Garden Tour

My Mother's garden theater, have your smile ready! Give her a shovel, a broom, a hose, throw in an hammer, some nails, a few acres...off she goes in her house dress and sandals, she is a happy set designer gardener.

Planting a scene while working up a sweat, is her idea of relaxation. She is up before six ready to roll, claiming the day is flying by, as she races around with a multitude of projects up her sleeves. Mom is a wonder woman from the get-go!

Nothing is thrown away, everything has a thousand ways to be useful. Doll house on a chair has a fancy foundation, or a good place to sit! Why be ordinary when you can be extraordinary? Or at least re-invented!

I wonder what Feng Shui would say about birdhouses that are climbing up a red ladder, with a Tarzan rope to help them stay put..note, this is the entry to my parent's home!

A new way to take an herb bath, with a green splash! In the front yard no less.

Flower bed. With ground cover. Fertile bed.

In my Mother's garden ideas sprout, new life buds in old worn out things, anything is a possible planter if it can hold water, dirt, and a few seedlings! There isn't reason to her rhyme, nothing is written in the script, she doesn't bury her imagination but lets it grow amongst the evergreen.

Tools without hang ups for hanging around.

...Oh! The flower show is for another day!

photos: Sunday afternoon garden theatre with front row seats, my Mother's garden uncovered!

Comments

[sarah]

This made me laugh first, and then feel really inspired. Thank you. It's like a jolt of spring in the snow!

[Becky]

Well I just love your Mom's garden and her sense of fun! What a lucky girl you are.

Thanks for sharing. This will be another one of my favorite blogs to visit.

[simple me]

What an amazing garden...with so many stories to tell.

[Linda Harre]

The vail is being lifted and the creativity revealed! No wonder you have this great gift of writing. How could you miss with a mother that is overflowing. What a wonderland to wonder.....I wouldn't want to leave either! I'll bet your childhood was a BLAST!!!! Love this entry.....thanks for sharing!

[andrea]

I think Im in love with your Mom.
What a glorious garden.
a.

[andrea]

I think Im in love with your Mom.
What a glorious garden.
a.

[mary ann]

i'm loving your mere's jardin! c'est tres fantastique!

funny, today, i just found this wonderful sign & it says: dans le jardin!

xo mary ann

[Paris Parfait]

I love your mom's creative styling - very imaginative. It's no wonder her daughter followed suit! :) xo

[susanna]

Your mom is an artist, a Joseph Cornell in the garden! Love that she's planted a succulent and rosemary (?) in the old wooden dollhouse. It reminds me of abandoned farmhouses with moss growing on the front porch and ivy climbing up the walls.

[Pamela]

What a great garden! That is one great Mom you have! :)

[wishesheros]

oh, what a lovely garden! I love them like that with so much history! your mother must be a great great women. I love people with that kind of imaginary world!

[Lilly]

You're right, gardening is really set designing in the open air. Your mom seems to have a fabulous eye for beauty, a green thumb and a great sense of humor too!

[mikaelah]

I thought of your mom today when a neighbor gifted us with some unusual cast-offs in way of thanking us for helping track down her dog (escapee for a brief time)... I wondered just what your mom might do with a couple of rusty rail nails (huge) and beautiful round boxes that number 12 and stack neating inside each other. I love getting surprises like that on the doorstep and am encouraged to find them all unique homes as your mom has done.

[Jess]

I love the garden sign.

[Cookie]

Your are your Mother's daughter dear Corey !!!

[Colette]

And this is why you sweet mother will live until she's 125!! I love every inch of this garden.

xox

[Amber]

That is just the kind of garden I love love love! Not boring and expected and manicured! Who needs that?
Now the girl she grew makes a lot of sense, too... ;)

:)

[HildeC]

Your mother's garden is a true inspiration, what a creative woman :-)

[AnnieElf]

What a fabulous vision your mom has. What a fabulous world she has created. There is a lot of your mom in you.

[Mrs. Staggs]

What a wonderfully fun garden tour Corey! So many clever ideas. I would love to meet your mom. I can tell she is a delightful person. Tell her thank you for letting us visit.
Can't wait to see her flowers!

[ParisBreakfasts]

WOW so many beautiful pictures...but I want to know are you packed yet? And are you going to show us a picture of the inside of your suitcase??? Hmmm...longing to see what yr taking back to France...

[berrie]

ahhhh! true whimsy! I love the use of EVERYTHING for something useful..everything has purpose..do not toss! A creative soul for sure...yes it is true, the apple does NOT fall far from the tree:) I loved to stroll around this morning! Thanks for sharing this with me corey! xo

[Carol]

Oh Corey I love your mums country garden style with all the wood signs and things and echeveria in baskets etc. it all looks so special and creative, just fabulous! Please tell her! Hugs xox

[bella]

This has to be one of the most creative gardens I've ever seen. What a fun way to enjoy her days.

[Penny]

Magic, pure magic!!!

[Ulla]

An artist with a unique flair and sense of humor - just like you! DELIGHTFUL!!!

[Jeanette]

I alway liked looking (wondering) your mother's garden you never know what you might find! Always a laugh at something she has used or hiden in the flowers. I have only been though it 3 times, but it is beautifull.

[Shannon Lewis]

Whimsy!! I love it and adore it and can't get enough of looking at these pictures.

How magical your mother's imagination is.

[josephine]

Now I see where you get it!

[Rebekah]

This was an entirely happy way to start my day - wandering your Mom's garden. She is a glorious soul!!

[maggie]

I luv Zinnias but they are so hard to keep bugs off. I have to plant them in an area by themsselves to avoid the fungus and bugs they always have.
I would luv to pick u'r mom's brains on some idea for my garden. Luv the garden thank you for sharing.
Maggie

[naturegirl]

Your mother is a women after my own heart!Her whimsical garden and creativity is a treasure! I can see many elements that I absolutely indentify with..she and I would make great conversation
discussing our gardens! I cannot wait to see the rest!Thank you for this enchanting tour!I can see how difficult it was for you to leave this magical place!

[diana]

ah.... now i see where you get your
artistic touch....loved my tour thru
the garden...

[candy]

I would give anything to know her.

[herhimnbryn]

A new scene around every corner. oping that one day I have beautiful nooks and crannies like this in my garden.

[Lea]

Simply adorable! Vive la liberté de faire les choses comme ca!! (I can't find my "cedille"...)

[Kristy]

Now that's my kind of garden!

[miss*R]

just gorgeous! this belongs in a magazine! gardenint is so good for the soul & this garden shows that your mum has a gorgeous soul, me thinks xo

[Linda]

I'm just guessing here but, having seen photos of all you do around your own house, I think you take after your mother in creativity.

[meredith]

Your mother's garden is beautiful!

[Dick Jones]

Pretty pictures! For 15 years my parents lived in a beautiful house above La Croix-Valmer in the Var & my father's joy was maintaining the garden. Not quite as imaginatively as this..!

[cruststation]

What a fascinating garden! Your mother would get special prize in a flower show, she is so creative and imaginative. I would love to wander into the wonderland garden and discover a new world in every step.

[Connie]

My eyes were dancing! She makes the most of every space she has...I think it is lovely. Your mom must be amazing.

Hugs,
Connie