Moment in the Day Series. This will be my third year. Midwinter and I’m craving the everyday beauty that isn’t in your face like Springtime blossom, the abundance in the garden during Summer, or the golden light in Autumn. For me, this time of year is all about looking for the little treasures. The beauty […]

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Pansies. How to Grow, Reimagine, and Create Beauty with Pansies and Violas. by Brenna Estrada. “This book is a heartfelt plea. Written on behalf of the pansy, and pursued in hope and optimism, it has a single purpose: to elevate the pansy to a reimagined role of elegance and secure its place in at least […]

Dear Lovely Subscribers, The Fairy Wren Cottage Postcard for April was sent out to your inbox on Tuesday. In this latest Postcard I mentioned my wish list for some perennials for our cutting garden, roses and fruit trees. For our Perennial Cutting Garden: Stipa Gigantia. Oakleaf Hydrange ‘Snowflake’. Anenome. Soft pinks. Agastache ‘Lemon Fiesta’. Salvia, […]

The golden afternoon Autumn light, soft shadows, ducks waiting to be fed, Honeybee happy to see me. Did you notice the shape of the afternoon light coming through the apple tree onto Honeybee’s chest? It is shaped like a love heart, how bonkers is that! I nearly swiped past the photo in the camera roll […]

Hello, If you have been following me for awhile, you will already know that beauty and kindness are the central themes to all that I share. We all have plenty of ups and downs in life, none of us are immune. My Instagram account, this website and my monthly newsletter focuses on the beauty, the […]

Sweet Pea Trials. In 2021, 2022, and 2023, I did some growing trials that included different Sweet Pea varieties. The objectives were: ~ To become familiar with the different Sweet Pea varieties. ~ To find out when is the best time to grow Sweet Peas here at Fairy Wren Cottage. ~ Where in the garden […]

After years of trial, error and picking through research articles, I’ve finally had great success growing in my own microclimate: Heat Zone 1, Cold Zone 9a Which led to me growing six different Sweet Pea varieties really well last year, and then this year having great success growing fourteen different Sweet Pea varieties! In October, […]

I have two tables in my Garden Cottage Studio. The table the roses are on we now refer to as ‘the blue table in the Garden Cottage’. The blue table has had many lives while living with us, and most likely many lives before Michael and I bought it at the market in Lismore, New […]