Well, as promised I am sharing some of my garden scrapbook inspiration with you today. When we built our home around 8 or 9 years ago now, I told my hubby, I must have a garden...you see nature is so very important to me. I don't think I could live in the city, for I love wide open spaces and room to breathe. Our garden is certainly a work in progress, but one that I have enjoyed immensely. I am working on creating 'garden rooms', for I love the concept of being able to wander from one part of the garden to the next, and even the idea of themes. I love the colourful mosaics in the photo above, and have been quite successful in making some for my own garden, and those of friends and families.
How about this Balinese inspired rooftop garden? I love the doorways leading to to other secret spaces.
This pic is from a beautiful book I have told you about before called 'Velvet Pears' - so very romantic.
I want to leave you with this beautiful mosaic...some of the images are mine, the rest you will find beneath the photo. Did I mention that a tree-house is also on my wish list for the garden?
1. Sunset in Somerset, 2. we built our own castles, 3. fortune teller 4759, 4. Boinga Bob's House, 5. Bruno's, 6. Bruno's, 7. The Bottom of the Garden, 8. Carousel Dreams Birthday, 9. Bruno's, 10. Forest, 11. spirale - durchgang für unsere katzen, 12. bluebell meadows III, 13. Inspiration from the net, 14. Vivre Dehors, 15. Jeanne Bayol, 16. Untitled"What I need most of all are flowers, always, always" - Claude Monet
"He who plants a garden plants happiness" - Chinese Proverb
Whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment within" - Chinese Proverb
"Come forth into the light of things. Let Nature be your teacher" - Willian Wordsworth
"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere" - Vincent Van Gogh
Hi Tina! What a beautiful post. I love gardens, too. Very lush and green - with lots of flowers of all types and vegetation. We have a small yard but we manage to make the most of it. In fact, most of the yard IS garden! LOL Thanks for such beautiful nature eye-candy. Take care! Theresa
ReplyDeleteI have a book of garden inspiratin too! How I dream of garden rooms and ponds and caravans and places to read and nap and listen to music and windchimes...your post is amazing:)....I swear we were seperated at birth! ha!
ReplyDeleteKeep inspiring my friend! xo
I love your idea of a scrapbook for ideas. I think I will make one too. Our garden is a work in progress too. Each year I try to add more plants when I get the money. I figure in about 5 years I might have the garden I have been dreaming about. HA! HA!
ReplyDeleteOh I feel all dreamy now and longing for summer when I can go to ancient gardens and look for fairies!!
ReplyDeleteOh! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Today, the breeze is warm through the windows and the plants and yard beckons me to come and add some color. So, your site is what I needed for inspiration. If you have time, a nice US southernly garden read is A Well Placed Read by Ryan Gainey. It is quite elegant and looks at the garden as having many rooms. Have fun in your garden. Peace. Brianne
ReplyDeleteOh! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Today, the breeze is warm through the windows and the plants and yard beckons me to come and add some color. So, your site is what I needed for inspiration. If you have time, a nice US southernly garden read is A Well Placed Read by Ryan Gainey. It is quite elegant and looks at the garden as having many rooms. Have fun in your garden. Peace. Brianne
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Tina..super beautiful.....just what I needed to spark my day..beauty..magic,enchantment...I know that I can always find that here! yay!! although i am still covered in snow here..I am so dreaming of my garden space...such a sanctuary to have..enjoy yours...I can't wait to see more...you are awesome!! HUgs and sparkling wishes for a Happy wkd!
ReplyDeleteThese Garden Rooms are enchanting and so inspirational. The Balinese one in particular captured my Heart! I have yet to try my hand at a mosaic (except a photographic one, which I learned quite recently), but that is a lovely idea for a Pedestal and Urn in a Garden setting.
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thanks for all the garden inspiration! can't wait til the ground thaws here and I can get out in mine and dig! and I love all the previous posts with all the indoor inspiration too!
ReplyDeletehave a great day Tina! xo natalea
Oh Tina.....I have been away for a few weeks because I have been sick.....and your blog was the first I headed to for catching up.....and I'm so glad I did! As usual you are magical, enchanting and inspiring! I love looking at pictures of gardens....and dreaming of having one of my own.....I have the yard for it and have even claimed a part of the yard for my own....to start creating my space.....but there are SO many roots that I'm having trouble planting stuff.....so I might try more containers this year. Love love love your post!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, Tina. Gardens as well as any place on one's property can become a den of romance and respite. Our pasture is bedecked with many Russian olives that serve as great canopies with their giant weeping branches. I love to host parties as well as intimate settings under those silvered branches. I enhance the natural beauty with pretty pillows, blankets, candles, books, and whatever else the day calls for. Then slip away under the trees to enjoy a peaceful day.
ReplyDeleteThese images are to die for ... they give me much inspiration for this year's soirees. That is, if spring ever gets here! :))) Don't you just love watching these special places change during the seasons? During winter's clench, it's as if I carry a secret stirring in my heart ... for I know all too soon that barren space will will unfurl, beckoning me to embrace its peacefulness! :))
As always, thank you for such a beautiful post!
Dear Tina, I absolutely LOVE that bathtub fountain. I also love the idea of having "garden rooms" Great post! XO
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