Mother's Day is Right Around the Corner!

Here's and fun and unique gift idea to show your Mom just how much you care!

Start with the classic L.L.Bean Monogram Tote Bag, not only is this  a durable bag which will last your mom a lifetime, but it's the perfect way to bring together the rest of this creative gift! Since we all know April showers bring May Flowers, Mother's Day at the beginning of May is the perfect way to equip your mom with all the gardening essentials!

One of the first items you could potentially add to this Mother's Day gardening kit is a nice pair of comfortable gardening gloves. This iconic floral pattern Laura Ashley Home-Gardening pair is perfect to add to your bag!

While we all know our mom's secretly love playing in the dirt, this Garden Tool Set includes a cultivator, bypass cutter, and spade- exactly the tools she'll be looking to pull from her bag during an afternoon spent working in the flower beds! 

One of the most fun decisions you can make when thinking about what to include in your bag, is what type of bulb you will give her to eventually plant! Keeping in mind the season is spring- you'll want a bulb that is seasonally fit. Bulbs to Blooms is a great site not only for purchasing bulbs but it includes wonderful information on seasonal planting. 

To top off your gift with just one last bit of sentiment- head to your local florists and pick up a fresh cut bouquet of the fully bloomed flowers you chose to include as bulbs for her to plant! This not only gives her something beautiful to set out somewhere in the house but shows her just what her bulbs will look like once they've come full circle! I've chosen to show Gladiolus here, a gorgeous spring bloom available in a variety of colors.

This gift idea is very flexible and can be as complex or simple as you choose, with many different options on what you could potentially include this is a perfect gift that can easily be personalized to best fit your mom's taste. The thoughtfulness behind this idea will definitely show your mom just how you care, and its's unique nature will show your out of the box thinking to come up with something special for your mom on this Mother's Day! & As always, don't forget that a card with thoughtfully written sentiment inside goes a long way :)

Gorgeous Florals!

Happy First Day of Spring! Now that it is officially springtime, and for the moment our New England weather is cooperating with seasonal expected temperatures and the most beautifully sunny days it's time to start thinking about your gardening! Springtime brings so much brightness to our days, new blooms on the trees, the grass returning to its vibrant shade of green, the subtle chirping of birds returns as background noise. My great grandmother, used to describe one of my favorite things about spring, the soft breeze that often appears on a pristine spring day, she would call it- "a delicious breeze." I have an affinity for every season that we experience on the East Coast, and with the coming of every new season, beyond a shadow of a doubt I at some point will utter the words "_____ is my favorite time of the year." 

Growing up, and spending my whole life on the East Coast, it is inevitable that you become so accustomed to the changing of seasons, and the way the environment around you changes with it. Your body almost expects and anticipates the coming changes before your mind can realize it's that time of year. However, when springtime comes- nothing brings smiles to so many faces like the new blooming flowers of such brilliant colors. 

A few of my all time favorite springtime bursts of floral color are pictured here! 

Tulips are a beautiful springtime flower, but make sure that you have planted the bulbs long before spring arrives to enjoy their beautiful delicacy once the season makes its permanent appearance. 

Gerber Dasies are not only my absolute all time favorite flower, but they are so vivid and rich in color. Gerber Dasies can be purchased for planting by seed or by plant, but growing a healthy gerber plant takes very particular conditions and can be quite tricky! The best time to plant these sweet stems is when the winter frost is completely gone. Instructions for planting these can be found here!

Peonies are often grown as ornamentals for their stupendously large and often fragrant cut flowers. They thrive more successfully with full blooms in the spring, when planted during mid fall, but can also have very successful growth with spring planting. Peonies are a very different type of plant and the method to growing this beautiful flower is someone tricky, for clear instructions please see this site!

Ranunculus flowers, astonishing for their many many petals and their long lasting life as cut flowers. The planting directions for the ranunculus call for a little more focus and attention than most, but definitely worth the time! Instructions are here! 

Sometimes the best way to get good information about any type of gardening your interested in embarking on, is to start at your local garden center or florist. Wilson Farm in MA is a wonderful place to stop, they have a very diverse collection of plants, flowers and trees for sale and the staff is wonderful with answering any questions you may have. If your unsure of where to go locally in your area for gardening tips and tricks- try using the Yelp search engine to sift through different establishments in your area and read reviews from previous customers to find just the place your looking for. 

Happy Gardening!