I am spellbound by the beauty of the blooming peonies, their fragrance and color and mood created. At last I can begin processing and posting the new designs here and at the Promise Gardens blog. Today is beautiful, gorgeous color, too windy for outdoor photography (30mph gusts) but the sunlight and radiance are lighting up the rooms so peonies are adding to the ambience to my delight.
Beautiful inspiration for garden planning is to spend a leisurely stroll online viewing beautiful art for color, composition, perspective and placement of objects. The gorgeous art of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema serves as a wonderful inspiration for me and I am fascinated by the pastel colors in his work. I have used “like”color in my home. As I complete the designs for the gardens, I will use the colors in this wonderful work for one of my floral displays. Picture it… baby blue skies, purple, orchid, lavender, yellow, mauve, cream, shades of green. Isn’t it lovely? Are you inspired to create your own garden color inspirations?
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I am in the city this week but the Promise Gardens are not far from my mind. I am so excited about the recent finds to complete the new Secret Garden and Shabby Chic outdoor studios. The bicycle posted below became a quest for me and at the most unexpected place, I found the perfect bicycle. I will not describe but will surprise you when completed and in its proper place in the gardens.
Colder weather has brought low temps at night but the roses are screaming to bud and I believe they will be earlier this year. Did you see them last year? Here’s an image from one of the rose gardens last year which I have uploaded to my Pinterest. This is the antique rose garden and the wonderful Rosa Munda has preeminence.
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We are excited for the gardening season as we see spring bulbs popping out of the ground and buds on flowering trees. These colors are wonderful and helpful as we create the color for our design this year in our annuals and container gardening. We like the pinks, purples, whites with various hues of light green for this year’s plan. Looking at images of flowers, strolling through garden centers and perusing flower catalogs are a great way to create your spring garden palette.
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The Promise Gardens “Porch With A View’ — the new look for 2011 “Rose & Flower Show” and 2011 Season. What’s new? A lovely vintage trellis that will soon be covered with Blaze Climbing Roses and Purple Clematis. A new potting table filled with lovely things and soon overflowing flowering plants. The theme colors this year: Purples, Aqua, Cream, Pale & Power Pinks and of course lots of shades of green. The image reflects just a few areas of the porch…watch for more. Happy Gardening (and viewing)!
