I love these videos I call "desgn as you go". I think it helps us struggling "designers" develop the creative mind needed to work with succulents. This method of "design as you go" is not an option with standard garden plants where you must have a plan or layout already in mind before you start planting.
I like what you ended up doing- it allows for the crest to shine and be admired. I also enjoy your honesty in sharing with us the gardener struggles. It is refreshing and loving.
This rabbit hole video made me lol so hard 🤣. It is a visual representation of the packing, cleaning and dismantling furniture rabbit hole I was in today. 1 simple project turned into 3 hours worth of work and about 20 messes along the way. Why do we do these things to ourselves 🙃 all worth it in the end!
Aw, this wasn't a bad video! Very roundabout-like me-but good. I think that the creva under the crest needs some sprinkling of another rock. It looks very empty compared to the rest of the topdressing in the garden. Also, where did you get the crest? It seems like you've had it forever.
I believe it’s this one from behind her fountain.. I remember watching the video during covid th-cam.com/video/lDrUkPH5DJ0/w-d-xo.html Also she talked about it when she’s excavating it in this video not long ago: th-cam.com/video/sI40EiX3ID0/w-d-xo.html
WOW it's almost spooky. When you said you didnt like the competition with the Crest....I'm mumbling to myself...."put in a Barrel". Then when you talked about planting it in the beautiful pot, I'm going "no...too high...just put Barrel in ground". Boy was I surprised to hear Mr.Greg had the same idea. Your under-sea garden is a masterpiece.😘
Yes! The final result was the winner! I bet one day when you’re not being recorded and you’re out playing in the yard, that you talk yourself through it as if you were! Hahaha. Love it. I really look forward to the daily videos. I could watch the old ones, and sometimes I do. But I’m really bummed when there’s an empty day. 💜🌵🌸
Miss Laura, I ❤️you! You are the master of design with a million followers and amazing installations under your belt and yet you’re keeping it real. It’s so inspiring to watch you figuring it out! Love the new iteration 😉👍!
Amazing end result! It's like you have created a miniature landscape journey... like walking through the sand and into a cave or a big mountain arc under that crest.. Love!!!!
I am ELATED that I have recently found you!!! You are phenomenal in so many ways. Your instructions are straight to the point. Putting things in and then changing your mind because you are an artist as well as a landscaper is MY FAVORITE. 💪💪💪💪💪💪
I feel like the crest gets lost in that spot because the color of the creva underneath and behind it. I think the crest needs a dark, solid color behind or underneath it, like a ribbon of red or black lava rock, or dark plant so you can really see the shape of the crest jump off the dark backdrop.
I enjoyed watching this hot mess unfold. It shows what gardening and design is really like. Sometimes you love things. Other times you hate it. In the end, the garden is an evolving process. The result is stunning as usual.
👏🏻👏🏻 Great decision to highlight the crest in its own vignette! 🤩 May we see a close up of it on WW? I was thinking, maybe a tchotchke or two - Santa on a surfboard, crystals - or would that detract? It’s so inspiring to watch the creative process, and we appreciate that you let us collaborate (also appreciate that you kindly tell us no when it’s not the vibe you’re looking for). Looking forward to WW to see how everything is doing, and where things ended up!
Loved today’s video. I kept talking to you, cheered Greg when he suggested getting that green pot out of the garden. The crest looks so much better now. I carried on when the broken piece was in front of the stem but you moved it right away. It was quite an interactive day. 😂😂😂
This is the best show. This is real life, lol. Now I know how it is planting. I thought all my crazy time moving things and getting poked in the butt was my poor planning 🙃 thank you so much for real life video
Another wonderful video, Laura, always brilliant to watch and learn from you!! I really liike the way you highlighted that beautiful crested cactus at the end! Lot's of cactus & succulent greetings from a fan in Germany!!👍😊🌵🌵🌺🌱😎
🤣😂Love this video! So unscripted! You had me laughing! I love that you listen to your hubby’s suggestions, you two are a great team! But in the end it always looks beautiful! Awesome‼️👍🏽😍👏🏽💚
I love it! Yes, this is the process and so thankful you just be real with us. Helps us both learn and connect to you. Miss Sunburst crest is more showcased now ❤
Hey it’s your garden you can change your mind over and over again, I know I do. I’m always moving plants into different pots and into different areas of the garden.
Loved this video…watching you go through your thought process - the good, the bad and the ugly - is enlightening and entertaining! And the end product, as usual, is brilliant!
Answering your question: YES we do enjoy this videos!! I have so much fun watching every video! and OMG you were so right. That looks so much better!!!
