A couple of weeks ago, hubby had to pick up some bags of grass seed for the new lawn and announced he needed to make a quick trip to the garden center near Lake Okoboji.
I was in the passenger seat of the car before my sweetie could finish his sentence. I love going to garden centers!
This is one of my favorite places to go -- Ferguson's Garden Center. You can see their website here.
("Quick trip." Yeah -- right. He shouldn't have mentioned it to me if he wanted to make a quick trip. heh.)
They are loaded with everything imaginable pertaining to the outdoors and garden decor! I had to take a few photos to share. I also bought two things -- can you guess what I got?
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| Entrance to the garden center |
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| Outdoors in the front area -- see the tall giraffes? |
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| A closer shot of the giraffes -- how cool are these? |
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| Loved this fish planter! If it had come in green, it would've been mine. |
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| Some cool things by the entrance including bottle trees and word rocks |
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| Loved this owl rock!! |
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| Unusual painted metal cow... |
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| Cutesy Dalmatian planters |
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| Loaded with lawn doo-dads! |
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| And planters of every size, shape, texture and color... |
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| Fountains, benches, statuaries in every corner. |
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| I love turtles and frogs and thought this turtle fountain was so unique! |
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| These planters and mushrooms had me at "hello!" |
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| Wall full of quirky signs inside the building |
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| Mermaids are cool! So was the fish planter they were displayed in. |
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| This mermaid was awesome! I didn't notice until I was looking at my photos later but I'm crazy for the table they are sitting on. Didn't even notice that! I may have to return to the store... |
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| So much garden decor everywhere -- from giant giraffes to a tiny little plant stake. |
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| Wide open store with wall-to-wall fun things |
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| Giant sign in front of the business |
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| Closer shot of a bottle tree. I see these on so many blogs! Love the ones decorated with the colored bottles. |
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| See the mama duck with her three babies behind her? Very unique! |
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| Every size, shape and color... |
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| Beautiful green color on these! |
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| Whimsical bug garden stakes |
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| Cool turtle and sundial. So much -- it's easy to miss things if you're on a quick trip! |
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| I personally find ants (of any kind) creepy, but these were cute. |
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| Another turtle! His body is in the shape of a heart. |
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| Glass fountain -- very cool! |
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| A mermaid vase... years ago, I was trying to find a mermaid and nobody had them anywhere. I found a bunch on this day! |
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| Colorful display at the checkout |
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| Isn't this the ugliest pink flamingo?? Looks like he was in a war zone... even the flamingo on his left was shot down. |
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| Another shot of the front outdoor area |
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| These ferns were HUGE!! |
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| The annual area -- or what's left of it in July. |
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| Flea market that hubby wouldn't stop at. LOL! Photo taken from window of car. I think hubby sped up as we went by... |
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| Quick shot of Lake Okoboji taken from the car as we sped over the bridge. |
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| Historic Arnold's Park amusement park. Taken from the car. This Coney Island style attraction is located right on the lake, and is home to the 13th oldest wooden roller coaster in the U.S.! It's so much fun to ride the Ferris wheel right over the water! You can see their website here. |
Thanks for visiting!!
