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Serenity Nursery new "blue room"- No more red walls!!!

 

One thing we try to always do is surprise and delight our customers. We had a purple and grey painted room which was painted red about three years ago. Everyone loved "the red room" and we mostly decorated it with Asian style pieces. Well this week we thought out with the old and in with the new. We pained the walls of the red room a pretty pale blue and we love it. It's fresh, summery and bright. Pop in and have a look how we decorated it...our theme was "no theme" and we have mixed french style chairs with modern metal home wares and our very popular multicoloured side board tables.

Enjoy.

 

A gift for a gardener..

Find adorable gifts at Serenity Nursery.

Serenity's woven chairs and urns will add warm to your home or garden.

 

 Come and fossic through our lovely garden gift displays.

You will be sure to find a gift for someone who loves to decorate their home or garden.

Creative Christmas...

 

This Christmas wreath is so easy to make at home with material from around the house.  Start with two wire coat hangers and cut off the hook part on both of them using wire cutters. Twist two of the ends together and bend the Wire into a circle. Cut hessian strips about 4cm x 30cm.

 

Thread the wire through the hessian folding the hessian back and forth as you go.

 

Keep threading until all the wire is covered.

 

 

Once all hessian is threaded on twist the remaining ends of wire together.

( Cute dog to help optional)

 

 

I finished my wreath off with a wooden heart from Serenity Nursery. I used organza ribbon to hang the wreath from my mirror. There are lots of beautiful Christmas decorations to choose from at Serenity Nursery. Use them in Christmas craft or to decorate your Christmas tree.

 

Krystal

A visit to Mum and Dad's garden...

 Have a look at Mum and Dad's garden (Above). Well this is just one section of the garden that they have worked on over the last couple of years. I really like what they have done with a simple metal arbour from our garden centre. They painted the arbour black along with this solid wrought iron urn. Mum and Dad chose a wisteria to cover the arbour. The purple and black is an unexpected combination and actually looks quite striking. The vigorous wisteria climber flowers during the warmer months and in winter sheds it's leave to reveal a woven bare vine.

 

A variety of deciduous trees surround the arbour and a large lawn area. What an excellent spot for a private get together.



 

 

Wisteria Amethyst Falls

 

What's this? Wisteria Amethyst Falls. It is an American variety of wisteria that is a well behaved variety, not as invasive and more compact then the Asian varieties more commonly grown.

Masses of deep lilac coloured flowers are produced on shorter than usual racemes giving a fuller effect. Flowering begins in spring with repeat flushes throughout summer. Can be trained to climb posts or trellis or in the garden bed can be left to trail over retaining walls, rockeries or embankments.

Available now.

 

 

 



Perfect Pieces

Acid brights are still a main theme in our little stone wagon shed gift shop ( pictured above left). We have gift and home wares rolling in from Melbourne leading up to Christmas so now is the time to get the best pick. We have scarves in all the colours of the rainbow and

 oil cloth handbags in spots and florals.

 

Pretty pastels are another theme we have chosen and our powder pink, blue and white hanging hearts and garlands are a gorgeous decorative touch for the home...Mum found them on an overseas buying trip so they are truly unique to us...Enjoy.

 

PS. Love lavenders? pop in now for a huge offering, including the one pictured here!

 

Krystal





Dome it.

 

We have been having fun "doming" things in the gift shop this week with our new delivery of gift ware and glass domes from Melbourne. We have domed cute little rabbits, books and

 things found in nature.

 

 Our black board in the garden centre is always inspiring.

Spiral herb garden

Tim and I held a "Growing Herbs" workshop this week and we spoke about creative ways to grow herbs. The D.I.Y spiral herb garden was intriguing to most of the attendees. It's something easy that you can make with rocks, bricks or any material that can be up cycled.

 

The spiral garden is a great way to get kids involved in gardening and is something they can help build themselves. Use different coloured herbs like opal basil, purple sage and bright green chives. Improve biodiversity by mixing in a few flowering plants such as marigolds and nasturtiums.

 

Krystal

Image via Sweet Local Farm’s flickr

Dad's Veggie House

 

Dad designed and created a enlosed veggie garden on his property in Murray Bridge.  He used  cement sleepers that he made to build up the veggie garden. For ergonomic reasons he built it up three sleepers high.

 

Dad created an island in the middle of the garden house which you can walk around. The island is filled with an abundance of leaffy vegetables. The perimeter is also filled with all kinds of eddibles including parsley, broccolli, spring onions and even ginger.

