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lindavater · 4 years

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🌸🌳🌸 My 91 year old MIL used to tell me she couldn’t believe a garden like mine could exist in Oklahoma. She loved flowers and bits of gardening herself: roses to cut for the vase, basil for pesto in pots on her deck, pansies in spring - always in blue, never purple. She loved amaryllis at Christmas and was one of the few people I knew who had the patience to get repeat bloom from her orchids. Hubs and I brought her a yellow orchid with hints of purple the day she died. She never tired of the simple charm of a cut bloom on her kitchen table. Maintaining childish delight as we age is a gift...and a key to longevity, don’t you think? . . . #garden_styles #pinkflowers #gardenideas #frontyard #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #lvgardendesignschool #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenstyle #lindavater #cottages #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardenphotography #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin #foxglove #lindavater https://www.instagram.com/p/B8_sqcdluhV/?igshid=6i47rsvnh5dp

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soniafragadias · 3 years

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Inspiração para o sábado a tarde _______________________________________________________________ @potagerblog potagerblog 🧺 🍑 🧺 Last year I had ‘have a monthly picnic’ on my resolution list. It did not happen, so this year I’m trying again, inspired by @pennypenningtonweeks charming picnic vignettes on her feed! In fact, she lives not far from me, so maybe this spring I need to head her way for a meet up and a picnic spread! As for all of you, I highly recommend you head her way as well and follow her charming account! . . . #garden_styles #picnictable #gardenideas #gardengoals #cottageliving #outdoordining #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #fairytales #countrycottage #cottagecharm #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenlife #lindavater #englishstyle #countryhousestyle #countrylifestyle #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #picnicparty #cottagestyle #picnicideas #jardin #fairygarden #lindavater #picnicdate#soniafragadiasdesigner (em Miami, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK9gW7fJ65p/?igshid=1x9lsuczil2s

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linda6389-blog · 5 years

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🌺🌿🌺 Please respond: which element in this image first catches your eye? Is it: ✔️A. The radiating form of the Color Guard Yucca , or ✔️B. The mounded, spherical form of the clipped box ball, or ✔️C. The long slender upward diagonal branch of the redbud? In today’s #lvgardendesignschool ... I give you an example of LINE, SHAPE and FORM in garden design and the emotions they invoke. Which lines and shapes appeal to you most and how do they make you feel? Can you deconstruct this scene through those lenses? Tip: Good things to consider as you plan and stage your garden! . . . . #newgardener #boxwood #gardenideas #backyard #gardengoals #lindavater #topiary #gardensofinstagram #gardenstyle #lineshapeform #gardeninspiration #garten #tuin #gardendesign #flagstone #gardeners #garden_styles #gardenlover #gardeninglife #landscape #instagardenlovers #yucca #gooddesign #homeandgarden #englishstyle #englishgarden #gartenliebe #outdoorspace #gardenrooms (at Crown Hts. - Edgemere Hts., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2UoeV3lZpS/?igshid=1kq61v6fep39j

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one-species-blog · 5 years

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#Repost @potagerblog • • • 💡🌳💡 Sometimes we get so caught up in what we still have to do, that we forget to appreciate how much we’ve already gotten done. @gretchenrubin calls this a TA DA!! list vs. a TO DO!! list. Last year this space was a big muddy hole with water line issues. Today it is a charming brickwork seating area off of my kitchen fireplace space. I can’t wait (neither can my topiaries) to enjoy my morning coffee ☕️ out there again this spring...as I make my to-do list for the day☺️😉😊. . . . #gardentherapy #lindavater #gardeninspiration #landscapedesign #gardensofinstagram #tuin #gardenlove #gardenart #gardenlife #trädgård #topiary #landscapearchitecture #horticulture #gardener #gardens #instagarden #jardin #garden_styles #landscaping #garten #gardening #mygarden #garden #gardeninspiration #gardendesign #jardim #stringlights #ガーデニング #4seasons #brick https://www.instagram.com/p/BtOoS7BnZyI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=niufgco6v1ca

