The Creative Gardener

1965 Land Yacht Airstream Trailer We have had her for awhile, but just never got around to fixing her up and placing her at her new home. She is our little guest house at our home on the Orego...

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We are changing the clocks tonight ~ "Spring Forward" they say! The weather has been very mild even for a California winter. We have had very little rain and only a few storms to count. The garde...

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I enjoy including touches of garden in my holiday decorating and rather then solely decorate for Christmas I enjoy decorating for the winter season so I can continue to enjoy them all the way u...

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Hello everyone, as you may have notice I haven't been around much. Our business Old Soul Studios has grown over the past year and is keeping us very busy. We are excited about the new year which ...

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We love the sea, and the shore... most people that know us well know that we spend as much time a possible at the beach. On a recent trip to accumulate small drift wood sticks to create our popu...

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I have been playing around with my camera settings and the photo options on my computer and it inspires me to continue working towards a new camera and maybe even something more advance like a "p...

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Hi everyone and welcome back, oh wait, it was me that was gone! Well hello again and thanks for dropping by. Last week was a whirl wind and that momentum seems to be keeping pace. We are busy pl...

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Hello everybody just a quick post, I am celebrating my 50th Birthday this week and have decided to take some extra time for myself so this week's blog post are going to be short. I just want to s...

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Hi everybody, hope everyone is enjoying summer and getting out in your gardens more then ever. I spent the day sprucing up the garden and pretty much decided that though the garden is plush and g...

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We try to garden organically as much as possible, for our own well being and for the other visitors to our garden. We have many "good" bugs and other critters in our garden that we enjoy watching...

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While touring the garden today I noticed that there was more pinks blooming in my garden then I was aware of. We had been having some pretty warm weather, I say had because today was just perfect...

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My husband James and I own a business called Old Soul Studios, we specialize in metal art and vintage items with an emphases on garden. We work from a shop at our home and this is the garden arou...

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Hello everyone, and happy gardening! This morning while dropping by a favorite blog I saw this ~ "Cottage Flora Thursday’s ", I have never participated in one of these so I hope I do it correct...

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Summer has most certainly arrived here in our California garden, hope this finds you all happily tending to your gardens or at least sitting in your favorite lawn chair sipping lemonade! We have ...

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The Northern Coast gardens are known for their beautiful Rhododendrons. When we spotted this very large tree on our new property we couldn't wait for Spring so we could see how it would bloom. ...

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It rains in Oregon and it rains in the Spring, that is why everything is so green and beautiful... water droplets add even more beauty to the foliage. We are not alone when it comes to enjoying...

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Snowball bush before they turn white, I love the chartreuse color There are white and lavender Lilac... they smell heavenly The Rhododendrons are trees with large clusters of several flowers ...

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Recently while visiting a new friend I was intrigued by the beauty of their rose garden. They told the story of how many years ago they moved and dug up the roses and brought them with them to t...

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Hi everyone, welcome back, I hope all is going well for you and the gardeners have had a chance to get dirty! James and I took a little drive to deliver product to this lovely store The Antique ...

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Thought you could all use a little reminder and some beauty today! As many of you know we have been keeping ourselves very busy these days. Coming soon my recent visit to a friends rose garden a...

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These are photos of some of the things we have created or found to inspire our customers to garden or at least enjoy being in the garden. We love to garden and so many of our creations and vint...

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The Clematis in the back garden has out done itself this year... it is full of the most beautiful large flowers, each showing perfection. No matter how much decorating I do to my home and garde...

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Well you know the song "here comes Peter Cotton Tail", but did you know he shows up via a rusty old truck? This little guy is a neighborhood rabbit, yep that's right he wanders from garden to ga...

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I wish I could get a better picture of this, our wisteria has grown up into the big oak and is hanging down throughout the entire tree like a big purple waterfall.... it is the most beautiful th...

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God created Spring and Hope on the same day... Flowers are an amazing gift to our world... soft succulent greens look beautiful with purple flowers... the purples are Spring in our garden, th...

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