When Amber from the beautiful blog, Follow the Yellow Brick Home, asked if I would like to participate in a Garden Tour Blog Hop with a group of fellow vintage decor lovers, I was so excited. If you are coming over from The Painted Hinge, wasn’t Michelle’s tour beautiful? I am always so inspired by her posts. I thought this tour would be a great time to share my other happy place with you, Happy Trails. Happy Trails is my Mom and Dad’s mountain home in Montana.
My Mom is who I get a great deal of my creativity from (my Dad’s creative too). She’s the most amazing hostess, cook, decorator and gardener. And her summer garden is full of vintage goodness. There are surprises everywhere you look and down each path you take.
One of my favorite things she’s done is taken mismatched, thrifted dishes and used them as a border in her garden just below the deck.
A sweet little bird bath sits on a boulder bordered on one side by bulbs and annuals and lush green moss on the other.
Across the creek there is a carved wooden bench to sit and listen to the brook gurgle past or a path to an enchanting spot for tea.
Rusted metal spikes hold pops of fresh orange flowers down the path.
I love how she tucks her garden art into the natural foliage and forest. A bird house hangs inside an old frame.
Want a quiet spot to sit and relax? Old tractor seats on top of a fallen log are the perfect spot!
Rusty old pieces have been crafted into beautiful flowers.
Below is a view looking back at the house from across the bridge.
My mom made this beautiful and creative piece by hanging old chains from plant hangers and weaving bright colored cord through it.
Metal fish swim in the creek.
I love our home in Wisconsin and I also love being at my parent’s place in Montana. This quote by John Steinbeck sums it up! Montana is so beautiful! I am so glad I got to share my mom’s Vintage Garden with you!
Next on the tour is Cindy of Country Road 407. Her tour and blog are beautiful! And thanks again to Amber Follow The Yellow Brick Home for organizing and including me!!
You can find more inspiration from the other amazing blogs participating in the tour below.
Follow The Yellow Brick Home | Panoply | Decor To Adore
My Thrift Store Addiction | Petite Haus | Poofing The Pillows
Art and Sand | Belle Bleu Interiors | Have A Daily Cup Of Mrs. Olson
The Painted Hinge | White Arrows Home | Country Road 407
Lora B. Create and Ponder | Beauty For Ashes
I’ll be excited to share more inspiration with you each day on:
Instagram ~ Pinterest ~ Twitter ~ Facebook
Kristin, I adore your parents’ whimsical garden! I’ve done the same thing with mismatched china in my garden 😉 How fun are those tractor seats?! Happy to be joining you in the tour! Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction
What a pleasant and fun surprise this was Kristin! Thank you so much for sharing your parents’ gardens with us. You certainly have inherited your mother’s knack for collecting and styling vintage treasures, as well as her beautiful smile! Thank you for joining the vintage summer gardens hop with us!
I would love to walk around out there with your mom! I love that picture that has the moss all over the ground! That is something we do not see here in dry/hot Texas. What a blessing to have all of those trees and the stream running through. Love it!
Kristin, I love your parent’s garden! It looks so lovely to walk through, with a new treasure to see at every turn! So happy to be on the hop with you!
What a beautiful retreat! I love your moms whimsical style. Hubby and I just about bought a cabin a few years ago. This makes me wish we had. 🙂 Thanks for sharing it!
hugs,
Jann
What an enchanting fairyland Kristin. Your parents truly have green thumbs. The vintage plat border is utterly charming!
Loved this garden tour! So creative and clever. Please tell your Mom, she is so adorable with her hat too. And that it was terrible having to come after her in the hop. Just can’t live up to that! 😉
Your parent’s vintage gardens are beautiful! I adore plates and decorating with them, and I love how your mother created a border with them! Thanks for sharing this with us! Enjoy your week!!!
Such a beautiful garden!! I love the mossy creek area. And I just noticed that mossy birdhouse – so adorable!!
Wow, Kristin, what a treat to visit your parents MT garden! You not only get your creativity from your mom but also the beauty that just exudes from within!
I absolutely love the log bench, the tractor seats on fallen log, the chain (looks like an exotic Greek necklace!) and those fish!
Thank you for sharing this special garden.
Kristin, What an absolutely enchanting place! The house is beautiful and the artistic touches your mom has placed here and there are just charming. I haven’t ever been to Montana, but think I’d be in love if I visited, also!
Oh my! What a delightful spot your parents have there in Montana! I just love the woodsy art that she has created with the sign, the birdhouse, and the tractor seats! So much fun to explore for sure, and what a cute picture of your mom too! Truly an incredible place to visit! Incidentally, I’ve just signed up to follow you on IG, you can find me there, I just am thrilled about finding all the vintage gardens on this blog hop. Happy to meet you today 🙂
Thanks so much Marilyn! So excited to have you following along! Thank you for leaving such a sweet compliment! I’ll look for you over on IG!
Your parents’ home in Montana is wonderful.
We have so many friends who have relatives to visit in Montana and everyone loves spending summer there.
Thanks so much Carol! It is such a special place!
What a beautiful outdoor space!! A Wooded wonderland!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Hugs
Deb
Thanks so much Deb! It is a wooded wonderland! What a perfect description!
Your mom really is creative! Love the vintage plates, picture frame and the tractor seats on the log. I haven’t visited Montana yet but came close in South Dakota and Wyoming! Love it out west!
Thanks so much Liz! She is so creative, she’s an artist and it shows in all that she touches! Out West is so beautiful!
So unique and creative! I just love those rusty fish in the creek. Your Mom looks like an interesting, creative soul.
Thanks so much AnnMarie! Aren’t those fish a great idea, I love them too! My mom is so creative. She’s actually an artist and it shows in all that she does. Have a great week!
A beautiful natural setting. – Margy
Thanks so much Margy!