Gifts for little Gardeners!

Hope you have had a fab May Bank Holiday, I have been making the most of the break in the clouds & have been photographing these fab little gift ideas which are new to Urban Eden Boutique. They are suitable for ages 3 & up and are a great way to encourage kids to get out in the garden & to see some results for themselves, they are called 'My Patch' & come with a large plant label saying 'This garden belongs to...' tied to the label is a box containing seeds and a little shaped hand-made soap to encourage children to wash their hands when they have finished planting.

They come in 3 different varieties, Sunflower seeds with a cute flower shaped soap, carrot seeds with a rabbit shaped soap & flower seeds to attract Bees & Butterflies with a Bumble Bee soap. They are £4.00 & they can be found *HERE*

Dib, Dib, Dib!!

This lovely vintage dibber has been added to our boutique today, the old ones really are the best & made to last, this dibber looks so lovely & will be a fab addition to any gardeners potting shed, it is £9.00 & can be found  *HERE*
I have lots of new products for the boutique, I just need a sunny day to photograph everything!! So watch this space!
Helen x

Vintage Garden Accessories - Sprinkler

This fantastic fully restored Cooper Stewart - Rain King' sprinkler is british made using cast iron with brass fittings, simply push a hose on, no need for attachments. It is £28 & can be found HERE.

Helen x

New vintage garden goodies!

Well I have at last got around to photographing some more vintage items for the web site, as always these have been hand picked by myself & Col, & we have made sure that everythinhg is in great vintage condition, with this I mean that although our items are full of vintage charm with some wear & tear from loving use over the years they are all still in full working order & have plenty more years of pleasure in them for a new home.

This fantastic vintage 2.5 litre galvanised watering can will make a keen gardener very happy indeed, they are hard to come by now all intact with the copper rose but this is a cracker, in the summer months when it will be in full use it will look great simply stood by a flower bed or on the patio, in the winter months we do advise that you store them in a shed or indoors as heavy frosts can make the bottoms of them 'belly' if they have water in them from any rain fall.

Coming soon.....These fantastic vintage coat hooks are made from old teak doors which were no longer in use, how perfect to use the great character of the wood instead of throwing it away or burning it, teak is a very durable wood & requires no oil or treatment when used outside, so these hooks can even be hung outdoors if needed although I thought they would be a fantastic addition to a potting shed.

This I need some help with! It is Dutch & I bought it as I thought it would make a really great handy water butt in the summer months, but I do not know what its original use is, Col thinks it may be from a milkmaids yoke which makes sense but it is my natural reaction to disagree with him!! Anyway they do work well as a water butt with a lovely vintage feel.

For all of these & more vintage garden items please visit www.urbanedenboutique.co.uk

Helen
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Wynyard Hall Spring Fayre...

We have got our place booked at the Wynyard Hall Spring Shopping Fayre and we are really looking forward to it, we have had a hectic year so far as we are in the middle of doing up a house & hope to move in in the next 6 weeks so fingers crossed we will have enough time to get ready for the fayre too!!
 Wynyard hall is based in the Tees Valley area & now is a four star country hotel, it has an interesting history (read more HERE) & is a truly stunning building.
 The fayre is being held on Saturday the 28th April & Sunday 29th, have a look at their web site HERE for more details, it is £3.00 entry for adults & children under 12 go free.

Setting up at the fayre for a few days means we can show some of our larger items which we do not sell online due to postage costs, packing is difficult on some large items too, this is a shame as often the larger items make a big statement & always look great in the garden.
Here are a few examples of what we will be taking along with us.....

Vintage Dutch apple crates from the 50's & 60's, these are fab for layering up with stored fruit & veg for the winter months in the potting shed, they look great too with the vintage lettering, each farming family would put their name on the side of the crates so that their fruit crates were not stolen or mixed up at harvest time.
£12 each

Wooden fold away chairs, great sturdy chairs which will hang or stack neatly folded when not in use.
£15 each

Fully restored vintage wooden step ladders, these work really well as bookshelves indoors or filled with plant pots in a garden or yard

From £35 depending on size of ladders

Hope to see you there!

Helen

Salvaged Mill Bobbin & Twine

Fantastic reclaimed mill bobbins. Each of these authentic mill bobbins has been used in an English working mill in the last century or beyond. These bobbins look great in your home & garden. They can be found HERE 

A lovely book to read....

THE MAN WHO PLANTED  TREES

(Guerilla tree planting)

We received a wonderful book as a Christmas present from my brother; 'The Man Who Planted Trees' by Jean Giono.

The book was written in the 1950’s but its message was way ahead of its time,

inspiring readers to rediscover the beauties of the countryside & try to prevent its willful destruction.

Giono’s allegorical tale is legendary, the narrator of the book is travelling alone across the lower plains of the Alps when he meets a shepherd who has chosen to dedicate himself to re-foresting his desolate landscape with the help of a few acorns.

The book is also illustrated with wonderful woodcuts by Harry Brockway, which fit perfectly with the theme & make it a real pleasure to read.

The character of the shepherd ‘Elzeard Bouffier’ has got be the first example of a 'guerrilla gardening' & got me thinking about planting a few trees as well as flowers & plants!!