You don't need to be an expert to transform your landscape!
In this series, follow along as the Goins family transforms several spots around their Connecticut home - including a backyard area, front and side garden beds, and entryway.
The Goins add color and life to their landscape, planting backyard fruit trees, a flowering front garden bed, a narrow foundation planting and large pots around their entryway.
See how they plan their garden beds, find the perfect trees and shrubs with FastGrowingTrees.com, and share tips for planting and care for fruit trees, flowering shrubs, evergreen trees and more!
Fertilizer and soil tips to help fruit trees thrive
Episode 2: Transforming a Front Garden Bed
Follow along as the Goins transforms a front garden bed into a beautiful, flowering focal point, with an assortment of tall grasses, flowering shrubs and evergreens.
What you'll learn:
How to lay out an attractive front garden bed
Where to place plants for the greatest impact
How to plant ornamental grasses and shrubs
Episode 3: Narrow Foundation Planting
Watch the Goins family plan and plant an empty, narrow strip along their foundation, turning it into a romantic garden bed with a European-countryside feel.
What you'll learn:
How to choose plants for a narrow garden bed
Where to place plants for the greatest impact
How to plant evergreen and flowering shrubs
Episode 4: Making an Entryway Statement
There’s no better place to make a landscape statement than right outside your front door!
In this video, watch as the Goins family adds life to two large, empty pots outside their home, with evergreen foliage, hanging vines and bright spring blooms.
Follow along as they use the FGT Yard Planner™ to find the perfect plants, and place them outside their door for a welcoming entryway!
What you'll learn:
How to add color, volume and height to entryway pots
How to container-plant evergreens and vines
Episode 5:Checking on Our New Gardens
The best part about transforming your landscape? Enjoying your new outdoor spaces!
In the final video of our Landscape Planting for Beginners series, the Goins check in on their newly planted trees and shrubs. They find some new growth on their fruit trees and bushes, and even spot some blueberries!
Plus, they share tips on how to keep their new plants happy and healthy.
What you'll learn:
How to monitor new plants in your landscape and keep them happy and healthy
Written by
Abby Healy
Abby is an avid plant lover and the Director of Content at FastGrowingTrees.com. She grew up in Maine, graduated from Davidson College, and now resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and two dogs. Her previous roles include leading content teams at Red Ventures, a large digital media company, and launching the content and marketing functions at an ecommerce analytics start-up.
While her indoor plant collection is always growing, she also loves landscaping tips and learning more about plant care and maintenance. Her favorite plants are Japanese maples, roses of all kinds, and unique house plants.
