Greenhouse Patio Project

I wanted to share with you our open patio greenhouse.

In the beginning of this year my 

husband, Stan finished working on the project.

He planned the design and had help from our

son, Scott and our daughter's fiancé, Justin.

The panels are polycarbonate greenhouse panels.

It's amazing how it all came together.

We absolutely love it! 

It has created a new space for our family and our plants!

Entertaining and creating beautiful table settings is so much fun.

I love being creative and using our flowers

 and foliage from the garden!

Garden to Table

Using the space for displaying fresh flowers

 from our garden is so rewarding!

When we take photos from a distant, you can 

appreciate all our tender loving care

 we have put into our garden.

Growing larkspur by seed turned out to 

be a very good year. I decided to dry a lot

 of the blooms to decorate inside our home.

 I grew our sweet peas by seed this year.

They were the tallest I've ever grown,

all in different colors!

I loved making lots of arrangements with them!

The roses this year were so beautiful too.

 Alstroemerias

Gardening is our love and passion.

Happy Gardening!

~Garden Inspiration -June 2020~

Our garden is ever changing.

That's why we love it so much. 

New seedlings coming up ever season.

Living in Southern California,

the weather temperature is perfect to

grow a variety of flowers, vegetables and plants.

 

~Happy Gardening~

~Garden to Table Birthday Party & Craft~

I wanted to share photos of a

 ~Garden to Table Birthday Party~

 I hosted for my friend, Mary.

I had the party outside in our garden.

Rooster French Script plates were used from Williams Sonoma.

 I picked flowers and herbs for the tablesetting. 

Our friends Kim and David gave us the old barnwood,

 Stan made a beautiful farm table from it.

Fresh rosemary and cute little ceramic pigs added a nice touch.

I found pretty pillows at Kirklands Home Decor 

for the cottage bench.

Eucalyptus was used for the centerpiece.

I picked fresh flowers and herbs and used vintage mason jars.

I had cabbages inside old teapots and 

an old antique iron and vintage "Rival" Clothes Wringer 

displayed on the buffet.

A chalkboard in the kitchen read,

"Garden to Table"

A cupboard nook had more whimsical things for the Garden theme.

~Chilled Cosmopolitans~

Ina Garten Recipe

Appetizers

Watermelon, feta cheese and balsamic vinegar topped with fresh mint.

Crostini with brie, apples from the garden & honey drizzled on top,

Gruyere cheese with mustard seed and fig butter and

nuts and olives.

Arugula salad with beets, goat cheese and candied walnuts.

~Butternut Squash & Zucchini Lasagna~

Homemade ricotta cheese,

spinach, mushrooms, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.

I used the KitchenAid Vegetable Sheet Cutter Attachment. I bought it at Sur La Table. It creates sheets of zucchini and vegetables to make healthy versions of your favorite dishes!

It was delicious!

The Birthday Cake was a

~Lemon Pound Cake with Candied Bees~

Lavender shortbread cookies & chocolate bark with sea salt & almonds.

Vintage rooster cordial glasses were used with Tuaca,

 an Italian brandy.

 For the craft, I collected flowers from the garden, dried & pressed them weeks before the party.

The girls loved being creative making pressed flower designs in glass frames I found at Michaels craft store.  The second craft was decorating flameless LED vanilla scented candles I found at Walmart.

We used Mod Podge and glued the flowers onto the scented candles. They all turned out so pretty.

With the flowers,

 I also made handmade thank you cards for the girls. 

It was a fun 

"Garden to Table Birthday Party"

 for my friend, Mary!

(in the background, Me, Linda, Tami & Mary)

Yuri & Virginia