Chandeliers for the Garden

I'm in love with the look of simple and colorful chandeliers for outdoors. I saw this photo and ooo-ed out loud and told my husband we must must do this when we get a home. I want a really lush green garden and it'd be great to have these chandeliers out there to light it up so we could enjoy the garden at night time too! Sometimes it seems people have really beautiful landscaping, but never spend anytime out in the yard...I most certainly will spend a lot of time out in our yard and there is no reason we can't dine among the stars in the summertime with the proper setup.

Lucky for me, he likes the look too (he's very particular about things and he already has our future front yard landscaped in his head - while on our bike ride this weekend he pointed out certain trees on our path that he wants to plant in our yard).

Since this one is getting saved to my "future garden" files, I thought I should share it with you. Hope you love it too!

xox,

Bre

Photos courtesy of Traditional Home

Green Scene Inspired Dress Picks

One of my photos from Green Scene on Saturday.

As mentioned in a post here last week, I attended the Green Scene Plant & Garden Show this weekend at CSU Fullerton. It was quite a sight to behold! The show itself is held at an arboretum, so it is already beautiful, and then add tons of vendors with tables full of beautiful flowers, ferns, cacti, veggies, and on and on. This beautiful display of nature & greenery got me thinking that I should do a post with beautiful Spring day dresses inspired by my photos from Green Scene. So here it is. Hope you enjoy!

BB Dakota Ivy Dress, $68 at Urban Outfitters.

Chiffon Floral Print One Shoulder Dress, $69 byArden B.

Pins and Needles Strapless Bloom Dress, $58 atUrban Outfitters.

Floral Cocktail Dress, $27.80 by Forever21.

Pins and Needles Strapless Bloom Dress in Yellow,$58 at Urban Outfitters.

Sketched Danios Dress, $158 at Anthropologie.

Roped-In Dress, $138 at Anthropologie with tote. So ok, this isn't a flower, but it's a picture I took of a beautiful tote/basket made by the Basket Co-op. I really loved these totes (priced @ $44) and could see myself using one of these in the Summer time when I"m heading out to the beach. They also had some other great gardening baskets (see below) that I could see myself using to pick fruits or veggies once I actually have a real full-on garden.

Garden Baskets by the Basket Co-Op.

And in case you had any doubt, this is a very popular event! People of all types show up with various carts (many home-made) to stash their finds of the day!

And now I'm going to sign off with some funny little garden statues! If you live locally, maybe next year you will think twice about passing up Green Scene. :)

xox,

Bre

Floral photos taken by me, all outfit photos are linked to their respective sources.

Green Scene + Dumbarton Oaks Gardens

Every year we go to Green Scene with my in-laws - a plant & garden festival of sorts at CSU Fullerton. It may sound silly, but I just love it. My mother-in-law has a big green thumb and a big beautiful garden to go with it (sorry no pics), and when we go she has a big cart that she carries around (well...that my father-in-law carries around) and manages to fill it to the brim with plants. I dream of the day I actually own some grassy patches of my own where I can fill up a big cart's worth of plants, but for now I'm happy to just go and find a few pieces of greenery and veggies for our little apartment patio.

Our patio is completely covered and gets minimal sunlight, so it is always a bit of a challenge to find lucious plants that want to live back there. We have a series of large potted plants (a couple dwarf fruit trees, berry vines and some seasonal flowers) that we have up against the fence. We have been carrying these pots around with us for 6 years from our last apartment, I am all but shocked our little orange tree has not completely died yet (it used to get a lot more sun at my last apartment). On top of the fence we have 3 large planters: 1 is a cactus garden and the other 2 we rotate out seasonal veggies and herbs.

This year I am excited to go to Green Scene, because all of the bell peppers, hot peppers, and tri-colored beans that we bought last year were very successful! I am stoked to go back and pick out some more, along with some seasonal flowers for two of our large floor pots. Oh and of course, we always make a stop at the big pond to watch the ducks and turtles.

In the spirit of Green Scene, I am posting some pictures of the gardens at Dumbarton Oaks. I just recently found these online and I think this place is gorgeous. Dumbarton Oaks is a famous 19th century mansion in Washington, D.C. with 10 acres of gardens! By the looks of it, if I lived anywhere nearby I would for sure spend a little time there enjoying the beauty. Enjoy!

What are you doing with your garden this Spring?

xox,

Bre

All photos courtesy of Home and Gardening Info