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Sunday, June 27, 2010

It's the little touches in a garden that mean so much!

I'm a huge "gardening" fan and recently attended the Warkworth Garden Show.  We visited 7 lovely gardens and each one had it's charm.  But it's the little touches that gardeners place emphasis on, that really attract my attention.
Here are a few cute ideas that captured my attention!
I love reusing nature...check our these 3 stump planters!  I'm going to put some of these in my garden!
I also think the flowers planted in these boots placed conveniently beside this adorable rocker is really sweet as well.
Reduce, reuse, and recycle..finding another place for flowers!
 Or keeping a good part of this damaged tree as a place for birdhouses!
Or using found driftwood to give height to a "three" grouping of planters!
Or planting a picture instead of painting one!
 Or using clear netting draped over a lovely old chair that now has a new use for a climbing vine
 Or getting some height to a lovely urn by turning over another pot and painting it the same color
How about bring the "indoors" out by adding cool mirrors....reflecting the beauty of your garden!
Or creating a wonderful planter just from some "found" driftwood! 
There really were some wonderful tips in the gardens I went to visit and I just couldn't wait to share them with you!
Have a great week and happy quilting,
Lorraine at the Rabbit Factory

29 comments:

  1. Those are some great ideas. I can see now what I can do with the tree stump in the front yard. Great pics.

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  2. Love the tree stump idea...I have two out back that i can use where the roots from the tree that came down are still too hard to plant near....thanks

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  3. oh i love what you've done with flowers, simple and amazing.......my dream is to someday have a huge greenhouse in my back yard, your making me want that even more....

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  4. Love it all! I love using things like this in my yard. I have antique wheelbarrows, an old radio flyer wagon, old watering cans planted with flowers. It makes container flower gardening even more fun. :) Thanks for sharing your beautiful pics.

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  5. great ideas for the garden. I am going to get my husband to do that with some of the stumps we have.

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  6. That's great. I hate doing the work but I love gardens. You've shown us some pretty neat ideas there. Love the planters out of tree stumps and the driftwood (we live just blocks from the ocean so have access to lots of it)

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  7. Beautiful Garden. We have a Warkworth in New Zealand. We often use Punga Tree logs as planters, these can also be carved which look great.
    Love your quilts
    Pinewood

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  8. Wow great ideas!
    thanks for sharing them............

    Happy Sewing

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  9. 愛情是一種發明,需要不斷改良。只是,這種發明和其他發明不一樣,它沒有專利權,隨時會被人搶走。.................................................................

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  10. Hi Lorraine
    The garden photos are beautiful, I just loved the plants in the old stumps. What a great idea.

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  11. 一個人的際遇在第一次總是最深刻的,有時候甚至會讓人的心變成永遠的絕緣。......................................................................

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  12. I love the idea of the tree stump flower container.
    Thanks for sharing all those beautiful ideas.

    Maria

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