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      Welcome to Garden Gate’s website!  Allow me introduce you to my dear family, our sweet rabbits and our extraordinary work.  While raising and showing pedigreed rabbits we are sharing our delightful experiences through the photographs I take of our rabbits that we dress and pose to illustrate our books, calendars, notecards and various Garden Gate® products. Meet famous rabbits and their families on our “Rabbit Park” pages, read stories and press releases on the “news” pages, and enjoy shopping at our store where you can buy our extraordinary books and gifts!
Each morning we visit our rabbitry where we are greeted by our eager bright-eyed furry friends. Read More…

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because you care enough to send the very best!

I want all my friends to know
today you will find me in the garden!

 

Please don’t miss our BLOG POSTS…..

Baby Bunnies Are So Special!

 Can you see why we enjoy taking their pictures?  READ MORE….

FRIENDS ARE PRECIOUS!

Enjoy spring flowers,  sunshine and smiles every day
with Garden Gate Note Cards!

“What a wonderful way to be remembered!”
~Loretta

” Immeasurable benefits result from the reading and handling
of excellent bound books whether common or rare!”
L. Hayward

I love everything about good books!
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Our Newest Book in the “On the Banks of Durbin Creek”  series!

     This is truly an extraordinary book  with an exciting perspective
as you see our wilderness along the banks of Durbin Creek through the eyes of our adventurous rabbits Chip and Sherwood! From sunrise to sunset there is adventure as you meet the wild animals, travel the wooded paths and are thrilled at the close up encounters! The beautiful detailed full page panoramic photos show the “rabbit’s eye view” of the forest foliage, the gardens, berry patches, the thickets and follow the rabbit visits to the sandy shoreline along Durbin Creek. What a visual feast for the eyes that every reader enjoys whatever their age.  Loretta Hayward’s amazing collection of photographs depict the challenges of capturing pictures of wildlife especially rabbits. Every page is a splendid  teaching tool with helpful footnotes identifying  new animals that are introduced throughout the story.
Readers will also enjoy searching some of the special pages for camouflaged creatures! Those activities will heightening their awareness of  life surrounding them and the animals that are watching the  rabbits on the trail.  Our four page illustrated glossary is another valuable asset  for vocabulary development and reinforcing new reading skill development. Adults are enthralled as well as youth!  Elementary as well as high school teachers also use our fascinating books in their classes and instruction.

“Good books are friends we can share!!”

 

 

Books  by Loretta Hayward can be autographed!

 

           Garden Gate Rabbit Park Calendars are amazing and quite extraordinary in every stage of their development and production! After talking with our printer Jordan Finn today about our Rabbit Park calendar ( which is currently at Indexx)  and explaining some of the work that we do, the need to share our story was pointed out.
People need to know much  more about our fascinating rabbits and all the labor that is necessary to produce our beautiful pictures  with those amazing  rabbit expressions and poses. Since we raise several different breeds of rabbits there are different sizes of bunnies.Those are some of the challenges we have as we determine which size to work with and which rabbit will be the best color of rabbit to feature in the picture! I take time to sketch the kind of a picture I want to take, where  it will be taken and what extra flowers or details will be included. We  have rabbits pose in our garden areas where real flowers and real plants are thriving. The planning stages take time and then if I need to make a hat, bonnet or item for a rabbit to wear that is the  next creation I work on.  READ MORE