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Reuse and Recycle: Broken Fountain to Fabulous!

Garden fountains to planter... 5 ideas! It's sad to think, after all the expense of buying an elaborate fountain for the garden, that it's reached…

Creative Containers, Garden Junk
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Penny-wise pallet garden projects

Billie's bouquet of building projects Billie and James Hayman rescued a whole stack of pallets from a local junk store one day.  That provided them…

Garden Junk, How to: Easy project ideas
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Garden cloche: Vintage beauty, under glass

Victorian garden style lives on... There's something charming about a bell jar... or cloche (pronounced kloshe). Maybe it's the quaint knobs that sit on top.…

Collections, Garden Art ideas
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Easy garden projects from recycled wood

9 Fun and easy wood garden projects When this group, Flea Market Gardening, talks about wood, we're talking about recycled and weathered wood!  From doors…

Benches and chairs, How to: Easy project ideas
 3

Theresa’s look-a-like garden redo

~~ A Flea Market Gardening ‘My Big Garden Project’~~ Did you ever see an idea in a garden center or show and want to replicate…

Garden design ideas, My Big Garden Project
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Marie’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…

Garden Art ideas, Garden Color
 4

Weatherproof bird feeders with a Flea Market twist

Bird feeders that laugh at the weather! Q: I wondered if you have any ideas on how to feed the birds in a DIY project…

How to: Easy project ideas, Nature
 6

Christy’s Plant-Lover’s garden

Meet Christy Morrow! Christy Morrow is a Plant lover who knows her style,…cottage gardens!  She's found that her style mixes well with her Flea Market…

Garden design ideas, Garden Tours!
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Adorable Doors: upcycled garden doors

19 Creative Garden Door Transformations In each of these ideas, there is just one door and can be easily set up in your garden.  Each…

Old doors and windows
 4

Displaying antique pumps in your garden

Pump it up, in the garden Finding a vintage pump is exciting for a Flea Market gardener!  You can simply set them on an old…

Garden Junk
 4

Charming and clever chairs in the garden

17 Upcycled chairs transform in the garden It may seem a simple thing, but setting a chair in the garden can be the start of…

Garden Junk, Garden Vignettes
 4

Using 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…

Garden Art ideas, Garden Color
 6

How to create a Flea Market garden vignette

Creating cool compositions in the garden We all have flower containers in our gardens and plenty of Flea Markets finds.  Assembling them all into pretty…

Garden Junk, Garden Vignettes
 4

Beautiful bulbs and vibrant violas, together

Bulbs and pansies How to get a Springtime show in your pots and containers, year after year! [caption id="attachment_13198" align="aligncenter" width="567"] How to get this…

Garden Color, Gardening tips
 1

Before & After entryway garden design

You helped solve the problem! Yvonne wrote: I was wondering if you had some ideas for me. Below are a couple of photos from a…

Garden design ideas
 5

Stepping stone tricks, plain and fancy

Stepping stones and paths you can make... 7 stepping stone projects you make from scratch or decorate from purchased stones.  From molded concrete to complete…

How to: Easy project ideas
 4

Catherine’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. …

Garden Color, Garden Tours!
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Make Your Own Fairy Garden Fence

...for any container! Many fairy garden kits come with a tiny picket fence, but you can easily make your own! You need:  Craft wire, 20-22…

Garden Junk, Miniature and Fairy garden ideas
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Classiest all-glass totems for the garden

Classy glassy! Turn ordinary glassware into the perfect garden art with these design tips from our readers. Here we concentrate on just glass, whether clear…

Garden Glass, How to: Easy project ideas
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Hypertufa Q & A

Let's hear it for hypertufa! You can make these lightweight concrete containers and these answers will help first timers. Hypertufa is a strong, but lightweight…

How to: Easy project ideas, Hypertufa or cement projects
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