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lindavater · 4 years

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*️⃣🌳*️⃣ You will probably INSTINCTIVELY know the answer to this question...which means you have the makings of a garden designer. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• {Q U E S T I O N} Which plant in this #backyard vignette provides instant excitement and dynamism to the landscape? If you answered “yucca” then you understand the importance of line, shape, and form in garden design. What other plants do you like to use as exclamation points in the garden? • • • #garden_styles #gardenideas #backyarddesign #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #lvgardendesignschool #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenlife #lindavater #gardendesign #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardenphotography #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin #yucca #lindavater (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9jvw8IF4z3/?igshid=1m7hk97abzlbl

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lindavater · 4 years

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🍃💜🍃 Do you remember the bark vases I made over the holidays (go to my link in bio for the how-to) and I told you that they would be equally as beautiful in the spring? Well I think I like them even better now, styled with violas and pansies, moss, Iris reticulata, and baby bulbs. A nice little vignette by my front door. Do you agree? . . . #garden_styles #purpleflowers #gardenideas #containergardening #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #lvgardendesignschool #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenlife #lindavater #cottages #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardenphotography #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9hlWFXF_uN/?igshid=12pmff2upzfrp

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lindavater · 4 years

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🥬🥗🥬 Is it warm enough where you are to direct sow greens and cool season veggies? Last week I direct sowed ( I don’t start many seeds inside...lack of light and room and tolerance for the mess as I have no greenhouse😫) lettuces, arugula, dill, parsley and kale. The dill should have germinated by now, but I see only one lone seedling. I fear the seed was old and I must get a fresh pack. I also planted LOTS of nasturtium and some of the nubby seeds have germinated. Soak overnight to speed up the process. ...and isn’t this wooden true cute. Belonged to my mom:). What’s up in your garden beds? . . . . . #garden_styles #orangeflowers #gardenideas #herbgarden #cottageliving #springishere🌸 #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #lvgardendesignschool #gardenlife #gardendesign #nasturtium #lindavater #cottages #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardeninspiration #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin #gardentrug #lindavater (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FLDsflYeO/?igshid=13plqj07q373z

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lindavater · 4 years

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🕯🌲🕯 I’m ba-a-a-ack! (Hope you missed me...just a wee bit?☺️) And so it begins. 2020. WOW! Do you, like me, feel like you drank enough 🍷 , consumed enough, to have filled this wonderful #winebarrel planter over the holidays? (Maybe I’m talking to you @mammasassypants and Paula @hillhousevintage and @s.piers 😆🤪😆). And now to repent, recover and rededicate ourselves to a healthy, yes, #gardeninspired lifestyle. You with me? More on this tres hygge winter container garden using @southernlivingplantcollection winners coming up...cuz if you’re garden obsessed like me (we’re alike in so many ways 😊) as soon as that tree comes down, garden addiction picks up. Here’s to benevolent garden conditions in 2020🥂🙏🥂! Photo by @stewartperryman_ . . . #wintergardening #gardeningtips #lindavater #planters #redboots #hunterboots #hunterrainboots #containergardening #winebarrels #gardeninspiration #alittlebeautyeveryday #smallgardendesign #gardenideas #containergardens #hyggelife #hyggelifestyle #hyggestyle #lanternlove #winterdecor #winterlook #mysouthernliving #mygardenthismonth #mygardenlife #sweaterseason #gardenlovers #gardeningaddict #oklahomagardening (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B60q9WIF-Zi/?igshid=184h4nh1bm1u1

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lindavater · 4 years

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🌳🌿🌳 Welcome to my garden Throwback Thursday! So many of you have asked for early pictures of my garden. Well this post is for you. SWIPE LEFT to see my boxwood potager about a year or two after it was first installed. You can see how the bones were established and how the posts frame the east end of the kitchen garden. In the after picture, the perspective is looking west, standing on the bench between the posts in the before picture. Time, maturity, and reliable rainfall can work magic. Along with some judicious pruning and clipping of course! Does this #beforeandafter give you any inspiration for your own garden plans this year? . . . . . . . . #formalgarden #kitchengarden #jardin #boxwood #landscapephotography #gardenbeauty #thecottagejournal #lvgardendesignschool #lindavater #gardens #gardening #gardensofinstagram #yew #frenchgarden #garden #hedge #gardeninspiration #gardentour #parterre #landscape #topiary #mediterranean #winterwreath #gardenlove #flowers #gardendesign #landscapedesign #gardenstyle #landscapearchitecture (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7qzi-IlVKS/?igshid=1nozwlxdhklm7