Not a shit show at all Laura... this kind of garden stuff happens to all of us so it was nice to see you working it in real time. I agree... the little cactus should go out front... 👍
I think a pot of Echeveria ‘Hortencia’ would look fabulous in that green pot. Or, a big clump of Aloe castillionae, which I spied in your nursery visits which you never noticed. 😀 I think the crest should be in a nondescript pot, raised up, then the green pot goes back in low, with the above plant suggestions.
Definitely entertaining today! Love your reference to a ‘shit show!’ You’re just so human and makes me feel like I’m heading in the right direction with my plants and designs. Thank you for these videos. Can’t wait for tomorrow.
The crest makes such a great natural arch over that area that it looks like a dry stream bed. You could elaborate on that idea with more rubble & maybe some blue glass or fossils in there.
The open space gives a nice view of the crest. But I think you need to emphasize the lift of the crest with a fire glass or strong contrast pebble to draw your eye through.
The line you've just made should be topped with fire glass to "fill" the hallow with glamorous lane. I'm not a pro, but I think that space should shine.
Hi Laura, thanks for another great video. Love your garden and all your succulents. Oh btw, at 7:14, I hope the terracotta pot was not too heavy. For heavy objects, please do not attempt to lift it by bending forward and in upright position, otherwise you may hurt your back. ( I was so worried you would hurt yourself). Do bend your knees to squat down to your load, keep it close to your body, and straighten your legs to lift it up. Hope I'm not being impolite to share this advice! If yes, please pardon my impertinence. :)
Ha! LOVE the sh*tshow of a video! Nice to know I'm not alone that chaos ensues. And I very much like the crest standing alone with the clean look under it -- looks 100%!
I think you should just excavate the whole pot. Actually it is that beautiful pot that is competing with the crest. Underplant the crest with more aeonium Something YELLOW under the crest would look GREAT!
Some color is needed on top of the creva, how about blue fire glass starting thinly at trunk of crest and fanning out down to the front wall, draws the eye up and away from the completion of the Talavera pot next door
in my opinion! The green pot highlights the crest because the crest is dark colored and contrast well behind the light green pot and towers over the pot! Looks good to me!
I loved both the video and the end result, I don't think it needs anything else and you've said that sometimes, when you don't know what to put in a space maybe another plant is not the answer so try a rock and this is the perfect example of that.
It seems that u have 3 large plants of the same size competing for attention, two of which r crests. I'm wondering if one plant was replaced by a big dark boulder.
Yes, I feel like the one in the pot to the right is competing. The crest should be the highest in that area. I love the other crest but it’s still competing. I love your process Laura.
The crest reminds me of The Lone Cypress at Point Lobos. I think it would look better if it sat up on a higher mound maybe. Love that you share your struggles with us. It’s refreshing to know that even professional don’t always get it right the first time. Keep the “shit show” videos coming 🌵
The cactus has too much texture when the crest is full of texture. I think if anything goes there it should be something with very large plain leaves. Like a baby blue glow agave. Or a very large simple leaved echeveria if that is an appropriate microclimate for something like that. Whatever it is I think needs to have very large petal like leaves with simple color like green or blue. But as I watch on I also like just the empty space with the crest making a bridge over to the tapestry.
Hi. The big lava rock is too tall and close to the crest. Suggest moving the rock forward. The empty space immediately blow the crest emphasizes the unique crescent crest structure
You are incredible. The crested aeonium looks so much better. You frequently mention creeva (totally spelled wrong). Could you talk about what it is and perhaps give the correct spelling.
My anxiety summed up in a video. We've all been there, change something in the garden regret it and 3 hours later you just give up and go lie down and question all your life choices that lead you here.
In my opinion what bothers me of the Aloe dorotheae is the bright green pot with the Aeonium crest, not so much the Aloe tbh 🙃 I agree 100% with Greg, boy was that pot tall, even the Ferrocactus pot would be pretty burried like you had the green one, it has a pretty weathered look that I think matches the crest pretty good, much better than the bright shiny new look of the green ceramic 😋Oh my gosh, so much better with the cactus. I love to see all the tinkering that goes on after planting the whole garden. In the end maybe just a little rubble or some shells would be the better choice to let your precious crest shine 😉 That's the snarky designer in me talking 😂
You crack me up! I had to show my husband! I wish I had your strength and flexibility!! The way you grabbed the potted aloe and moved it out of the way. I also enjoy seeing your “tools”
I love these videos I call "desgn as you go". I think it helps us struggling "designers" develop the creative mind needed to work with succulents. This method of "design as you go" is not an option with standard garden plants where you must have a plan or layout already in mind before you start planting.
