Gingham Gardens

It’s so fun to think about and plan for Fall. Don’t you just love the crisp cool air, pumpkins, scarecrows, sweatsuits, apples, leaves and the colors of the season. Best of all, I love to decorate outdoors for Fall by creating cute little vignettes or groupings of junk with a fall theme. My favorite place […]

Many times we gardeners tend to grow weary by the end of summer and we don’t give much thought to how our flower garden will look during the end of summer and into fall. But, you know what, with a little planning your flower gardens can look vibrant and amazing right through fall and up […]

A different type of post today. We’re going to take a stroll through Gingham Gardens and as we go, I’m going to give you some tips on spiffing things up around your gardens. Let’s be honest, towards the end of Summer things start looking a little rough and ragged in the gardens. Some of my […]

  One of the first rules of garden planning and design is to visualize the future. Try to picture when your garden(s) will be full and the plants mature. But, if you’re actually planning next year’s garden when the garden is at its peak, then you don’t have to visualize at all. It’s just so […]

I love the makeovers, the flower garden tours and the tips, but my favorite posts to share are the ones showing off my garden vignettes using vintage items and junk that I’ve picked up at flea markets, estate sales, thrift stores and garage sales. I’m so excited to show you more flower garden vignettes using […]

Whether you’re a new gardener, or you’ve been gardening for a very long time, you probably don’t give much thought to the benefits of gardening. You simply garden because you enjoy it and it’s your hobby of choice. Sometimes we gardeners like to show off the fruits of our labor like having friends over for […]

For purposes of this article, let’s define “Cozy Outdoor Garden Room” as a place to sit outdoors and enjoy your surroundings, either with friends and family, or by yourself. This place to sit can be nestled in among your flowers. It can be a bench in a shady area of your backyard. It can be […]

Believe it or not, some people actually enjoy gardening chores. It’s their favorite hobby and they love to tinker about in the garden the way a car enthusiast enjoys tinkering on an engine. For the rest of us, garden chores are more like necessary maintenance that just needs to be done. I’m mostly in the […]

We’re all familiar with classic perennials, the plants that are the backbone of a flower garden. Today we’re focusing on flowers that are underused and uncommon perennials, or perennials that you don’t see very much. The perennials that made this list aren’t your run-of-the-mill perennials. Although beautiful or unique in their own right, these plants […]