I have a special place in my heart
for watering cans.
The older, the better.
This time on our MONDAY MORNING BLOOMS,
we are using a watering can as the inspiration for our florals!
If you came here via my floral friends Shirley, Mary or Pam -
W E L C O M E !
At the end of this post, please click on the links so you can see all the floral beauty
they created for this Monday.
Seeing a watering can reminds me instantly of three men I love most
My grandfather, my father-in-law, and Mr. FrenchGardenHouse.
Each one of them gardeners who love {d} their gardens.
I love watering cans that are chippy, shabby, painted and just plain zinc.
I love the "real" ones,
but also the smaller antique French enameled cans
that I am sure plenty of French gardeners have used for
a quick "emergency-my-pansies-are-drooping" kind of watering job.
For this very first day of setting an outdoor table -
{I'm so excited!}
I created a French Country table for spring,
I love the way the sunshine dapples through the leaves,
Creating playful shadows.
I'm using this little table for serving drinks,
and dessert.
Even the antique French wine basket gets a sprinkling of blooms!
Spring has been a long time coming
even here in Southern California.
How I adore this weather, and the birds singing their lovely songs.
For a very casual setting
I sprinkled a few of our antique blue enameled cans around the garden
FLOWER RECIPE:
Pink roses
Pink star gazer lilies
Dark pink ranunculus
Pink wax flowers
White fluffy chamomille
There is no trick to creating this type of arrangement
just cut the flowers at an angle, and put them in.
They'll do the rest.
The old cement bunny bench
Is a wonderful place to sit and enjoy a glass of Lillet
and some berries.
I hope it's spring where you are!
or close to it.
Please visit my three friends by clicking on their names below.
SHIRLEY at Housepitality Designs
and Me, LIDY at FrenchGardenHouse
DO YOU LOVE ARRANGING FLOWERS FOR SPRING IN YOUR WATERING CANS?
If you want to romance your Home and Garden with antique and vintage treasures to make you smile each time you come home, visit our shop FrenchGardenHouse.
25 comments
I love ol watering cans. I have a couple of my grandmas, the only thing I asked for when cleaning out her house.
Thank you so much Cheryl! Hope your spring is beautiful!
This is just breathtakingly beautiful! Such a joy to visit with you, Lidy!
Hi Lidy — I need to follow you so I don’t miss things! This is truly gorgeous. Oh, I am just WILD about your bunny tablecloth and the basket with the wines and blooms. Speaking of which, the arrangements are simply perfect. I do feel like I’m in a French garden.
I’m late coming over to thank you for coming to Marmelade Gypsy and leaving such a lovely comment on one of my Cotswolds posts. Life got weird but catching up!
Thank you Nancy, I hope your rainy days turn into sunny spring days filled with birdsong soon! xo
Mary, I locked Bentley in the house!! Unlike your sweet Lola, our big guy just thinks he needs to be the center of attention, and those berries? oh my, they just happen to be his favorite, they are his only weakness! {not really} It is such a pleasure sharing our Mondays, you inspire me each and every time my sweet friend. xo
Thank you Pam, I so enjoyed your beautiful setting with the archway covered in that soft Lady Banks rose. It’s always a pleasure to start my day with YOU, too!
Shannon, I would love it if you could, too!
Thank you so much Rita. I hope spring is there, and that you are enjoying every single ray of sun!!
That is so authentically French and so lovely, Lidy….as you do so well!