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Spring is here once more; I cant wait to plant my gothic garden. I’ve grown many gothic plants over the years but some of the plants that are available now really highlight my gothic graveyard garden. I look for flowers that are dark, almost black but with rich texture like velvet. It is amazing how many varieties of black flowers I have found. I also have lots of vines because they can cover fences and other bare areas of my garden.

Here is an article on how to design a gothic garden Gothic Gardening Styles

Here are some of my favorite dark gothic flowers and plants I’ve found, click on the links to see the pictures:

Black Angel Trumpet Datura-Gothic 10 Seeds

RARE KNIOLAS BLACK NIGHT MORNING GLORY 10 SEEDS

Black Nemophilia 50 Seeds/Seed – Gothic

King of the Blacks Carnation 50 Seeds -Dianthus

Bowles Black Viola 60 Seeds

Arabian Nights Hollyhock – 15 Seeds

To make a dramatic backdrop I have several gothic statues and sculptures as well as a gothic trellis in my gothic garden. When the fall comes they keep my garden looking good. If you buy statues for outdoor use they withstand frost and the freezing temperatures of winter. To give my statues and art gallery look some of my garden statues like my gargoyles are put on pedestals made of rock, stone or brick.

Here are some of the gothic garden art I have collected:

Gothic Medieval Statue European Gargoyle
Gothic grim reaper statue death tombstone sculpture New

Boden Gargoyle Sentinel Sculpture

Gothic Pot Trellis

23″ GOTHIC URN

For gothic outdoor furniture I have a black outdoor iron biestro set with a couple of random iron chairs painted black. I also scatter random pillar candles which make my gothic garden a great place to hang out on a summer night.

I hope some of these ideas have inspired you to grow your own gothic garden too. Good luck with your gothic garden.

Gemolis

Some of us get sick on Oceanliner cruises like the Gothic Cruise so I though it only fair to mention other options for gothic vacations.

Dracula Tours to Transylvania is a haunted halloween vampire vacation is for any ages. The Romanian Halloween Holiday is October 27th – November 23rd, 2009. Learn about the novel Dracula and spending a night at Dracula’s Castle with a gala Halloween-style masquerade ball. This is the 11th year that this event will been going on.
The summer vampire vacation is July 9 – 16th, 2009 for those of you who cannot travel around halloween because of work or other plans.
To learn more about the Dracula Tours: http://www.dractour.com/index.htm

Hey, I just wanted to let everyone know – we had a problem with our hosting company and software for the last few months, and we’re just now getting the blog back up after being down for several days and unable to get in for quite a lot longer than that.

We’re rebuilding everything ’cause the wonderful software didn’t save -anything-. Good thing I have a copy!

The one thing that’s really gone are all the accounts of members. If your account is gone please re-register or send me your info (gem@hotgothicstuff.com) and I’ll set up a new account for you.

In the meantime, I’m setting up some temporary accounts in your names (so I can show your comments and posts in your name – not mine).
Thanks for your understanding!

What a mess!

Well summer is here and I’ve been procrastinating. The weather is warm and friends are calling to hang out. I’m afraid spending time writing has been less appealing that going out and having fun. I must apologize for not getting my last article done sooner. Let hope for a couple of rainy days so I can stay inside and write.

I have updated the Tattoos page with some Gothic tattoo pictures. They did not come out as clear as I though. I think I need a new camera, I don’t think 3 mega pixels is from this century. Anyway, I have loaded some example Tattoos to http://www.hotgothicstuff.com/gothic-tattoos.shtml

Gemolis here, greetings everyone who is reading this. I know some of you have some great gothic pictures that you’d like to share with me. Please send a picture of yourself or something goth related and if it passes my screening test then I’d be happy to post it on the web site.
The pictures we have on the site now could be a lot better quality if you’d grace us with some of your photographic talents. I’d be happy to give credit and a link to the people who I’ve picked. Only send photos that you took, not copies from another site… that would’nt be right. Oh yes, and just to let you know nude and sick photos will not be considered.
Please send your photos and comments http://www.hotgothicstuff.com

Have an enchanted evening!

In the United Kingdom a young gothic lady Tasha 19 and her goth boyfriend Dani 25 were not allowed to board a bus last week. Apparently they were called names by the bus driver. Tasha wore a black gothic style dress with a collar and leash that was held by Dani. Tasha AKA the human pet says she has an easy life. The bus drivers company has apologized for the the drivers conduct. The bus company claims it was for safety reasons, saying if there were an accident and Tasha was on the leash it cold be dangerous. They also said she could ride the bus if she was unleashed.

Hello from Gemolis!
If you would like to be a member of our gothic community and post to the gothic blog just register and I will add you. We need you opinions, stories, rants, raves and photos. It’s your community so stand up and be heard. Any material that you send me like photos or stories will be credited to you. So please send your friends.
Thanks Gemolis

I have finally figured out the greatest mystery to life: where do all of those missing socks go? How many socks do you have that have no mates?

Today I was cleaning out my closet. I tried on a few things to see what fit and what needs to be donated or given away. I tried on a shirt that I have not worn in a few months. I was shocked to find a sock in the sleeve of the shirt. I looked at it and started cracking up. It was the sock that I have been searching for for months.

I continued looking through other old clothing that I’ll never wear, is too small or falls in the category of why did I ever buy that? I found another sock in a pair of pants, how the heck did it get there?

Another great mystery solved by Gemolis

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