Happy Mother's Day and Happy Green Thumb Sunday! It promises to be a beautiful day here. The weather will be perfect for going to church and for visiting my wife's mom and family for a cookout!
Last weekend we were treated to a cookout with my mom and family. My mom and step-dad are great gardeners. Their vegetable garden hasn't been planted yet, but their entire yard looks like it belongs in Better Homes and Gardens Magazine!
I thought it would be appropriate to show my mom's gardens for Mother's Day and Green Thumb Sunday.
I just love their water garden with all of the fish. It looks like a natural pond with a great waterfall. The pond is complete with aquatic plants, but many of them will be more visible later in the season. My step-dad will probably say that I should have waited to show pictures of his pond until then, but I think it looks great even now. I don't know how he got to be so good at aquatic gardening. One day he just started digging, and before long he had a great custom built water garden!
It's not just water gardening that he and my mom are good at. Every where you look there are beautiful and unique flowers and plants.
I had fun taking pictures of my mom's gardens and had a great time visiting with her, my step-dad and many other family and friends. Today, we are set to do it again with my wife's family.
Happy Mother's Day Mom!
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What a beautiful garden the water garden is a dream, I love the waterfall. Hope your Mum had a lovely day.
Posted by: May 14, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Beautiful and amazing. Really love the waterfall and koi. I hope you'll update us with more pictures when the water garden is busier with plants. Hope you all enjoyed your Mom's Day as much as I did.
Posted by: skeet | May 14, 2007 at 01:10 PM
A little late visiting this week but your mother's garden is lovely. Very peaceful looking.
Posted by: anne | May 16, 2007 at 12:58 AM
So that's where you get it!! It's in your genes!! What wonderful gardens they have...and I agree, where are those BH&G photographers??!
Posted by: May 25, 2007 at 01:35 AM
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Posted by: May 03, 2008 at 04:12 AM