Notecards
Every so often I come across a product I can’t help but share. Growing up I was always taught to send a thank you note if I had been the recipient of something nice. Not an email or text but a real, genuine written response. So I still send thank you notes. And as a gardener, I have finally found the perfect ones.
From MercedesHarris | Graphic Design comes a range of wonderful and visually fun ways to let people know you appreciate what they did.
These thank you notes are perfect for gardeners and I will be buying in bulk since I have so many people to thank!
To purchase, visit Mercedes’s Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/mercedesharrisShop
No need to thank me, save those notes for someone else.
Galvanized Metal…Part 2.
I am beyond excited to be heading back to The Country Living Fair.
As a huge fan of things old and galvanized I feel like I have died and gone to heaven.
The Country Living Fair is a major dose of creative inspiration plus it’s a great place for me to pick up some of the “outside the box” containers I love to use in my designs. I am honored to be speaking, not at one location, but three over the next few months.
In April I will be presenting in Nashville, TN. Come see “Jaw-Dropping, Traffic-Stopping, Get-Your-Neighbors-Talking Containers” on April 20th at 2:30 on the Main Stage.
I am also speaking in Rhinebeck, NY and Columbus, Ohio in June. More details to follow.
If you are interested in winning 3 day passes (including a Friday early bird) to any of the fairs email me Deborah@thecapturedgarden.com
Heading to the Motor City
It’s no secret that I love speaking to groups about gardening.
Whether container gardening, urban gardening or designing for pollinators I am always excited and honored to be asked to share my passion with others.
Over the years I have been blessed with many wonderful opportunities to speak at the Boston Flower and Garden Show, the Connecticut Flower Show, the Newport Flower Show and the Philadelphia International Flower Show. Last year I was invited to speak at the Country Living Fair in Rhinebeck NY and Columbus OH. The Ohio experience was made especially sweet, not only because of all the galvanized metal, but also because I could visit my daughter Eliza.
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For me, excitement in the garden is caused by contrast…and the occasional snake that slithers by when I’m on my hands and knees weeding. Contrast is described as “to compare in order to show unlikeness, or difference” and can exist between colors, forms, textures, and shapes. Contrast creates tension and gives life to the garden. Without it things can seem flat, boring, lifeless. Imagine a garden of all daisy-shaped flowers. Or rounded shrubs. Or rounded shrubs with daisy-shaped flowers.
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