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Succulents, Front and Center
Country Gardens Magazine, Photo by Ed Gohlich Country Gardens magazine Spring 2011, features VintageGardenGal’s fun combination of vintage containers and succulent design in their article, “Show Off...
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Wine Box Container Gardening
Creative Container Gardening On the recent tour of this year’s Encinitas Garden Festival, one of the private gardens had a beautiful white-picket fence enclosing an immaculate raised bed vegetable...
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This Frog Doesn’t Ribbit
Vintage Flower Frog Doubles As Place Setting Anchor Last weekend, I experienced this year’s Secret Garden Tour of La Jolla, and was thrilled at the homes and gardens showcased on the tour. Each home...
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Herb Garden a la Wine Barrels
Herb Garden a la Wine Barrels This spring I created a small herb garden in a quiet, sunny, protected corner next to my barn using vintage wine barrels. I borrowed this concept, modifying it slightly,...
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Beauty in Burlap
Beauty in Burlap When my husband and I remodeled a year ago, I carved out a perfect office and workshop area in a single car garage. With the addition of our new master bedroom wing, it created this...
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Garden Trug at the Buffet Table
Garden Trug Re-Purposed For Buffet Table Look for all of your tucked away garden trugs, and use them for entertaining, like this one re-purposed for a fall buffet. A vintage garden trug, dated 1962,...
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Cooking Up a Vintage Container
Vintage Cooking Pot Transformed Into a Neat Container Take one vintage cooking pot with handle. Add small rocks in the bottom of the pot for drainage, or optionally drill five-spaced small holes. Add...
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Local Gardener Receives Royal Treatment
Shane Connolly Gathering Flowers in Lani Freymiller's Garden This past spring, the Village Garden Club of La Jolla brought Englishman Shane Connolly to San Diego for it’s fifth “Meet the Masters 2012″...
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Simple Country Bouquet from the Garden
Besides growing your own edibles, it is a great idea to grow your own flowers for bouquets. Here is a simple country bouquet idea for an event I had this spring. Flowers. My perennial sweet peas were...
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Potted Fall Spirit
When I saw this ornamental grass, Pearl Millet, Pennisetum glaucoma, I knew I had to plant it in my vintage vintner buckets. I love this chocolate bronzy grass, because of its scale, color, and...
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Autumn Vintage Container
There is nothing like a vintage container with a beautiful “warn and warm” hue to fill for a simple autumn display. This is some sort of vintage bucket, which is big, and can be re-purposed for all...
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Boxwood Bonus
We all know how beautiful boxwood can be clipped in a formal garden, but have you thought about using boxwood as literally a very “green” oasis for your floral arrangements? I have a dear friend who...
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