Monarch Butterflies, YES, they were here! I just have to share this update to my Garden Tour post yesterday. Remember this: On our way to the front yard, I want to show you this Meadow Blazingstar Liatris. I’ve never grown this variety of liatris and I think it’s lovely. So do the butterflies, but apparently […]
Garden Tour – End of Summer
I’m just not ready for summer to end. Here in Minnesota the temps are in the 70s and we’ve had ample rain, so the grass, veggies and flowers are very lush and green. Since everything is looking so good, I decided to do another “Stroll Through Gingham Gardens,” or more commonly known as a garden […]
Fall Gardening – Plant Shopping
The end of Summer and early Fall is a great time to accomplish lots of gardening. With that in mind, the hubby and I took a little plant shopping excursion last weekend in anticipation of finding some good end-of-season deals. First stop was the St. Paul Farmer’s Market. It’s about 30 – 40 minutes away from us, but […]
Easy Garden Makeover
I’ve already shared a few garden makeovers here at Gingham Gardens that you can read about here and here. Today, I’m going to share An Easy Garden Makeover. Here’s what this area looked like when we moved in last August. Later in the fall, we had the multiple-trunk ash tree cut down, so we were […]
Miniature Gnome Garden
This week I’d like to show you my Miniature Gnome Garden. I initially planned this miniature gnome garden with my little grand buddy in mind. I did the planting and then little grand buddy helped me sit up the gnomes, their houses and their accessories, including a dog and a frog. He pretty much rearranges […]
Garden Tour – Another Stroll Through Gingham Gardens
Hello gardener friends, come along and let’s take a Garden Tour – Another Stroll Through Gingham Gardens. If you missed the first garden tour, you can stroll here. Let’s start our stroll in the backyard this time. As we come down the deck stairs onto our stamped concrete patio, this big clay pot sits filled with […]
A Garden Visit – Munsinger Gardens
My intent on Gingham Gardens is to share mostly my own gardens, but I love to visit others gardens and will share those on occasion. A few weeks ago I went on a little field trip (as we like to call it) with some girlfriends to Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Unfortunately, I did […]
Another Garden Makeover at Gingham Gardens
I think it’s time I shared another garden makeover at Gingham Gardens. When we moved into our current home at the end of summer 2016, the list of garden projects was endless, and it still is, but lots of the projects have been checked off. So far, we’ve managed about 4 o4 5 garden makeover […]
Garden Tour – A Stroll Through Gingham Gardens
Come along and take a stroll through Gingham Gardens. Grab a cup of joe or a glass of iced tea and get comfy for this virtual garden tour. I usually start to slow down a bit in the gardens towards the end of July and August, at least with planting and rearranging, and I move […]
It’s Daylily Season at Gingham Gardens – Part 2
There are so many different cultivars of daylilies, like thousands, and they range in price from a couple of dollars into the hundreds for a few fans. I’ve salivated over the expensive ones, but I just can’t justify spending so much on one plant, especially when you might only get one little fan. I think […]