursery and talk to them about obtaining plants...nothing too exotic on this list. thanks for watching!
This was so amazing! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very insightful!!
love watching this collaboration, and can't wait to see the future steps in the process. also, drat, i recently chose deschampsia schottland over goldtau because i was placing it in a shady spot and thought it would do better but i hope i don't end up with rust. fingers crossed!
The average gallon perennial in my area is about $18.00 each. As per your diagram, one perennial area with 30 plants is more than I can spend comfortably on the entire garden area. You have about a dozen plant “circles” with 30 or more plants in each one. Fortunate are gardeners who can readily buy all of these plants at once and plant them.
@joanp I have a completely bare landscape so I asked my local nursery to custom grow plant plugs for me this spring. It works out to $1.56 per plug-they are easier and faster to plant, although smaller of course. Also I stock up on gallon size plants in the fall when they are 50-75% off. I’m also doing a combo of indoor seed starting and winter sowing for hundreds more plants this spring.
Shuz1211, thanks for the info on how you fill empty garden area. I however, am almost 80 and do all my work myself. I have no nursery nearby willing to sell me plugs….tried years ago….and at my age, I do not want to wait a few more years for a perennial to reach maturity. I care for many rescued cats and dogs who never got adopted and live in an open plan house. Therefore, no seed trays. At the end of the growing season here, the shelves were nearly bare of plants and those that were left were almost dead. Prices are never marked down as you describe.
As a lifelong gardener, I winter sow, trade plants with other gardeners, divide those I have, and still spend much, much more than I had planned.
I love every single day of my time in the garden and have been planning for this coming Spring garden since my tools were cleaned and hung up for the winter😄 thanks for taking the time to respond with such good information.
I'm enjoying your book and videos. I'm planning a 15x30 ft lakeshore native planting in Mn. I love how you have the plants ebb and flow together. I'm hoping to accomplish this with all Native plants. I'm wondering if you'd do the same ratio with plugs? Thank you.
Yes...plugs might need more watering and have a less forgiving nature but in time will fill out.
Amazing. Wow. Tfs.
Cannot wait…WHAT SIZE PLANTS ARE YOU PLANTING HERE? Are these gallon or larger pots of perennials? And, I am assuming that there are no tree roots from old and large trees, to plant between?
We will use primarily gallons and quarts.
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I'm very excited to see Erin's new garden come together, I found you through her channel and love your work. I totally relate to finding plant communities and harmony as they grow together, as a floral designer it's chasing those color and textural relationships that keeps things fun and interesting. I've been renovating my formerly abandoned garden over the last few years and over the summer finished a large matrix style planting with my own twists. Here's an overview video of it if you're interested: czcams.com/video/vby09qy4Rh4/video.html
very nice - thanks for sharing!
You are awesome. This channel desperately needs Promo'SM!!!
thank you! tell your friends!