Our Fairfield Home and Garden Tour
In the past month, we have hosted four garden tours here at Our Fairfield Home and Garden! That’s a lot of keeping things tidy – sort of like when you have your house on the market and everything has to look perfect all the time, but on the outside.
Now it is time to relax and enjoy the summer garden. Since I couldn’t have you all over for one of the tours, I will bring a special one to you! Lots of pictures ahead, so cozy up with your favorite cool beverage and come on a stroll with me.
This garden is now eight years old and a lot has happened in that time. The back and side yards were just swaths of pachysandra and English ivy when I started. Stately, mature trees spoke to me and I have created gardens around and under them.
Plantings have grown over time and now this little half acre is starting to look like I had dreamed it when we first moved.
I hope you enjoy your time in our garden today and come back to visit again soon!
Our Fairfield Home and Garden
Porch Swing ~ my summer office!
Summer Windowbox with salvia, zinnias, guara, fuschia, ivy, snapdragons and sweet potato vine.
Container Plants ~ mandevilla, lantana, licorice plant, dhalias and black-eyed Susan vine.
Lady Bugs made of metal tucked in the hostas
Kitchen Deck bursting with blooms!
Garden Bench in the front flowerbed.
Greenhouse we built last summer.
Rusty Tool Arbor into the fire pit area.
Container Plantings in an old nursery wagon.
New Shade Garden made last summer to make way for the greenhouse.
Galvanized Container Garden with herbs and cucumbers.
Garden Shed and potting bench,
Garden Shed ~ my big summer project was getting this painted and presentable!! What a difference white paint makes!
The Shutter Garden with raised beds full of veggies.
Shutter Garden Arbor and greenroof birdhouses. See more about the Shutter Arbor here!
Wheelbarrow Fairy Garden
Fairy Houses for the wee folk.
Garden Frogs, a little collection I keep adding to.
Bird Fountain nestled in the ferns and hostas.
Garden Ladder with greenroof birdhouses in the butterfly garden.
Succulent Shoe
Potting Sink (has a recirculating pump in a bucket underneath that acts as a bird fountain)
Potting Sink
Gazebo Windowbox with guara, spider plant, snapdragons, geraniums, dark sweet potato vine, asparagus fern, ivy and fuschia
Plate Flowers tucked in the August Lily hostas.
Garden Fairies in an old birdbath with succulents.
Gazebo Birdbath, Caladiums and Hostas.
Under the Pines ~ a spot to rest and admire the climbing hydrangea vine.
Succulent Fairy Garden in a resin birdbath found at the curb.
Summer Gazebo
Begonias and Caladiums and a bike planter
Miss Flora Shadypants welcomes you to the Gazebo Garden
Side garden that hides the utility boxes
Garden Accents
Bird Garden ~ just one year old!
Garden Fairy and orbs
Gnome Garden in the shade
Shade Garden
Your yard is absolutely gorgeous!!!!!
Thanks for taking the tour today, Kellie! I appreciate your kind comment!
Wow, just wow! I would love to take a stroll through too. Thanks for sharing.
You are so welcome, Joanna! Thanks for taking the time to
stroll” the garden!
I was at your garage sale/garden tour today, and I was absolutely gobsmacked by the beauty and creativity in your garden. It was truly inspirational, and I left feeling lighter and more joyful. Thank you so much for sharing such beauty, and for providing a haven for wild creatures. I hope to tour the grounds again when you have one. Is there a mailing list one can be put on, so that I won’t miss it if you have one again?
What a nice note, Mimi! My friends and I have a garage sale every 2 or 3 years and I started including the garden tour because folks would always ask if they could see the garden. I’m so happy that you enjoyed yourself so much! I don’t have a mailing list, but you are welcome to contact me through this blog! Thanks for visiting our garden and writing! <3 Barb
It it just lovely. How I would love to stroll through your gardens and sit on the porch swing. Your hard work has certainly paid off.
Thank you, Lyn! It doesn’t even seem like work when you love being outside in nature and tending the flowers!
YOWZA! What a beautiful yard….sanctuary really! A labor of love for sure! Love it all…..and that’s a lot of work…..but look at your payoff! WOW indeed! Ooh let me know if you want to swap any seeds this Fall….Friendship Gardens ;)
Sounds like a good idea, Donna! Always love free seeds and plants from friends! Thanks for stopping by and peeking at our garden!
Thanks for the tour Barb … wonderful gardens!
Thanks for coming by our gardens today, Maggie!
Hi Barb,
You have found your niche! Everything looks so warm and inviting. Anyone would love to spend the afternoon in your yard. Do those beautiful pink caladiums come back every year? They are gorgeous. Thank you for labeling everything so we may borrow some ideas. You are such a generous-hearted person. Love it all!
Pat
Thanks for visiting our garden today, Pat! The Caladiums are annuals in our area unless you take in the bulbs like you do with Cannas. Happy gardening! Barb