Flowers for the Garden

After puttering in the garden

and getting it cleaned out

we decided to do some planting.

So we headed off to Lowe’s

to find the perfect flowers

for my daughter’s garden.

We found these beautiful Clematis plants.

My daughter loves the look of the tree stump

and wants the plants to grow up around it.

Hubby and daughter got some

father daughter time as they

transplanted the plants.

We also found this beautiful Begonia.

And a few Hydrangea pots.

Then we planted Sweet Peas to grow up the trellis.

I can’t wait to see them in bloom!

~*~

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Hollyhocks

 

 

Ever since my daughter was young she loved hollyhocks.

 

 

Every year she would faithfully collect hollyhock seeds

and diligently plant them around our yard, 



 

only to have them mowed,

weed whipped

or sprayed

down.

 

However, after years of perseverance

her hardwork and diligence paid off

 

and we are now enjoying this beautiful

garden of hollyhocks.

 

 



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Floral Simplicity

Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. 

They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.

~Jim Carrey~

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Cutting Flower Basket

After our garden tour we had a presentation on

how to plan and grow a cutting garden.

This is something I had wanted to do for years

and this year I finally have my first one!

One of the recommendations was when going out

in the early morning or evening to collect your flowers

you should cut them and put them directly into cold water.

Now this makes perfect sense,

why didn't I think of it before?

So out I went with my ice cream bucket with some cold water in the bottom.

Unfortunatly, it just didn't work very well

as I had flowers with short stems and long stems.

I needed a better system.

So I went through my pantry and found this old basket.

It is sturdy with a good handle and a good size as well.

I then took three different sizes of canning jars.

The tall one for long stemmed flowers,

the medium for medium stemmed,

and the small for the short stemmed flowers.

There was also enough room for a pair of my gardening gloves

and a sharp knife, which was another recommendation.

She said, "no dull kitchen scissor." - lol.

I added an inch or two of water into each jar

and went to the garden to collect some flowers.

It worked amazingly well.

It was so easy to just put the flowers in the jars,

it looked pretty while you were collecting,

and it was so easy to carry around as I moved

from one section of flowers to the next.

I love it!!

I made three arrangements from this batch of flowers I collected

and when I was done I just set the basket in my back porch,

ready for the next day - and it looks cute sitting there as well :)

I am just so thrilled with this little basket!

It makes cutting and collecting flowers a breeze.

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The Forgotten Garden

Do you have a corner of your garden

that tends to get neglected?

I have a little nook in the corner of our house

that seems to get forgotten about every single year.

It has potential so I said to myself

that this would be the year it would not be neglected.

So I went out and cleaned out all the weeds.

As you can see the one section wasn't left with much greenery.

I dumped in bags of good black earth and compost.

And gave this little garden a name.

Once something has a name it suddenly isn't forgotten anymore :)

Once I started talking about what I wanted to do with this little space

everyone got in on helping create it.

The little elf I found at an estate sale.

This mushroom I made way back when

when I was still in Junior High School.

My mom had kept it all these years

and when she heard about the garden

she thought that is where it belonged.

The cute little frog is a sprinkler

that my son gave to me many years ago for Mother's Day.

This little house I found at a thrift store.

I love the little butterflies dangling from the roof.

And this little fairy my daughter donated from her room.

The Tiger Lilies are just beginning to bloom

adding some vibrant color to this little corner.

I also added some African Daisies

hoping they will add some more color

as the summer progresses.

And this pretty pink Baby's Breath.

Even though my little garden is called the Forgotten Garden

it is no longer forgotten.

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Spring Pinks

We have a shrub in the front corner of our house.

I don't know what it is called

and for most of the year it is just

plain and bushy and kind of ugly looking.

However, for a few short glorious weeks in early spring

it covers itself in these beautiful

pale pink flowers.

They are so delicate and add a beautiful pop of color

to the otherwise still drab outdoors.

So this week I thought I would do a tablescape

featuring my favorite spring pinks

before they are all gone.

I found these pink napkins at Goodwill

and the napkin rings came from e-bay.

These are my favorite spring dishes

which I found on clearance at Stokes last year.

Along with matching mugs.

I love the delicate flowers on the wine glasses.

These came with a set of dishes

that we purchased many years ago.

This flower dish was an impulse by :)

from Stokes this past week.

And the pretty little candle inside came from Dollarama.

Light and delicate and fresh.

I love the pinks of spring!

 

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