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Billie’s Yellows in the garden

Choosing a color from 'Over the Rainbow Garden' Billie Hayman's garden is full of color and she shows how one color, yellow,... can cheer up…

Benches and chairs, Garden Color /
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Alliums in the garden, real & crafty!

Alliums are drama queens in the garden! Whether real flowers, grown from bulbs or the crafted faux flowers modeled after their spiky shape that we…

Garden Art ideas, Plant profiles /
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A fun visit to SpanishTown Garden Arts

Come take a tour of SpanishTown! You don't even need to go into the store, (but we recommend you do,) simply stop by and explore…

Garden Art ideas, Garden Tours! /
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Our favorite perennials for Flea Market gardens

16 of our favorite perennials! These are our long blooming perennials that come up every year and provide backgrounds for all our Flea market finds and…

Garden Color, Plant profiles /
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Flea Market centerpieces for outdoor tables

Make a centerpiece for all seasons... When seasons change, my mind goes to the centerpiece on my patio table.  I love to switch it up…

Garden Art ideas, Garden Junk /
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Brenda’s jeweled pocket gardens

~ A Flea Market Gardening Garden Tour ~ Brenda Townzen is a seasoned Flea Market gardener...and I'm not sure she knows, but she's also expert…

Garden Vignettes /
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Announcing: 2019 January Project Challenge!

It’s January!!! Remember our Challenge last year?  Well, it was such a huge success that we’re doing it again!We all know how hard it is…

Garden Junk /
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Kute and Kitsch in the garden

Garden ornaments and the love of kitsch The trend for kitsch in the garden may have started with pink flamingos and gnome statues, but our…

Garden Junk /
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Repurposing an old sink for the garden

'Sink it' in the garden! "Bbbbbut I go to the garden to get out of doing dishes!"  This is the fun gardening way to 'do'…

Garden Inspiration and ideas, Garden Junk /
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Creating a Flea Market glass garden

Adding the colorful sparkle of glass.... For long have our flea market gardeners crafted with glass in the garden.  Here are some of the ways…

Garden Glass, Garden Junk /
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Vintage Airstream on The Slow Coast

“In Slow We Trust” Davenport, CA.  On a trip down the California Coast highway, on a trip we called the Chowder Chase,  we stopped short…

Flea Markets and Junk Shops /
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Teeny tiny sheds in a Flea Market garden

Ammie Peters dreamed up the 'Blossom Shack' and her husband built it and made her dream come true!  She how she did it and see…

My Big Garden Project, Shelters and Buildings /
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Checking in on Diana’s summer garden

By Jeanie Merritt Jeanie Merritt made a morning trip to Diana Daily's this morning.. and even though she has written her place up before, there…

Garden Tours!, Garden Vignettes /
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Ladybug crafts for the garden

Here are the cutest bugs in the garden Find some smooth river stones, or a bowling ball,...or anything round and ''buggy' and you too can…

Garden Art ideas, How to: Easy project ideas /
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Meet Kitty Winrow, Garden Star!

Everything’s coming up repurposed! Like many of us, Kitty Winrow got her love of gardening from her grandmother Panchita and her mom, Amailia Winrow. She says, “They…

Garden Junk, Garden Tours! /
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25 Creative containers for summer!

New upcycled garden containers to put together this month... There's nothing more charming than a puff of colorful flowers blooming happily in a rustic and…

Creative Containers, Garden Junk /
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Fifty Fleamarket-style fairy gardens

A Flea Market Gardening Gallery We do it ourselves!  Do you have a fairy garden or a miniature garden? Some are simple and some are…

Garden Inspiration and ideas, Miniature and Fairy garden ideas /
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Fun retro metal chairs in the garden

Retro-style and metal rockers work and 'play' beautifully in your garden Remember these colorful metal lawn chairs that Grandma and her friends would sit on chatting…

Benches and chairs, Garden Junk /
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Planning a garden ‘in the round’

Using a circle shape in garden design There's a pleasing sensation when viewing a circular garden.   A circle transforms a part of your garden into…

Garden design ideas /
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Hidden heart motifs in the garden

Garden of Hearts We love heart motifs,  and when they hide cleverly in your garden, they can delight you when ever you spot them.  Some add hearts…

Garden Junk fun! /
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