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Private Garden, Forest Hills ON Some walls have a beautiful aged patina. The last thing you'd want to do is cover them up or hide them. But other times, a wall or a fence can be anything but attractive. It could also be the case that you want to fenced boundaries of your garden to be softer or to disappear all together. Here are 10 great ways to make that wall or fence just that little bit more attractive. Patricia and Loren's Garden in Mississauga, ON 1. Layer a decorative garden ornament over vines. Patricia and Loren's Garden in Mississauga, ON Private Garden, Mississauga, ON 2. Install a wall fountain. Private Garden, Brampton, ON Private Garden, Forest Hills, ON Private Garden, Grimsby, ON 3. Cover the fence with vines, install a small water feature and surround it with plantings. Private Garden, Grimsby, ON Private Garden, Forest Hills, ON 4. Use a decorative trellis support and a flowering vine. Add a decorative element like a planter or birdhouse on top of the trellis for extra color and interest. Private Garden, Rosedale, ON My garden Private Garden, Forest Hills, ON 5. Place a large planter or birdbath in front of the wall. Private Garden, Mississauga, ON Private Garden, Brampton, ON 6. Stagger planting boxes or hang baskets down the length of the fence. Private Garden, Mississauga, ON Private Garden, Mississauga, ON 7. Use a mirrored window to reflect an attractive part of your garden. Private Garden on Ward Island 8. Keep it simple and just go green. Private Garden, Mississauga, ON 9. Create a little seating area. Private Garden, Forest Hills, ON (This seating area was specially made, but I think you could easily accomplish a similar effect by using a ready-made bench, planting vines and installing a decorative hanging lantern like the one below.) Sandria's Garden in Brampton Ontario 10. Go classical by placing a statue in among the greenery to disguise the wall or fence. Hope you found a bit of inspiration for your own garden. Have a wonderful weekend!
The garden is the ideal place for you as well as your family members to spend a great time throughout the year. And, it is not difficult to see why! Moreover, it is natural for you to try every means to make the garden look as attractive as possible.
I love gardening. There is something so satisfying seeing something you have planted grow. A few weeks ago i went to an event hosted by Jamie Durie & we were all given a packet of coriander seeds to take home. Last weekend i planted them in pot we had free & what do you know, yesterday it was full of green spouts! My excitement was somewhat childlike i suspect ;) I also have a pack of seeds for baby tomatoes so they'll be finding a spot this weekend! We grow rosemary, mint, oregano, chives & have a bay tree - one day i would love to have a big vegggie garden where we can grow as much of our food as possible!
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Some of you may remember a while back that I wrote about my neighbors back yard. Even though she is a yankee and goes up to some "waspy" island in Maine every summer for a month I am still friendly with her....or so she thinks. Eye roll. But here is the good thing. Silver linings baby. She has 2 Portuguese Water dogs and I have one rescue Old English that needs socializing. I'm always thinking about poking my fingers in her eyes when she's talking but in-between "we are leaving for a month....renovating our bedroom" I heard "bring Cami over to play and have a glass of wine". My ears perked up and I thought I can suffer through that for my child.....only I will bring my 6.99 wine over instead of drinking her 2.99 swill. Thank goodness our dogs got along and played for an hour since I had to sit in her just OK pretty darn nice paradise backyard....cheap wine or not. There's my girl! That's Henry [the "show dog" of course right?] who was quite smitten with my big girl! I can put my envious feelings aside because....Cami and Henry are now fast friends! Success. If you follow me on Instagram then you saw that we spent a few days in Boulder, Co visiting our daughter and her husband. Love that town! Can you believe they put us up at this cute hotel called The Bradley Boulder right off Pearl Street. Clearly they did not want to clean the house:) I give it 5 stars! We ate dinner at Blackbelly Market If you are a foodie then you know Chef Hosea won Top Chef....and yes those that know me will laugh because I only stumbled upon that information. Crikey.....bread pudding. We also stumbled across this great gelato shop......Fior di Latte Cute huh? We left very early Saturday morning to hitch a ride to the airport with Cari. Like.... 4 AM early. Since our flight did not leave until 10:30 I decided to get a little exercise at the terminal. Remember that bread pudding....that was just the beginning of "the great Boulder sugar overload". I walked 4 miles up and down concourse B. In sandals. And now I have blisters. So there you have my week. Monday is here to punch me in the face....real hard. Sheriky freaky
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