{"id":17886,"date":"2013-05-07T17:34:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T22:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=17886"},"modified":"2013-05-09T15:00:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T20:00:53","slug":"how-to-make-a-shakespeare-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=17886","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Shakespeare Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have always been fascinated with the Shakespeare Garden in New York City, and I knew I had to plant one for myself.<\/h3>\n

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Simply put, a Shakespeare Garden is one planted with herbs, flowers, and plants that Shakespeare mentions in his plays, and sonnets. \u00a0This book,\u00a0Shakespeare’s Flora and Fauna<\/span> (available here<\/a>) makes it easy. \u00a0Page after page it will list a plant, show an excerpt that mentions the plant, and then name the work it comes from.<\/h3>\n

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Since we live in a townhouse with a courtyard, my garden space is limited. \u00a0So, I only selected four quotes. \u00a0If you have the space and time, you could plant a huge Shakespeare Garden with numerous plants. \u00a0The book lists 35 plants. \u00a0The first thing I did was select the quotes that applied to flowers\/plants\/herbs that we have, and I typed them up. \u00a0Then I tore them roughly, and dipped them in strong tea to give the paper an aged look.<\/h3>\n

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Meanwhile, I purchased little wooden plaques and wooden dowels at Michael’s.<\/h3>\n

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I stained both sides and the dowels with a brown craft pain I had on hand. \u00a0I selected brown so it would blend in with the background, but you could use any color you like. \u00a0I then hot-glued the dowels to the back of the plaques.<\/h3>\n

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After everything had dried the next step was to apply the quotes to the plaques with ModPodge. \u00a0I only used one coat and then added several layers of water-proof polyurethane. \u00a0Afterall, these babies will be out in all kinds of weather, and they need to be sealed well.<\/h3>\n

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The courtyard was glistening this morning after a really hard rain last night. \u00a0The roses, which are about to bloom, looked lush.<\/h3>\n

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Unfortunately, the pansies were looking rough around the edges after being beaten down by the rain.<\/h3>\n

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The rosemary lived through the winter, which doesn’t always happen, and it is doing well. \u00a0The little quote just peaks out through the foliage.<\/h3>\n

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The plaques looks very rough, and that is the look I was going for. \u00a0They are splotchy and wrinkled and perfect for me. \u00a0Before we down-sized, I had a much bigger Shakespeare Garden in our last house. \u00a0However, I am making do with what I have to work with here and love the little touch that the quotes add to my courtyard plantings.<\/h3>\n

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