What is your favorite garden item?

My greatest garden treasure is my Dawn Redwood.

Other, favorite things are all the walls and beds I've made from the native sandstone taken off the hill behind the house. Just looks so natural...

Doug

Right now it is my new little greenhouse that replaced a very old ugly rusty shed.

My wheel barrow! I've had it for many years.

My favorite thing is my entire garden and everything that grows, walks, crawls, hops, squawks, hums and so on. As long as I can see and hear and get around amongst all of that, I'm good :)

"Other"

White gazebo where I married my husband :)

Lovely, just perfect.

My favorite is my sitting area looking out over my rose & BF garden.

My favourite item would have to be a plant (any plant) Which ever plant I am looking at right now, LOL!...

BUT, having said that, it is pretty hard to go past my nearly 40 year old Leutchenbergia principis.

Ciao, KK

Hi KK, I bet thats only one of alot of nice things you have!
I'm loving all the pictures of everyones favourite garden bits! Aren't we a lucky bunch to have such great things to cherish.
I have lots of favourite places in the yard, and lots of favourite plants, but I voted for water feature, as DH and I sit there when resting from heavy gardening and count the frogs, dragon flies, goldfish e.t.c. Its a very therapuetic place.

Home made armillary sphere.

I voted for plants, our dwarf collection of iris plants. while I enjoy the whole garden, without those, the garden season would be a bust.

Weedwoman, a pond made from a boat! I just love it. What original ideas we have as gardeners!

Doug

Don, I like your homemade armillary sphere; it looks cool. Did you form the circles or were they something your recycled from something else? Joann

My favorite objects THIS WEEK are the two chairs that my DSis's Grandkids (that we share) painted for me. They were over for Easter and we did a lot of fun things and one was to paint the two chairs that I recycled for the porch of my potting shed. They will make me smile for a long time to come.

Love the stories, and pictures everyone has shared!!

Sheila_FW

Sheila, now that is the best garden addition anyone could wish for.

Joycet: I'l post one today. If you like it, I have rooted cuttings.
Hillbilly_Gran: Is the walking stick something that can be rooted from a cutting? I'd love one if that's possible.
Jeri11: that's GORGEOUS!
mattsmom: That is SO quaint. I love it!
plantladyhou: Do you have any pics?
Lenjo: I love your gazebo but I also REALLY love that picture. I miss the solitude and introspection of winter. When I lived up north, winter was always the time that I looked into myself and laid the groundwork for changes in my life. I miss it. Down here there seems no time.

Maggie

weedwoman that is just to cool. Who would have thought to do that. I just love the boat..

Weedwoman, the water feature boat is just Way too cool! What a great idea.

Oh Maggie that would be AWESOME!

Definitely my watergarden! I'll refrain from posting a picture again since I've posted it several times in the past, but it is truly my escape and serenity!

WEll, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT!!!!!

Yes pic please.

I also have a beautiful Cathedral wind chime which I adore.

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And I forgot to add the picture - here it is

I don't have one favorite item, but on the whole, my favorites are my roses: noisettes, teas, hybrid teas, English roses, miniatures, miniflora, floribunda...I make small "arrangements' and bring them to the community center and to neighbors...helps me feel useful...

My "FAVORITE" thing in my yard/garden is whatever is blooming right now. SO, I have 'new' favorite things all year long. It makes me happy to see blossoms in the winter, and I feel accomplishment whenever I see something blooming. God is good.

My favorite thing is definitely a plant, I just can't pick one. Basically it is all of them because I like the beauty of life.

I eliminated anything living from my list (otherwise I would never be able to choose) Now I have it narrowed down to 3 things... well er no 4 things.... um maybe 5.... ARGH!

ok, two arm twists is all it takes ;o)

and the stream

OUTSTANDING SongsofJoy! Beautiful shot with the astilbes in the forground. After deep consideration and many lists I have chosen. I choose my garden shed because 1) it brings hummers 2) a colony of bees live in its walls and 3) it was originally a little girl's playhouse so has a luvly history.

I noticed that 21% of the folks voted for the same thing I did: bird feeders. Yet no one has described theirs (yet) , or published photos, perhaps because the idea is so simple: You put out seed, or suet, or fruit, or nectar in the summer, and all year 'round, beautiful feathered creatures come to entertain you. I have several different feeders hanging in my yard outside my windows. They make me the happiest.

Pics?

My favorite thing is an arbor made by my hubby, every thing is hand made, he designs and cuts the iris out by hand and bent the pipe by hand. I keep telling him I'm going to give it away, so he will make me one with all kinds of flowers on it, but its still in my yard, lol. Susan

Its wonderful how many have chosen things made by their loved ones. You wanna bet you never, ever give it away Susan505? ^_^

I love this trellis covered in Bougainvillea...especially at night! My Loved-one didn't make the trellis, but is in charge of the growth and give's blood every time he trims or try's to re-weave the branches. Such a beautiful pretty plant, but the thorns are horrible!

Zonal envy! Zonal envy! I'm greeeeeeeeen.

I guess my second favorite thing is my family of heads! hehehe

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