Thursday, July 7, 2011
Old Soul Studios Garden
My husband James and I own a business called Old Soul Studios, we specialize in metal art and vintage items with an emphases on garden. We work from a shop at our home and this is the garden around us.
We love to garden and enjoy a wild, creative environment. We let plants come up pretty much wherever they choose and our creations seem to just show up through out the garden in random ways. Nothing is planned and we like it that way.
We have learned that you can garden in just about anything, and garden in anything we do... just have fun!
Our green house is mostly for our succulent collection, during the summer months here in California it gets too hot for anything else to be in there.
We love concrete and try to keep several birdbaths and water vessels throughout the garden for the birds, squirrels and other visiting critters... yesterday it was 106 degrees here so the water was welcomed by all.
This is my second time to participate in Cottage Flora Thursdays, I enjoyed having many new friends drop by last week and really enjoyed all the new blogs I visited. I hope you enjoyed the tour around the garden, it is a wonderful place to work and be inspired. As I toured more garden blogs today I found this ~ An Oregon Cottage Tuesday Garden Party and decided to join in there too!
If you would like to know more about Old Soul Studios you can visit our other blog Old Soul Studios or come like us on Face Book... thanks for dropping by and have a Happy Day! ~ Jacque
Thursday, June 30, 2011
sharing my garden
Hello everyone, and happy gardening! This morning while dropping by a favorite blog I saw this ~ "Cottage Flora Thursday’s", I have never participated in one of these so I hope I do it correctly. I love sharing my gardens and flowers and thought this might be a fun way to meet some new friends and of course show off my flowers to all of you who have loyally followed me for so long.
We have some beautiful old Holly Hocks in my family, they are in the gardens of my mother and sisters as well. Many years ago my sister Pam persuaded her husband to stop along side a country road where the Holly Hocks grew wild so she could grab some seeds. She shared those seeds with the rest of us and we have had these flowers for many years, and in just about every color! They reseed themselves every year and seem to come up right where they are not suppose to, but they seem very happy, even in the middle of the lawns and driveway!
Sunflowers of all types are one of my favorites, I love the tall grand ones, these are last years show, they have not reached this point yet, but they are on their way. Here in Northern California, they grow Sunflowers for the seeds and if you are lucky enough to pass by one of the fields when in bloom, it is breath taking! I love to watch as they turn with the sun.
Black eyed Susans have taken over! My sister gave me a small clump from her garden about five years ago, this Fall I will have to share some of mine. They have grown and grown and now are taking over an entire flower bed. I love the way they dance in the breeze and give a big burst of color during our warm (hot) season.
We have a lot of visitors to our garden, we are organic so many critters live amongst our plants, even a few unwanted ones but we seem to all manage together. My mother always used to say "you just have to plant enough for you and them too". We have birds, squirrels, lizards, snakes, bugs, butterflies, bugs, bees, bugs... well you get the idea.
Tiger Lily, we have many Lillies blooming right now, I had a beautiful Whites Lilly bloom a few weeks ago and now my bright yellow Day Lillies are blooming. Funny thing about them. When I purchased them they were suppose to be white... and the first year they bloomed they were a beautiful bright white, I loved them! Then every year since then they have been bright yellow!... and yes I planted them in my "white garden"! Nature is fun and I love my gardens, my plants give me joy and beauty and what more could we ask for ~ with my hands in the dirt ~ Jacque
We have some beautiful old Holly Hocks in my family, they are in the gardens of my mother and sisters as well. Many years ago my sister Pam persuaded her husband to stop along side a country road where the Holly Hocks grew wild so she could grab some seeds. She shared those seeds with the rest of us and we have had these flowers for many years, and in just about every color! They reseed themselves every year and seem to come up right where they are not suppose to, but they seem very happy, even in the middle of the lawns and driveway!
Sunflowers of all types are one of my favorites, I love the tall grand ones, these are last years show, they have not reached this point yet, but they are on their way. Here in Northern California, they grow Sunflowers for the seeds and if you are lucky enough to pass by one of the fields when in bloom, it is breath taking! I love to watch as they turn with the sun.
