Artistic Polar Bear Challenge: 100 Ways In 100 Days. #84 - Plant Collage

I was puttering around in the gardens this morning, trying to get a few weeds pulled before the next round of thunderstorms, heat, and humidity arrived.

The cat crop is coming in well this year.

The snapdragons, my favorite sun-loving annual, are looking snappy.

The shade garden getting it's touch of morning sun.

Gardening always puts me into a meditative state.  As my hands weeded and pruned and deadheaded, Right Brain was busy pondering what to do with the next bear.  Another 'Unusual Material Collage' seemed like a fun idea...but what to use?  Right Brain went right on contemplating the possibilities as the tending and cutting and watering continued.

Then I stopped.  The answer was right at my fingertips.

I toured the garden, eying and evaluation, snipping and plucking.   The prunings were brought inside, and an organic collage was created.

Fresh From the Garden Collage Bear

Here's a closer look:

The following plants each gave a little bit of themselves for this project:

• Impatiens
• Petunia
• Black-eyed Susan
• Japanese Painted Fern
• Daylily
• Coleus
• Hosta
• Sage
• Balloon Flower
• Purple Coneflower
• Celosia
• Coral Bells
• Astilbe
• Japanese Maple
• Hibiscus
• Barberry
• Smoke Bush
• Dogwood
• Oregano
• Catmint
• Japanese Forest Grass
• Sweet Potato Vine
• Wintercreeper
• Creeping Jenny
• Ajuga

All in all, absolutely the sweetest smelling art project I think I have ever worked on. :-)