Easy Easter Decorations with plants

Easy Easter Decorating with Flowers

Hi Everyone,

This week's video is a celebration of Easter and Spring.

I've used a 2nd hand tea set, some adorable little viola and poached egg colour primula, teamed with neutral linen napkins folded into bunny rabbit shapes, and my Gisella Graham Chicken doorstop.

Time for a cute Easter Tea Party

These easy decoration ideas are inexpensive and so easy to do. Use all of them for a fun Easter Tea Party, or pick elements for a cute shabby chic table setting. Check out my YouTube video below for how I put it all together.

Viola in a china sugar bowl with pretty tea time treats

Napkins folded into bunnies with viola and primula plants

Enjoy!

Love

Rebecca xx

Two Tier DIY Fairy Garden - Part 2 of 2

A Fairy Tale Ending in the Garden

Hi everyone!

My epic Fairy Garden build is complete. I'm so proud of how it turned out, and I really want to share the video with you, plus some bonus photographs.

Materials and supplier lists are in the description bar of each video so do go and check those out too.

You enter the garden through an ornate bronze archway

The two bowls side by side create a flowing Fairy Garden

The handmade woven-panel screen provides a backdrop to the garden border

If you watch Part 1 of 2 you'll see me talk about the arch, screen, fence and cottage that I hand made specifically for this garden. Part 2 shows it all coming together, the creation of the patio and paths, and discusses all the plants I use.

Enjoy!
Love
Rebecca xx

Planting a Terrarium - Tutorial

Happy New Year everyone! Can you believe it's 2019 already?

Today's video is focusing on terrariums and planting different sorts, open, closed, tropical, succulent. It's a long one, so grab a cuppa and enjoy.

Love

Rebecca xx

Planting up the Hay Racks for Winter Interest

Hi everyone,
I'm well behind with posting my YouTube videos here on the blog. If you follow me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram then you know that my father has been very unwell, so we've been making a lot of hospital visits to see him.

In this video I'm planting up the hay rack baskets that sit under my craftroom window. I wanted to refresh them with some Autumn/Winter colour, and I must say, I'm very pleased with the results.

Enjoy!
Lots of love
Rebecca xx

Colourful Flowering Plants for Autumn Garden Decorating

Hello lovelies,

Goodness me it's busy at the moment. I had an operation, the garden has gone a bit wild, we've lost and gained pets, I've been preparing for craft fairs, and so much more...

I will write a 'proper' blogpost soon, but for now here's my latest YouTube video where I pretty-up the patio outside our lovely blue summerhouse with some Autumn flowering plants -it's the only time you'll see red and orange in my garden! 😉

This was shot on a very warm day, the sun was really strong and I was struggling with light/shadows and seeing the viewfinder...at least the planters look pretty 😊

Hope you enjoy it
Rebecca

Create a quick table decoration with succulent cuttings

Hi there,

My vision for this week's project was a centrepiece for an alfresco dinner party. I had so much fun creating this lovely table decoration, and it was so quick, inexpensive and easy to do!

I bought the reclaimed cedar planter from Pembury Recycle for a princely sum of £8.00
The compost is my trusty E-Coco Products Cactus and Succulent one, and the small amount probably cost £1.50-2.00
The candle and votive were leftovers from Christmas, you could use something you have already.
The plants are all free cuttings taken from my existing plants.

Create a Quick Table Decoration with Succulent Cuttings

I'd love you to try something similar and let me know how you get on in the comments ☺

Lots of love
Rebecca xx

Spring 2018 has arrived at last

Spring is in full swing!

It's taken it's sweet time, fierce easterly winds brought in snow, ice and freezing temperatures in March, but finally, enevitably, Spring 2018 has arrived - thank goodness!!

Let's have a look at a few of the highlights so far...

Alpines

New Alpine Planter

 This new planter is filled with two types of Arabis, one creeping and one upright, and wonderful softly spikey Armeria aka Thrift.

Spring Bulbs

Anemone coronaria and ladybird

I can't believe I took this photo with my camera phone! No filters or fancy stuff, this is just how stunningly vivid anemones look...the newly hatched ladybird needs to learn about the art of camouflage though 😄

Narcissus Tete-a Tete have been beautiful this year, and I love the contrast with these early purple tulips, the pink hellebores and all the vibrant fresh foliage.

Narcissus Tet-a Tete, Tulips and Hellebores

Sempervivums

I've just refreshed my Sempervivum planters, they are doing really well, and have put on lots of growth as the days are getting longer and warmer. I love the tapestry of colours, sizes, textures and markings.

A Mixture of Sempervivum in a Strawberry Pot

But as you'll see from the next photo, they also look really fabulous when one variety is planted en-mass (see the top right pot crammed with a cushion of wine red Semps)

More Sempervivum Planters

The Woodland Garden

Things are changing daily in the Woodland Garden, and whilst I love all my plants, there is something very special about Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa). I remember walking through woodland with my mother, and her pointing out these shining white, daisy-like flowers to me. She loved them, and the way they spread and bloom under deciduous trees.

My clumps are growing huge, and last Spring I took the opportunity to split off some pieces and replant them in other areas of the Woodland Garden.  I was delighted to see them flowering among the Primroses and Dog Violets too.

Wood Anemones glowing under the trees

On the Lawn

I scurrified the grass ready for it's first cut, and was surprised by this little beastie proudly sticking out from the turf...

A Morel Mushroom

And the Morel of this story is...Sorry, that's a terrible joke 😁

Don't become plant blind, nature is amazing and ever-changing. It's so important that we appreciate its diversity, ingenuity and tenacity. Not just from an environmental or horticultural standpoint, but also to get our faces out of our smartphones and start experiencing real life.

What's going on in your garden right now? Let me know in the comments,

Love

Rebecca xx