Garden Shopping in South Texas

This weekend a couple of friends and I headed south of Houston to the Seadrift/Victoria/Goliad area. We were in need of some good healthy plants and heard that Devereux Gardens was the place to go. The Garden's are part of the Devereux Foundation that provides services to children, adults, and families with special needs stemming from behavioral, psychological, intellectual or neurological impairments. After seeing the beautiful plants they grow, it seems the program is working and benefiting all.

These beautiful trees and pretty wildflowers surround the garden/nursery.

Pretty flats of annuals, herbs, roses, perennials, etc. were all over the place.

I had three other "gardeners" with me and we quickly filled up two carts of goodies. Thank GOODNESS we thought ahead and took two cars. By the time the day was over and we'd made a few more stops, both cars were filled to the gills.

Devereaux thrives because they can "make" more plants from cuttings and seeds. The workers do all the planting, re-potting and trimming in this shady covered area. It's April in South Texas and the hot sun can beat down and temps can reach 90 degrees by mid-day. We all had "red necks" and "farmers tans" by the time we finished shopping. But we got great healthy plants and it was a fun outing.....NOW I need to get out in the yard and plant all my goodies.

Just Gotta Laugh.....

I drove by this sign and HAD to laugh! Obviously not much time or effort was put into the creation of this sign. But the next day the sign was gone.....so maybe SOMEONE responded and GOT that dream job! The boss is probably very easy to please, given the standards he put into the employee search.

Happy Monday Ya'll!

Craft Day---Easter Style

Recently my crafting buddies and I had another craft day and this time we made Easter Egg wreaths. Jenn, who hosted this time, always has the cutest ideas and is such a great event planner. Below are the gifts baskets we all got to take home. Note along with the baskets are some cleaver decorating ideas.

We all brought a grapevine wreath, eggs already the right color or painted before hand, and a hot glue gun.

Vanessa found some really cute egg garland and glued THAT onto her wreath. And she SAYS she's not crafty!

Here is the finished product.

After I got home, I added some ribbon for hanging, my little "welcome" sign and a little bit more vine that I cut from my yard.

Here's what the finished product looked like hanging on my door.

And whoops, wouldn't you know it..... I've already had a few eggs drop off...but never fear, I'll get out the trusty Glue Gun and it will be easily fixed. Those high temperatures we had earlier in the week must has loosened up some of the glue.

Happy Spring Ya'll....hope you have a wonderful Easter!!!!