Black eyed Susans have taken over! My sister gave me a small clump from her garden about five years ago, this Fall I will have to share some of mine. They have grown and grown and now are taking over an entire flower bed. I love the way they dance in the breeze and give a big burst of color during our warm (hot) season.
We have a lot of visitors to our garden, we are organic so many critters live amongst our plants, even a few unwanted ones but we seem to all manage together. My mother always used to say "you just have to plant enough for you and them too". We have birds, squirrels, lizards, snakes, bugs, butterflies, bugs, bees, bugs... well you get the idea.
Tiger Lily, we have many Lillies blooming right now, I had a beautiful Whites Lilly bloom a few weeks ago and now my bright yellow Day Lillies are blooming. Funny thing about them. When I purchased them they were suppose to be white... and the first year they bloomed they were a beautiful bright white, I loved them! Then every year since then they have been bright yellow!... and yes I planted them in my "white garden"! Nature is fun and I love my gardens, my plants give me joy and beauty and what more could we ask for ~ with my hands in the dirt ~ Jacque
Monday, June 27, 2011
Garden Shade!
Summer has most certainly arrived here in our California garden, hope this finds you all happily tending to your gardens or at least sitting in your favorite lawn chair sipping lemonade! We have a fun garden art creation that will help provide you with some "shade" for your summer garden. These are so much fun! Our customers have found so many fun ways to use and display them. Each one is a little different and groups of them are a great look. This is our stock ready for customers so it is a little cluttered, but a fun way to show you all the different shapes.
This one I kept for my self, I love the shape and I hung some nice crystals on it that sparkle in the sun. This picture was taken at night and it got me thinking these would be great with little white lights wrapped around them, oh the possibilities!
We have sold these for weddings, garden topiary, garden art and even jewelry racks for shops. We love creating items that allow our customers to be creative themselves... they expand on our ideas make an even more unique expression. Our Shasta Daisies are enjoying them as they accumulate in the garden. The shades are welded to a rusty rod that is sturdy and will last outdoors for many years and have shown to be indestructible to squirrels! Our Garden Shades are another original design coming from our creative business Old Soul Studios. If you would like to see more of our creations you can join our page on Face Book at Old Soul Studios.
Have fun in the garden and here is to enjoying the long leisure days of Summer ~ Jacque & James Ferreira
This one I kept for my self, I love the shape and I hung some nice crystals on it that sparkle in the sun. This picture was taken at night and it got me thinking these would be great with little white lights wrapped around them, oh the possibilities!
We have sold these for weddings, garden topiary, garden art and even jewelry racks for shops. We love creating items that allow our customers to be creative themselves... they expand on our ideas make an even more unique expression. Our Shasta Daisies are enjoying them as they accumulate in the garden. The shades are welded to a rusty rod that is sturdy and will last outdoors for many years and have shown to be indestructible to squirrels! Our Garden Shades are another original design coming from our creative business Old Soul Studios. If you would like to see more of our creations you can join our page on Face Book at Old Soul Studios.
Have fun in the garden and here is to enjoying the long leisure days of Summer ~ Jacque & James Ferreira
Monday, June 20, 2011
Rhododendron
The Northern Coast gardens are known for their beautiful Rhododendrons. When we spotted this very large tree on our new property we couldn't wait for Spring so we could see how it would bloom.
Needless to say we were not disappointed! This huge tree has bursted with very large beautiful blooms. They started out with a little pink around the edges and then became these pure white puffs of loveliness!
I was so happy! I love white flowers and they just pop in the plush green garden... it really is a sight to see.
These beautiful plants grow wild along the the coast line... we are very grateful to have one in our garden.
This picture shows how they started out with pink edges, it was very pretty at this stage as well. We also have a bright red one that needed a little care... but I am sure by next Spring it too will be bursting with beauty. Can you tell I am really loving this garden! Happy cultivating everyone... with my hands in the dirt ~ Jacque
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