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Romancing the Garden
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18020 |
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LIFE
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5 / 1990 |
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Virginia Greiner
Virginia Greiner writes a weekly gardening column for the
Washington Times. |
Ever since the world began, spring and summer have been the times for romantic event. And when love's occasions are celebrated under the open skies of May and June, they make the heart beat still faster. Love's big moments - weddings, engagement parties, bridal showers, and anniversary celebrations, not to mention a couple's first dinner together - are all the more memorable if held in a garden. And life's small moments, be they Sunday brunches for the neighborhood or intimate candlelit suppers, can take on romantic airs in an alfresco setting. Happily, today's garden designs and accessories can provide the perfect backdrop for romantic outdoor entertaining.
It's always good to begin with nature. Such unabashedly sentimental flowers as fragrant antique roses and old-fashioned favorites like bleeding heart, baby's breath, love-in-a-mist, violets, mock orange, gardenias, camellias, or wildflowers make natural backdrops for a variety of events. Rambler roses, clematis, sweet peas, and morning glories climbing overhead arbors provide both shade and scent. Hedges, trellises, and latticework enclosing apartment balconies and tiny town house patios make perfect hideaways.
Outdoor furniture in a wide range of romantic designs, from intricate Victorian wrought-iron settees or French baker's racks to weatherproof white wicker loveseats, provides a sense of ease and grace. Low-voltage outdoor lighting improves the mood for dining under the stars, and waterproof stereos add an audio dimension. And classic statuary, antique sundials, wall plaques, lavabos, and terra cotta or porcelain planters brimming with ferns can provide lush grace notes for even small townhouse patios and sunless apartment terraces.
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