HAVE FUN DESIGNING YOUR OWN QUILT GARDEN!

 This spring we have been having fun designing quilt gardens of all different sizes using our envigorated colorful quilt stone collection and the new monotone series above.  They offer quite a selection for creating your own garden quilt!   Blaze and Davey, two of our design assistants, have held a design challenge to come up with some innovative ways of using these stones.  We will be featuring several of our sample gardens in upcoming posts.

GARDENING IS GOOD FOR YOU GUEST ARTIST: SCOTT FEEMSTER

Scott works as a welder and an auto collision repairman in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. He has taken the skills from both, along with a genuine talent and vision for design,and creates furniture, sculpture and fine functional pieces for the garden including fire pits, lawn furniture, trellises, hose racks, and torch holders.  His specialty is custom work, tell him what you want and

he’ll work with you to make it happen. Visit his website: scottsmetalworx.com.

GARDENING IS GOOD FOR YOU GUEST ARTIST: SYD BAKER

Syd Baker was formerly a technical artist and product designer at Hallmark, with a fine arts background in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute.  He is currently working as a graphic artist and craftsman in Roeland Park, Ks.  Syd also creates innovative one-of-a-kind birdhouses which he will be featuring at our retail event this May.  No two are the same.  These are fully weatherproof and practically designed to serve as fucntional birdhouses. See Syd's fine art illustrations at http://other3dlands.com

WHAT'S NEW FOR SPRING 2011 AT FROM THE SUMMER'S GARDEN? SODA POP CAN PLANTERS!

We've recycled soda pop cans to make the decorative border on these new hypertufa planters.  They're"GREEN" twice over: recyled pop cans for the border trim and recycled paper in the hypertufa!

SPRING RETAIL EVENT OPENS APRIL 29, 2011!

WE'LL BE OPEN FROM 10:00 - 6:00. COME JOIN US!

FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS

APRIL 29, MAY 1 & 2

MAY 6, 7 & 8

Mother's Day Specials on Saturday, May 7

Watch for Details!

MAY 13, 14 &; 15

MAY 20, 21 & 22

Rimman Liquors Winetasting, Saturday, May 21

Watch for Details!

MAY 27, 28 29 & MONDAY, MAY 30

KANSAS CITY ARTIST'S COALITION SWEETHEART RECEPTION

A group of my creative friends worked together to set the scene for the KCAC Sweetheart Reception.  I took a variety of hypertufa containers down to the gallery to be used as fresh floral containers.  Becco Florists, who haver a great shop in the Arts District of KC, did a great job building simple yet stunning arrangements in the hypetufa containers.  Because of their light weight, these containers make wonderful cachepots for indoor use during the winter months.

SPRING WILL COME...SOMETIME!

This Snowman Garden Stone looks right at home outside as the snow is falling all around.  We are busy inside designing and beginning work for our spring retail event, GARDENING IS GOOD FOR YOU,
coming in the month of May...seems a long way off now!