Wedding Time!

 Ted, my grandson, and Sara selected a beautiful site for their wedding held mid August 2021!

It was at the Sacred Clay County Inn, located in SE MN near Lanesboro!  It turned into a weekend event with the Groom's Dinner on Friday and the Wedding on Saturday, which was filled with fun events for everyone midst beautiful scenery!

Due to the ceremony site being a long distance from the Inn, they used a local horse drawn Amish Wagon to transport the guests to the site!  

Grama Karen decorating the wagon with 
hydrangeas from her own garden!

Could not resist a good orchid sale!

 Yep, at only $13 each, I just had to keep going back to check the new shipments for a few days!

I figured out how to adjust my plant stand shelves to accommodate the height of a few more orchids!

When I get new orchids, they bloom for about 6-8 weeks!  A bouquet of flowers sure doesn't last that long!  And then they will rebloom again later!  I am staggering my purchases through out the year with hopes the reblooms will also be staggered!  I can display orchids a few at a time in the living room to enjoy them to the max!

Humming birds find this planter pretty attractive!

  A big bonus, as it is spectacular for people to see also!

A garden club friend, Sharon,  recently shared this picture with me!  I am glad to have some place to share it's summer joy to more friends who can appreciate it!

 

Unique Bird Bath Yard Art

 A new gardening friend, Julie, has designed a unique Deck Art  Accent beginning with a basic bird bath!

The birds may not use it so easily now, but it has visual impact on her deck indeed!  Loving the trickling water sound it provides!

Neighborhood Park Project started 2020

We have three neighborhood parks close by!  Thanks to a grant last year our neighborhood association created pollinator garden beds of native plants in each park!  Most of the plants were little starts in 4" pots!  All plants were chosen to attract monarch butterflies and other pollinators!  We qualified as a designated Monarch Way Station also!  My job was to find, select and obtain the 150 plants we needed!  It was a fun educational experience due to my lack of knowledge of native plants!

2021 August and here it is inspite of a drought condition and very little care,  Just as we expected...in all its glory.  Pollinators are eagerly visiting and it is a joy to see!  We labeled all the different plants with their names so visitors can identify them easily!   

Welcome to Country Club Manor 2021

 Amazing little flower garden this year.  I replaced two perennials and added 8 yellow marigolds this spring!  Also I added a fresh covering of mulch and a sprinkle of fertilizer and it has been on its own.  

I only watered twice and those little marigolds have burst into color and continue to provide the cheerful blossoms to bravely challenge this drought we are in!  Amazing, I just never knew they were so hardy and determined to brighten up our world!

They have definitely earned a permanent spot in this bed so long as I am maintaining it!