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🌿 The Gardener's Little Obsession List
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items A little collection of plants I’m obsessed with, garden finds I can’t resist, and things that make me want to spend all day outside with my hands in the dirt. Some practical, some beautiful, some completely unnecessary—but I want them all. 🌿
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Build a Southern Italian Garden!
🌿 Garden Tools, Decor & Things
🌿 Plants I’m Not Supposed to Buy
🌱 Seeds for your Garden!
Build a Southern Italian Garden!
I want my garden to feel like I accidentally wandered into a little courtyard somewhere in Southern Italy. Think Calabrian peppers, Italian herbs, cypress trees, terracotta, stone urns, fountains, and a little old-world charm. These are the plants, g...
🌿 Italian Cypress for Instant Villa Energy Nothing says “I absolutely have a stone villa somewhere in the Italian countryside” quite like an Italian cypress. 🇮🇹 This potted Italian Cypress is an easy way to bring that tall, elegant Mediterranean l...
Perfect Plants 1-Gallon Screening Italian Cypress In Pot (With Soil)
If your garden is going to have an Italian personality, it might as well have a fountain. This 42.5-inch Italian-style concrete fountain has that old-world courtyard look that instantly makes a garden feel more intentional and romantic. The cascading...
⛲ The Italian Courtyard Fountain
🏛️ The Italian Villa Urn If we're going for Southern Italian garden charm, a good urn is basically non-negotiable. This 26-inch antique-white Italian-style urn planter has that classic stone-villa look without the weight of an actual giant stone pla...
Antique White Italian Urn Planter Lightweight Concrete Stone Outdoor Versatile Use 19.7 x 19.7 x 26 Inches
Because apparently the garden needed a vacation to the Amalfi Coast. This vintage-style Positano metal sign is such an easy way to bring a little Italian coastal charm to a garden wall, pergola, potting shed, or outdoor sitting area.
Vintage Travel Positano Italy Garden Vintage Metal Tin Sign Plaque Wall Decor for Cafe, Club, Garden Metal Poster 8x12Inch
A Little Italian Garden Art This feels like something you’d find hanging in the garden room of an old Italian villa—soft, romantic, and just a little bit vintage. The Rita Crane Italian Garden I print would be beautiful in a simple antique frame, tuc...
Italian Garden I Poster Print by Rita Crane (10 x 14)
🌿 Garden Tools, Decor & Things
The useful stuff, the pretty stuff, and the things that make a garden feel like your garden.
A charming vintage-inspired iron flower cart that adds instant character to a garden, porch, patio, or entryway. 🌿 I love the old-world Charleston feel, especially with the moving wheels and handle that make it both decorative and functional. Perfec...
Iron Flower Cart with Moving Wheels & Handle "Charleston 1940"
Sometimes you just need a little glow and flow in the garden. ✨ These add the prettiest touch of light without making the space feel overly bright or harsh—just a little nighttime magic.
Harbor Breeze 12-ft Solar Copper Outdoor String Light with Multicolor -Light LED Novelty Bulbs and with Remote
Not technically a gardening tool, but absolutely a garden must-have. 🌿 This wicker rolling cart makes it so much easier to carry gardening supplies, freshly picked produce, pots, or anything else you need to move around the garden. Plus, it’s much p...
Wicker Shopping Cart with Handle and Wheels – French Market Basket Trolley for Grocery, Rattan Shopping Trolley, Picnic or Home Storage
🌸 Garden Decor That Actually Has Personality Okay, but a copper calla lily that also has little bells?! This is exactly the kind of garden decor I want scattered around my flower beds. It’s 24 inches tall, has three sculptural calla lily blooms, and...
DYRCJ Calla Lily Garden Stake with Bells 24in Copper Metal Decorative Garden Art for Patio Pathway Lawn Yard durable home and garden accessory
🍄 Let the Garden Glow! These are SO cute for a garden, especially if you’re going for that little woodland-fairy-magic feeling. 🍄✨ Twenty tiny mushrooms spread across 32.8 feet of solar-powered lights means you can weave them through flower beds, a...
Solar Mushroom Garden Lights for Outside, 20 LED 32.8 ...
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🌌 Make Your Garden Glow! These little blue resin pebbles soak up sunlight during the day and give off a soft blue glow at night—no batteries, outlets, or complicated installation required. ✨ Scatter them along a garden path, around flower beds, in p...
