June 8
Ginger Valley
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Every Saturday, I share my weekly Artist Date.
This week’s Artist Date is appropriate to the season…a visit to a nursery.
I went to a local nursery, Ginger Valley. We’re fortunate to have many fabulous independent garden centers in our area.
Whether you garden or not, nurseries, particularly this time of year, are beautiful and inspiring.
Ginger Valley has many different areas…indoor plants, outdoor plants, ponds, gardening tools, decorations, bird feeding supplies and on and on.
The color is incredible.
You could wander around for hours.
I can’t even imagine how crazed I would be if I had a green thumb.
Fortunately, since I’m not much of a gardener, I was able to keep my wits about me…but just barely.
I had an ulterior motive for taking my Artist Date at a nursery. I wanted to put together a porch pot.
As I’ve mentioned many times, I’m not a gardener, so I was incredibly pleased with myself for putting this together. I used Hort Couture Under The Sea ‘Electric Coral’ Coleus in the back, Hort Couture ‘Gold Nuggets’ Lamium in the front, two Kimono Red Celosia one on either side of the coleus and four Bravo White Petunias running through the center of the pot. I will probably have killed it this three or four weeks time, but today, it looks stunning.
Wow, that is gorgeous. I liked this artist date, what a great place to get inspiration!
What a fab place. We have garden centres round here, but nothing like that.
What a beautiful place. I could spend all day in a garden centre!
I’m sure you will get lots of inspiration for your art.
Love your porch pot.
Lynne x
I love visiting gardening centers. Jeff and I had quite the garden many years ago with two water gardens and one had a large waterfall. I guess that is why I miss having a yard so much.
Lori you might not be a gardener by you have a very well trained artist eye this is beautiful!
hugs Cecilia
Love their giant Lily pond! There has been a frog taking up space in ours with our goldfish… Love your pot! I especially love coleus they are so pretty! My mother, who used to work at our nursery can make some beautiful mixed flower pots!
No green thumb here either–just love to look at beautiful plants.
XXXOOODaisy, Bella & Roxy
I love visiting garden places!
Nola
What a lovely nursery. I am definitely not a gardener I kill everything but your plant looks great
Urban hounds
That is a beautiful garden centre, I could spend hours there too! I love what you did with the pot. I hope it lasts for months not weeks 🙂
Wow, all those colors and textures, how could you not be inspired. And I love the pot you did, very pretty.