Bring the garden to the table and enjoy summer alfresco dining with watering cans as vases for garden blooms. A quilt provides a charming tablecloth for a garden-inspired table and casual dining with the birds, butterflies and bees. Happy June! It’s one of my favorite days of the month, when I join my blogging friends…
Happy Wednesday! Grab a cuppa and join me for a stroll around the Potting Shed to see what’s in bloom and buzzing with bees! This is where I spend my mornings. . . watering, weeding and deadheading. I’ve always loved the heart-shaped foliage of caladiums. I used a combination of red and green to fill…
Think outside the vase and upcycle a vintage honey can as a vase for garden flowers. Post includes includes flower arrangement longevity tips and additional floral inspiration. Happy Monday! The garden has burst into bloom and is buzzing with bees! And I’m joining my blogging friends to share some floral inspiration and Monday Morning Blooms!…
Happy National Pollinator Week! In celebration, I gathered some bee favorites for a little tabletop vignette the Potting Shed! From Pollinator.org: National Pollinator Week is a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what you can do to protect them. Pollinator populations are changing. Many pollinator populations are in decline attributed to a loss…
I’m in the Potting Shed, enjoying the peonies ‘last hurrah’ along with roses that are blooming! And as it’s the first Friday of the month, I’m joining my blogging friends for Floral Friday. You’ll find their links for more floral inspiration and flower therapy at the bottom of this post! I cut the last peonies…
How’s your garden growing? It seems to be feast or famine with Mother Nature in the rain department. The last couple of years we’ve fluctuated from moderate to severe drought conditions resulting in low lake levels. This year, the lake is at full pond and rising from a very wet spring and more rain in…
Happy Friday! I put together a quick and easy garden arrangement with flowers and greenery from the garden for a little flower therapy. Endless Summer Hydrangeas are thriving and loving the abundance of rainfall we’ve gotten recently. . . Butterfly Bush is blooming with pink plumes and butterflies. . . And the soft, silvery stalks…
Think outside the vase when it comes to arranging flowers. A vintage tea kettle can make a charming container to fill with garden flowers. Happy Mother’s Day! I picked some flowers for a garden bouquet in celebration! I’m enjoying the peonies last hurrah until next year. . . *sniff* A vintage enamel tea kettle with a…
Happy Wednesday! It’s always a happy day for me when the peonies burst into bloom and I couldn’t resist gathering some flowers for a garden bouquet in celebration! I have a handy tip and hack to share that makes flower arranging a breeze and a way to recycle too. . . put those plastic netting bags…
I’m back as promised with the reveal of my new perennial bed by the Potting Shed, planted over Memorial Day weekend. It was a labor of love, with my hubby laboring to dig 40+ holes! We added pea gravel paths and flagstones here to define the mulched areas and create an island bed to plant. Plants auditioned…