Cottage Review: Garden Wheelbarrow Tablescape

May 07, 2023

Hi Friends, with Mother's Day coming up next weekend, I know many of you will be hosting a Mother's Day brunch or luncheon. I was looking through some older magazines and came upon my inspiration for this post and thought how fun this would be to create the magazine inspiration below and surprise all the moms at your table.

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This original post was from about 10 years and two houses ago. It's just as much fun today and if you don't have a wheelbarrow, no problem. A basket, crate or doughbowl would be just as perfect for a garden display tablescape.

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"Anything "Vintage Garden" gets my attention, so when I recently purchased a new magazine called "Southern Tables" by Hoffman Publications, I immediately fell in love with a featured tablescape that brought all the goodness and bounty of Spring and Summer's first harvest, indoors."

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My tablescape is more casual and I started with a burlap tablerunner, which helped create a "garden" feel. I'm not using crystal just casual Libby stemed glassware. Since this was just for fun I only set two settings.

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"I had a similar whitewashed small wheelbarrow made of reclaimed barnwood,

so I filled it with a variety of faux garden veggies."

(The wheelbarrow has made an appearance before on the deck

for a Back Door Christmas)

Lately the wheelbarrow hangs out on the front porch.

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I felt like my rendition needed a little more personality,

so a ceramic rabbit tureen that I made years ago hopped inside.

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Gardens and rabbits just go together.

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"You know you have too much "stuff", when you completely forget about a set of green transferware china! Yes, I totally forgot that I had this great set of Enoch Wedgewood Kent china, that had been stored in the side door of my breakfront."

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"On one of our recent trips to St. Louis I found three of these wonderful consume/berry bowls and salad plates in "Crown Ducal, Florentine England". They are very old and have a black transfer rural cottage scene on the bowls and plates that read "Little Comberton". A gold rim and raised green fruit design on the border of the plates/saucers had me smitten."

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Green Glassware is Martha Stewart

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"Last week I found the cute little whitewashed Pottery Barn napkin rings that look like flowerpots. Had to have them...and next week I'll show you another fun way I've used them. Woven placemats were from TJ Maxx a couple of years ago, and the linen napkins are just a few of my vintage collection."

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I like to set a fun and casual place setting,

so small whitewashed garden pots with a faux lettuce leaf

hold the silverware.

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And vintage French Seed Packet Labels attached to a tag

can be used for place cards.

Carotte's...

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and Chicoree Frisee

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Thanks so much for coming by this weekend. You can see more