The Garden Gates has spent the summer making buyers guides to our most favorite home and garden products.  It’s the inspirational notes that make the day a bit brighter and all found at The Wall Plaque Store. The Planter Store helps you find the right planter for the right spot in your home.  If you are searching for Guy Wolff’s garden collection, it doesn’t get any easier than our Guy Wolff Garden Pottery guide.  Maybe you are searching or the right French Pot or the right bench, The Outdoor Garden Pottery guide helps with the questions you might not have found the answer to just yet.  Let’s not forget my favorite, The Bella Notte Store that will match any taste with the perfect bedding.

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I have always known that I was special or at least a  superstar in my own mind.  Even when I first met Beth, she joke that I was superman( because of my nerdy blue bloomers)  but finally someone else thinks we’re a star.  Recently, Home Accents Today, a trade publication for the retail home accents industry, named The Garden Gates as one of the top 50 specialty retailers in the United States.  Finally someone else is seeing those stars that are flying around in my head and if that wasn’t exciting enough, I received a email telling me to click on a link.  So, of course my curious george mind clicked away to discover The Garden Gates was the cover story on the June issue of Home Accents Today.  This was really nice to see and more importantly a reward to all the wonderful people at The Garden Gates that makes our dreams reality everyday.  So hat’s off to Famous Amos, Superstar Sara, Prego aka Jenn, Mr. Anything-Heinz, our spaceman Marc, Brenda, Alyse, Brandon, the new kid Jesse and as well as all of our wonderful staff that works everyday in the field to make The Garden Gates shine.  Oh yeah…I can not forget about the nerds at Brand Labs..keep being nerds.

The front cover  features our Fours Season down filled slip covered sofa available in catalog or in store.  Donna Hilton organic original artwork exclusive to The Garden Gates available online, in catalog or in store.  The azalea topiary is displayed in our Guy Wolff Pottery collection finished with green floral moss.  The lighting is by Canopy Design and Aidan Gray Home featuring the Venetian Chandelier with opal and crystal beading and the Corinth Fragment Lamp.  The coffee table is filled with Pre de Provence products that range from everyday hand lotions, bath beads and luxury shea butter soaps.

JLH,thanks for making me who I am today….even the damaged parts.

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Sometimes things only happen in New Orleans.  At The Garden Gates, our service department, just started a new service for our Complete Maintenance clients.  What are the benefits to being a client of The Garden Gates?  Well, since we are really into digital stuff, we digitally document your home, landscape, pool, lighting and irrigation.  Whether we designed the landscape or not, The Garden Gates converts your world to our digital world.

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Well not exactly.

This week I jumped on a flight to Chicago to attend an internet thing.  It was full of super geeks that spoke with words that I   needed translations from the Nerfiication Dictionary rather than the Urban Dictionary.  I learned a few things, had some insightful conversations but most of all learned that The Garden Gates is on the right track.  We partnered with the right people, have the right staff and a unique product.

Here is the coolest thing I found and I might just have to get it.  This is more of a toy to play with but a super cool way to take product photos.  Its robot photography and it takes like 72 pictures giving you some super cool images and its is very costly…the price of a fully loaded Honda.

Check out the cool stuff it does.

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I have not been a fan of all the PVC garden products that have come to market the last few years but that all changed yesterday.  Our favorite UPS man pulled up in front of The Garden Gates with loads of boxes from Mayne Outdoor Products.  Beth and I discovered these products recently while at market on accident and they had a few  self watering planters that caught my attention.  I place a sample order to test the product myself( without the salesman tell me they are great) Fast forward to yesterday and we installed one of the window planters  to see if they really do meet but utility and beauty.

I think the window planters are a nice addition to any area of a home.  I like that fact that they are white , clean and simple.  The installation process is fast with easy to follow direction and take about 10 minutes.  I used a level( because I really like things to be just right), pencil and a cordless screw driver( you can install the metal brackets by hand) You can see in the pictures below that the decorative bracket mounts( with 2 screws) to the iron wall bracket( this is sold separately and adds the finished detailed touches) Then you just simple place the window planter on top of the two brackets and you are done.  You will notice the metal mounting bracket curves up and this holds the window planter in place.

Tested at The Garden Gates and passed with flying colors.  All the Mayne Outdoor products will be available in store and online in the coming days.

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Things are not always as they seem at The Garden Gates, we strayed from our traditional white theme today as we are displaying our new contemporary pottery collection.  The Italian designers from Deroma Pottery practice century’s old tradition to maintain quality in todays manufacturing.   The artisans of Deroma Pottery pay the finest attention to details, go in search of the best clays and use  the most advanced technologies in ceramic kilns.  Each piece is carefully inspected during the different processes to maintain the highest level of workmanship.   The Garden Gates maintains a variety of pottery from Southern France, Italy and our own factory in Mexico.  Styles that complement Tudur, French, English, Southern and West Coast apartments, lofts and homes around the United States.  If you are considering adding garden accents to your home, business or public space and need help, email us at info@thegardengates.com  with pictures and details of your project.

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Today is a very important day in the world of IPhones at The Garden Gates,  they all got a life.  The Garden Gates now carries the SaFPWR leather case with build in backup battery and is super stylish. The Garden Gates choose these stylish cases for the IPhone because we know style and we know IPhones.

You see what I mean, super stylish and shinny.  Here is the geeky stuff

• SaFPWR battery case using a 1,200 mAh SaFPWR smart battery
• 200% increase in battery run time for your phone
• Proprietary charge and automatic sync-through
• Case prevents short-circuit, overcharge, over-discharge and malfunction for safe operation
• Officially certified by Apple Inc. as “Works with iPhone 3G(S)” products

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I wasn’t kidding.  We just built this Fancy Pants display for our Fidelity Denim Jeans at The Garden Gates.  What makes Fidelity Denim Jeans so special, it’s the elastin ( the stuff that makes them super snappy ) We have displayed our denim  with the Whisper Linen Scarf in White by Bella Notte Linens, a few super shinny tote by Deux Lux.  Watch my lovely mannequin wearing her favorite T-back Duster by Miel de Abejas in this Fidelity Denim jean video.

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Summertime in New Orleans often is time to take it easy and let the lazy days of summer tick away.    This summer will be a bit different around The Garden Gates with the arrival of The Relish Brand Product line designed by us.  Iron planters, beautiful one of a kind hanging baskets, centerpiece oval baskets and iron obelisks.  In addition to our basket line, a full line of lighting, lamps as well as decorative accents for the home will be arriving.  We have spent months in development getting it right before introducing them to you and I promise to keep you posted.

Here are a few pictures close up of our beaded chandeliers.

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The Garden Gates fountains are constructed from the highest quality cast stone concrete.  During the design process, The Garden Gates fountains are engineered to provide longevity as well as remain a focal point in your garden.  We recommend spending a little bit of time to care for your fountain. On a weekly basis, keep all debris from settling in the reservoir.  On a monthly basis, spray the fountain down and brush any debris that might have harden or sun baked to the surface which will help maintain the product color.

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