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Hello and welcome to my garden. I am Susan Harris. I am the Master Gardener. I am also a gardening coach that means that I teach gardening one-on-one in peoples gardens. I am also a gardening writer and you can see links to a lot of my writing on the web. In this video, I am going to teach you how to create and take care of what I call a Sustainable Garden that means that its environmentally-friendly but its also low maintenance and easy on the budget. So, it sustains not just the environment but the gardener. This video is for do-it-yourselfers who want to create some beauty around their homes and also make a positive contribution to their environment. The style of gardening I am going to be showing you how to create is called mixed borders. Its very naturalistic. It takes its cues from the nature without trying to copy nature. Mixed borders actually emulate the way a forest will transition into a meadow where you have the tallest plants at the back, the tress or in this case, large shrub, medium size and then the smaller plants at the front and then I am going to show you how to choose plants that will have the most impact for the least amount of work and that will also be easy on your budget. These plants will help you create a lushful beautiful garden that you will enjoy all year long. In the next clip, I am going to cover how to create the shape of your mixed border.
Expert: Susan Harris
Email: susan@sustainable-gardening.com
Master Gardener Susan Harris is a gardening coach and writer. Visit her website for plant recommendations, guides to composting and mulching, Tips with Teeth, embellishments on her Monkey See videos, and much more. Susan writes the award-winning team blog GardenRant.com with her three partners, her own blog, Takoma Gardener, and a gardening column in two Maryland newspapers. In her spare time she's an More »
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"Sustainable Gardening" takes viewers through the steps of drawing and then installing mixed borders filled with plants that are not just beautiful but environmentally friendly, low-maintenance, and easy on the More »
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