Video - My top 40 Garden Photos

Thank you to all my viewers. This week I reached the 500 subscriber milestone. Over the last 16 years of designing gardens I have taken over 5,000 photos. Here are my 40 best ones. Which on do you like best? Let me know in the comment section.

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Video - Doug's Top 10 Succulents

Here is the ultimate in drought tolerant, low maintenance plants. These 10 succulents compliment each other beautifully and can be used to create a wonderful garden.

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Video - Follow up on a Helping a Sick Orange Tree

2 months ago I did a video on helping a sick orange tree. Here is the follow up to show you how GroPower help restore vigor to this tree.

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Photo - Bee on Milkweed (Asclepias)

Asclepias (Milkweed) is great for attracting bees and butterflies.

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Photo - Monarch Butterfly Coming in for a Landing

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Video - The Magic of Milkweed

Are you looking for a simple way to celebrate Earth Day? Plant some Milkweed. 3 months ago I planted two and now they are full of bees, butterflies and caterpillars. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Bees on a Sunflower

Bees are incredibly important to our environment and food supply. Here are some happy bees rocking out to flowers in my neighborhood.

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Video - Bees in Spring

Bees are incredibly important to our environment and food supply. Here are some happy bees rocking out to flowers in my neighborhood.

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Photo - Rosemary

Rosemary has many uses in the garden.  My wife loves to use it for cooking as you can see in the below video.

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Video - How to make really easy rosemary chicken

My wife is a great cook and when time is tight she will just grab some chicken and herbs from our garden for something easy.

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Video - Doug's Top 10 Plants for Shady Gardens

One of the most common questions I get from clients is, "What can I plant in that shady spot of my garden?" Here are top 10 favorite plants for shade gardens.

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Video - Take a big dump....of rocks

Here comes 10 tons of 3/4" Arizona Cobble rock mulch. This delivery is coming to an upscale front yard in Scripps Ranch part of San Diego, so squeezing the massive truck in between the Mercedes and the Tesla is a job for the professionals at Southwest Boulder & Stone. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Country Manor Keystone Retaining Wall

To see how this wall was built, click on the video below.

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Taken at a client's garden in La Mesa

 

Video - How to build a short keystone wall

Lots of landscaping problems can be solved by short keystone walls. Retaining walls, raised vegetable beds, seating walls and much more. This video will show how to build a short (under 3 foot tall) keystone wall.

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Video - A hummingbird enjoying my succulents

My little rescue nursery has several succulents waiting to go to a client's garden. Today a little hummingbird discovered the aloe flowers.

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Video - How pesticides almost robbed me of my children

Here is the story of our devastating heartbreak, joyous triumph and the rose garden in the middle of all of it.

Photo - Monarch Caterpillar Eating Milkweed

Milkweed is a tremendous plant for attracting butterflies.  Here's a Monarch caterpillar getting nice and fat on my milkweed.

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Video - Doug's Top 10 Plants for Butterfly Gardens

Want more butterflies in your garden? Here's Doug's Top 10 plants for Butterfly Gardens.

Video - Hummingbirds and bees love this 15 foot tall flower

The glorious Octopus Agave (Agave vilmoriniana) only flowers once in its life, but what a flower! Rising over 15 feet tall and lasting 6 months, this flower is a great source of food for bees and hummingbirds.

Video - A Little Rose Called Love

Once upon a time, love came in to my life along with a little hybrid tea rose called 'Love'. Here is that story.

Video - 400 Subs!

Here are some ideas for an organic rose garden