Garden Tour - Part 3

Today I am showing you the fourth garden on our garden tour.

If you missed the first two gardens you can see them here

and you can see the third garden here.

This was another yard that had no grass but was filled with

trees, shrubs and over 100 perennials.

The owners of this home moved in in the year 2000

and there was nothing in the yard.

They have created a beautiful oasis from scratch.

This was one of the neatest things I saw -

a mushroom water feature!

There were beautiful lilies blooming everywhere.

I loved what they did with this old piece of wood.

And the aroma from these climbing roses filled the yard with fragrance.

There was also a lovely water feature by the gazebo.

The cattails in the back are solar lights -

how cool is that :)

My daughter fell in love with all the color variations of lilies.

The mushrooms hiding in the barrel were a delightful surprise.

This natural looking birdhouse was wonderful.

We have a lot of wood in our yard so I think I will try making one.

And I loved the little accents in the pots by the front door.

Hope you enjoyed this fourth garden as much as we did!

~Finding the amazing in the simple~

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Garden Tour - Part 2

Today I am going to share with you some of the photos

I took from the third garden we toured on our garden tour.

If you missed the first two gardens you can go here to visit them.

This third garden was again completely different from the first two.

It was in an area of the city that has a lot of brand new construction.

The owners of this property took possession in 2009

and did all the landscaping and backyard construction themselves.

My favorite part of this whole garden was the greenhouse.

I would really, really like a new greenhouse

and this one was superb.

It had lots of shelves and the roof had opening vents.

I think I spent more time looking at the greenhouse

than I did at the actual gardens - lol.

One unique thing about this garden,

which I didn't take a picture of,

was the heavily mulched wide pathways.

This was also the only garden on the tour

that had a small garden area.

There were a lot of cleamtis' and they looked so pretty on this trellis.

There was also a bench by this trellis

making it a perfect spot for posing for pictures.

In their shady area they had wonderful hostas

that were blooming.

The front yard was beautiful, full of flowers with no grass in sight.

The front yard has full sun exposure

and contained many hardy perennials.

It also contained many native plants.

Aren't these hen & chicks unique?

The front garden also had a beautiful stone pathway

so you could walk through the garden.

Hope you enjoyed this third garden on our garden tour!

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Garden Rewards

We have had a lot of rain here,

so much so that it has been too wet to work in the garden.

However, the sun has finally come out

and that means time to garden.

I was very glad to see that things had grown besides the weeds.

I found a bloom nestled in our pumpkin plant.

And all the moisture has made the rhubarb very lush and red.

And the bean plants are just beginning to bloom.

Although my tomato plants were a little yellow at first

now they are dark green and have some nice size tomatoes on them.

A few tomatoes have some minor hail damage

but if that is the worst of it I am not going to complain.

The flowers in the cutting garden are also beginning to bloom.

The bright orange of the calendula is so cheery!

This is the first year that I have planted strawflowers.

I got a mix called "Brights"

and they are very bright and cheerful.

I have been told that they dry very well

so I am going to try that later in the season.

My dad had some extra plants so he gave some to me.

He says they are type of daisy.

And some of the roses are just beginning to bloom.

But what is the best of all is the freshly picked food for the dinner table!

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