All you'll need is some potting soil, a small Mary statue, Marian peg doll or other Mary image, a pot, some symbolic plants, and any bits of decor you'd like.
This year, I will be getting whatever I can find at our local garden store, trying to stick with edible herbs and flowers such as:
- sage (Mary's Shawl)
- spearmint (Mary's Mint)
- thyme (The Virgin's Humility)
- rosemary (Mary's Nosegay)
- parsley (Our Lady's Little Vine)
- nasturtium (St. Joseph's Flower)
- pansies (Our Lady's Delight)
- Sweet William (Lady Tuft)
- violet (Our Lady's Modesty)
- strawberry (Fruitful Virgin)
- impatiens (Our Lady's Earrings)
If you'd like to try other plants, look at All About Mary where you can find one of my favorite lists of symbolic Mary plants.
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UPDATE:
We ended up planting these:
Since I could not find our Mary statues we just printed pictures of Mary, glued them to upside down plastic forks, and "laminated" them with packing tape They've been holding up and filled in nicely within a month.
This one...
UPDATE:
We ended up planting these:
Since I could not find our Mary statues we just printed pictures of Mary, glued them to upside down plastic forks, and "laminated" them with packing tape They've been holding up and filled in nicely within a month.
This one...
...became this:
And this one...
... became this:
And, this one...
became this:
We love them!
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If you'd like some picture inspiration, you might take a peak at our first Mary Garden Baskets made years ago for Mother's Day... |
| Make a Mary Garden Basket |
Or the almost annual posts I've shared with the Mini Mary Gardens we've made on our own or with friends...
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| Make a Mini Mary Garden |
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| Mini Mary Gardens |
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| Make a Mini Mary Garden |
Happy planting! Have a beautiful St Isadore the Famer feast day and Marian month of May.
St. Isadore the Farmer and Blessed Virgin Mary, prayer for us.
