WELCOMING FALL @ BUCKEYSTOWN DESIGN CO-OP

I'm welcoming Fall with its warm earth tones and cool temperatures. 

Fall has to be my favorite season. 
 I was so excited to style my space with ambers, golds and oranges.

A STACK OF MARBLEIZED JOURNALS ARE THE DISPLAY CENTERPIECE

CHINESE LANTERNS ADD A POP OF ORANGE

THE SKULLS ADD SPARKLE TO THE WARM BROWNS

Bamboo shelves reflect Fall too.

LOVE THE BAMBOO SHELF AND OYSTER PLATE

 

This fox collage has Fall written all over it.

BLOCK PRINTS IN TOBACCO BASKETS

How do you add seasonal decor to your home?

COTTAGE GARDEN SUCCESS PART TWO

I recently wrote about my cottage garden.  The post got so long that I had to divide it.  You might want to take a peek at Cottage Garden Part One before you start this post.  Just click on the highlighted words and you'll be directed there.

I think you'll  agree that my Limelight Hydrangea stole the show.

I've found that ornamental grasses are a perfect way to add texture to your garden.  

They're very low maintenance too.  

CARLY ROSE ORNAMENTAL GRASS

I planted another variety of ornamental grass around the lamp post.  

I repeated this grass along the fence on the other side of the house.

ORNAMENTAL GRASS MIXING IN WITH MY PERENNIAL HIBISCUS AND BLACK-EYED SUSANS

My perennial begonia likes shade, so it fills in a bed in the shady back yard.

I'm looking forwarding to enjoying my blooms until frost.  My garden is sparse during the Winter.  It's a totally different and more tailored landscape.  The boxwoods, pines, lirope and nandina are the new features.

COTTAGE GARDEN SUCCESS PART ONE

For several years I've been tweaking my cottage garden.  I think this year is my favorite.
All the perennials have filled in and my garden is bursting.  This post was bursting too, so I divided it in to two parts.  Link to part two is at the end of this post.  Just click the highlighted words to be directed there.

 The first pictures are of my end-of-the-summer garden.  I've been taking photos all summer as the perennials take their turns blooming.  Some of the later close-ups are from earlier in the Spring and Summer.  There's always something new to enjoy.

Earlier in the Spring my peonies bloomed.
 They're only around for a short time but they're oh so gorgeous.

SPRING-BLOOMING PEONY SURROUNDED BY FERNS

Another Spring fave is my clematis.  It loves to climb the arched pergola.

Once the Black-Eyed Susans get started, they bloom most of the summer and into the Fall.  I originally planted them near the walkway beside the screened porch.  Over the years they've volunteered in almost every garden.

BLACK-EYED SUSANS NEAR THE SCREENED PORCH

The Black-Eyed Susans surprised me last year and appeared in the front yard under the pine.

VOLUNTEER BLACK-EYED SUSANS IN THE FRONT GARDEN

They even managed to work their way into the side garden and mix in with the perennial hibiscus.

PERENNIAL HIBISCUS AND BLACK-EYED SUSAN VOLUNTEER

CLOSE-UP OF MY PERENNIAL HIBISCUS

I have roses on either side of the chimney.  There are two shrubs and one rose topiary.  They bloom, then take a two-week break and then bloom again.  They're around from Spring to Fall.

MINI ROSES

I do add some annuals to my garden.  The vinca came back from last year's seeds.

VINCA VOLUNTEER

I also like to scatter flower pots around the garden.  These white begonias are near the front porch.

BEGONIA IN A VINTAGE PLANTER

My absolute favorite annual is Lantana.  I buy small plants in May and by August they've filled in all the empty spaces in the garden.  There are two kinds of Lantana.  One crawls and spreads.  This purple creeping Lantana started out as two small plants!  You can see my sedum, a perennial, that's about to bloom.  It's at the base of the bird bath.

PURPLE LANTANA COVERING THE GARDEN

Lantana also comes in a shrub form.
 I planted a six-inch high white lantana in this pot in May and in August it's huge, beautiful, and blooms until frost. The butterflies love it.  Did you know that Lantana is a perennial in the South?

SHRUB LANTANA IN A FLOWER POT

I think I'll have to stop here.  The post is getting too long.
Link to part two of cottage garden:  here.

WEDDING FLORALS

My beautiful daughter's wedding was this past July.  It was a perfect event held on Glenn Ellen Farm here in Maryland.  She was married beside the lake, cocktails and appetizers at the barn ruins, then the reception under a huge tent.  The property was spectacular, but I have to say that our florist, Stephanie of Stephanie's Secret Garden,  #https://www.instagram.com/stephsecgard/ , took the event to a new level with her florals.  I may be partial since you know how I feel about flowers, but I had to share her creations.

BOUQUET CLOSE-UP

The tent was huge.

INSIDE THE TENT

I loved the eucalyptus garland.

TABLETOP

Turquoise bottle racks were the centerpieces.

BOTTLE RACK CENTERPIECE

No two centerpieces were alike.

LOOKING DOWN AT THE BOTTLE RACK CENTERPIECE

I used vintage frames for all the signage at the event.   Brian from Premier Printing created and custom fit everything into many odd-sized empty frames.  Of course creative Stephanie draped a smilax garland over the frame.  

I can't wait to see the photographer's photos. These photos all were robbed from Facebook and Instagram.  They even had a videographer who used a drone for some of his filming.  Things have certainly gotten a lot better since I married.