It’s high summer. Farmer’s market stands burst with produce—perfect as a luscious centrepiece before turning into delicious summer meals.
I found the vegetable-themed napkins at Highgrove Garden’s online shop a few years ago.
Highgrove is Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s private residence near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, UK. It has been open to the public since 1980, and the proceeds from the sale of Highgrove products, garden tours, and events support and enable The King’s Foundation.
I dug out Pier 1’s Farmer’s Market appetizer plates, which incorporate many of the same produce depicted on the napkins. This one featuring the artichoke is my favourite.
A casual cotton striped runner echoed the rustic fabric and colours of the napkins.
Over the years, I’ve accumulated quite a collection of figural salt and pepper shakers…from this set of tomatoes by Kaldun and Bogle.
Peas and eggplant (an unlikely combination in sizing, but whatever…).
These adorable little chubby carrots (Pier 1).
And some garlic bulbs.
The salad plate is vintage Williamsburg Green by Wedgwood and sits on a melamine green gingham plate (talk about mixing high and low!).
The green glass candleholders are from Mrs. Alice.
The wooden barley twist candleholders are antiques from eBay.
The Mosser Arlington goblets in Hunter Green are modern.
A very happy table bursting with exuberant produce!
It’s been sweltering here on the Cape, and we’ve been walking the dogs first thing in the morning to escape the worst of the heat. Churchill will be twelve in September, so we don’t want to push it. He trots along very amiably but lets us know in no uncertain terms that he would prefer snoozing in an air-conditioned house than exerting himself in the hot and humid outdoors. He makes an exception for the beach.
The (now two-and-a-half-year-old) “babies” strain on their leashes, eager to sniff every inch of the ground they walk. After the walk, everyone collapses. Churchill flops by himself, and the babies curl up, always together. Marigold drapes her head over Spencer, undoubtedly thinking, “he’s smelly, but he’s mine”.
Happy Sunday, everyone!
Adorable plates and napkins. You would never know the green gingham plates were melamine! A colorful table attesting to all the tasty veg at the farmer’s market’s now. I have my own farmer’s market in my back garden. Happy Sunday.
Your garden really is its own farmer’s market! Your hard work has really paid off with all that amazing produce!
Haha – I love your darling happy dogs!! And love your playful table too – all those salt and pepper shakers are adorable! What fun to have them on the table. Thanks for another interesting and inspirational post! Happy Summer!
Thanks, Barb. Salt and pepper shakers are a lot of fun to collect, and they don’t take up a lot of room, which is a bonus!
No matter how early the dogs get us up, those goofy grins make it all worth while.
Hope your summer is also good. It sure is whipping by!
Dear Helen,
Summer bounty–such a colourful table! I adore those peas in a pod and the way the runner picks up the red of the tomatoes and the pewter-gray of the footed bowl. Orange, red, yellow, green, all play together nicely. I see your lilies are at the same stage as my Casa Blancas, although we had a plague of scarlet lily beetles. The pups still have their baby faces; such cuteness must make up for any number of naughties. Hope you get a break in the heat…
The colours in the runner really pulled it all together, surprisingly, and the heavy cotton fabric echoed the napkins. Given they were purchased from different sources at different times, it was a bonus
Sorry about your beetles. They’re devastating to lilies, the greedy little things.
It’s funny about the baby faces – that stage seems to last a few years, and then one day you notice they look all grown up. Churchill has moved into elder statesman, though he still bounces enthusiastically at mealtimes.
What a delightful combination of fresh produce, plates and napkins featuring produce! You have created another charming tablescape.
Thanks, Angie! So glad you enjoyed it!