My First Garden Bouquet

Posted on | July 1, 2010 | 24 Comments

Last night, I made my first bouquet ever from flowers in my own garden. None of my plants are really big yet so I can only pick small pieces. How pretty are the hydrangeas! I can’t wait for my lamb’s ear, sea holly, and peonies to grow in so I can cut big chunks.

Lesson learned don’t use catmint if you own a cat. I was admiring my flowers on my nightstand last night when my cat came out of nowhere pounced on my bed and launched himself onto my flowers. He immediately starting ripping my bouquet apart till he found two sprigs of catmint. Cat!

I had a great night sleep with the windows wide open and a cool breeze breeze wafting in. I love cool nights after a few days of extreme temperatures and air-conditioning. I’m not a hot weather girl. I prefer sleeping with a wool blanket or a down comforter all year round.

Category: flowers

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24 Responses to “My First Garden Bouquet”

Kayla @ Exquisite Banana
July 1st, 2010 @ 12:08 pm
Beautiful garden bouquet…lately, my favorite kind :)
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carrie leber
July 1st, 2010 @ 12:25 pm
OMG – I love flowers from the garden – and those are truly lovely. Love the hydrangeas, and too funny about the cat :-)
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chelsea
July 1st, 2010 @ 12:49 pm
so pretty!!!
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Brittany Noel
July 1st, 2010 @ 1:04 pm
It’s beautiful! I love bringing in bouquets that are all mine. I’m not growing many flowers this year and I’m a little bummed now… Maybe I should go get some!
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Carlin
July 1st, 2010 @ 1:43 pm
Love your headboard!
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evencleveland
July 1st, 2010 @ 1:58 pm
This is so pretty, Katy. Wow.
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Sarahbeth
July 1st, 2010 @ 2:01 pm
Congrats! It looks just lovely. My garden is succumbing to the southern heat and nasty little bugs. I’ll live vicariously through yours for a while…
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nole
July 1st, 2010 @ 5:21 pm
What a gorgeous bouquet! The color of your hydrangeas is amazing!
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Al
July 1st, 2010 @ 6:02 pm
That looks wonderful, thank you for sharing
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Deborah
July 1st, 2010 @ 7:05 pm
Love your bouquet, especially the hydrangea. I also love your headboard!
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Katy Elliott
July 1st, 2010 @ 7:07 pm
Thanks guys for all your sweet comments!

More about my headboard here:

http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2009/11/linen-tufted-headboard.html
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liane
July 1st, 2010 @ 7:24 pm
good for you katy! your bedroom looks super comfy.
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Sarah @ Maison Boheme
July 1st, 2010 @ 11:46 pm
Such a lovely group of flowers.
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Mopar
July 1st, 2010 @ 11:49 pm
Such a pretty group of pictures. The bedroom looks wonderful. Hope you are enjoying your designs.
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BALLUX
July 2nd, 2010 @ 5:24 am
Very impressive!
Thanks for your presentation and I appreciate that!
Keep up your good work. I will come here regularly for news.
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Trish
July 2nd, 2010 @ 8:01 am
Wow – don’t you feel so proud! What a sense of accomplishment to say you grew that. Now when you get invited to people’s homes you can bring a bouquet of your own flowers as a house gift. So Martha! Congrats!
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Helene Goldberg
July 2nd, 2010 @ 10:51 am
It’s a beautiful bouguet Katy! And I really get how you feel about it. Kinda proud, kinda .. well, just great. Awesome work in your garden paying off. Enjoy!
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Barbara
July 2nd, 2010 @ 10:56 pm
Absolutely lovely Katy!! There is nothing more delightful than creating bouquets from your own garden. Congrats to you! Have a great 4th ; )
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Abbey
July 4th, 2010 @ 11:24 pm
I love this!!! hope you are having a great summer
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Izzy - Sofas
July 8th, 2010 @ 12:55 am
This looks wonderful! great presentation and your Photography is also good. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
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Marie Bagnasco
July 11th, 2010 @ 2:23 pm
Bravo Katy ! I have a little garden in my house here in Venice ,Italy ,I have been working on it for the past 15 years ,I have very little sun because I am surrownded by buildings but this year after a very cold and miserable winter, with lots of high water the garden bloomed better than ever !!
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sherry
July 11th, 2010 @ 2:56 pm
very July and English. I am on my way out to cut a few now so THANK YOU!
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Anna
July 14th, 2010 @ 10:57 pm
Beautiful bouquet, and your room looks so cozy!
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erin, reading my tea leaves
July 26th, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
oh my. lovely, lovely.
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