Blue bottles for the garden and beer bread
How to decorate the garden with blue bottles! The new blue beer bottles, ideas for how to use them, removing labels and recipes for beer if you don’t dink beer! The new availability of light beer sold...
View ArticleMonika’s colorful desert garden
A Desert Garden Retreat Monika’s Clauberg’s Nevada desert garden near Las Vegas was nearly destroyed when a water pipe broke, flooding and washing away her landscaping. She says, “Here it is the...
View Article50 Ideas for a Red, White and Blue garden!
Plant a Red, White and Blue Flower Garden Red, White and Blue are favorite colors for Flea Market Gardening fans! Here are the best of our ideas celebrating Memorial Day, Fourth of July and all the...
View ArticleHeavenly cobalt glass in the garden
How to use cobalt glass indoors and out in the garden …including four projects you can do! Cobalt reflects light wonderfully, one reason we love it! Cobalt glass: Bringing the Sky Indoors I started...
View ArticleA Touch of Teal
Teal, Turquoise, Aqua in the garden For great color that is both strong and calm at the same time—there is teal. Teal surprises the eye because it is naturally intense, even brilliant, but there’s a...
View ArticleWhy we love old-fashioned zinnias
We love zinnias! They add a wonderful splash of color throughout the garden and are easy to grow from seed. Learn how to grow them and why we love them so much. Kay’s nostalgic zinnia bed Kay Comer...
View ArticleBillie’s pops of red in the garden
Wow Them with Red! It’s said that every room in your home needs a bit of red. We think this applies to the garden as well! Billie Hayman has compared her garden to a canvas upon which she ‘paints.’...
View ArticleGraceful Grasses in a Flea Market garden
12 Top Ornamental Grasses Ornamental grasses look beautiful in winter when so many other plants are dormant. Think about where you could plant some,…they make such a beautiful statement in all seasons....
View ArticleCatherine’s ‘Tentmaker’s House’
Carnival colors in a salvaged garden Artist, Cathie Zurich-Wus, coaxed every bit of vibrant color from her whimsical garden and we wanted to know more. Her home, with just as much character, was...
View ArticleBeautiful bulbs and vibrant violas, together
Bulbs and pansies How to get a Springtime show in your pots and containers, year after year! Both Violas and daffodils are the hardiest of Springtime flowers. Both are deer resistant and it’s a very...
View ArticleUsing beautiful blue in the garden
The color of ocean and sky, 12 ways Blue in the garden is calming, cooling, promotes insightful, peaceful reflection. Here you’ll see a dozen ways how our gardeners have used it to create sparkling...
View ArticleMarie’s cobalt garden crafts
Marie’s got the blues,…and she’s pretty happy about it! When approaching Marie Niemann’s garden, you might first see a faint blue glow marking the way through the gate! She loves blue in the garden as...
View ArticleHave a heart in the garden
Garden designing with Heart Motifs Love in the Garden! Or, we love hearts in the garden. If you have a fondness for anything heart or Valentine shaped, try these ideas in your garden, including two...
View ArticleGarden color: Painting galvanized tubs
Unify your garden with a color scheme Like many of us, Ann Elias likes planting and decorating with galvanized containers in her garden and came up with a unique way to combine her favorite color,...
View ArticleA Barn Quilt for your Garden
Create a Barn Quilt as Garden Art Nancy K. Meyer, from Iowa, has embraced the barn quilt tradition! See the barn quilts on her farm and she’ll show us how to make a barn quilt in a small size. Nancy...
View ArticleAntique Motel chairs in the garden
Flea Market collecting: Motel chairs Whether you keep the crusty patina, or sandblast and paint, collecting ‘Motel chairs’ from the 1930s and 1940s to use in the garden can be addicting. At one time,...
View ArticlePlanting a dramatic moon garden
Get Bright with White! Gardens are typically packed with color, but get this, you can fill a garden with a whole lot of drama by using plants of one color. Plant an all white moon garden! White,...
View ArticleGlittering, beaded garden sparklers
How ideas spread and develop on Flea Market Gardening page. An astounding reminder! Linda Gladman posted her garden vignette and our eyes went right to the sparkling blue beads dangling like a cloud...
View ArticleStephie’s gypsy unicorn deck
Gypsy cottage style Have you been following the new “unicorn” color craze? Unicorn cookies, coffee, ice cream, even fingernail polish. It just means to throw the whole rainbow of colors at a project....
View ArticleBlue in the Garden: A Gallery
Our Gardens have the blues! It’s a mystery why we love it so! If you know, tell us! There are few gardeners who don’t love this accent color. There aren’t too many true blue flowers, so mixed with...
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