Laura Goines I make the hearts and wings out of old ceiling tin
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 garden craft projects.
An early image showing a man depositing his heart in a marguerite flower, symbolizing his mistress, who was called Marguerite.
The first known depiction of a heart as a symbol of romantic love dates to the 1250s. It occurs in a miniature decorating a capital S in a manuscript. In the miniature, a kneeling lover offers his heart to a damsel. The heart shown resembles a pine-cone held “upside-down”, the point facing downward, which in medieval times was thought to be the shape of one’s heart.
Take a corrugated garden bed, cut it as shown and arrange like a heart ❤ .
Concrete stepping stone with a basin molded from a heart ❤ shaped cake pan.
See also, “Heart-shaped in the garden”
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Thanks for the heart garden ideas. No matter where or when the heart motif began, to me it is a universal symbol of love, hope, peace, etc. I use it often in my artwork and garden art. I believe if we use it often enough, maybe people will take the sentiments of love, peace, and friendship to heart and treat people better. I can only hope . . . .
Lots of great ideas .... love that stepping stone with the molded heart center! And Karen Wilson's garden vignette just made me smile with the blooming geraniums, rustola and that heart standing in the chair back. Of course, I love birdhouses and using that little rusty heart for an entrance is a cool idea by Jeanie. So many great ideas! I think it's cold enough tho that I can make another heart seed wreath! Welcome February!
Miss your art and pics Jeanne Sammons. Love the heart seeded wreath then and now ???❤️
I've always loved hearts, now I'm inspired to use them in my garden, as a collection and as an occasional surprise too. Thanks for the article and pictures!