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You're Invited to a Victorian Garden Tea Party

On July 12, 2018 By // No comments:

Hello everyone,

Yesterday was a busy day in the garden as we
had a big bus load of gardener's from Nova Scotia
arrive in the afternoon as well as our "open garden"
visitors in the evening and a lovely couple from Montreal.
So, I had lots of fellow gardeners to chat with!
Now, I am looking forward to hosting a
Victorian Garden Tea soon......Saturday, July 21th.
There will be 2 seatings 10 to 12 am and 1:30
to 3:30. Tickets are going fast go so if you would
like to come you can buy your ticket online from
Gaylene Smith.
This is a fundraiser for Mikinduri Children of Hope
and the tickets are $25 each. I am happy to be able
to support this great cause .

There will be tea and scones with devonshire cream

and lemon curd.

You can enjoy a stroll through the garden.
You can check out the photos from my
Downton Abbey Tea a few years ago here.

Our late July garden a few years ago.

Take a tour of the Gardener's Cottage

Enjoy our little Boathouse that my husband and

son built a few years ago using recycled windows

doors etc.

The Boathouse is a favorite spot with

many of our visitors and I have enjoyed

sleeping in here on warm summer nights.

I love being able to use my rather

large collection of pretty china.

My friend Janice on our screened porch ,giving the bouquets a final
tweak. I love picking bouquets for the tables
from the garden .

So, if you are free and this looks like

something you would enjoy and support

a very worthy cause at the same time you

can contact Gaylene Smith for tickets.

For more info on getting your tickets

go here

https://www.facebook.com/mikinduri/

Hope to see you soon!

Carolyn

Dahlia Bouquets from the Garden

On October 03, 2017 By // No comments:

Hello!

I hope your week is going well.

We have had a touch of frost here

so I know that summer is over for

another year.

I don't grow a lot of dahlias here

in our garden because they are rather

labor intensive and have to be dug in

the fall and stored in the basement for

winter.

However, I do love having them for

bouquets so I do plant a few.

Nice to have a small bouquet of them

on my writing desk.

I like how these two dahlias
look together.

Snippets for my windowsill.

A pretty bouquet from our
cottage garden.

Tea Time

Bouquets big or small make me happy!

We were laying a new floor at our cottage
today and I am very happy with it ~ more
on that later though.

Thank you for visiting me!

Carolyn

Transferware Lunch in the September Garden

On September 10, 2017 By // No comments:

Hello everyone!

I hope your weekend is going well.

Although we still have lovely days in

September there is signs of approaching

autumn so it is nice to enjoy these sunny

but cooler days in the garden as much as

possible.

So, I thought I would share one of my

favorite tablescapes from a couple

of years ago in our September garden.

I have always loved variations of the
Cabbage Rose pattern and have collected
bits and pieces over the years.

My friend Snow and I had fun setting
the table out under the old apple trees
in our garden where it was nice and
shady on a perfect September day.

We layered the table with linens and lace.

A bouquet of flowers from our garden
and my red and white transferware were
used.

We had a great harvest of cherry tomatoes.

You can see our Gardener's Cottage in
the background.

Some fresh rustic bread

It was a beautiful day to enjoy a
late summer lunch in the garden.
If you would like to see some of
my favorite summer garden tablescapes
you can click Here.

My thoughts and prayers are with
all of you who are effected by the
Hurricanes and hope you will all
be safe.

Thank you for visiting,

Carolyn

Romantic Rose Garden

On June 26, 2017 By // No comments:

Hello everyone,

I love when the roses burst into bloom

in the little enclosed garden at the south

end of The Gardener's Cottage.

So now is the best time for this little

garden. The roses are mostly Therese Bugnet

which is a good hardy roses for our climate.

This is shot through the screen from
inside The Gardener's Cottage.

This garden angel was a gift
from my children a few years ago.

Would you like a cup of tea surrounded

by the beauty and fragrance of roses?

A bouquet of roses in
the Gardener's Cottage.

Looking in through the screen
of the Gardener's Cottage.

This morning I was taking some pics
in our Allee Garden which is pretty
now with the later lilacs etc. blooming
and the fragrance is incredible!

Just a reminder .....we are having an Open Garden
on July 4th between 6 and 8 p.m in case you would
like to visit our garden. It will look completely different
by then!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Carolyn