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Showing posts with label garden art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden art. Show all posts

Monday, April 28, 2014

Recipe for bees....



 Take 60 prepped beach rocks painted gold and yellow...
 ...at least 120 eyes...
 ...for sure, 120 wings made from plastic netting...
 ...commence with the first kids garden club of the year...
 ...add many busy hands, black markers...
 ...creative minds...
 ...lots of enthusiasm!...
 And presto!!!  Bees!!
 All shapes...
 ...all sizes...
 ...curious ones...
 ...smiley ones for sure!...
 ...ready for buzzing...
 ...pollen collecting...
 ...honey making bees. All made with love!
Way to go kids!!


Monday, June 24, 2013

Norene's garden...

They say a persons garden reflects their personality and this is so
true of mosaic artist extraordinaire, friend, creative co-hort and all around
Lucy to my Ethel.
The other day I went for a visit and as usual there's always something new
going on down below the house.
But first there was something new by the entrance way...
 Norene loves to create 'rooms' in her gardens and this is the latest, complete with lamp,
chandelier, framed pictures and 'carpets'...
 There's always moss and chicken wire involved somewhere in the garden...
 ...a mirror propped on a hand made easel reflects the lushness of the season...
 A neighbour made this bench out of an old bed frame...
 ...mason jar tea lights for when the sun goes down...
 We built this arbour for her golden hops on a whim one day and it's blended in quite well...
 The peonies are gorgeous right now and HUGE.
 Each one of these is the size of a dinner plate when open!
 mosaic beauty in a birdbath...
 Last winter Norene and Bill took down a few big trees in this space and this year the light
has been a bonus and the foxglove jungle is loving it!
 Up top Norene discovered this bizarre and mutant foxglove flower..
 I've never seen anything like it. It's like 3 flowers grew as one and it's the size of a large tulip flower!
 Crazy hey?
And as always, Norene is always creating something with her cache of dishes.
This is one of the latest fun projects she made for the garden...
Always a treat to visit!