Happy Monday! It’s my favorite day of the month, when I join my flower friends for Monday Morning Blooms. You can find my friends’ links to their floral inspiration at the bottom of this post. We’re excited to welcome Jain, from a quiet life, who is joining us as a guest ‘Bloomer’ today! If you…
Happy Wednesday! Peonies have been blooming for a couple of weeks and I cut some blooms for some Ball Jar Bouquets to celebrate the short but sweet season! I always eagerly await peony season which is usually early to mid-May in our zone 7b garden, in North Carolina. Peonies like the cold winters in USDA…
Happy Monday! It’s my favorite day of the week, when I join my blogging friends for some flower therapy and Monday Morning Blooms! You can find my flowers friends’ links and more floral inspiration at the bottom of this post. We’re using watering cans as vases for our flowers as our common theme for this…
Happy Wednesday! Join me for a little stroll to see what’s in bloom around the Potting Shed. . . I have some flowers that would like to meet you! Warning: Photo heavy post ahead, so grab a drink and get comfy! An Amethyst Falls American Wisteria vine planted a couple of years ago is reaching…
Happy Thursday! Is it gardening season in your neck of the woods? I’ve been biding my time until the threat of frost passed with with some puttering and playing on my new Potting Bench. My hubby recently built a potting bench for me, using old barn wood and reclaimed porch columns. It will be a…
Hello and Happy April! Is it ‘spring-y’ in your neck of the woods? Mother Nature is a little behind schedule in the spring-weather-department in North Carolina compared to previous years. March roared out like lion instead of like a gentle little lamb, ending the month with thunderstorms, gusty winds and heavy downpours. Bridal Wreath Spirea…
Enjoy the beauty of Spring in Bloom at The Butchart Gardens located near Victoria, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. One of the world’s premier “not-to-be-missed” floral show gardens with over a million bedding plants. Happy Sunday! We’re springing forward with the arrival of Daylight Saving Time, but falling back to winter with a freezing 20…
How about some flower therapy on a cold gray or snowy day? I’m sharing a look back at how I puttered, played and planted around the Potting Shed this past year, but first a ‘thank you’ for all your visits and comments in 2021! I’m still surprised and humbled you find the time to visit…
Happy Monday! Instead of Christmas in July, I’m having some rib-tickling Halloween in July fun with some gardening help from the skeleton crew! Long time readers know I love Halloween but if Halloween isn’t your cup of tea, I apologize in advance. <|;>) Rod and Rowena are the skeleton crew at Hawthorne Gardens. They…
Upcycle an Amazon Prime Envelope and create an arrangement buzzing with blooms in honor of National Pollinator Week. Happy Thursday and National Pollinator Week! Long time readers know that I love all things *bee* and that includes those that buzz and bumble around the garden! “The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.”…