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While I continue to wait for more wedding photos to, hopefully, roll in, I thought I would share with you some of the lovely wedding gifts we received. I had mentioned in a previous post that we were planning a wedding garden and we had mentioned to our family and friends that we don't really need any 'things' but a contribution to our garden would be most gratefully welcome and we were blessed. We received three different Hydrangea species from which I plan on drying flowers from each fall, a Bridal wreath Spirea; I have secretly been pining away for a long draping hedge of this on the old farm property, a Sumac which will be a fiery red every autumn marking where dear Chloe rests, and a Rhododendron, a Russian Sage, and a Butterfly Bush, all so gorgeous just seeing them made me giddy! We also received a pink, a white and a blue Rose of Sharon which we plan on planting en mass; they will be splendid together at the height of their bloom. We also received a Hummingbird Summer Sweet. I had never heard of this shrub before but let me tell you, it smells heavenly and was attracting hummingbirds before we had a chance to plant it. We were also fortunate to receive a rain barrel and I'll be off to the garden center to acquire more spirea plantings for that hedge with all the generous gift certificates we received.

While we originally had a wedding garden in mind, I really didn't expect to receive such a lovely assortment of shrubs and considering the size, and sun requirements of each plant we have decided to place them all around the property so that we will have a lovely view and a sweet reminder of our special day from any window in the old farm house.