#lindavater

🌸🌳🌸 My 91 year old MIL used to tell me she couldn’t believe a garden like mine could exist in Oklahoma. She loved flowers and bits of gardening herself: roses to cut for the vase, basil for pesto in pots on her deck, pansies in spring - always in blue, never purple. She loved amaryllis at Christmas and was one of the few people I knew who had the patience to get repeat bloom from her orchids. Hubs and I brought her a yellow orchid with hints of purple the day she died. She never tired of the simple charm of a cut bloom on her kitchen table. Maintaining childish delight as we age is a gift...and a key to longevity, don’t you think? . . . #garden_styles #pinkflowers #gardenideas #frontyard #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #lvgardendesignschool #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenstyle #lindavater #cottages #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardenphotography #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin #foxglove #lindavater https://www.instagram.com/p/B8_sqcdluhV/?igshid=6i47rsvnh5dp

*️⃣🌳*️⃣ You will probably INSTINCTIVELY know the answer to this question...which means you have the makings of a garden designer. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• {Q U E S T I O N} Which plant in this #backyard vignette provides instant excitement and dynamism to the landscape? If you answered “yucca” then you understand the importance of line, shape, and form in garden design. What other plants do you like to use as exclamation points in the garden? • • • #garden_styles #gardenideas #backyarddesign #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #lvgardendesignschool #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenlife #lindavater #gardendesign #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardenphotography #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin #yucca #lindavater (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9jvw8IF4z3/?igshid=1m7hk97abzlbl

🍃💜🍃 Do you remember the bark vases I made over the holidays (go to my link in bio for the how-to) and I told you that they would be equally as beautiful in the spring? Well I think I like them even better now, styled with violas and pansies, moss, Iris reticulata, and baby bulbs. A nice little vignette by my front door. Do you agree? . . . #garden_styles #purpleflowers #gardenideas #containergardening #cottageliving #springiscoming #instagarden #topiary #cosycottage #cottagedecor #countrycottage #lvgardendesignschool #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenlife #lindavater #cottages #countryhousestyle #cottagechic #cottagegarden #gardens #gardenofinstagram #gardenphotography #cottagestyle #englishcountryhouse #jardin (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9hlWFXF_uN/?igshid=12pmff2upzfrp

🕯🌲🕯 I’m ba-a-a-ack! (Hope you missed me...just a wee bit?☺️) And so it begins. 2020. WOW! Do you, like me, feel like you drank enough 🍷 , consumed enough, to have filled this wonderful #winebarrel planter over the holidays? (Maybe I’m talking to you @mammasassypants and Paula @hillhousevintage and @s.piers 😆🤪😆). And now to repent, recover and rededicate ourselves to a healthy, yes, #gardeninspired lifestyle. You with me? More on this tres hygge winter container garden using @southernlivingplantcollection winners coming up...cuz if you’re garden obsessed like me (we’re alike in so many ways 😊) as soon as that tree comes down, garden addiction picks up. Here’s to benevolent garden conditions in 2020🥂🙏🥂! Photo by @stewartperryman_ . . . #wintergardening #gardeningtips #lindavater #planters #redboots #hunterboots #hunterrainboots #containergardening #winebarrels #gardeninspiration #alittlebeautyeveryday #smallgardendesign #gardenideas #containergardens #hyggelife #hyggelifestyle #hyggestyle #lanternlove #winterdecor #winterlook #mysouthernliving #mygardenthismonth #mygardenlife #sweaterseason #gardenlovers #gardeningaddict #oklahomagardening (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B60q9WIF-Zi/?igshid=184h4nh1bm1u1

