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Categories: Garden Vignettes

French twist in the garden

Garden delights in lovely French design

‘Found’ and Flea Market gardening objects add charming, vintage-style to these gardens…

A sunny yellow dairy crate holds like-colored flowers

Ancient crate filled with old-fashioned flowers in Debbie McMurry’s garden.

 

The Little Shop Antiques and Gardens has a French vintage look

Laura Goines runs an antique shop with her husband in Ohio.  She has achieved a ‘been-here-forever’ look to the front of her little shed.  Every detail and color she chose adds the right touch.

 

Theresa Doss’s French pitcher on a terrace table

Theresa’s pitcher serves a practical purpose, as well as sits pretty!

Theresa Doss, of San Francisco says “…”
We think it’s such a pretty arrangement…class and shabby all in one!

Flowers spill charmingly out of Jenny Alexander’s pale yellow watering can

 

Kathleen Vedder’s collection of blue & white, all from thrift stores, could sit on a French patio

Cobalt ‘Susans,’ French blue in my sunny summer window

 

Shirley Boley’s vivid color combination of yellow ochre and deep forest green is very European.

 

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Jane Krauter’s purple chair and Black-eyed Susans

 

Julie Brown’s hydrangea in a French white pitcher

 

Violas and Creeping Jenny spill out of Jean Morrow’s galvanized pail set idly on a child-sized red Captain’s chair

A low urn filled with crisp white pansies, verdigris rabbit and heart stone in my entry garden

 

Mary Mirabal’s exquisite flowered plate forms a flower itself with a coppery stem

 

Jean Morrow’s hand painted chair with baskets of pastel geranium and impatiens

More vintage style gardens:

Dreaming of my vintage garden

Creating a ‘vintage’ style garden

Meeting Debbie McMurry

Read more:

 The Flea Markets of France at Amazon

Sue Langley

Sue Langley, a passionate gardener and photographer lives and gardens with her husband and Corgi, Maggie on 7 acres just south of Yosemite, Zone 7 at 3000 feet. She manages the Flea Market Gardening Facebook page and website.

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  • Love Love Love your site and pins... A new follower for sure..

    • Sue Langley says:

      Thanks so much, Cheryl...

  • Gail Phillips says:

    A friend told me about Flea Market Gardening Magazine. While searching for it I came on your web site. Much of my gardening is in odd containers and in odd spots. So glad to see others do too. Still searching for a copy of the magazine.

    • Sue Langley says:

      This time of year, some folks mix us up with Flea Market Gar"DENS" magazine since their annual issue comes out this month.

      Our names are similar, but we, Flea Market Garden"ING" are the most active friendly Facebook PAGE ever!!! Our photos are of your real gardens and of very 'doable' fun projects.

      We love to comment and ask questions so it's very interactive...AND fast moving, so come back often, there's always something new to see and inspire! Fun!!

  • Love this site. Lots of great ideas!!

    • Sue Langley says:

      Thanks so much, Cathy...

  • Myra Glandon says:

    Oh my. I have spring fever so bad, and all these pretty pictures are making me want to kick off my shoes and walk barefoot in the grass, and smell the earth as I work in my garden.

  • Erin Houghton says:

    Hi,
    I found your fabulous site on FB and liked - goodness what a wonderful site. I am an artist and gardener and my garden was featured in the current issue of Flea Market Gardens magazine and at first thought you were part of the magazine. Most of my garden is container gardening and I love your website and the beautiful photos you publish.
    I have a blog http://www.mypaintedgarden.com and would love to have you come over some time for a vist.
    Thank you for for all of the beauty and inspiration.
    Blessings,
    Erin

    • Sue Langley says:

      Thank you, Erin, for your compliments! I have been reading my issue of Flea Market Gardens during lunchtimes and it's fabulous this year. I am so impressed with your garden in the magazine... I've shared your beautiful website with my personal friends and they like it very much....

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