Celebrating gardens, photography and a creative life
My sweetheart recently shared a picture of a chair & flowers installation from the Hampton Court Flower Show on Facebook and got a flurry of comments from people who didn’t fancy a bonfire-sized pile of used and broken furniture in their garden. So I am opening with the caveat that I’m not expecting many of these to be ideas you might go on to use at home. Continue reading “Quirky Fences, Mostly”
If you live where white picket fences are traditional, you might be forgiven for thinking they are much of a muchness, but to my English eyes, they seem sweetly evocative and almost quirky. For years, a shot of roses tumbling over and around a white picket fence topped my Photography Wants List: the American version of a cottage garden with roses around the door.
While my sweetheart was trying to decide what style of fence he wanted last year, we paid extra attention. During a couple of days spent in Florida, a gardener suggested we visit a neighbourhood for inspiration, between Seagrove Beach and Seaside, where different styles of white picket fence sit companionably alongside each other. While I didn’t fully satisfy my rose cravings there, I saw just about every style of picket fence I could imagine. I hope you’ll forgive me for sharing some of them here. Continue reading “Variations on a Theme: White Picket Fences”
Susan Rushton 