Spring In The Garden

With spring in the air

I'm excited to get back to my garden

so  I'm always on the look out  for some garden inspiration

as well as taking a look at what's working in my garden

and

 changes I want to make.

I was so tickled with the  sweet plant markers I saw at

True Foods in Newport Beach.

A clothes pin attached to a small stake

makes for the freshest version

of a plant marker.

I always enjoy the entry into True Foods 

with their bins full of herbs.

You can see more of True Foods 

in my post HERE.

Back in my garden

I am loving the succulents I planted in pots last spring.

They are growing into the most beautiful arrangements

and

with so little care!

My courtyard wall is lined with potted plants

not only are they beautiful

but they help create a secluded ambiance within the garden walls.

Last year I started adding succulents into existing pots.

I am most happy to report that they are doing beautifully

as ever evolving sculpture.

My dwarf olive is also thriving

but alas 

one has been lost

when I moved it inside for fall decor

and

forgot to water it regularly.

Not all of my garden is as carefree as the lovely 

succulent additions.

My use of succulents has even made it to the front yard borders

where I have sprinkled them in 

with the lavender and alyssum.

I have even tucked tiny succulents into my strawberry pots.

I love how they provide some added texture, structure and color

along with the lacy alyssum.

I think of them as nice accessories to the strawberries.

On the porch I have even mixed succulents  in with my

 spider plants and gerbers.

I find it so easy to pick up succulents that call out to me

when I'm out.

I always seen to find  the perfect homes for them

mixing them in fresh new  unexpected ways

that I would have never thought of

unless they were right before me.

Updating plantings 

much the same way 

accessories do

to a neutral wardrobe.

My whole garden has grown this way

over the past nineteen years.

One idea building on another

with

 some seasons

 like last spring

spent editing out the old ideas

to make room for the new ones.

My garden is always

a reflective life metaphor

always changing

always transitioning from one stage to another

and

 like in the garden

 I'm always 

searching to make the very best of what I have

by adding 

a little new  new style

to my life.

As always my friends

I wish you love and joy

as you style your life