I like what you ended up doing- it allows for the crest to shine and be admired. I also enjoy your honesty in sharing with us the gardener struggles. It is refreshing and loving.
I loved this video you are so transparent. Yes it looks a lot better can’t wait to see tomorrow’s walkabout. You are awesome.
The crested plant is so wonderful it should really have a ta-da! presentation. It looks so good having it's space
This rabbit hole video made me lol so hard 🤣. It is a visual representation of the packing, cleaning and dismantling furniture rabbit hole I was in today. 1 simple project turned into 3 hours worth of work and about 20 messes along the way. Why do we do these things to ourselves 🙃 all worth it in the end!
Aw, this wasn't a bad video! Very roundabout-like me-but good. I think that the creva under the crest needs some sprinkling of another rock. It looks very empty compared to the rest of the topdressing in the garden. Also, where did you get the crest? It seems like you've had it forever.
I think it was a random crest she found in the garden on a regular planr? Not too sure
@@sedumzz3289 But its so big!! Thats why I asked.
I believe it’s this one from behind her fountain.. I remember watching the video during covid
th-cam.com/video/lDrUkPH5DJ0/w-d-xo.html
Also she talked about it when she’s excavating it in this video not long ago:
th-cam.com/video/sI40EiX3ID0/w-d-xo.html
@@dorothykern8537 Yea, it's amazing how large it is!
I always love the” Laura touch “ in the garden 💕
WOW it's almost spooky. When you said you didnt like the competition with the Crest....I'm mumbling to myself...."put in a Barrel". Then when you talked about planting it in the beautiful pot, I'm going "no...too high...just put Barrel in ground". Boy was I surprised to hear Mr.Greg had the same idea. Your under-sea garden is a masterpiece.😘
I appologize to my plants when I bump them too! 😂😂😂
Yes! The final result was the winner!
I bet one day when you’re not being recorded and you’re out playing in the yard, that you talk yourself through it as if you were! Hahaha. Love it. I really look forward to the daily videos. I could watch the old ones, and sometimes I do. But I’m really bummed when there’s an empty day. 💜🌵🌸
Miss Laura, I ❤️you! You are the master of design with a million followers and amazing installations under your belt and yet you’re keeping it real. It’s so inspiring to watch you figuring it out! Love the new iteration 😉👍!
It’s like a pathway leading your eye right to the crest. Love it
Amazing end result! It's like you have created a miniature landscape journey... like walking through the sand and into a cave or a big mountain arc under that crest.. Love!!!!
Yup, that Aeonium Crest deserves a space by itself. Love it❤️
What a beautiful, sweet cactus. It’s earned a good location. Was feeling down (spider mites inside 😭) but this was fun to watch 😊
Sorry you're dealing with those SOB's.
You'll be circling all afternoon - made me smile. I so get that, as the process unfolds it just gets better and better! Love it!
I am ELATED that I have recently found you!!! You are phenomenal in so many ways. Your instructions are straight to the point. Putting things in and then changing your mind because you are an artist as well as a landscaper is MY FAVORITE.
💪💪💪💪💪💪
I feel like the crest gets lost in that spot because the color of the creva underneath and behind it. I think the crest needs a dark, solid color behind or underneath it, like a ribbon of red or black lava rock, or dark plant so you can really see the shape of the crest jump off the dark backdrop.
I love watching the garden transform.
I enjoyed watching this hot mess unfold. It shows what gardening and design is really like. Sometimes you love things. Other times you hate it. In the end, the garden is an evolving process. The result is stunning as usual.
👏🏻👏🏻 Great decision to highlight the crest in its own vignette! 🤩 May we see a close up of it on WW? I was thinking, maybe a tchotchke or two - Santa on a surfboard, crystals - or would that detract?
It’s so inspiring to watch the creative process, and we appreciate that you let us collaborate (also appreciate that you kindly tell us no when it’s not the vibe you’re looking for). Looking forward to WW to see how everything is doing, and where things ended up!
I would’ve like to see the crested aeonium in the tall terracotta pot so nothing competes with it and adds more height to the back garden bed.
Wow, what you did removing that green pot is just great, that space under the crest creates whole new super scene like from another planet.
