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When a gardener chooses wallpaper

June 3, 2012 By Carol Michel 10 Comments

When a gardener chooses wallpaper for her iPhone, she considers many options.

She can choose a close up picture of a single hydrangea bloom…

Or maybe step back to use a picture of many hydrangea blooms.

She can maybe choose a snippet from one of her t-shirts…

Or choose a picture of the back of a chair her sister saw for sale.

She can use a copy of a picture she made with some secrets on it…

Or use a picture of an old-fashioned book, just because its nice and green.

She can display a picture of the view from Biltmore to remind her of the recent garden bloggers fling,

Or display a picture of her own gardens to remind her of home.

She might even consider a green bandana background to show she’s in the club.

Regardless of which picture she chooses, when a gardener chooses wallpaper for her iPhone, she almost always chooses something from the garden.

It’s a nice reminder that she is a gardener, just in case she might forget.

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  1. Søren says

    June 3, 2012 at 8:26 am

    I have a picture of the large rhododendron in bloom as my wallpaper…

    -And on my computer at work I have an over-all view of the garden. Whenever I get too stressed at the office I close down everything, sit back and look at what the garden is like on a summer day with a couple of friends lounging in the sun.

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  2. MoPTB says

    June 3, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    I never thought of using old book covers or t-shirt designs. Fab, fab, fab idea! I have an old copy of "The Secret Garden" that would make a good choice. I also have a t-shirt for xmas that is a xmas tree with all sorts of gardening tools on it and under the tree it says Hoe, Hoe, Hoe. It is too small for me now, but I have hung on, hoping. Now I know what to do with it! Thanks!

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  3. Indie says

    June 3, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    And one can always tell one's phone apart from the non-gardener of the family!

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  4. Dee/reddirtramblings says

    June 3, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    When a gardener decides to wallpapaer . . . .

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  5. Gail says

    June 3, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    Mine's a sky shot I took on a walk with Mr I!

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  6. Janet, The Queen of Seaford says

    June 3, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    First I thought it was wallpaper for a…..wall!! My 'wallpaper' for my not a smart phone is a sunrise shot. Don't plan on getting up for many now that we are retired, good reminder of what it looked like. 🙂

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  7. Yardfranny says

    June 3, 2012 at 6:27 pm

    Right up there with gardens photos are those of family and grand pets.

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  8. Andrea says

    June 5, 2012 at 4:07 am

    Now you inspired me to change my pictures on my desktop, not on my phone yet as i love what is in there, that is undersea landscape. I can't scuba dive so have to be content with that. At least, the gardens and flowers i always see on land. thanks.

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  9. Melissa says

    June 11, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    Guess I am a gardener then… I have a picture of my peony in bloom on my phone.

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  10. Michael says

    August 31, 2012 at 2:29 am

    it is so nice that i'm not the only one that does that when choosing an iPhone wallpaper, and a wallpaper for my laptop 🙂

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