Vintage Garden

I have written two posts about my friend Lisa's gorgeous home - here and here.

As much as I love Lisa's house, her gardens take my breath away.

We should start the garden tour here at the cottage right outside the living room, but I am saving the best for last.

Instead we will begin in the Secret Garden, right outside Lisa's bedroom.

From the front, it looks like a little house, but you can see on the left that it is just a frame.

Fun architectural pieces and vignettes 

are placed all along the garden walls. 

My favorite part of the Secret Garden, other than the fantastic doors, 

is the hammock all dressed and calling me to sway in the breeze while reading a book.

If I had a hammock and a Secret Garden at my house, I don't think I would ever get much done.

But, Lisa can't entertain in the Secret Garden so a vintage wicker sofa with comfy pillows sits on the patio outside her bedroom doors.

This view of the patio shows the beautiful border of flowers all along the edge of the yard.

The patio is filled with fun vintage pieces gathered together into sweet vignettes.

I am in love with the grapevine and mason jar chandelier hanging on the patio.

Beyond the patio is a large lawn space

with lush flower borders - a closer look at the borders shows all sorts of eye candy.

Old gates and bed frames are tucked into the greenery with flowers weaving through the openings.

Rusty metal sculptures are hidden behind lush vines.

Statuary is hidden all throughout the garden.

And just like on the front porch, birdhouses are on display.

I am enchanted with Lisa's garden

and dream of the day when Lulu stops digging up flowers and allows my garden to thrive.

I said I was saving the best for last, but there are already 22 photos in this post, 47 if you count each photo in the collages.

So, I am going to end today's garden tour with a sneak peek at Lisa's little garden cottage - you will have to come back in a few days to see the inside and get the scoop on where she bought it.

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I'm a Party Girl

Two parties on one day.

I signed up for both the Mad Tea Party and Where Bloggers Create for July 12.

Read about my Tea Party here.

Check out my Creative Space here.

Thanks to Karen at My Desert Cottage and Vanessa of A Fanciful Twist for hosting the parties.

Mad Tea Party

An invitation - to all the "Ladies of the Lane"-  appeared in mail boxes early one morning

asking them to meet in the garden.

For weeks, little fingers

were busy creating.

And finally,

the day arrived when

the garden was magically transformed

into a welcoming spot

for the all the "Ladies of the Lane"

to relax and chat and catch up with neighbors.

When the ladies arrived they would be thirsty -

oh dear, who snuck in a bottle of champagne to a garden party?

And now we know what the tags were for.

Everyone chose a word to designate their glass and

created their own tag if they didn't find a word to suit their personality.

Why do you suppose this person chose "Life" as their word?

With their thirst quenched, the ladies were hungry

for a little savory 

and a little sweet - with mustaches because Christine requested them.

Happy Ladies . . . 

gathered in the garden

to eat

and drink.

The question remains, why were the "Ladies of the Lane" asked to meet in the garden?

And the answer is, 'Just Because'.

And before everyone left, they were sure to take home a treat box.

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Don't forget to visit A Fanciful Twist to see all the other Mad Tea Parties.