(eager music) >>Meadows are not only beautiful but functional for the environment.

But just what if you don't have the sunny location for all of the wildflowers and grasses that you have grown to love?

Well, consider doing a shade planting where you can have a meadow feel.

Using a mix of different Carexes and shade-loving wildflowers, you can create a meadow effect in a woodland garden.

So today I'm going to be planting this small section of my garden with different Carex and our native bleeding heart.

Now, remember, all of these are shade and part shade-loving plants, so you can create that meadow effect using shade plants.

I'm going to start here with this Carex, planting this along the border.

And I do have, which I forgot to mention, some blue-eyed grass here, which is a nice little grassy-looking plant.

Beautiful blue flowers.

But this Carex, going to get this in the ground.

Now, if we are having this dry weather, I suggest just pre watering the section that you're going to be planting, makes it a lot easier to get things in the ground.

And I think the plants will be a lot happier too.

So I've got this out of the pot, got my hole pretty well dug here.

I'm going to make sure that the roots are loose because you don't want them to continue to grow into a circular pattern.

And they'll actually grow out into the existing soil.

And we'll get this in, and just remember, when planting container plants, try to get it about the same level as it is in the container.

So your soil level will be about the same level.

We'll get this tucked in here.

I'm going to give it a little push.

And... it's in this new home.

I can move along with a different plant here.

This is the bleeding heart.

Beautiful blue-green foliage.

Pink heart-shaped blooms.

And I hope it'll be very happy in this spot.

Get this hole dug.

See, pre-watering the soil actually made this a lot easier.

(bird chirping) And again, we'll get it out of its container.

Roots are not too badly entangled, but I'm going to just loosen this up a little bit.

And then let's see if I can get this in its spot.

Again, checking ground level.

This one is a little high, but I think it will be okay.

We'll press that in.

And then this will be a good start to this woodland meadow garden.

Further along this trail, I have lined it with mushroom-infused logs, and I want to use a mix of different wildflowers to add to that too, along with some ferns.

So further down, there's going to be some ferns, and again, the blue-eyed grass to add to this garden.

So if you like meadows but you don't have a sunny location, just choose some native wildflowers that like shady locations and add in some grass-type plants.

So I hope everybody would get their hands dirty and get out and plant your woodland meadow.