One of the little events in my neighborhood that I look forward to every year is the annual garden tour. Last year we became so smitten with this conservatory built with recycled windows, that we started our own stash of found discarded windows and French doors to build one in the future.
This garden inspired me to use mirrors outside, recycled materials, and planting ground covers in decorative urns.
We had all of this pent up excitement from the year before, and weren't really ready for the let down we encountered this year. It was disapointing. Most of the houses were front yards only, and you couldn't even enter the gate. The blinds were drawn closed, the doors were shut, with no one there to greet us. In a way it felt like an intrusion on someone's property. I was really irked. I could see people's front yards from outside the gate on any given day. The magic of the tour is getting to see the things you normally wouldn't and yesterday none of the houses really inspired us.
There were a few gems though. White doves in an ornamental cage cooing in the shade under antique roses & bougainvillea, 8 ft tall hollyhocks, and this designer table that we found at our last stop "The garden gallery" ( a new shop in our neighborhood).
The table was all set up with colored glass goblets, and china...With a tiny stream flowing down the center of the table flowing into an oversized glazed pot below.
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posted by Liquid Sky Arts at 10:51 AM
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