Outside of the garden house is a lovely freshly planted blueberry BURST. A new variety that produces extra large and flavoursome fruit.

 

Mum and Dad are proud of the chew marks in their cabbages!! No nasty chemicals are used to treat insects. This enables them to use the leafy greens for feeding their pet birds.

 

Dad shows Milton Vadoulis the hard work that has gone into making his dream veggie garden. The most important thing when gardening is getting the soil right and that's why Dad used alot of Plants Plus Groganic to improve the sandy loam when blending his mix.

 

 

The Serenity team Get Dirty with Milton

 Had a great day today showcasing our garden centre for TV's Getting Dirty with Milton.

Getting Dirty with Milton is a fantastic gardening show offering ideas on growing great gardens in Australia. Tune in 8pm Wednesdays on Channel 44 Adelaide.

 

I will keep you all posted when our nursery segment will be going to air.

New Lifestyle displays

 

Thought I would share with you some displays Kelsey and I worked on today. We are loving all the new decore items to work with!



Accommodation on The Edge.

 

Check out this new B&B in Murray Bridge, Narooma Waters. It's a very stylish 5 star apartment style accommodation, which overlooks the mighty Murray River. Established by locals Patrick & Sharon Secker who are enthused to show off what the Murray Lands has to offer.

Only 45 minutes from Adelaide...Book it today!

 

Head over to the website Narooma Waters and Like their FB Page.

 

Cheers The Serenity Nursery team.

Roses with meaning

"Firestar" is an award winning rose. The first rose to represent the CFA.

Firestar Rose- The first in the series.

We fell in love with the first 'Firestar' rose (pictured above) and planted a whole heap on our property in Murray Bridge. It's performs really well and the flowers change colour constantly.

 

"Phoenix" is the second rose in the "Firestar Series"- The official rose of the CFA.

About Phoenix Rose- New 2013

Phoenix Rose is a new release rose for 2013. It follows the first in the series 'Firestar'. Phoenix is a very fragrant shrub rose growing to 140cm. Pink petals meet a yellow orange hue reminiscent of early morning sunrise. Phoenix is a hardy rose that will tolerate Australia's harsh conditions. It is another great symbol  that conveys a sense of solace and quiet beauty, and embodied both a sense of hope and renewal, and the energy of re-generation.

 

Phoenix Rose is in store now!

Proceeds of these two roses go to the CFA. Image via The Age

 

 

 

 

 

 



Hey Girl: Part 2

 

Images via kissmyaster

Grow This:

Pierre de Ronsard is one of the worlds favourite roses. This pretty climbing rose was inducted into the Rose Hall of Fame in 2006. It's a wonderful rose to grow over an archway or to cover a not so pretty fence.

Growing Tip: Plant climbing roses in winter when they are dormant and at their hardiest. Prepare the soil with Richgro Rose Marvel. Use a seaweed solution such as Seagold to help establish the roots of the rose and condition the soil.

Images via Manon 21

Hey Girl: Part 1

 

Huge Ryan Gosling fan, what can I say...

 

 

Images via kissmyaster.co

Bright. Natural...and beautiful.

 

Pretty new floral wall arts, hand-made shell/ teak stools, pom pom through blankets and lots of cool new finds in the giftshop this week. See more at www.serenitynursery.com.au

 

 



 

We received our second lot of hand woven pouffes. Great for indoors or outdoor living area.

 



 

We love this canvas art new in at www.serenitynursery.com.au

Chelsea Flower Show 2013 Winners...



A large Xanthorrhoea ( also known as a grass tree) Makes an amazing feature.



Natural elements have been selected. Timber, stone and bamboo enhance the green life.





A curved timber walkway leads the eye around the garden.



Simply Beautiful!

 

The talented team of Flemings Nursery.

Congratulations to Flemings Nursery for winning Best in Show for their garden design at the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show. I thought I would share the talent of this team with you and hope you like it as much as we do. We are proud stockists of Flemings trees so look out for them at Serenity very soon.

Enjoy

The Serenity Team

xx

A little bit about the garden:

Designed by Phillip Johnson, this garden reminds us that nature is the perfect reference for sustainable design, imperative in the twenty first century.

The focal points of the landscape are the Billabong, gorge and waterfalls, as well as the Studio perched on the edge of the gorge. The Studio roof includes solar panels with the capacity to generate enough power for the whole landscape.