🌳🎅🌳 Did you take a break from IG and social media over the long holiday weekend? Or did you power post...and enjoy capturing and sharing...the pies and place settings, puttering and promos of the weekend? The kickoff of the Christmas season as it were. I took an intentional break from my phone and IG and the web and in the process discovered: 1️⃣ I felt less harried, more present (duh), and more reflective on the history, meaning, and relationships of 🦃. 2️⃣ I was far more productive. Not digitally of course, but I did get a lot more done and checked off my LIFE to do list. 3️⃣ I was more organized, less distracted, and more appreciative of CREATING for the intrinsic joy of creativity itself, without documenting and recording each step. That said, I also discovered how much I missed the interaction, the warmth, and the communal aspect of sharing ideas, and beauty and inspiration. Stepping back, reassessing, rethinking process, and rekindling enthusiasm for something is always a good thing I think, even in the frenzied holiday season. What are your thoughts on the matter? . . . #newfollowerswelcome #boxwood #gardenideas #gardendecor #gardengoals #lindavater #topiary #gardensofinstagram #gardenstyle #gardendesigner #gardeninspiration #garten #tuin #gardendesign #comfycozy #gardeners #garden_styles #christmasdecorating #gardenlover #gardeninglife #landscape #instagardenlovers #backporch #mygardentoday #homeandgarden #englishstyle #englishgarden #gartenliebe #plaids (at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5k5vLwloU7/?igshid=17djzxsl4dmqt

🧚‍♂️🌸🧚‍♂️ The crunch of gravel, bird song, gentle breeze, pink petals. These are a few of my favorite things🎵🎶🎵. Yours too I bet? And I actually get to spend some time working in the garden today! Finally🤪 . . . #gardentherapy #lindavater #gardeninspiration #landscapedesign #gardensofinstagram #tuin #gardenlove #gardenart #gardenlife #trädgård #landscapearchitecture #horticulture #gardener #gardens #instagarden #jardin #garden_styles #landscaping #garten #gardening #mygarden #garden #gardeninspiration #gardendesign #jardim #favoritethings #springhassprung (at Central Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwZuOXllo-S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dgobh517cvj3

🎉🌳 🎉 It’s GIVEAWAY time! I’ve just recently added this gorgeous double ball myrtle topiary from @passiflora_kalamazoo to my collection, and you can too! I’m partnering with my friends @gardendesignmag to give away one of these beauties. To enter just head over to their page 🌳 Tag up to 10 friends (in the same comment please) and you and each friend are entered to win this 24” double ball topiary in a 7.5” rolled clay pot. 🌳 It’s a gorgeous, hard to find, dark green (indoor during the winter) two tier Myrtle, perfect for the topiary-obsessed liked me. And it’s already planted in a handsome terra-cotta pot. 🌳 Contest continues through Monday. Winner will be announced Tuesday. You know you want it so play along! And make sure to follow @passiflora_kalamazoo @potagerblog and. @gardendesignmag for more topiary inspiration. . . #lindavater #topiary #weekendwithtextures #indoorgardening #gardentherapy #gardeninspiration #landscapedesign #gardensofinstagram #tuin #gardenlove #gardenart #gardenlife #trädgård #landscapearchitecture #horticulture #gardener #gardens #instagarden #jardin #garden_styles #landscaping #garten #gardening #mygarden #garden #gardeninspiration #gardendesign #giveawaycontest (at Central Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJoePml2jE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ap89nnljv4ea

🍃🌳🍃 For years I wanted to have this kind of cottage garden vibe in my BACK yard. Flower beds filled with larkspur and feverfew and columbine and foxglove. Running amok in a disarming, unconstructed way. The FRONT I wanted to be more landscape-y. You know: shrubs and bulbs and trees with a few perennials here and there. More formulaic if you will. Twenty years later, after much frustration and trial and error and a great deal of humility...I find it ironic that (when I quit putting these categorical restraints on the plants and the gardens)...they chose to be happy in exactly the OPPOSITE front/back orientation. It is the FRONT that has the blousy, flower with abandon aura...while the BACK is now happy with more structure and less ‘flounciness’. To relinquish control is often to embrace beauty I guess. Is this the lesson my garden is teaching me? . . . #lindavater #gardenlove #gardenlife #gardenliving #gardeninspiration #gardenstyle #foxglove #trädgård #instagarden #instagardenlovers #englishtudor #garden_styles #englishgarden #topiary #boxwood #myhappygardeninglife #jardins #jardines #frontyard #gardendesign #southernliving #giardino #cottagestyle #cottagegarden #cottageliving