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lindavater · 4 years

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🌳💜🌳 Are you a restless gardener that moves pots here...and then there...and then back again but two more inches in either direction🤣😂🤣? I plead guilty! But every so often I come up with a composition that sings...layering and balance of multiple elements that I may want to replicate but can’t remember having done in the past. I often revisit random months and years in the garden to refresh my memory and be re-inspired by past efforts. I find it really helpful in planning my garden for the coming year. Challenge: pick any random month and year (it’s fun to go way back) and see if you can be reinvigorated and refreshed with OLD ideas...from yourself! If one really capture your fancy, share with me😊. Happy Monday🙃! . . . #lvgardendesignschool #lindavater #gardendesign #garden_styles #landscapelove #hydrangeas #cottagefarmhouse #cottagegarden #topiary #gardeningtips #gardeninspired #gardendesigntips #mygardenlife #gardeninspiration #gartenliebe #gardenplanning #gardengoals #stringlights #mygardenlife #gardendreams #flagstone #gardeninspo #gravelpatio #cottagegardenstyle #backyardgarden #backyards #buxus #stylishgardening #gardenlover #gardenideas (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6-_EhuFQEW/?igshid=vc7pferoxx8d

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lindavater · 4 years

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🌳🎅🌳 Did you take a break from IG and social media over the long holiday weekend? Or did you power post...and enjoy capturing and sharing...the pies and place settings, puttering and promos of the weekend? The kickoff of the Christmas season as it were. I took an intentional break from my phone and IG and the web and in the process discovered: 1️⃣ I felt less harried, more present (duh), and more reflective on the history, meaning, and relationships of 🦃. 2️⃣ I was far more productive. Not digitally of course, but I did get a lot more done and checked off my LIFE to do list. 3️⃣ I was more organized, less distracted, and more appreciative of CREATING for the intrinsic joy of creativity itself, without documenting and recording each step. That said, I also discovered how much I missed the interaction, the warmth, and the communal aspect of sharing ideas, and beauty and inspiration. Stepping back, reassessing, rethinking process, and rekindling enthusiasm for something is always a good thing I think, even in the frenzied holiday season. What are your thoughts on the matter? . . . #newfollowerswelcome #boxwood #gardenideas #gardendecor #gardengoals #lindavater #topiary #gardensofinstagram #gardenstyle #gardendesigner #gardeninspiration #garten #tuin #gardendesign #comfycozy #gardeners #garden_styles #christmasdecorating #gardenlover #gardeninglife #landscape #instagardenlovers #backporch #mygardentoday #homeandgarden #englishstyle #englishgarden #gartenliebe #plaids (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5k5vLwloU7/?igshid=17djzxsl4dmqt

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lindavater · 4 years

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🍃🌳🍃 I’ve been asked a lot recently if I mind how many times people reshare my images. My response is always SHARE AWAY as long as you credit my work and provide attribution to @potagerblog . We all learn so much from each other’s posts, and if anyone can learn from mine, or copy a garden strategy from me, I am flattered. You can also visit and follow #lvgardendesignschool if you want to revisit posts specifically dedicated to garden design. Hope that answers your questions🌳😊. . . . . #garden_styles #pinkflowers #gardenideas #backyarddesign #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #topiary #repost #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenlife #lindavater #cottages #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardenphotography #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin #hangingbaskets #lindavater (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9CZ7eeAC3W/?igshid=5hsg9se7vudq

