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Saturday Sidelines- A Beautiful Week of Gardening!

Welcome to Saturday Sidelines, friends! If you have followed the blog this week you know that it’s been a beautiful week of gardening here. From the Jane Austen Picnic at Feather Stone Farm, perennial gardening, Garden Club tour and container gardening, it was a full week of gardening here.

picnic basket, hat, perennial flowers, macaronmacaron,
Jane Austen picnic at FeatherStone Farm did not disappoint…neither did Karen’s Creations macarons!

Wedding Garden Touches

The wedding we went to last Saturday was at Manea Vineyard in a beautiful open lawn surrounded by vineyards.

Love chapter banner wedding wall hanging

Inside the beautiful open barn were beautiful arrangements, although silk, were beautifully created with roses and peonies and greenery.

wedding table set with white and pink silk peonies and place settings with a blue runner on the table
Isn’t it beautiful?
painted white jars with silk flowers on wooden slabs centerpieces
Love that in the heat of the afternoon, there were no worries with the silk flowers…lovely.

Even the cake table gave a nod to the garden…

Wedding cake with peonies on a wood slice
Loved the peonies…did you notice the names engraved on the wood slice pedestal???

On Thursday, I shared my love for the perennial garden and if you missed it, you can read more about it here. I’d love to know what are you other perennial favorites that I need to add into my garden.

peonies
Be still my heart…peonies are always my favorite!

If you missed my recipe I normally share on Tuesday, I added one in for you on Friday with an Easy Roasted Dinner that is perfect for summer ease and entertaining.

I had the pleasure of visiting a well known and loved author/landscape architect in April at her home and she was the inspiration for yesterday’s post on Container Gardening. The beauty and resources in her books that I shared are stunning! Hope you don’t miss that one.

Yellow Planter with lavender, ornamental kale and violas Pamela Crawford book
A stunning container gardening photo from one of Pamela Crawford’s books.

Other gardening inspiration this week:

Paducah Garden Club Gardening Tour

I was sad I had conflicts and wasn’t able to go…but, look at the beauty that was available for the Paducah Garden Club Gardening Tour of four gardens here this week.

Formal garden with brick sidewalk, boxwood, and centerpiece in circle surrounded by hosta.
I always love a formal garden with a focal point.
round skirted table in garden set with tea set, place setting, fresh peonies, and fruit
Isn’t this the sweetest and most whimsical tea party in the garden?
vegetable garden fenced
There were simple vegetable gardens in less formal settings…and I am in love with that scarecrow!
Floral centerpiece for table
Beautiful arrangements adorned the tables for a beautiful luncheon!

Next week more gardening here!

  • Annuals from those left from the greenhouse will be planted.
  • Compost spread around all of the garden beds.
  • Zinnias will be planted around the volunteer ones already tall from last year’s seeds! A first for everything!
  • Hopefully raised beds will be installed and planted–wish us luck!
  • AND the deck will be pressure washed today for painting next week.
  • THEN finishing touches, container gardening groupings and everything will be in its right place on the deck. Can’t wait.

See what I mean about a beautiful week of gardening??!

It was stunning! Meanwhile I am looking for more gardening events in my area…share with me any you find, won’t you?

Happy Saturday, friends!

May your weekend be filled with a beautiful garden.

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