Wudkey 200-Pack Solar-Activated Glow in The Dark Blue Resin Garden Decorative Landscape Rocks for Outdoor and Yard Decor
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🐦✨ A Little Birdie for the Garden! Add a little personality to your garden even after the sun goes down! This adorable solar bird garden stake doubles as outdoor décor and a soft-glowing light, making it perfect for flower beds, pathways, patios, or...
Vrbgify Solar Bird Garden Stake Light Waterproof Outdoor Animal Figurine Statue Decor for Pathway Patio Lawn Yard Housewarming Gift Warm Glow
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A little garden folklore, wherever you’re growing 🌿 This rustic wooden wishing well doubles as a planter for flowers and smaller plants, bringing a storybook touch to patios, yards, balconies, and cottage gardens around the world.
Costway Outdoor Wooden Wishing Well Bucket Flower Plants Planter Patio Garden Home Decor
For when you want a little Mediterranean-meets-storybook greenery without waiting three years for it to grow. 🌿 This tall faux cedar topiary adds that polished garden look to patios, entryways, balconies, or even indoor spaces—no pruning, watering, ...
Vitalismo 72-in Green Indoor/Outdoor Floor Cypress Artificial Topiary Potted Cedar Tree Faux Plant UV Resistant Greenery Home Garden Decor 1 Pcs
As one of three sets of twins in my family, I feel like these two were practically made for my garden. 😂 A sweet little boy-and-girl statue set that adds a whimsical, storybook feel to a flower bed, tucked-away garden corner, or patio—especially fit...
TEINIE Magnesium Oxide Boy and Girl Statues Garden Lawn Ornaments for Backyard Lawn Patio Decor
For when you want the garden to feel a little more cozy than bright. ✨ These give off that warm, soft glow that makes an evening outside feel instantly more inviting.
Westinghouse 50-ft Solar Black Outdoor String Light with 15 Yellow -Light LED Edison Bulbs and with Remote
A little old-world charm for the garden. I love the antique finish and classic urn shape—perfect for making even a simple plant feel like a centerpiece.
Christopher Knight Home 17.52 in. W x 24.8 in. H Antique White Concrete MGO Garden Fleur-de-Lis Pedestal Urn Planter
🌱 The Raised Garden Beds I’m Eyeing If you’re going to make the commitment to have a garden, you might as well make it cute. 😅 These galvanized steel raised beds come as a 2-pack, have an open bottom for drainage, and are tall enough that you don’t...
Steel Raised Garden Beds Oval Rust-Resistant Weatherproof Open Base & Drainage
🌿 Plants I’m Not Supposed to Buy
You know those plants that make you stop scrolling and immediately start imagining where you could possibly put one? Yeah. These are those plants. Rare, unusual, ridiculously pretty, or just generally impossible for me to walk away from—this is my ru...
Winter is coming, bring your plants inside! 🌿❄️ A Majesty Palm is such a pretty way to keep a little bit of that tropical greenery going when everything outside starts looking a little… dead. 😂 It has that lush, full look that works really well wit...
Lowe's Majesty Palm House plant in 1.94 Gallon(s) Pot 1 -Pack
A little greenery + a little cleaner-feeling air. 🌿 This two-pack is an easy way to add some plants around your home without needing to figure out where you're going to fit two giant pots. 😂 I especially like plants like these for bedrooms, offices...
LiveTrends Terrence Ceramic Figurine - Assorted Succulents House plant in 8 Inch(es) Figurine 2 -Pack
African violets are gorgeous… but they can be a little dramatic. 🌸😂 If you’re picking one up, here’s a tip: try not to get water on the leaves. Wet foliage can cause the leaves to deteriorate faster and can leave them looking pretty unhappy. I like...
Lowe's Multicolor African Violet House plant in 13 Ounce(s) Pot 1 -Pack Lowes.com
There is something almost ridiculously romantic about a tiny weeping willow. 🌿 This is actually a cutting that you grow and shape into your own bonsai, which honestly makes it more interesting to me than buying one already finished. A little patienc...
Eversong Weeping Willow Bonsai Tree Cutting to Grow - Thick Trunk Cutting - Great Gift - Fast Growing Indoor or Outdoor Bonsai, Living Desk Plant, Meaningful Present for Home or Office
Philodendron Florida Ghost I mean… Florida Ghost? How was I supposed to resist? 👻🌿 The new leaves emerge almost creamy-white before slowly turning green, so this plant is basically putting on a little show every time it grows. I love anything that ...
