Ready to get your hands a little dirty? Landscape designer Sara Bendrick walks you through eight stylish landscapes in this beginner’s garden design class.
Class Sessions
Outdoor Container Gardens
12:43
Use a plain terra cotta pot to make your own container garden! Sara paints the pot with a moss and buttermilk mixture. Then she fills it with a bouquet of annuals using her planting rule of thumb: height, color, and spill. Have some broken pots around? Turn it into a charming fairy garden in just a few simple steps.
Indoor Container Gardens
15:21
Repurpose found objects into planters! Sara shows you how, using a small chest, teapot and an antique bucket. Learn to create drainage holes, then fill with gravel and soil. As a bonus, find out how to create a two-minute terrarium!
Succulent Living Wall
10:54
Vertical gardens are all the rage. Learn step by step how to fill a shadow box with supports, soil and succulents, then add an antique frame for an artistic touch. Plus, get tips for turning a shipping pallet into a vertical planter that's ready to fill with herbs and lettuce.
Half-Priced Garden
13:14
Populating perennials can get expensive. But flowering plants such as irises, day lilies and hostas love to be divided! With the right skills and a sharp knife or saw, you can turn one overgrown plant into three. Sara also reveals her five must-have garden tools.
Raised Bed Vegetable Garden
9:00
Nothing's more rewarding than harvesting fresh produce from your own garden. Learn how to make hexagonal raised garden beds and combine them into a honeycomb pattern or stack for tomatoes and other deep-rooted plants. Then, Sarah teaches you how to start seeds without buying pricy kits.
Outdoor Living Room
9:04
Bring the outside in! Sara guides you to build a chic outdoor living room using pre-cut lumber and screws; no cutting required! See how to construct, paint, and finish a moveable cube, complete with curtains. Then decorate it with easy knotted-rope planters.
Xeriscape
10:47
Live in a dry climate or don't have irrigation? Sara's got you covered with a xeriscape for drought-tolerant plants such as yucca, aloe vera, sedum, succulents and more. Prep the soil, plant, and finish with a decorative rock. For a moment of zen, build a tiny indoor rock garden with Sara's pro tips.
Kitchen Garden
9:35
Sara shows you how to build a charming kitchen garden complete with dwarf hedges, paths, and focal flowers. No room outdoors? Build a windowsill herb garden in mason jars instead.
Your Instructor
Sara Bendrick
Sara Bendrick is a San Diego-based landscape designer with a passion for art and nature. She's also host of the DIY Network series "I Hate My Yard." Sara earned her bachelor of science degree in landscape architecture from California Polytechnic State University. She honed her residential design skills by working for a local design firm before starting her own business.
Bonus Material
DIY Weekend Gardens - Class Materials
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