Seeing Colors and Shapes as Monet Saw
For a glimpse of the world as Monet viewed it in your own garden, consider these tips:
• How do the sun’s rays transform your garden throughout the day? How do pants look in the morning’s first light? The last hours before the sunset? How do they change from the spring equinox through summer solstice and fall equinox?
• What local native plants are rarely found in local gardens in your area? How might wild strawberry look? Sagebrush? Cacti? Huckleberries?
• Does your house have a color pattern? Monet echoed the colors of his home-pink stucco with green shutters-throughout his garden.
• What feelings are evoked by different area of your garden? Nostalgia? Hope? Excitement? Serenity?
• What plants in your garden display primary colors (red, blue, and yellow)? Secondary colors? Complementary colors (the color that appears opposite of that color in the wheel)? How would blocks of one color or of complementary colors work in your garden? Do they already exist in your garden without you previously realizing it?
• How could you use contrast for greater effect? What spiky herbs could shoot up among trailing nasturtium? How would delicate pansies contrast against rough stone?
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Looking for some gift ideas for that gardener? Consider these:
Message in a Plant: Great way to express affection, it’s the Amazing Message Plant. Within 10 days growth will begin as the plant grows your message will be revealed. ($11.99)
Relaxing with Lavender: Do you have a loved one who loves lavender? Then give them the give of Lavande. It’s jewelry which features bud shaped lockets with lavender bouquets engraved on them and you can add your own fresh lavender bud inside to be released all day. ($188)
Give the gift of Glove: Every looked for good garden gloves only to be disappointed later? Well with Ethel Gloves look no further. They are made of synthetic leather and are very fashionable and functional. ($18)
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