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Before & After: Shannon’s Charming Backyard Retreat

  I came across Shannon’s blog 8FOOT6 while I was out perusing blogs during my weekly Before & After hunt. Her house is incredibly charming and as soon as I saw this before shot I knew the after was going to look like a million bucks.

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Before & After: Susan’s Back Corner

I’m pretty sure we all have or have had that one corner in the backyard that seems to become a dumping ground for any and all extra materials.  Granted, this particular photo doesn’t really represent that concept to its fullest potential, but you know what I mean. This area generally becomes an overgrown, gangly mess [...]

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Before & After: Mariana’s Swedish Side Yard

When I look at Swedish gardens I always get such optimism.  Especially this time of year.  It is always so hard for me to imagine the long bright green days of summer when everything outside is short, dark and white.  Ogling over Swedish gardens make me feel better because, by my logic, if they can make amazing [...]

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Garden Art: Dina Weiss’s Picket Fence

I’m hard to please when it comes to garden art.  Though not an art critic (I wouldn’t even begin to pretend I know enough about art to think I could reasonably critique) – I have strong opinions. Art should feel imaginative and expressive.  I’m pretty sure it can’t be bought on a website…because to be [...]

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Garden Gallery: Mennen’s Gravel Garden

Mennen’s gravel garden has been evolving over the last couple of years.  It is full of recycled treasures and what once was a space largely catering to her children, the updated and more sophisticated design is definitely more adult.  (adult gardens certainly need tire swings hanging from acacia trees that provide obvious and generous room for a [...]

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Scorched Wood Inspiration from Stuart Frost

I seem to never fail to find so many works of Environmental Art to be supremely inspirational.   Stuart Frost has created a series of works across the globe with some in Albuquerque, NM, some Taipei and this one (above) in Denmark that are so exciting for a pattern lover like me. The works are created by [...]

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Garden Design Inspiration: 8 Clever Ideas From the Chelsea Flower Show

Hashing through the images from the Chelsea Flower Show, I continue to pick up on trends…..(which I will share in another post) and some great little ideas that spark my imagination.   What little things are peaking you interest?  Here is my top 10 list of little ideas that will lead to more interesting things in [...]

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