Comments on: Garden Whimsy

By: Nan Ondra

Nan Ondra — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:27:33 +0000

However did I miss Tovah Martin’s book on Garden Whimsy? It looks like something I need for my own library. Thanks for the lead.

I love your suggestion that garden accents should “speak to you, and speak of you.” Those few words summarize what garden whimsy is all about, I think.

By: I can’t believe I did this | Cold Climate Gardening

I can’t believe I did this | Cold Climate Gardening — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:33:18 +0000

[...] was garden ornament–the birds would be an added attraction. And hadn’t I written about garden whimsy not too long ago? ” . . . art in the garden is a very personal thing, and it should consist [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:30:25 +0000

I don’t know why, but I seem to add children’s chairs to the garden. I even have one on top of a post.

No one ever seems to comment, but for me they feel right.

So, what ever!

By: Zoey

Zoey — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:29:00 +0000

Adorable birdhouse!
I love garden whimsy and will have to find that book.
My favorite is a sled as a planter (this year it may end up as a glass-covered coffee table on the deck), old doll cradles, child’s rocking chair with a hole cut in the seat for a plant, scarecrows, planted chairs–lots of things.
I am always on the lookout for unusual things that I can use in the gardens.

By: Chan S.

Chan S. — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:37:22 +0000

I love the birdhouse!

By: Judith

Judith — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:06:32 +0000

‘Reclaimed junk’ is where I tend to go–the rustier the better, the more used & run down gives it even more character. I have old silver teapots in the garden, an old rusty & wooden push lawn mower, a character laden old shovel someone had abandoned in the woods. If I break a plate, I don’t despair, the pieces will end up in the garden. My DH builds birdbaths out of copper & old silverware…on & on it goes as well as adding a couple of garden gnomes…

By: nelumbo

nelumbo — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:32:57 +0000

I was so excited to see Dale Chihuly’s work at the Chicago Botanical Garden. I guess it’s “real” art, but very whimsical!

I also like little sculptures and whimsy in the garden, although I haven’t done much myself.

By: Kate Shorey

Kate Shorey — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:22:47 +0000

Hi Kathy,
Love your new site design! If I am not mistaken yours is the same site that once had My Mom’s Outside in the Garden and My Travel(l)ing Garden…

I updated the link to fix the spelling..

This place looks beautiful!

http://unitypond.net/blogs/archives/2005_07_01_camp.html

By: Laurie Gano

Laurie Gano — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:26:58 +0000

I love goofy stuff in gardens! I have a neighbor who made birds out of old shovels (with a lttle extra welding for legs and heads) I hang interesting metal objects on my fence. One of my favorite sights was a long fence adorned with lots of hubcaps that I saw from the Boston to Norwalk train years ago.