Loved today’s video. I kept talking to you, cheered Greg when he suggested getting that green pot out of the garden. The crest looks so much better now. I carried on when the broken piece was in front of the stem but you moved it right away. It was quite an interactive day. 😂😂😂
love this! it’s like being there, going through the thought process with you… and it looks great! 🥰🥰🥰
This is the best show. This is real life, lol. Now I know how it is planting. I thought all my crazy time moving things and getting poked in the butt was my poor planning 🙃 thank you so much for real life video
Another wonderful video, Laura, always brilliant to watch and learn from you!! I really liike the way you highlighted that beautiful crested cactus at the end! Lot's of cactus & succulent greetings from a fan in Germany!!👍😊🌵🌵🌺🌱😎
🤣😂Love this video! So unscripted! You had me laughing! I love that you listen to your hubby’s suggestions, you two are a great team! But in the end it always looks beautiful! Awesome‼️👍🏽😍👏🏽💚
The crest layout makes me think of a tiny sparkling stream...
The crest looks like miniature great big tree for the small village … like in Avatar… 🌳. 😊 love it by itself
Designing a garden is a never ending project. The crest looks much more majestic now.
When a piece of crest broke
Just made me gasp!
You calmly just found a place for it. great Gardener
🌵👍🙀
I love it! Yes, this is the process and so thankful you just be real with us. Helps us both learn and connect to you. Miss Sunburst crest is more showcased now ❤
It turned out PERFECT!!
Wonderful magical mystery tour 🦚🌈🌄🦋🌺🐝🪴🌵🦎
Yes, I did enjoy this “shit show of a video” very much. My husband said, “I like her” 🙂
You’re so sweet to listen to your subscribers. I think it’s beautiful the way it is!!
Hey it’s your garden you can change your mind over and over again, I know I do. I’m always moving plants into different pots and into different areas of the garden.
Gardening, like life, is about second chances and doing what feels right.
An excellent video.....it shows that things can be re arranged without to much fuss...I love the outcome.....👍
Crest looks great now. Loved watching the process messy as it is.
Loved this video…watching you go through your thought process - the good, the bad and the ugly - is enlightening and entertaining! And the end product, as usual, is brilliant!
My plants are great right now. A little rain and lower temps in west TX. I'm moving things around to make it easier to protect them in winter.
What about planting the Sunburst crest in its own big beautiful pot and staging it as a specimen somewhere on the patio?
Answering your question: YES we do enjoy this videos!! I have so much fun watching every video!
and OMG you were so right. That looks so much better!!!
Not a shit show at all Laura... this kind of garden stuff happens to all of us so it was nice to see you working it in real time. I agree... the little cactus should go out front... 👍
I think a pot of Echeveria ‘Hortencia’ would look fabulous in that green pot. Or, a big clump of Aloe castillionae, which I spied in your nursery visits which you never noticed. 😀
I think the crest should be in a nondescript pot, raised up, then the green pot goes back in low, with the above plant suggestions.
Definitely entertaining today! Love your reference to a ‘shit show!’ You’re just so human and makes me feel like I’m heading in the right direction with my plants and designs. Thank you for these videos. Can’t wait for tomorrow.
The crest makes such a great natural arch over that area that it looks like a dry stream bed. You could elaborate on that idea with more rubble & maybe some blue glass or fossils in there.
That green pot was too beautiful to bury! I like what you did
I love what you finally did!! It looks great !
The open space gives a nice view of the crest. But I think you need to emphasize the lift of the crest with a fire glass or strong contrast pebble to draw your eye through.
The line you've just made should be topped with fire glass to "fill" the hallow with glamorous lane.
I'm not a pro, but I think that space should shine.
Seems all you do is magic. Love it!!
Absolutely loved this video! We so relate to you & understand that you have crazy moments, like us. Thanks for keeping it real & inspiring us!
Hi Laura, thanks for another great video. Love your garden and all your succulents. Oh btw, at 7:14, I hope the terracotta pot was not too heavy. For heavy objects, please do not attempt to lift it by bending forward and in upright position, otherwise you may hurt your back. ( I was so worried you would hurt yourself). Do bend your knees to squat down to your load, keep it close to your body, and straighten your legs to lift it up. Hope I'm not being impolite to share this advice! If yes, please pardon my impertinence. :)
Oh my!!! I was thinking of commenting that she must have a strong back! I have a terrible back and cringe at the thought of hurting it again.
Ha! LOVE the sh*tshow of a video! Nice to know I'm not alone that chaos ensues. And I very much like the crest standing alone with the clean look under it -- looks 100%!
Yep. Great choices Laura. 😊
Looks Great! It show cases the crest!
I think you should just excavate the whole pot. Actually it is that beautiful pot that is competing with the crest.
Underplant the crest with more aeonium
Something YELLOW under the crest would look GREAT!
