creating beauty at home...in the garden

 My quest this week

  to create more beauty at home

led me into the garden 

to fluff some areas with a little August color...

 So I was off to the ever inspiring Roger's Garden...

to listen for some summer color that spoke to my heart...

 this time it being August...

it was hot sunny oranges that did the speaking...

with a little purple whisperings...

I love using oranges in  my gardens in August

because they transition so perfectly into my fall colors come September....

 When accenting my gardens and planters for the seasons

I prefer to keep  the color in tight focal points for greatest impact and design cohesion...

and

' the biggest bang for my buck'

rather than sprinkling the accent colors throughout....

which ends up with a diluted effect.

So in the front I picked my center focal planter to add the color.

 Inside the courtyard

 I dropped in some 4 inch blues to freshen the summer story.

And by dropped in

I really mean  I dropped in the containers into my pots...

(rather than planting them into the full pots)

it's a quick trick I use to add seasonal color.

I just have to remember to water them...

as the smaller pots dry out quicker...

But actually...

this trick  helps me remember to dote on my garden ...a little more.

 I added some gerbers to my rosemary pots...

Gerbers  and Rosemary

such an easy and perfect August arrangement.

 and finally I popped in some kalanchoes into some of my iron pots to finish

creating a little more beauty at home.

I am so excited to get up this week 

and have my morning coffee ritual in my little garden

and savor some August beauty.

Wishing you love and joy

as you create beauty in your own home

t