And, as promised, here is the big reveal of our new garden.
Actually, I think it's a rather lovely little corner, even if the biggest plant in it is the basil I planted in May.
You might be wondering what we did with all the pavers that His Grace dug up to make this corner garden. Check this out!
All the pots and ornaments came from various thrift stores. I got the blue-green wall plaques for $1 each; the large clay pot was $5 and the other two were $3 each. The blue butterfly one didn't have a drainage hole, but we discovered a masonry bit in the garage and His Grace used his new drill... presto... functional planter. And I think the stacks of pavers actually look like we planned this arrangement from the beginning. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
We did have one garden 'ornament' that came with the condo. Meet Mac. His Grace is not a fan, but I think he's so cheesy he's cute. I plan to fix up his paint job later, but I like him.
His Grace wanted hanging baskets, and I found three empty planters at thrift stores. The two larger iron ones (There are two of them.) were $5 each, plus the cost of the coconut matting, and the strange gold bullet-shaped one was $3. Unfortunately, I got this one before His Grace got the drill, so I just put a bunch of rocks in the bottom. We might drill a hole after the petunias are finished. And the little blue on hanging on the wall was only $1.99. It might be my favourite of all of them; the blue goes so beautifully with the moss green wall.
But the piece de resistance is the bird bath. I know there's a 'lake' half a block away on the golf course and the birds aren't remotely interested in our little bowl of water. This was tested and proved this summer when I put a tray of water out every day. But I don't care! It's not a garden without a bird bath. But I get ahead of myself.
Our friends Richard and Nancy have these really cool glass whimsies in their garden. They are essentially glass dishes that have been glued together one on top of the other. I'm not explaining it well, but trust me, they're really neat. So I decided to make one for our garden and promptly trotted off to Goodwill. But I couldn't find the glass I needed to make my vision a reality. Then I saw some pottery vases, and a big bowl.
I glued everything together using Loctite Glass Glue because I had some left over from making cake stands. It worked a charm gluing the plate and white container (which is filled with rocks for stability), the middle piece with the leaves and the blue-green vase above it and the vase to the pasta bowl. But that middle piece with the green leaves isn't a vase; it's a candle platform thing-y, and the bottom (the part glued to the white container) is unglazed. The Glass Glue didn't hold, so I tried again using Goop plumbers glue, and that seems to be working perfectly.
Voila! The bird bath.
His Grace is not as delighted with it as I am; he thinks it looks like some odd bits of pottery that have been stuck together. Whereas I see it as some really interesting odd bits of pottery that have been stuck together (With a bunch of rocks hidden in the base for stability). But I really need the birds to back me up in this by actually using it.
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