The ever-growing collection of terracotta pots and vessels in my garden…
There’s more to a great garden than plants. This is the page where I will be adding items I find, like and use for gardening and decorating both indoors and out: containers, garden accessories and other handy things you might find in a potting shed or bench, as well as beautiful and unusual garden ornaments, bird feeders, houses, etc. I am aiming to include garden objects in various styles, from Modern to Classic, Mediterranean to Gothic, and beyond. If you are looking for an interesting gift or something special for your own garden, check back from time to time. I will add a few high-quality, (some inexpensive and some higher end), things here and there as I find them, and I will include links to online sources for the items. If a link isn’t working, please let me know via email, (these are links to outside websites, I don’t sell anything directly through this blog).
French Florist Bucket
Florists buckets, galvanized pails and tubs are excellent for gardening indoors and out. I use tall and short buckets for collecting cut flowers and branches, or for casual floral arrangements. I use the short buckets as candle holders, organizers, vases, planters, and myriad other decorative and organizing tasks. The large tubs are useful as planters, ice-and-beverage holders, kindling-wood storage, and even for floating candles and flowers at a party. They are inexpensive and durable…
Galvanized Copper French Bucket
Search Amazon.com for more: Galvanized Buckets, Tubs and Pails
I have two beautiful French harvest baskets and whenever I post photos of them on the blog, I get email and comments asking where to find them. I purchased mine at the now closed Smith & Hawken, but I have found several similar, and equally beautiful items online…
Harvest/Storage Wire Basket
Set of 2 Red Wire Frame Country Baskets with Handles
French Style Wire Salad Basket
Small Steel Harvest Basket -at Amazon.com
I am drawn to metal, especially wire, in the garden. Here are some beautiful and functional additions to the garden. These pieces would work well in a Gothic or Victorian style potager, an elegant perennial garden, and many other designs…
Wire Harvest Basket from Terrain $38.00
Elegant Rust Obelisk from Terrain (4′ tall) $148.00
Rust Wire Edging from Terrain $24.00
I am totally in love with this hand-made clay pot. Look at the gorgeous petal edge….. Green Flower Pot from Terrain $22.00
These decorative metal flowers are so elegantly Tim Burton, they drive me wild. I can see them in the garden, or in a vase indoors, or in endless other ways… Gothic Garden Beauty – Metal Mum from Terrain $16.00
Metal Agapanthus Stem from Terrain $16.00
A few exotic tin lanterns set the garden all aglow…
Moroccan Birdcage Candle Lantern$16.90 at Amazon.com
Cupola Tin Lantern$31.99 via Amazon.com
And Solar Lights Create a Lovely Ambience…
Click here for a closer look at the Square Solar Shoji Lanterns from Gaiam
Click here to see the circular Solar Shoji Lantern from Gaiam
Click here to see Exterior Accent’s Aurora Glow Solar String Lights (Amber)
Click here to see: Pisa Torches from Plow and Hearth
Click here for: Globe Solar String Lights from Plow and Hearth
Inexpensive terracotta and glazed planters are a good investment for gardening indoors and out. Here are some stylish, good deals I found online…
This pot is being sold with basil seed as an herb planter. It would work for a variety of herbs and that is how I would use it. But you could also insert cactus or other succulents, (particularly trailing types). This is just a classic, and it’s a great price…
Smith and Hawken Grow Pot – Basil
Smith and Hawken – Grow Pot – Strawberry
This pot is sold with lettuce seed for starting an indoor kitchen-garden. But the pot could be used for anything really, and it’s a great shape for porches and patios or windowsills. Pretty and simple and very inexpensive…
Smith and Hawken – Grow Pot – Lettuce
Here is an indoor pot to satisfy the modernist, the minimalist and pretty much any apartment dweller. This is sold as a kit with strawberry seed, but you could use the pot for herbs, trailing plants, succulents… you name it.
Smith and Hawken – Grow Pot – Strawberry
Smith and Hawken – Round Planter
Smith and Hawken – Rectangle Planter
I fell in love with Talavera style planters when I was a kid, visiting Mexico as an exchange student. Although I am something of a minimalist when it comes to pots and planters, this little beauty is calling to me with all sorts of potential. The rounded shape is versatile and elegant, and the handles are a sweet detail. From oversized dahlias, bold zinnia and bright orangey pelargoniums to exotic succulent combinations, or even herbs… this is a true sunshine-fiesta flowerpot. I am stalking it online daily…
Talavera Round Planter Pot, Extra Large ($42.00) – Assorted Colors
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Bird Houses and Feeders:
Bird House Kits in solid wood for only $15.95 from Duncraft
Duncraft’s Beautiful Copper Roofed Songbird House for $99.95
Duncraft’s Pretty Thatched Roof Nesting Pocket for $7.95
Duncraft’s Basic Bird Houses from $12.95
Gardman Acorn Roosting Pocket
Smith & Hawken – Bird House
Gardman Teardrop Roosting Pocket
Smith and Hawken Bird Feeder
Smith & Hawken® – Glass Hummingbird Feeder – Clear
(also available in red or green glass)
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Havens for Bats, Butterflies and other Benneficials:
Victorian Bat House from Duncraft
Hoses/Etc
Smith & Hawken® – Zinc Hose Bowl
Garden Supplies and Supplements
Espoma Green Sand – 10 lb. bag
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