Garden Art

Really? Anyone can be an artist?

by Rebecca Sweet 1 December 2011

Last month I visited the beautiful garden of Debra Lee Baldwin, and while inside her home I couldn’t help sneaking a photo of her charming desk.  It’s at this sweet little corner where she creates her stunning succulent and cactus watercolor paintings. I’m always impressed by anyone who can draw anything beyond a stick figure [...]

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Debra Lee Baldwin’s Succulent Garden

by Rebecca Sweet 18 November 2011

A few weeks ago I was a lucky, lucky girl and had the distinct honor of touring Debra Lee Baldwin’s own garden – and what a garden it was! Debra is known by many as the ‘Queen of Succulents’, thanks to her amazing books, Succulent Container Gardens and Designing with Succulents and the many talks and [...]

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Recycling in the Garden

by Rebecca Sweet 23 July 2011

  I absolutely love re-purposed items in the garden. Things that may be broken or have lost their usefulness are all too often headed to the dump.  But hold up!  Sometimes all that’s needed is a coat of paint, a little sprucing up and a healthy dose of creativity to use that item in a [...]

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A Fireplace Mantle gets a new home

by Rebecca Sweet 21 June 2011

While driving around in the rain a few months ago, I spotted this old fireplace mantle leaning behind a dumpster with a bunch of junk piled on top of it.  The dumpster was behind a furniture staging company – you know, the kind that stages homes when they go on the market?  But this had [...]

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Garden art revisited

by Rebecca Sweet 15 May 2011

We all try our best to recycle and repurpose whenever we can, right?  When this robin’s nest blew down last year my mother couldn’t stand to throw it away so she gave it to me to keep it in a protected spot and re-use it in my garden. Imagine my joy when I discovered this treasured [...]

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Valentines in the Garden

by Rebecca Sweet 13 February 2011

I’ve always, always, always loved hearts. As I look around my garden, I can’t help but notice I definitely have a lot of hearts and cherubs tucked in here and there. So, from my heart to yours….Happy Valentine’s Day! Pin it

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