{"id":26043,"date":"2023-07-02T07:27:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T11:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/?p=26043"},"modified":"2023-07-02T07:27:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T11:27:13","slug":"gardens-a-plenty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/?p=26043","title":{"rendered":"Gardens A Plenty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Gardens are a little bit of Heaven on earth. Enjoying the beautiful colors and shapes that grace a garden is a special respite from the concerns of the day. Seeing a beautiful rose opening to the sun with lovely droplets of water caught in the petals is a gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gardens come in all shapes and sizes from beautiful window boxes to large estate gardens. Anyone can have a bit of glorious color for their home. All you need is a container and some blooms and you have a miniature garden of your very own. These purple petunias make a wonderful showing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This garden is an old-fashioned border garden set in a walled garden. The stone sets off the blooms beautifully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hydrangea make a wonderful showing as they turn from light green to deep pink against their dark green leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gardens can be of the water variety as this lily blooms in a sea of greens and purples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This formal Italianate garden is beautiful even on a rainy day. The mountains in the background are an added bonus. Have you noticed it can sometimes rain in spots at the same time the sun is shining?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bees are visiting these purple Iris and sharing their pollen to ensure a continuation of the plants for the next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A formal topiary garden adds beauty to the landscape using geometric shapes and variation in color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is there a garden more beautiful than one which overlooks the sea?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bright Pink lilies add their beauty against the dark green leaves and stems in this hedge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Love the birds flying about this lovely little urban garden in the middle of a square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This unusual spider mum makes a spectacular display in the border garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is so much variety available to us. Why not cultivate a little garden of your own and bring a bit of beauty to your surroundings and into your life. Flowers are a gift and one we should enjoy. Hope you bring some beautiful blooms into your life this Summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gardens are a little bit of Heaven on earth. Enjoying the beautiful colors and shapes that grace a garden is a special respite from the concerns of the day. Seeing a beautiful rose opening to the sun with lovely droplets of water caught in the petals is a gift. Gardens come in all shapes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70469586,"featured_media":26061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[731331051,1833,731331108,200],"tags":[48669,731331048,731331047,731331107,731331050],"class_list":["post-26043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers","category-gardening","category-photography","category-travel","tag-decor","tag-flowers","tag-garden","tag-photography","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ziaG-6M3","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thriftingwonderland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0522-rotated.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70469586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26043"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26086,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26043\/revisions\/26086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}