How I Built My Conifer Garden — Raised Bed, Brick Wall & Dwarf Conifers

Описание: In this video I take you through the complete transformation of a corner of my garden into a dedicated conifer bed. Over the past year I've raised and mounded the soil to about half a metre high across roughly 20 square metres, built a hand-laid brick wall around the semi-circular bed, sourced and planted around 10–12 varieties of dwarf and slow-growing conifers, and created a shaded mini-woodland corner complete with bird boxes and shade-loving perennials.

The bricks came from my neighbour's wall — I took it down myself, brick by brick, chiselling off the old mortar by hand. The soil came from digging out the adjacent rhododendron bed. The conifers I tracked down by visiting nurseries across the south of Sweden throughout the previous year.

I also cover how the conifer bed connects stylistically with my gravel garden next door — using stone boulders, creeping junipers, and grasses to create a visual thread between the two areas.

In this video:
✅ How I planned and built the raised bed and mound
✅ Laying the recycled brick wall step by step
✅ A tour of all 14 dwarf conifer varieties
✅ The woodland corner — shade plants, logs & bird boxes
✅ Climbing hydrangeas along the back fence
✅ How it connects to the adjacent gravel garden

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OTHER VIDEOS YOU MIGHT ENJOY:
▶ My Rhododendron Bed —    • Creating a rhododendron bed  
▶ Building Birdhouses —    • Building birdhouses | Early February  
▶ A Quick Tour of the Garden —    • A quick tour of the garden | New Year’s Eve  

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Gardening on the Edge refers to the thin strip of land on the southwest coast of Sweden where the climate is mild and wet. Just a few miles wide, is it rated as a USDA growing zone 7, while the inland (and highland) of southern Sweden is rated a 5.

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