OMG! We are hoping your family in Southern CA is safe and on high country. 🙏 Peace ❤
Some color is needed on top of the creva, how about blue fire glass starting thinly at trunk of crest and fanning out down to the front wall, draws the eye up and away from the completion of the Talavera pot next door
in my opinion! The green pot highlights the crest because the crest is dark colored and contrast well behind the light green pot and towers over the pot! Looks good to me!
Looks great Laura! 💚💚💚
It would be so cool to put like a big amethyst , selenite, or quartz chunk under your Crest instead of another plant
I loved this hot mess. Made my day!
I loved both the video and the end result, I don't think it needs anything else and you've said that sometimes, when you don't know what to put in a space maybe another plant is not the answer so try a rock and this is the perfect example of that.
What’s fighting with the crest is the Talavera pot with the cactus to the right.
I love it! Yes, this is the process.
You're SO FUNNY. It looks better. Thanks for the laugh.
You made me LOL much better without pot! Good job.
100% love the cactus in front of crest
I think the smaller mermaid tail would look most excellent next to that crest. Making a sort of triple crest type center piece.
It seems that u have 3 large plants of the same size competing for attention, two of which r crests. I'm wondering if one plant was replaced by a big dark boulder.
Yes, I feel like the one in the pot to the right is competing. The crest should be the highest in that area. I love the other crest but it’s still competing. I love your process Laura.
This is one of my favorite videos, your humor and outloud thought process is similar to mine
Good call Greg! Read my mind😁
I like to watch your process. Changing coarse is all part of the creative process.
The crest reminds me of The Lone Cypress at Point Lobos. I think it would look better if it sat up on a higher mound maybe.
Love that you share your struggles with us. It’s refreshing to know that even professional don’t always get it right the first time. Keep the “shit show” videos coming 🌵
Escavate the whole pot. I love the green on green of the aloe in that pot, they go together. 😍
Much better! I think there is to much green in the green pot. Try a different plant in the green pot🙂
Okay Laura.....it's official..... You can't throw your sticks and tricks over the fence anymore! 😅😎😁🌵🌵🌵🌴🌴🌴
The cactus has too much texture when the crest is full of texture. I think if anything goes there it should be something with very large plain leaves. Like a baby blue glow agave. Or a very large simple leaved echeveria if that is an appropriate microclimate for something like that. Whatever it is I think needs to have very large petal like leaves with simple color like green or blue. But as I watch on I also like just the empty space with the crest making a bridge over to the tapestry.
Hi. The big lava rock is too tall and close to the crest. Suggest moving the rock forward. The empty space immediately blow the crest emphasizes the unique crescent crest structure
Maybe a little critter or broken piece of pottery under the crest would be nice. Just a little somethin' somethin' half hidden.
You are incredible. The crested aeonium looks so much better. You frequently mention creeva (totally spelled wrong). Could you talk about what it is and perhaps give the correct spelling.
LOL...Shit show! Love every bit...lol especially those parts.
Shit shows make life worth living IMHO! I have starred in quite a few of them myself.😂🤣😅
What if you put that cactus in the Susan Och pot you are needing a new plant for? The one with the dead cactus in it?
I think something with orange or rock would help bring pot colors out
Laura, at least it was just one little area….. I completely redone an entire walkway 🤷🏻♀️😂😂😂 gotta look right😍❤️🌵
My anxiety summed up in a video. We've all been there, change something in the garden regret it and 3 hours later you just give up and go lie down and question all your life choices that lead you here.
😂😂😂
Laura, what cactus is good to over winter in Colorado or should they be in a greenhouse?
Yep. Looks good. 🙂
In my opinion what bothers me of the Aloe dorotheae is the bright green pot with the Aeonium crest, not so much the Aloe tbh 🙃 I agree 100% with Greg, boy was that pot tall, even the Ferrocactus pot would be pretty burried like you had the green one, it has a pretty weathered look that I think matches the crest pretty good, much better than the bright shiny new look of the green ceramic 😋Oh my gosh, so much better with the cactus. I love to see all the tinkering that goes on after planting the whole garden. In the end maybe just a little rubble or some shells would be the better choice to let your precious crest shine 😉 That's the snarky designer in me talking 😂
Oh please pot the baby broken crest to plant in Hana's garden when she moves out 🤭
This placement is much better
You crack me up! I had to show my husband! I wish I had your strength and flexibility!! The way you grabbed the potted aloe and moved it out of the way. I also enjoy seeing your “tools”
I think you need a Talavera crab hiding under your crest.
Besides the Aloe looks great in that green pot
U lost a rosette when u pulled the piece that broke off behind the crest
This is real life👏👏👏