How to Add Charm to Your Garden©
Posted: Sunday, September 14, 2008
by Arlene Wright-Correll
http://www.learn-america.com
Should you wish to have a manicured, pristine garden and landscaping around your home then stop reading right now! This article is for those who want to add charm, personality, eclectic, artistic and personal touches to their organic gardens.
As an artist I love those things that one can mix into the organic garden or landscape that draws one's eye to little oasis of artful combinations of plant forms and pieces of history, family history, antiques or whatever will create an area that makes one stop and smell the flowers.
If someone is hauling away or throwing away some bricks, flagstone or rocks then I am the one to call and I will come and fetch them because I can figure out what to do with them. It does not have to be enough to build a patio, but enough for me to arrange a focal point, whether it be in a shady bower or flat out in the sun where it will enhance a special place where I want some flowers or plants to stand out.
When a favorite cup or dish is broken we rarely put it in the trash or recycling bin. It may be set aside or broken even in smaller pieces to be put into a mosaic work of art or we will place in some part of a planter, urn or window box where part of its personal beauty will peek through our plantings. This favorite cup or dish has history and it maintains the memories of a special dinner with family or friends or the times I sat with a cup of tea and worked my way through a family challenge. I don't want to lose that history or memory and it remains part of our life by becoming part of our gardening landscape.
Once one of my favorite casserole dishes broke beyond repair and the beautiful cover was inverted on a stone where it caught rain water outside our dining room window and we could watch the birds' bath in it.
When I want to break up a straight line in some part of our garden or landscape we often put up a birdhouse that we may have made from something and we have another animated display of activity from our feathered friends once they move in.
An old perforated pizza pie baking pan became the base for a bird feeder that did not seem to do the job the way we wanted it. The pan was secured to a 4 x 4 inch post that was put into the ground just within the view of our dining room table at eye height. Now when the birds come and they scatter the seed it lands on this pie pan and when it rains the water drips though the perforations for stalling any caking up of seed, bread or whatever else we want to put out there. We have another animated display of activity from our colorful feathered friends and the whole thing adds a bit of charm to a certain section of our garden.
When the winter sets in and the blossoms are gone then the remaining parts of the sticks, stems, stalks of some of the plants meld in with the pieces of our garden "art" creating interesting landscapes for us to enjoy.
As an artist I love those things that one can mix into the organic garden or landscape that draws one's eye to little oasis of artful combinations of plant forms and pieces of history, family history, antiques or whatever will create an area that makes one stop and smell the flowers.
When a favorite cup or dish is broken we rarely put it in the trash or recycling bin. It may be set aside or broken even in smaller pieces to be put into a mosaic work of art or we will place in some part of a planter, urn or window box where part of its personal beauty will peek through our plantings. This favorite cup or dish has history and it maintains the memories of a special dinner with family or friends or the times I sat with a cup of tea and worked my way through a family challenge. I don't want to lose that history or memory and it remains part of our life by becoming part of our gardening landscape.
Once one of my favorite casserole dishes broke beyond repair and the beautiful cover was inverted on a stone where it caught rain water outside our dining room window and we could watch the birds' bath in it.
When I want to break up a straight line in some part of our garden or landscape we often put up a birdhouse that we may have made from something and we have another animated display of activity from our feathered friends once they move in.
An old perforated pizza pie baking pan became the base for a bird feeder that did not seem to do the job the way we wanted it. The pan was secured to a 4 x 4 inch post that was put into the ground just within the view of our dining room table at eye height. Now when the birds come and they scatter the seed it lands on this pie pan and when it rains the water drips though the perforations for stalling any caking up of seed, bread or whatever else we want to put out there. We have another animated display of activity from our colorful feathered friends and the whole thing adds a bit of charm to a certain section of our garden.
When the winter sets in and the blossoms are gone then the remaining parts of the sticks, stems, stalks of some of the plants meld in with the pieces of our garden "art" creating interesting landscapes for us to enjoy.
"Tread the Earth Lightly" and in the meantime… May your day be filled with… Peace, Light and Love,
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