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For The Gardeners

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Whether you’ve got a sprawling backyard or a tiny patio, this garden list is packed with my favorite tools, decor, and essentials to help you grow something beautiful. These are tried-and-true items that make gardening easier, more enjoyable, and tot...
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Tools I Use

 
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If you love gardening, chances are you love beauty. Who knew there was a garden hose so beautiful?
LIVLIG 100ft Garden Hose, 1/2 inch, Greige
 
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Collect rain water with this beautiful and decorative rain chain by Terrain. (and it rhymes!)
Water Lily Copper + Brass Rain Chain
 
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Add an old world vibe with these ceramic pots from Walmart.
Better Homes&gardens 10 inch Hand-painted Brown Ceramic Pot
 
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My favorite snips that make deadheading fun because they are so cute (and sharp!)
Modern Sprout Lightweight Gardening Pruners
 
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Terracotta olla! I am just learning about these for keeping your plants happy and well watered. Where were they when I had a totally black thumb?
Terracotta Watering Olla
 
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Without this handy garden bag my tools, string, seeds and strewn all about! A garden must-have!
Heavy Duty Waxed Canvas Tool Pouch, 7 Pockets
 
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For pinning up all those unruly vines and branches.
Modern Rustic Ceramic tableware for your everyday rituals. Handmade in Los Angeles, California.
 
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My other sheers. Just be sure to keep them well oiled.
Modern Rustic Ceramic tableware for your everyday rituals. Handmade in Los Angeles, California.
 
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On my wish list! The gardening tools dreams are made of.
Baines Garden Tool Set
 
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When things bolt, don’t let it go to waste! Collect those seeds in these classic (empty) seed packets, ready to be filled!
Seed Envelopes for Flower & Vegetable Seeds
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Hearth & Hand by Magnolia plant mister, at Target! Affordable, functional, beautiful!
Ribbed Clear Glass Plant Mister - Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia: Watering Can Alternative, Leak-Resistant Design
 
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One can never have too many watering cans. I have one in every area. I love the detail on this brass watering cans from Target.
1L Brass Metal Watering Can - Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia
 
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White washed terra cotta pots pair perfectly with just about any plant giving it that classic, old world charm.
Simona Planter
 
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Intricately woven in poly-rattan, the Lightwash Handled Planter Basket has a clever box design with rounded edges. Lined with a plastic insert, this piece is ready to handle small indoor plants or standalone as a textural addition to home decor.
Lightwash Handled Planter Basket
 
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Used for making a hole in soil to plant seeds and small bulbs. Marked in 25mm (1in) increments for some speedy seed sowing.
Esschert Design Wooden Plant Dibber W4006
 
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Outdoor Vegetable Gardens and Seedling Plant Cover Protect your plant seedlings, shrubs and vegetables with our durable metal garden covers against rabbits, squirrels, deers and bunnies. Made with high quality galvanized steel frame/wire and is sturd...
Chicken Wire Cloche Garden Protector Set
 
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These shelves and cabinets from IKEA fulfilled my neutral loving dreams and have held up for 4 years. They are easily to clean up and my only disappointment is that I didn’t buy more!
KOLBJÖRN Shelf unit, indoor/outdoor - beige 31 1/2x31 7/8 "
 
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Durable and rugged waxed bag for picking up starts at the market or toting all those dirty tools around the garden.
Waxed Canvas Market Tote - Etsy
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Birds not only add beauty and sound to a garden, they can help with pest control, seed spreading, and some birds, like humming birds, help pollinate!
Short Solid Copper Bird Feeder
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One can never have too many watering cans.
2.88L Painted Metal Watering Can Cream - Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia
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Holds up to a 100ft hose. There is something about a wrapping up a wet, dirty hose that I can’t stand. Having this has helped me to keep our hose manageable and cleaner.
Garden Hose Pot - Brushed Bronze Holder
 
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Stored safely and beautifully. Never lose track of your seeds.
Burgon & Ball Seed Packet Storage Box - Frog Green

What To Wear Gardening

 
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Protect yourself from the sun’s rays while loving on your plants with this stylish sun hat.
Felix Packable Hat in Natural
 
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Perfect for mucking about.
Planone Women's Wide Width Rain Chelsea Boots
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Seeds and More

 
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From old fragrant varieties to new modern cultivars, fall in love with growing your own food and flowers from Halden Garden's Cut Flower Seed Packets.
Seed Packet
 
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I haven’t used these personally, but the floral design is irresistible!
Flower Seed Storage Packets

Books for Garden Lovers

 
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Celebrated flower farmer Erin Benzakein presents a beautiful gardening book and guide to growing, harvesting, and arranging gorgeous blooms year-round. First volume in the beloved Floret Farm books and gifts series!
Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow & Arrange
 
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In Planting for Garden Birds find straightforward ideas and easy to achieve plans that will make your garden irresistible to birds.
Planting for Garden Birds: A Grower's Guide to Creating a Bird-Friendly Habitat|Hardcover
 
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If you don’t just love to garden, but love botany in general or want to go deeper in your understanding, while being enraptured with beautiful illustrations, this book is for you!
Rhs Botany For Gardeners

For the Budding Gardners: Kid Friendly Gardening Supplies

 
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This enchanting kit is perfect for sparking curiosity about the natural world, while providing a wealth of tools for exploration and examination of plants.
Speedy Monkey Moulin Roty Botanist Kit
 
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I love when my kids can help me in the garden. This set gives them a little more motivation to do so :)
Kids' Outdoor Potting Set - 5pc - Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia

What’s in My Garden

I live in Washington (zone 8) and here are the exact species I have successfully grown in my garden. My garden beds range from full sun and to partial sun/shade. I love an English cottage vibe or country style when things are beautifully placed, bu...
 
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The Sarah Bernhardt peony is a beautiful perennial flower with big, soft pink blooms that smell sweet. It blooms in late spring or early summer and is popular in gardens and flower bouquets. Even after the flowers are gone, the plant’s green leaves s...
Sarah Bernhardt Peony, Paeonia | American Meadows
 
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Endless Summer hydrangeas are popular flowering shrubs known for their big, round blooms that range from pink to blue, depending on the soil. They’re called “endless” because they bloom all summer long—from late spring into fall—unlike many hydrangea...
Endless Summer® The Original Reblooming Hydrangea Shrubs for Sale | FastGrowingTrees.com
 
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I never knew these existed, so when I saw them I had to try growing them myself! They look like something right out of a fairy tale, especially when grown in a large area, their purple poms bobbing about with the wind.
Allium Bulbs | Shop 20 Varieties - Eden Brothers
 
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This was my very first batch of dahlia tubers from Eden Brothers and I was HOOKED! The 90 Days Mix gives you a beautiful variety of colors and types of dahlias.
90 Days of Dahlias - Long Lasting Mix
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My first mix of Ranunculus and they did not disappoint! I love this happy mix of colors!
Ranunculus Bulbs - Golden Mix
 
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Magical lime light hydreas bring a warmth, yet stately appeal to any landscaping.
'Limelight' - Panicle Hydrangea - Hydrangea paniculata
 
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Do you ever drive around and get inspiration from the fancy houses? Well, I do, and I noticed these gorgeous white camellia’s, so I knew that was what I wanted in front of our house. The leaves are evergreen, so they make an excellent privacy hedge, ...
3 gal. Camellia Mine No Yuki Shrub with White Flowers