The alphabetical garden tour this week shares wha’s in the garden starting with C – birds, plants, whimsy and more.
My favourite bird has to be the cardinals that visit all year round. This link will take you to lots more cardinal photos.
![cardinals at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/feedingcardinal1a.jpg)
Lots more birds that start with C visit the garden … crows, cowbirds, cedar waxwings.
And then there are those adorable little chickadees that flit in and out and really are people friendly. They cheer up the garden in winter.
![chickadees at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/chickadees-2011b.jpg)
There are lots of lovely plants beginning with c … coreopsis, cosmos, clematis, calendula, celosia, coneflowers, coral bells, creeping jenny, coleus and probably more.
![2015blooms1a](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015blooms1a.jpg)
I’ve done a lot of crafting with old CD’s
![creating whimsy for the garden with old CDs at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/cd-projects1a.jpg)
Chimes are lovely to hear in the garden and each one makes its own sound. Here are some that I’ve made.
![chimes at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/chimes1a.jpg)
I’m still adding to my personal alphabet with the letter C for this week.
C – crafter, Canadian by choice, cat lover, cheerful,
I found this door handle that resembled a letter C on our travels.
![the letter C found by craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/C2.jpg)
![the gardener side at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/garden.gif)
Alphabetical posts A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
My series on Alphabetical gardening
ABC Wednesday
Wonderful things to fill a garden with… enjoy
Have a heartwarming en splendid ABC-Wednes-day / -week
M e l o d y (team ABC-W)
Crafty Gardener
Thanks Melody. The gardens are ever changing.
Margie
Another creative post!
Crafty Gardener
Thanks Margie
Roger O Green
Your post is literally for the birds, and that’s a good thing!
myrtle
You have a great collection of plants etc starting with C. I love the CD collection, love the black one the most.
Crafty Gardener
Thanks Myrt, the black cd was easy to do, just paint and scratch,
Su-sieee! Mac
I’m going to check out your CD links, thank you. I’ve been wanting to make some kind of mock stained glass something but hesitate about playing with glue — it gets all over me. I made chimes with aluminum wrenches which surprised me with their pleasant sound
Crafty Gardener
I really had fun making the stained glass cds, easy to do. Hope you get the opportunity to make some. Thanks for stopping by.
Suzy
Love your CD crafts. What a great idea.
dropping by from the ABCWed linkup.
Crafty Gardener
Thanks for visiting Suzy. I love creating things for the garden.
Margy
What a good way to do ABC Wednesday. Sometimes I scratch my head trying to think of something that goes with a particular letter. Your chimes are lovely and I bet they make soothing sounds. – Margy
Crafty Gardener
I run out of ideas too. I’ve been amalgamating and updating some old posts and combining them into one and came up with this idea for ABC Wednesday.
Jennifer Jilks
I need a garden intervention! I noticed that most of my plants are violet, with some white phlox! I thought of you and your variety.