GOLDEN GARDEN IDEAS

"Friends are flowers in the garden of life."- Unknown Author

"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry, and stop to smell the flowers along the way."- Walter Hagen

"Gardens.....should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and still more curves."- H.E. Bates-"A Love OF Flowers"

The golden summer of 2010 was a beautiful one to remember. My husband & I like to travel. We had a short get-away at Cayucos, California. We stayed at a beach house owned by my husband's sister. The beach is just steps away from the house and at night the sounds of the waves lulled us to deep slumber. During the day we explored and browsed the many boutiques around Morro Bay, which was few miles away. Browsing is good way to pass the time w/ out breaking the bank. While we browsed leisurely, our eyes feasted on endless things to see & admire. Our bodies got exercises too while walking from one boutiques to the other.

One of my golden memories of that trip was our discovery of a lovely Asian boutique garden shop. Visiting a garden is like a friend you can visit any time. Where but in a garden do summer hours pass so quickly?

I embarrassingly can't remember the name of this garden shop. I remember it's a high end kind of garden with many interesting displays & creative ideas. I loved to browse at a place like this, where endless ideas are free....free.....freeeee.......

We took many photos. We also bought 2 succulents and they are now beautifully blooming on our small garden in San Diego. I used some of the clever ideas from the shop.

PHOTO#1-MORRO BAY (PLEASE CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE)

This massive rock is the famous landmark of Morrow Bay. It was a brilliant day to enjoy the gorgeous seascape before us.

"Like a big mountain, a small garden stimulates, restores and delights us, just as it poses challenges, promotes mastery, provides exercise and relieves monotony."- The Power of Place-Winifred Gallagher

PHOTO#2-PRETTY IDEAS FOR POTTED DEEP PINK FLOWERS

"Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas."- by Elizabeth Murray

"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friend."-Anonymous

PHOTO#3-OH WHAT A NICE BOX DISPLAY! STACKS OF WOODEN BOXES & CUTE WHEEL BARROW. "A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul."- Sadi

"One who plants a garden, plants HAPPINESS."- Unknown Author

PHOTO#4-SMILING SUCCULENTS

"After all, Eden was garden...the garden is a place to go for quiet contemplation, a source not only of food but also of spiritual renewal and intimate contact with life's most basic proccesess.- by Ed Smith- The Vegetable Gardener's Bible

"God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures."-Francis Bacon

PHOTO#5-PRETTY POTS W/ FLOWERS AND SCULPTURES

"The garden is a love song, a duet between a human being and Mother Nature."- Jeff Cox

"As the Garden grows, so as the Gardener."-Unknown

PHOTO#6-PRETTY POTTED CACTUS

"Grow what you love. The love will keep it growing."- Emilie Barnes

PHOTO#7-GARDEN W/ WATERFALL THEME

"Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden."-John Erskine

PHOTO#8-TRANQUIL JAPANESE THEME

"One is nearer God's Heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth." Dorothy Gurney

PHOTO#9-THE MORE SMALL POTS, THE MERRIER

"Gardeners, I think, dream bigger dreams than Emperor's."- Mary Cantwell

Lastly lets listen to what a prince said:

"To get the best results you must talk to your vegetables (plants)." by Prince Charles