Costa Farms 10" Philodendron Florida Ghost Live House Plants in 5" Self-Watering Pot
White Fusion Calathea Look at this BEAUTY. 🤍🌿 The White Fusion Calathea looks less like a plant and more like someone took a paintbrush to every leaf. The marbled white and deep green foliage has soft lavender-purple underneath, making this one of ...
White Fusion Calathea – Rare Peacock Plant Hybrid
Pick Your Own Little Plant Trio This is my kind of plant shopping: choose three pretty little weirdos and make them your problem. 😂🌿 There are some seriously fun options in this pack, including Pink String of Hearts, String of Turtles, Persian Shie...
PICK 3 - HOUSEPLANT PACK - Your Choice of 3 of Our Most Popular Houseplants
Philodendron Pink Princess I fear I am extremely susceptible to plants with pink on them. 💗🌿 The Pink Princess has those gorgeous green leaves splashed with pink variegation, and every new leaf feels like a little surprise because you never quite k...
Philodendron Pink Princess PPP
🌱 Seeds for your Garden!
A collection of flowers, herbs, vegetables, and unique varieties to grow, experiment with, and enjoy throughout the season.
Start from seeds in a small pot for your chives. Then, ones they are around 3 inches tall, no taller, stick them in the ground and they will begin to bloom!
Garlic Chive Seeds, Herb, Allium Tuberosum, Heirloom, NON-GMO, Free Shipping
🌱 Organic Progress Peas — A classic garden pea for the vegetable patch, with quick germination and a relatively short wait for harvest. These are annual, full-sun peas that can be grown in Zones 2–11, with germination in about 6–10 days and harvest ...
Ferry-Morse Organic Pea Seeds 8 Gram(s)
🌱 20-Packet Vegetable Garden Starter Collection — Basically a little vegetable garden in a box. A fun way to try a variety of crops without having to decide which seeds to buy individually. Great for beginners, garden planners, or anyone who likes t...
Survival Garden Seeds Vegetable Garden 20 Packet Starter Seed Collection for Beginners
🌱 Ferry-Morse Early Straightneck Squash Seeds — A classic summer squash that feels right at home in a backyard vegetable garden. Straightneck squash is one of those dependable garden staples that gives you plenty to work with once harvest season rol...
Ferry-Morse Organic Squash Seeds 5.3 Gram(s)
❄️ Winter Is Coming — Time to Plant! 🌱 A fall vegetable seed collection made for the cooler growing season, with 8 different seed packets to get your garden ready for winter. If you’re already thinking about next spring, don’t forget that the garden...
Survival Garden Seeds Fall Vegetable 8 Packet Seed Collection for Cool-Weather Growing
🌿 Italian Oregano If we're building the Italian garden, we're obviously growing the oregano. This 2-pack of Italian oregano is perfect for tucking into a herb garden, terracotta pots, or along a sunny garden path. It's one of those plants that's bot...
Bonnie Plants 19.3 oz Italian Oregano Plant 2 -Pack
For the gardener who likes a little heat and a taste of calabria living. 🌶️ These round Calabrian peppers bring a taste of southern Italy straight to the garden, with a beautiful, vibrant appearance and plenty of spicy character. A fun pick for grow...
Tondo Round Calabrian Italian Picante Calabrese Spicy Pepper of Calabria Premium Seed Packet
We actually bought our seeds while we were in Italy! 🇮🇹 I picked these up in 2023, and this is the first year they’ve sprouted and grown so quickly that I can barely keep track of them. I can’t wait to save and dry the seeds for next season so we c...
Calabrian Pepper Seeds | Hot Pepper Variety
🌼 Pacific Beauty Calendula — A cheerful little flower with that old-fashioned cottage-garden look I love. Calendula is beautiful tucked into vegetable beds, borders, or containers, and the warm golden blooms make the garden feel a little more alive....
Back to the Roots Organic Calendula 'Pacific Beauty' Seeds 1 Pack(s)
💙 Blue Bedder Salvia — For when the garden needs a little more drama. These deep blue-purple blooms add height and color to beds, borders, and containers while bringing in pollinators like bees and butterflies. A beautiful choice if you’re going for...
Ferry-Morse Salvia Seeds 200 Milligram(s)
40-Variety Apothecary Garden Okay, this is the kind of seed collection that makes me want to put on a linen apron and pretend I live in an old Italian farmhouse. 🌿 This collection has 40 different heirloom herbs and flowers—from lavender and chamomi...
Survival Seed Garden, Medicinal Herb Collection - 40 Seed Varieties, Over 3600 Seeds, Heirloom, Long Shelf Life, Non-GMO, Emergency Go Bag