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Showing posts with label myrtle beach. Show all posts

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Your SGD Gift Guide for Mother's Day

I've been a mama for almost 29 years!


Here is my brood on a Mother's Day some twenty years ago.

Here are a few things that I most enjoy
either doing with or receiving from my children...
your mother may like these ideas, too!

Outdoor dining

these beautiful French hand towels for the kitchen


breakfast in bed!

A day on the beach with my ducklings :) 

something functional yet fancy for my beach bike
Riverknoll Bike Basket


something to protect the gardener from the sun!
(I have been wearing mine for 15 years!)





a trip together... a day long or a week long!
Your mama may also enjoy a gift card
 to use South Gate Design
for her garden, containers or help with landscape design.








Happy Mother's Day!

xo

harriet

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Mother Nature has heard us whine all winter


and has decided to respond, despite all of our grumblings, 


with SPRING!













designing

 landscapes
 gardens
and
 containers

xo
harriet

843-267-3438

sgatedesign@gmail.com


  

Friday, December 20, 2013

SGD GIFT GUIDE 2013

If you are still trying to find a gift for the flower lover or dirt digger in your life, hurry because time has "FLEWN" and Christmas will be here real soon!

The Flower Recipe Book, from the fabulous founders of Studio Choo in San Francisco, is a wonderful book on how to bring nature and beauty into your home.  My daughter Julia gave me this book for Christmas last year and it still makes me smile almost 365 days later!.  I have followed these two artists for awhile; I guarantee you, they will inspire!


Order online or pick this up from Anthropologie,
Also available on Amazon.

The top to this vase-jar (found on Ebay, who knew?!) has a built in frog so you simply place your flowers into the squares of the top of the container  Your flowers will have "just stay!" power and will not flop around.  Brilliant concept.

Plus it has that zinc look which I am wild about.  


Speaking of zinc ("antiqued" zinc is best), has an aged crusty look pairs perfectly with a conservative, neat bouquet as well as a wildly fluid handful of field flowers.  

pro tip: take one of these with you as you gather flowers from your garden
to keep the flowers together and hydrated.

from Houzz

If it comes in Hermes-orange, I'll take two!
That means two "Dramm Hoses" for me please, honey!  
Available at West Elm (currently shipping for free) 
and Walmart

(Guess which one is cheaper?)

The Dramm Hose
at Walmart or West Elm

Not your average trowel.
This little ditty has a stainless steel blade: rust-free for life!

pro tip: colored tape on the handles of your gardening utensils makes it easier 
to find them as your tools get scattered around the yard… I know, brilliant. 

Available at Home Depot

I'm obsessed with this copper vertical planter.
This is a great way to grow herbs on an outside porch off of your
kitchen or indoors if you have a super sunny location.

Williams-Sonoma

These low boots are made by
Le Chameau.
They're French.  Obviously.
One for you, one for me.  Next!

Le Chameau Terrain


A Gift Certificate
from
South Gate Design
 is a thoughtful, personal gift for someone
 who loves a beautiful garden
 but is lacking time (or the green thumb gene).

Drag & print this 
.jpg gift certificate
 for someone special on your list!


Have a joy-filled Christmas!

xo

harriet








Sunday, April 15, 2012

Earth Day!

Myrtle Beach-ians!
We here at South Gate Design have a special place in our hearts for...
EARTH DAY!



So, here's a fun way to celebrate this pretty spectacular planet that we live on!


When: Saturday, April 21st at
Where: the Myrtle Beach ANTHROPOLOGIE
(who knew "being green" and fabulous 
clothes, accessories & home decor could all be combined?!)



VISIT:
the Myrtle Beach Anthropologie for arts and crafts


& learn how Wyland & Anthropologie
will be teaming up to celebrate this special day.

CELEBRATE:

"Earth Day Our Way"
Saturday, April 21, 2012
10am to noon

Oceanic Arts and Crafts

Recommended for ages 5-10
(I want to be five years old so that I can participate.)

Is that the Wyland who painted Myrtle Beach's own whaling wall?

Yes!
Myrtle Beach Convention Center 
 2101 North Oak Street 
dedicated
September 6, 1993


250 feet long
50 feet high

PRAY:

O GOD, we thank you for this earth, our home; for the wide sky and the blessed sun, for the ocean and streams, for the towering hills and the whispering wind, for the trees and green grass.
We thank you for our senses by which we hear the songs of birds, and see the splendor of fields of golden wheat, and taste autumn's fruit, and rejoice in the feel of snow, and smell the breath of spring flowers.
GRANT US a heart opened wide to all this beauty; and save us from being so blind that we pass unseeing when even the common thornbush is aflame with your glory.
-Earth Day Prayer- 

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE. BE INSPIRED!




Be Merry!
Be Bright!


Be Green!
Be Bold!


Be Foxy!
Be Patient!
Be Naughty



Be Beautiful!

Be Classic!


Be Adventurous!
Be Sassy!

Be Inspired!
BE READY!

harriet charles

843.267.3438
sgatedesign@gmail.com
southgatedesign.blogspot.com


all photos property of harriet y charles


Thursday, November 10, 2011

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT FALL?

South Gate in the Fall
hyyc 2011
I am so excited about the coming weeks...gathering our immediate family and extended families, celebrating my father-in-law's 90th birthday,  heading to the farm, watching football, sitting by the fire, shooting skeet by the pond, walking on the beach, cooking and cooking away... ALL of these things make me so HAPPY!


What do you like about fall?
I have asked this question to many of my friends, both young and old, and I've received some spectacular responses.  I've added some of my own visuals to my friends' replies... enjoy!

Amy Claire, age two, said "RED! ... and purple."  



Another friend told me that seeing the color of the leaves and hearing them crunch under foot was "pure fall bliss"

hyyc 2007
A very common "favorite fall" answer was, of course, the over all beauty of the leaves changing and autumn color bursting from wildlife on every corner 

hyyc 2007
"The buying, cooking, and eating of apples!" My daughter Lillian loves "apple season"...
The Food Chanel
Another friend said that shopping for root vegetables to make hardy soups & stews for her family was most pleasing...
hyyc 2006
Me?  I enjoy fall flowers in the breakfast room...
hyyc 2011
 Ferns and bromeliads in a straw basket...
Fall Centerpiece
hyyc 2011
Naked straw, stems and dried flowers from the yard...

hyyc 2011

My FAVORITE answer is from my sweet, sweet mother...

The shorter days force you inside for an early dinner and gives me more time to snuggle up and be cozy with my beloved husband (of 66 years!)
Chicken soup, crusty bread and romano cheese
hyyc 2011


Snuggle Up Buttercup!

If you need help with any centerpieces, flowers for birthday parties, container gardens or holiday decorating, I would love to provide that service for you!  Feel free to contact me 843.267.3438 or email me at sgatedesign@gmail.com and I will be so happy to answer any questions that you may have or set a time for a fun and festive consultation!