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lindavater · 4 years

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🌸🌳🌸 Shall I share three #cheapchic touches that I think can send a garden vignette over the top? (I am a notorious cheapskate who still demands high style, do you know what I mean?) • Hang a good-looking basket that serves a functional purpose. It need not be $$$. On the contrary. It will be exposed to the elements, and will deteriorate over time. Consequently look at thrift stores, @goodwill baskets on sale at @michaelsstores or @hobbylobby or @target for a good deal. You get the idea. Then actually USE it. High style as both #gardenornament AND functional catch all. • Hang a lantern appropriate to the style of your garden from an arbor, gate, or next to an entry point. Then USE it. I am trying to get much better at this myself. It’s one of the things I find so compelling about Scandinavian and German gardens like @victoriaskoglund @gncgarden @79392 @yomargey ...they put their garden accessories to use on a regular basis. True daily-living charm, not just affectation and pretty appointments. Easy but life enhancing graciousness. The one in this picture was a cast off from a client of mine. Cost $0. Value - great. • Take an inexpensive plant with potential and turn it into something glorious. The white blooms of the Chinese Snowball Viburnum pictured here started out as an $11 shrub. Over time I pruned It into a small tree that makes a stunning spring focal point. Did I know I was even going to do that when I planted it? No. Did I know it would even live😂? No. But it costs nothing to be observant, take a small gardening risk, and see something in a new way. (A skill I have been hideously poor at, but one I am trying to hone.) As I learn daily, style need not be pricey nor high maintenance nor high end. Do you concur? . . . #garden_styles #pinkflowers #gardenideas #backyarddesign #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #lvgardendesignschool #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenlife #lindavater #cottages #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardenphotography #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin #hangingbaskets #lindavater (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B839kDAld45/?igshid=l6jxc3bvb0lj

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lindavater · 4 years

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✂️🌳✂️ So, you often ask, when do I begin trimming my boxwood? Both the hedge and the topiary balls. Unless I’m preparing for a photo shoot or event where they need to be pristine, I try to wait until at least the third week in March. Our average frost date is April 15. In mid March I start looking at the 10 to 14 day forecast. If it looks like we’re not going to have a really hard freeze, then I go for it. What about you? In your zone, when do you feel you can safely begin to prune your boxwood? . . . #growyourownveggies #gardenideas #veggiegarden #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #growyourown #topiary #pruning #countrycottage #boxwood #evergreens #gardenlife #instagardening #gardendesign #gardenlife #mygardenlife #cottages #cottage #lindavater #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #garden_styles #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin #potager #gardenlifestyle (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B81XRaClQVZ/?igshid=1idowecwlfu32

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lindavater · 4 years

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🌸💚🌸 May I send this flowery valentine your way for a round of hide and pink? How many pops of pink do you see in this capture of my garden from last spring? The rhythm and repetition of a garden design element across a space...in this case...PINK 🤗... makes a garden harmonious, cohesive, and sets a definite tone. In this garden...feminine, fresh and frilly. Think how different the mood will be later in the season… perhaos fall…when everything will be in gold, umbers and rust colors? Mother Nature of course is the ultimate seasonal ‘color’ designer, but we can influence her work with our own color selections, textural choices, and volume of said colors. I tend to prefer gradations of just a few hues. But vibrant, high contrast color choices can be energizing and dramatic. Ah, we gardeners are 👩🏻‍🎨 are we not? . . . . #garden_styles #pinkflowers #gardenideas #backyarddesign #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #lvgardendesignschool #flowerstagram #gardenlife #redbud #gardendesign #gardenlife #lindavater #cottages #cottage #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardenphotography #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin #hangingbaskets (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8bnrz8F0E_/?igshid=189x4q92731e0

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lindavater · 4 years

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🍃🌳🍃 Someone asked yesterday if I would show a spring image (this is not what the front looks like now, but it will look similar to this in the next couple months, Lord willin’) of the full front street view. This picture was taken several years ago, I think the year @gardengatemagazine came to shoot....and when the front turf was still real and before I converted to artificial grass. (honestly, when I look at pictures now, if I don’t know the year, I can hardly tell which is which😆). Looking at this same front view without the tulips this morning, and comparing it to this picture, I am amazed at how much all of the boxwood, azaleas, and other staples of the beds have grown. A garden is ever changing that’s for sure🍃. . . . . #underthefloralspell #country_stilllife #countryhomestyle #countrygarden #countrycottage #countrylivingmagazine #countrylivingforever #countrysideliving #tulipfever #tulipseason #hurryspring #gardenlifestyle #gardeninspired #flowerbulbs #tulips🌷 #englishtudor #oldhouselove #loveofoldhouses #lindavater #springgarden #springisnear #springiscoming #tulipmania #frontyard #frontyardlandscaping #lindavater #hurryspring https://www.instagram.com/p/B78t01dFz0G/?igshid=1m8z0rtf0veoa

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