A Gate to Nowhere
By DianneN
@DianneN (253234)
United States
April 11, 2026 4:26pm CST
I just had a conversation with @Sallypup about fences and gardening.
Our 2+ acre lot at our home in Connecticut is too large for a fence for my cheapo husband to have put up to keep the wildlife at bay.
So, I do what I can. I always wanted a garden gate, so about 2 years ago, hubs helped me put this one in. I enhanced it with 2 lampposts with solar lighting. It does look pretty at night. I usually just walk into my flower garden from wherever I am in the yard. No gate needed.
Any suggestions of what else I can put into my garden?
Any suggestions of what else I can put into my garden?17 people like this
18 responses
@Ineeddentures (27398)
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21h
I would have to be there and see it up close and personal before I suggested anything
Do you have a seating area in the garden, with a nice table, where one can partake of a nice cool beverage on a warm sunny day
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@Ineeddentures (27398)
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21h
@DianneN
We have a patio
Big round table
Huge parasol should it get overly warm
And some bespoke seating
All a bit old and tired now
Like me
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@snowy22315 (205856)
• United States
21h
It looks lovely. Do you have a butterfly bush?
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@AliCanary (4107)
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19h
It looks like a very tranquil spot! Do you have canna lilies? You might try those, if you don't. We used to have some in a melon color. It was so lovely and tropical-looking!
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@DianneN (253234)
• United States
45m
It’s as tranquil as can be. Since that photo, we have had about 9 trees removed. Well, I had them removed. Hubs wanted nothing to do with that. Some were diseased and the others blocked the sunlight from my flowers.
Perhaps now I can try growing canna lilies. I always loved them!
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@AliCanary (4107)
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25m
@DianneN they do fine up here in NC, so they should be super easy in Florida. We also used to have a flower called a Brazilian daffodil (I think my husband got it from Wayside Gardens). It didn't look very much like a daffodil, but it was lovely, and it smelled just like nutmeg!
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@toniganzon (75880)
• Philippines
19h
I remember in one of our homes I had a fenced garden but we hired a landscape artist for doing everything coz I was too buy at that time.
Unfortunately, we sold the house coz it was just too far and traffic was getting congested. It was a good decision we did.
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@DianneN (253234)
• United States
Just now
This became my little garden, which is growing and becoming a full time hobby for me. When we had our land renovated, we gave away and had some of the greenery that our landscape artist designed for us. We hired a new landscape artist for the rest of our property., but only had walls put in and no fences. They built me a raised bed vegetable garden that is entirely fenced in including the roof.
@wolfgirl569 (132683)
• Marion, Ohio
21h
The gate looks great. If you keep adding gates you can trick him into fencing it
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@DianneN (253234)
• United States
Just now
Thanks so much and so did I! I believe I see your brick pathway beneath your archway. Very nice job and not only practical, but quite lovely.
Years ago we had our landscaper put in a bluestone pathway. It led to nowhere, too, but now begins under my white arch and connects to our new patio. I have such grand visions, but have to fight hubs every step of the way. He’s beginning to see the light some of the time.
@LindaOHio (218768)
• United States
5h
I love the idea of the solar lighting. Do you have a sundial?
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@DianneN (253234)
• United States
Just now
Thanks. We have a lot of warm solar lighting around my garden and in front of the house, which is good when we are in Florida. I also have a dusk to dawn light by our garage which is helpful.
Yes, we’ve had a sundial for years, which hubs actually thought of himself.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17200)
• China
5h
Your garden is so lush and charming ! Are there any wildlife roaming around over there ? You once mentioned the bear in a post.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (87867)
• Rupert, Idaho
11h
Looks nice....no ideas of suggestions here
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