Whimsey in the Garden – Fine Gardening

Hello GPODers!

Whereas vegetation are our bread and butter right here at High-quality Gardening, everyone knows that backyard design entails a lot extra than simply nice vegetation. Hardscaping like paths and patios, buildings like arbors, arches, and gazebos all convey persona and assist tie a design collectively. Although normally on a smaller scale, backyard artwork is  the extra taste that may flip an awesome backyard into actually particular area.

This artwork appreciation submit was sparked by a really enjoyable and fabulously distinctive submission from Diane Jaeger, showcasing an unbelievable, up-cycled piece of backyard artwork that brings a lot whimsy and persona to her already attractive backyard (to see extra of Diane’s lovely backyard, take a look at her earlier submissions: Diane’s Backyard in Illinois, Revisiting Diane’s Backyard in Illinois, and Vibrant Spring Colours in Diane’s Illinois Backyard).

I’ve not posted in a very long time, however thought this is likely to be one thing that you’d get pleasure from.

My sister and I’ve had a ‘factor’ with footwear for years, and I occurred to see this at a storage sale and was thrilled! Painted it and positioned it within the yard, and I adore it—I hope you do as nicely!

For shoe lovers like Diane and her sisters, or for anybody who appreciates the all issues with quirks and character, this chair is an unbelievable discover. I personally love the look of the wear and tear and tear on this piece contemporary from the storage sale, however Diane gave it much more life with a little bit of paint.

Diane was not afraid to convey the colour! I wouldn’t have guess this piece might get anymore fantastical, however Diane picked a shade scheme that makes this shoe seem like it stepped proper out of the pages of Alice in Wonderland.

And within the backyard is appears much more fabulous. Not solely bringing an exquisite pop of enjoyable shade to a lush, inexperienced mattress, but in addition injecting extra persona and whimsy into the backyard. Although, from the appears of it, that is removed from Diane’s first piece of backyard artwork. We’d completely like to see extra pictures of these splendidly whimsical backyard additions, Diane!!

As I appreciated Diane’s artistic backyard, I recalled a few of my favourite items of backyard artwork my mother has added to her personal backyard. So right here’s just a few pictures she shared with me.

This little photo voltaic mild is a brand new addition that I completely adore. Should you’ve been following GPOD the previous few weeks you may need caught this in a submit the place I confirmed off my mother’s summer time containers (Summer season Containers in Connecticut). She additionally has an identical moon mild and they’re attractive from the deck once they illuminate at evening. Additionally they mean you can benefit from the colourful angelonia for hours after the solar has gone down.

There are just a few gnome-related items within the backyard, however this menacing gang needs to be my favourite. The row of rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus, Zones 5–9) they sit beneath is fairly, however this little signal makes it a lot extra enjoyable.

And similar to Diane, a cool chair has discovered its house in a nook of the backyard that’s nonetheless a piece in progress. Not sure of the chairs origins, it was practically lined in weeds and brush in a household pal’s yard when my mother comply with take it house and provides it a second life. Now it simply wants some fairly plantings round it to compete with Diane’s unbelievable artwork.

An enormous thanks to Diane for sharing her fabulous backyard addition. When you’ve got some superior backyard artwork, whether or not it’s whimsical, summary, classical, or modern—we’d like to see it! Comply with the instructions under to share your pictures, or ship me a DM on Instagram (@agirlherdogandtheroad).

Have a backyard you’d prefer to share?

Have pictures to share? We’d like to see your backyard, a selected assortment of vegetation you like, or an exquisite backyard you had the possibility to go to!

To submit, ship 5-10 pictures to [email protected] together with some details about the vegetation within the photos and the place you took the pictures. We’d love to listen to the place you might be situated, how lengthy you’ve been gardening, successes you might be happy with, failures you discovered from, hopes for the long run, favourite vegetation, or humorous tales out of your backyard.

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