In my garden today
Posted: July 5, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized 20 CommentsWhen we moved into this house about a year and half ago, it was almost winter and the garden had already been put to bed. Last year was a summer of waiting to see what would come up. I discovered lots of greenery (ferns, hosta, perennial grasses) and some nice hydrangea. But not many flowers. To remedy the situation, I started by adding a few along a fence last year, and a few more this year, in spaces that needed filling in. Today I actually have a colourful border that I can sketch, and it includes a few surprises like orange echinacea which I thought would be purple, and enough Shasta daisies to cut and bring indoors.
Nice sketches! It is wonderful to have flowers on your own property.
It sure is. Thanks for having a look, Cathy!!
What a wonderful summer surprise! Love seeing your sketches!
Thanks so much De!!
These are delightful. The heat here lately has pretty much rendered all my flowers begging for mercy!
It’s been hot here too! I hope your flowers have recovered!
Beautiful, and I love the layout! This inspired me to march right out to my garden and sketch the 3 fam. Asteraceae currently blooming in MY garden 🙂
I am happy to hear that!! I hope it was a great sketching session!
Very lively! I can tell you are enjoying your blooms!
I sure am and I will have more next year. Nothing like your garden, of course, but a little something.
Love your flower sketches. Nice to be able to sketch in your own garden.
It sure is. I hope to be adding more flowers every year.
Why don’t I sketch and paint flowers more??? Thanks for the motivation.
Terry, I hope you are sketching some flowers this week!!
Good plan, thanks.
What a beautiful, bright, sunny, cheerful page to wake up to!
Tony, thank you. It’s a beautiful border to wake up to as well!
Nice! I love drawing and painting flowers too. Ah summer!🥰
This is so beautiful! Will there ever be a online course in teaching this?
HI Ilse,
Thanks for writing! When you ask about the online class, do you mean painting flower vignettes?
Shari