Happy Saturday! Today I’m sharing a
little on my garden, which I know for some of you may be a little bit of a
snooze fest, but, believe me, the outcome will be enjoyed by most of you, haha!
Beautiful garden flowers brought into
the house create simple impromptu arrangements. I spent so much money last
year on flowers every time I went to Trader Joe’s, that the practical side of
me got to thinking, “why not plant more hydrangeas and roses in my own garden?”
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| Hydrangeas from the garden in a cane wrapped vase |
Wouldn’t it be just fabulous to go out
into the garden and just cut a few pretty blooms to bring into the house?
Well, it just so happens that last
fall we had to replace a large stretch of our back yard fence, which meant
tearing out tons of overgrown and weedy honeysuckle vines and other meaningless
plants.
We now had a blank canvas of prime
garden space that instantly became sunnier with the removal of all those
invasive vines. I knew I wanted to plant roses, herbs and another small lemon tree
as the focal point of the space.
I helped design this curved garden gate with a custom wrought iron peeping window and interesting round black iron handle. The iron window piece is a vintage little goody that I found at the Tustin Flea Market months earlier.
The paint I used was a hodgepodge of leftover blue paint from Farrow & Ball, a lime wash that I was experimenting with and then a little accent of wisteria paint for good measure!
The color scheme, like the rest of my
garden became purple, blue, pink and white with a little yellow accent from the
lemons when they’re fruiting.
This is one of my favorite ornaments
in the garden, a dainty little lady embellished with a seashell necklace, all
found while thrifting, of course! She's surrounded by white begonias and succulents.
Tons of foxgloves were necessary for that
cottage look I had in mind. They’re so cute and do make fun cut flowers too!
Here’s a simple little arrangement I
made for my friend Heather. All I used was a variety of roses in that simple
color palette of white, pinks and purple.
In fact the purple rose is one of my
favorites. It’s a Downton Abbey rose, of all things! And this one’s named “Violet’s Pride” after Maggie Smith’s hilarious character.
All the roses I planted were old-fashioned
English garden roses, and most of them have that cabbage rose look, that I
absolutely love!
These roses are just starting to bloom
and will open up to that full cabbage look that’s so charming.
So yesterday morning when I woke up, I
went out to the garden for a look and ended up cutting these pink Gertrude Jekyll
roses and some more of the violet ones for a simple little arrangement in the breakfast room.
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| Dugan |
ciao! fabiana
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