Landscape Design Tips for Reducing Weeds 🌱 Less time weeding & maintaining your yard through design

Looking for landscape design tips for reducing weeds in your yard? Whether you have a new landscape or an old one: If you plan your design with weed prevention in mind, it will reduce your overall maintenance and weeding time into the future.
Learn to identify the weed species in your yard, how understanding the purpose of weeds can help you prevent them, and DIY garden design tricks for brainstorming and planning weed prevention ideas… And even more controversial: a few reasons why not all weeds are bad. I hope this video helps you save time managing weeds in your garden project!

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[gardenprojectacademy]

I HAVE EXCITING NEWS!
🪴Design-Your-Own Landscape Layout ONLINE COURSE 🪴is now OPEN for enrollment!
For do-it-yourselfers who want to create their own landscape design, but just need a little extra guidance.

I’ll walk you through the design process, step by step, so you can create a practical, hand-drawn "layout plan" (a landscape design plan that shows the layout of the finished design).

Learn more and sign up, here!

[kurtwostyn]

If you are new to youtube, it definitely comes naturally to you. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Belgium.

[KateEileen]

I use permaculture principles for garden / yard design and native plants as much as possible and don’t worry too much about weeds unless they are super invasive and disrupting the ecosystem (or are really unsightly). I don’t use poisons at all, ever - I pull, mulch over, integrate or - when possible - find something useful to do with them (eat them, compost them, feed them to the chickens, etc.). Sure, it’s more work but we are rewarded with a very healthy and diverse ecosystem and an abundance of birds and pollinators. Definitely worth it!

[lynnhettrick]

I don't mind weeding. I used to use it as a stress reliever while listening to music. But now my body complains after a bit. lol

[melenelewis]

I have watched two of your videos now and I just have to say videos provide the Most helpful and practical information on gardening and design that I have ever come across ...on tube, in books(including John brooks garden design) and even the courses on garden design, tech drawing, and garden maintenance, that I paid a fortune to attend and pass exams for. You have a fabulous approach to the subject and you deserve recognition as an excellent teacher. ( Fyi ....I am 68 yrs old and am known by many for not easily giving praise, unless it is very well deserved!) May all your endeavours meet with success.

[galleta_]

I have always enjoyed the dandelions that grew in the lawn, not knowing they were a 'weed' then found that they have a medicinal history. Story goes that for selling weed killing products, dandelions were deemed a weed and to be eradicated. While I wasn't a fan of yellow flowers, for reasons I have no idea, seeing these pop up in the lawn made me smile and to find out their history was fascinating. I love your videos. To the point, super interesting and food for the soul.

[playinthedirt]

Your videos are so informative! Great advice to always keep the soil covered. Something I wish I had known earlier in my gardening journey.

[sallysparrow]

You are amazing! I have completed a couple of your courses and they are so inspirational! Thank you for taking time to share your knowledge and experience with us.

[emmyhusfloen]

I leave open spaces without mulch for nesting bees. and try to use ground covers as much as possible, pine needles collected from my in-laws pine trees have served me well too.

[tricia]

Thank you so much for putting out such great content! I wish basic horticultural topics were covered in high school biology for kids, such as how to grow their own food and weed management. All of them eat and a large percentage will one day own a home and have a yard. I know it's getting better, but a lot of kids didn't have this info. being passed down to them through the generations anymore. Thank you for helping all of us :)

[kinilas]

I've recently started a design business because I am the only landscaper in my area with a specialization in native plants and habitats. I have a mentor who has taught me a lot, but I wanted to thank you for your videos as they have really helped me in figuring out my design process. Your videos have brought up topics I never would have thought about, just last week I was using ideas I got from your video on small space privacy screens.
Just wanted to say that I really appreciate your channel

[DisemboweledDragon]

Appreciate this video and the other resources. In the process of buying a home and thinking about having to mow the giant lawn was starting to give me heart palpitations!

[Melissa-gndv]

I am more willing to weed since I have been feeding the weeds to my chickens.
Love your videos and the examples you show which are more natural looking than on other channels. I live in the country. I don't want "housing plan" type landscaping.

[gingerdorrity]

We live in rural north Idaho. Within an area that is about an acre, on the NW side, we want to create what I'm calling "mini meadows". We have wild roses, yarrow, and some of those tall grasses that grow in clumps. I plan to go around the space before we begin to mow, and find a way to mark where they are. Using hoses, edging material, etc., we'll add rings that encompass one or more of these in each area. That will help me decide where the mini meadows will end up. Standing on the porch and looking down will help give us a way to view it from "above". We hope to leave room to mow a path between them, and within each mini meadow, we can add other wild flowers to each space, starting with what is already growing on our land. We have tons of wildlife. Deer especially, so starting with what they normally leave alone is a great plan. Any ideas on whether this may or may not work? Yes, we have a lot of snow, (more than most) are not near water, and have high winds. Thanks.

[DianeMorissette]

I am a garden coach and in the Master Gardener program and what you are sharing is absolutely right on! Thank you!!

[hellie_el]

another super informative and useful video. and charming to boot!

[SuperRoboats]

Weeding is so much easier and more enjoyable when you have been adding mulch/ building the soil from above without digging.

[katherinemaddox]

Love your videos! I just moved and some of the garden is overgrown with bindweed. I need to pull it and add mulch, but what do you think about putting down a layer of cardboard as well? Joining your waitlist!

[jackiea]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge-I appreciate your communication style and am so glad your venture on YouTube has been successful for you so far :)

A mulch video would be most welcome. And more info on favorite tools and what weeds you use them on. I always feel like I’m using tools in the wrong weeds and/or not using it correctly ha.

[Alex.i]

Would appreciate a video on tools to help removing weeds, since you mentioned in the video that the options are "limitless" :) Perhaps even a categorization on which tools is best on which type of patios: pavers, bricks, tiles and so on. Thank you!