Reflections from a Summer Garden
Are the temperatures telling you summer is here? Here in southern California, it's been pretty perfect weather, and our back garden is displaying every flower to its best advantage. Do you love spending time out in your garden?
I am trying to get my "Little FrenchGardenHouse" aka our shipping house in order, because next week a photographer and stylist are coming over to try to capture whatever charm can be found there {!!} for a magazine feature. Luckily, they will be shooting me in my office too, there is only so much "French charm" you can give cardboard boxes, tissue paper and tape!
This is a photo I shared on my FaceBook page today, our Bentley, ever faithful, he just always wants to get in the photo…he's a publicity hound! {sorry, couldn't help myself}
So many of you have emailed or messaged that you wanted to see a little bit more of the back garden, so I'm sharing a few shots today.
This is a small area where we have herbs mixed in with flowers, we received the angel birdbath more than 20 years ago as a housewarming gift from an aunt, it's very special to us since she is no longer with us. The birds take baths here, and come to drink in the hot summer days.
My potting bench, with my two antique swans, one is a planter, but I love both of these. The planter is usually on our patio table, this shot was taken before a garden party when she had to be out of the way. The antique watering cans are from France, we do sometimes sell them, although I admit {guiltily} that many of them just stay in my gardens here at home.
Beautiful, decorative pots make so much difference in how your garden plants look, don't you think? We have new garden pots available, they are wonderful even when empty, and completely hand thrown on a wheel and finished by hand. The first one is the Provence Pot.
I met Peter Wakefield Jackson, master potter, last year. Peter is from Wisconsin, and has more than 30 years experience making pottery by hand. For years, Peter worked hand-in-hand with renowned master potter and friend Guy Wolff training potters worldwide in the revival of 18th- and 19th-century garden wares. These pots are made under his direction in Atuto, Honduras, by artisan potters and craftsmen, Peter also produced Guy's pots for Williams Sonoma there.
There are a few different models available in the shop. Use them outdoors until the frost comes. These also look gorgeous inside, just make sure that you place them on a saucer when watering as they have drainage holes. Here is Peter's Pedestal Pot.
This finish is a warm combination of warm ivory tones, highlighted with moss green, and just enough terra cotta clay showing through to let you see its authenticity. Everything we sell for the garden can be found HERE, we sell out quickly, our garden antiques are especially avidly collected.
I hope that you have a beautiful weekend, filled with sunshine, lots of laughter, and a few quiet hours in the garden, or your city's park. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog, and to take the time to leave comments, I cherish each one!
What is your favorite part of your garden?
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Lidy
July 03, 2015
Thank you Gigi! It is happy to sit out there, or eat a quick lunch or a relaxing dinner.