Tippy pots

I use tippy pot stacks in my store displays, if you want to learn how follow the link.

Victoria homeshow

The Victoria Home show booth, this past weekend

This bridge was stunning, pictures don't do it justice

The Mexican river rock created a quandary, everyone needed to ask if it was real. It is a beautiful pink striped marble, river tumbled smooth.

The Hellebore " Ivory Prince", matched it's color exactly.

The amazing Gardenscapes crew put all this together in a mere two days!

An artsy shot through the front gate's window. Gardenscapes had the gate, and fence custom built in cedar timber, with copper inserts, and iron accents. They like the bridge are one of a kind items created by the design team.

Kiosks with examples of our work.

The zen area, with Basalt column's from Squamish, Pom Pom Boulevard cypress from John's nursery, and pots, and granite sculpture from Urban Oasis, my garden centre.

more shots from the isle

Gardenscapes cedar gate, see John in the background, phew ....we needed to sit down.

....and me
Gardenscapes http://www.gardenscapesbyjohn.com/

Spring into Summer Sale

Yes, this weekend is our big Spring fling. The Spring into Summer Sale!

April Showers

It started to snow last night, this morning my spring flower bed is covered in snow instead of bathed in sunshine. Snow April 19th must be a record. I was surprised when it snowed late Febuary on my sisters birthday a couple years ago. This March I was shocked further, but late April, soon nothing will surprise me. We will need to change the sayings I grew up with; March in like a Lion, out like a Lamb, April showers bring May flowers.....hmmm, I am not sure where to begin.

Abandoned Statuary

I arrived at work the other day to find a statue at my side gate. Someone no longer had use for it, and decided rather than dispose of it, it could be re-homed. Like a bag of zucchini, I assume it was deposited with good intentions, and best wishes.

I don't know it would of been every ones cup of tea, but I have a fondness for re-homed articles that appear out of the blue, it gives me a chuckle. My foundling was a Swan, a pedestal by design. It's paint is peeling, but it had a certain kitch.

It didn't take long for me to take it in and find a purpose for it. It may of been hoped I could sell it, but I put it into service instead. I had been looking for a table for my new reading nook. It needed to be small, and I was struggling to find the right thing. In a flash of inspiration, I topped the swan with an old mirror I had on hand, and voila, funky, and serviceable.

Thanks to whom it may concern, I love my new table.

If you would like to visit us, come say " Hi" you can sit in my resource library, have a cup of tea, and browse my gardening books.