10 simple ideas for cluttered corners and neglected garden spaces

Thank you for these two videos they were just what I needed as I look out at the snow in my back year. I am in Ottawa Canada and it is the time of year where I start thinking of revamping my garden. I just ordered the Rewilding you have suggested. Good to see you again.

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Thanks for these ideas! I think I'll try the sculpture idea.

This lady's voice is so calming, think I'll plant something just to hear it again!

These before and after clips are so satisfying, gotta try the astilbe now.

The chicken wire cage is genius, maybe I can finally keep the kids out of there!

I also tried designedbyai and got brilliant interior ideas for cheap.

Not bad for a 10 min video, my attention span is a gnat.

All these fancy gardeners with their topiaries , around here we call them bush balls.

Thanks for the inspo, now to figure out what zone I'm in...

Finally some ideas for that ugly dirt patch.

Great tips for sprucing up neglected spots!

Love you. 💕

So true about bare earth. "Nature abhors a vacuum."

Love the work stumpery!!!

I love that you give us so much useful information in a short video. Thank you!

Splendid😊 love the content ❤

Thank you! This was a great video for me - as I’m also starting to redo & clean up a couple of areas in my own garden!!

I love your content!

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Lovely video. Perhaps needs more doggy in it. :)

lots of great ideas thank you, I have a few untidy corners that need some care and attention

I relish your videos Alexandra, always inspiring and full of cheer, and immensely informative. Thank you.

So many good ideas Alexandra😀👌🏼

Great video and such helpful,practical advice. The seating areas look so inviting and I can imagine you enjoy them very much. Thanks for inspiration.

Thank you Alexandra ❤
Very interesting video

Thank you for the helpful ideas. Now’s the time to start imagining how to improve the garden since before we know it the time to get busy and dirty will be upon us!

Absolutely lovely....🌷🌹🌺🌹🌷 That Moorish arch is spectacular.

Beautiful garden - from all angles! Even the clutter was pretty gardening clutter :)

The only thing I like better than the word “stumpery” is a real, live stumpery! This is especially inspiring today because I have a few stumps sitting around that I need to do something artistic with.
Thank you, as always, for the inspiration!

Changing things around is one of my favorite garden activities. It's great to find a new use for old 'stuff'. Large pieces of broken flower pots or roof tiles can be sunk into a slope to create planting pockets as well. This can also prevent erosion. I'm a big fan of your retro-fit potager! The sundial just elevated the entire area. I also noticed that first table says 'Singer' on the base, so I assume you painted an old sewing machine table white, and repurposed it. Awesome!

So many exciting ideas! Love the destination seating and the stumpery for slopes.

Do you have a source that we can acquire interesting stumps from? I’ve a few interesting branches from my own old trees and some foraged from a nearby wood, but I don’t really know where I could get a really fascinating gnarly stump from ?!! Can you buy them anywhere? You can’t really lever one out from a wood, I would’ve thought that was either impractical, illegal or both!! 🥴

Thanks for all the great ideas. I do have a couple of areas that need a revamp and you’ve given me some excellent ideas..

Good to see you. Winter is getting long.

Thank you.

Ooh I should check out The Book of Wilding, that looks like a neat read.

Oh, this video was exactly what I needed today. It made me feel so much better because we've had such a dreary winter. I'd much rather have snow than the rain. Thank you so much!

We love your videos, so informative! I especially like the time stamps to go and check out a certain area of the video or a specific plant 😊

My very large Elder Tree which l love, with it's textural bark and architecture, got insects inside and limbs were beginning to sound Hollow. So l had a tree man come and cut the branches off leaving stumps about 6', each one varying slightly. Now the risk of it hitting the Conservatory was taken away, l shall use the large stumps left as a bird feeding station. The logs will be used to make Stumperies in an area that lacks interest. The twigs and bits l cannot use will be burnt and turned into Potash. Total saving about £50/£60 that it would have cost to take away logs and debris. So glad this task was completed just two weeks ago. Thank you for this video Alexandra, it got me thinking about other areas l could revamp 🧑‍🌾🐿️🦋🤗

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Thanks for the great ideas. We've been tending to our cluttered corners fall as we had unusually warm temperatures last fall. We still have some work to do and will look at incorporating some of your ideas.

Thank you for these great ideas. I have a small shady garden that would probably work well with a stumpery of sorts. I did also wonder if I might donate the space to a horticultural or deisgn student that needs somewhere to practice their designs. Do you think that it would be feasible? Do you have any advice about how to find such a person? I would really welcome your advice.

You havea semi classical garden why bring in tat .Twisted metal belongs in scrap

No forget wild .Potage best idea with dial in middle.Most attractive and totally right for your size of garden

Such great ideas! Thanks so much, I really enjoy your videos!

Could not have loved or "needed" this anymore 💙 ( I don't winter well) I could have watched for hours ! Think I will go back and spend some time in the old videos 😊 Perfect time to rethink some areas ! Thank you and many blessings 💙💙💙

I always think that only I have cluttered corners 😉 so nice to see that I'm not the only one 😂🤣 Thank you very much for sharing 👍

Always nice seeing you Alexandra! I just love your cozy little corner