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My personal vision of a bottle garden, which is something I never heard of before.

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My Pretty Bottle Garden

Though impecunious at the time I was,
I just had to have a bottle garden because
I thought how beautiful a colossal one could be,
so I headed to antique shops and collected some for free.
I found at least 200 most sublime -
empty bottles which once contained fine perfume or wine.
I planted them around my yard neck up from the ground.
They sure look pretty with plastic flowers poking out.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Buhagiar Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 10:24 PM
But have you ever seen a bottle garden with real flowers? Very difficult to design and maintain. Plastic flowers do not require such attention. Lovely poem though. Hugs.
Goldsmith Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 12:07 PM
A wonderful/fun/creative write. Wish I could see it. Have a blessed day....................
Dietrich Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 3:23 PM
just picture it in your mind.
Baker Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 7:58 AM
I love your mind, Andrea. It just screems creativity. An intriguing project, the bottle garden. I've not seen one of them, but yours sounds pretty interesting to me. Whatever lifts your spirits is a good thing. A poet friend in Texas, Bill
Dietrich Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 10:25 AM
I would not suppose anyone has seen a bottle garden like that which I wrote of. Thanks for enjoying my creativity.
Edmonds  Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 7:11 AM
A bottle garden’s fantastic, especially when the flowers are plastic… Belle
Dietrich Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 10:26 AM
Thanks, Belle.
Bayles Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 6:53 AM
Andrea, this is a poem full of surprises. I like it.
Dietrich Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 10:25 AM
Thanks. Glad to hear it, Mike.
Allison Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 3:22 AM
ha ha ha love your take on bottle garden and especially the plastic flowers, but I suspect the sponsor will love this lol:-) of course she won't love mine lol:-) hugs Jan xx
Dietrich Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 10:24 AM
Written all in fun, my friend. It inspired my muse of amusement.
Warlov Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 2:05 AM
An impecunious' minefield. Keep the podiatrist "handy".
Warlov Avatar
July 15, 2023 at 4:14 AM
I'd used forms of it years ago but haven't seen it since. I still looked it up to be sure. Such a brat but, charmed to riches!
Dietrich Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 10:20 AM
aha, you found my hard adjective in the mix!
Lane Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 2:02 AM
200!!! you better hope a hailstorm doesn’t rain down on your backyard.
Dietrich Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 10:22 AM
You think hail would shatter those wine bottles?? Hmmmm
Dietrich Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 10:20 AM
well, the garden has to be really large. haha!!
Theraven Avatar
July 8, 2023 at 10:08 PM
Andrea, Miniature world class Rhyme. I miss my Ronco Bottle and Jar Cutter. -Richard
Dietrich Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 10:26 AM
I need to find out what a Ronco bottle is.
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