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Becky’s artsy craftsy garden

Becky’s pink and green garden

Since joining the Flea Market gardening gang, Becky’s garden has gone through many changes.  In spite of many challenges, Becky has continued to add so many projects to her garden that we need to take another look around! She’s the Queen of quality craftiness!

Like Ann Elias with her ‘teal garden,’ Becky also has a color theme running through her garden,…her favorite pink along with refreshing garden green.

In her own words:

“All the unique items in my garden I made from re purposed items I have been given, found at auctions or flea markets. Many of the items have been given new life through using stained glass, old dishes and mirror glass to mosaic and bring new life and beauty to my garden.  My entire garden is actually so small. I need to measure but would guess about 30 feet by 50 feet is the area I garden and decorate.”

My fish pond area made from a bathtub that I did a mosaic on, The fountain is three balls also covered with mosaic. The chandelier is for watering the birds, I keep all the little depression glass pitchers filled with fresh water.

The wall behind the pond is metal French doors and several shuttered doors that I painted and filled the lights on the French doors with alternating mirrors and ceramic tiles. The three pictures on the wall ae all mirrored panels, framed and decorated with hand made clay ceramic frogs and also glass pieces.

 

This piece is an old door from a old store cooler, I used old dishes and glass and mirror to mosaic the entire piece, I cut all the tea cups and tea pot with a wet tile saw. All the little cups are holding succulents. The lilies are popping up in front of it.

And after the lilies bloom…

The lilies are blooming in front of the dish door in the garden

Pretty in Pink

I have two of these bird feeders which I made using antique ceiling fixtures and china plates. Just use a piece of all thread rod, a few nuts and bolts and a hanger on the top. The birds and I both love these because the seeds all stay dry,

My garden totem made from copper planters bought at auction and flowers. I stacked these on a large T-post. I used pvc pipe between the pots and decorated each piece of pipe with
pink and green mosaic pieces to hold the planters apart.

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I moved the stacked planter this year so that I could fill it with creeping Jenny and also succulents that would come back each year, It is happy in the new home.

This is the treasure walk that I made, with molds for the concrete. Then I embedded different items, glass pieces, small bottles and prints of leaves in each stone. Early spring before all of the bulbs have filled in the area.

Little birds just love to perch on this little pink cup and drink their fresh water,

 

My hubby heated and spread this fork so that I could hang green bottles on it. This really catches the sunlight, The chair is another piece that I rescued from the trash and refinished and painted.

 

My little pink child’s chair holding more succulents in my garden, Flowering almond in the back ground.

 

Love the patina on this penny ball, Bowling ball covered with pennies, What a great patina it has achieved in the garden.

 

Plates on the wall of my garden, I love old plates with roses on them, The top three in the plate rack are several layers of plates and also porcelain figural plates all layered into flowers.

 

Plate flower made with some pieces my grandmother gave me when I was a little girl, Now I get to enjoy them in the garden.

 

Spring along the walkway…

 

I love bird cages in the garden. This one holds a pot of succulents and a ceramic bird

 

Early spring border of Dianthus

 

Small totem for my potted planter

 

The view of my pond corner from the larger garden area

 

A riot of happy flowers in my garden

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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  • Penny Phillips says:

    This is my kind of garden....the most gorgeous one I've ever seen! I would love for my yard to look just like Becky's!

    • Becky Shaul Norris says:

      I would love for my home to look just like Penny's. Thank you for such a compliment Penny.

  • GENEVA COMBS says:

    So beautiful. I know it gives you and all that see it great joy. I love to work in my garden even tho I am down to mostly pots and a 3 small areas that I have tried to keep up it gives me so much pleasure. I do enjoy seeing all the beautiful gardens

  • Barbara Stanley says:

    Your garden is so beautiful and I loved seeing all the details. Pink and green is my favorite color combination in the garden! My potting shed and most of my plants are themed with that sweet combination and I never get tired of it even after so many years. You are so creative with your use of re-purposed materials...an inspiration!

  • I wish a garden like that was even possible in Texas. It's really beautiful.

  • Mary Christensson says:

    This is not only an exceptional garden, but an inspiration! I was thrilled to find the website and become a member. I'll look forward to the further evolution of Becky's garden.

  • Jill Pontiere says:

    How fun and beautiful, whimsical, artistic, interesting. The eye has a feast of color, shapes, textures and fantasy to boot. Love, love, love your garden and how fun it would be to tour it and have a cup of tea in such a lovely surrounding. Well done!

  • Carole Prisk says:

    What a happy place!

  • This so beautiful!! So many great ideas. It wouls be so relaxing to sit in!

  • Laura Higgins says:

    I'm headed outside to put blue bottles on my garden pitchfork tines! What inspiration!

  • KATHY BRADANINI says:

    Becky's Garden is so beautiful and definitely an inspiration! I love it!

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