Do you ever think that nature has a message for you? Like it's trying to get your attention?

I absolutely adore being outdoors, especially when the nights are warm. We spend so much time outdoors here that my indoors sometimes get lonely. That said, I’ve always wanted to really light up my outdoor

Create your own inexpensive and fully customizable DIY outdoor succulent planter using cinder blocks, landscaping fabric, cactus soil, and succulents

My garden hose wreath. Image only. Jan Roberts 2016.

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This easy-to-make garden decoration spins in the wind, creating a mesmerizing optical illusion where it looks as if the marble is spinning up and down the wire coil surrounding it. I love to hang these in the garden because they bring interest and movement, and they dance and sparkle beautifully in the sun.

Time to start saying yes to zucchini.

Could your home do with a little more garden landscaping? Probably so, and that is a good thing. In fact you should be very excited about it because there is nothing more fun than garden landscaping, it will get your imagination worki

I used 100 plastic spoons to make a sunflower for my backyard. I dug around in my closet and found a plastic tray that once was used at an office party. I brought home the lid to the coffee can from work to use as the center. I rummaged through my son's bag of pipe cleaners and dug out all the black ones and a couple of the yellow ones.

New Country Farmhouse Chic SUNSHINE ON A STEM Sunflower Tin Sign Wall Plaque

How do you like my flower garden? It's just a little something I've been working on for the past couple of weekends. Those energy drinks my son keeps giving me have had a profound effect.

This is where I create and share my art, cottage garden, tips on decorating with color, recipes from my garden,and the inspirations behind my work. Make yourself comfortable and join me for a tour of cottage gardens, vintage shops, flowers markets, lavender fields in Provence and Parisian flower shops looking for the perfect painterly boquet of flowers or garden treasure which will end up in one of my paintings.

Everyday along our roads and highways we find trash.... including tons of soda cans. This is doing my part in cleaning up the earth and making something beautiful and useful at the same time.......

Welcome. I am so happy that you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax with a cup of tea while I share with you the inspirations for my art. I love panting Hydrangeas and am always so happy when they are in bloom. Last year I accidentally over feed several of my favorite Hydrangea bushes and they have not bloomed this year. Needless to say I learned the hard way to go easy on the food.. Let's join Bentley, my Studio/Garden Assistant, in the garden to…