Greetings! Welcome to our extraordinary garden and online Garden Gate® Rabbit Park! We hope that you will take time to visit  not only our home page but also our Rabbit Park pages and products showcase so that we can get better acquainted! Each morning we visit our rabbitry where we are greeted by our eager bright-eyed furry friends. Our bunnies have wonderful ways of expressing their excitement! Whether they tug at their hutch doors, rattle their empty feeders or bound back and forth momentarily stopping to peek out of their hutch window to see if you are coming over to visit with them, they anxiously await a visit to their hutch. Our rabbits are not camera shy and you will see on our website pages how they like to pose among the flowers! We certainly enjoy working with our rabbits and we hope that it shows! Hopefully, you will fall in love with our rabbits and want to take a bunny home with you! We have now made that possible-when you buy a Garden Gate® Card!!
    Here at the Garden Gate Rabbit Park in South Carolina, USA, our family raises prize winning rabbits. Our rabbits have pedigrees too!( Imagine that!) SInce our rabbits love the garden as much as we do they will pose briefly to find a bite to eat while we take  pictures. Photographing rabbits can be quite a challenge. Rabbits do not stand  still. There are other distractions when toads hop into the scene, a clumsy skink (lizard) drops down from the tree branch over head or a neighboring dog comes down the road for a visit!  We never know when our flower garden or one of our flower “settings” will become rabbit lunch! The more pictures that we take
the more the flowers seem to disappear! 
      Garden Gate® Cards and products are the result of much hard work done by our family over the years. We have many new beautiful products which include our collectible illustrated "On the Banks of Durbin Creek" series of children's books! Everything we make features  real flowers, lovely gardens,  and our adorable bunnies! Garden Gate® products are not only a feast for the eyes but they are also food for the soul! What  delightful greetings and gifts you can send to your family and friends! Our products are truly extraordinary in every way. Our products are of the finest quality and made here in America, They are beautiful for personal use and perfectly appropriate for any occasion and age group! Learn more on our "Products" pages. Garden Gate® Cards are a beautiful way to send someone sunshine and flowers that will last a lifetime! 
 Please remember Garden Gate® is your source for extraordinary gifts for giving!
      What a lovely way to be remembered!
       Your new garden friend, 
         Loretta Hayward

Please sign up for our Garden Gate news e-letter!  "Friends of Garden Gate!" is a lovely way to get acquainted with our family, receive news of our bunnies, business, events and website!

Garden Gate Cards is a parent approved website!!

 Everyone can enjoy the pictures and information on every page! That is a great compliment! While we share information about our rabbits and our family business we may spark your imagination, inspire you in some way, or make your visit a pleasurable time! We certainly hope so!
Now you can mail friends a Garden Gate Post Card!

Remember your "Dear Friend" 

 Bless them with a beautiful card from Garden Gate!

     Garden Gate’s friendly bunny faces amuse  and delight  people of all ages  and are a continuous source of enjoyment and inspiration ! Read what people are saying on our "NEWS" page. Learn more about us through our "press releases" and "stories from the garden!"

Our amazing story does not end here!

                                           As our bunny family grows, each new baby bunny helps the “garden” to grow!  With “ garden fresh” ideas come new cards and products! Garden Gate Cards can share more smiles and laughter- spreading joy to more hearts and homes! 

DON'T BE SURPRISED!

“Don’t be surprised if the smiles our cute bunnies bring

Cause you to laugh or make your heart sing!

This merry joy is such a wonderful thing.

Share it and spread it like sunshine in spring!”

                                                               by Loretta Hayward

Take another look into our garden with our picture post cards!
So many uses for these beautiful post cards.
See our Product's Showcase page or
visit our Shoppe!

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BOOKS FOR YOUR HOME LIBRARY!

Whether you have company visiting or time to spend with the family, you can make an occasion "extra special" with  a beautifully illustrated book! 

Take time to read aloud one of our poems or stories from our "On the Banks of Durbin Creek" series!

 
Garden Gate Gift Certificates make a wonderful gift!

What an easy choice for you!
We will make your gift shopping easy.
Our  gift certificate can be made in any amount $25 or more.
We will include a Garden Gate Card along with the certificate in the amount you choose!
More information on our Product Showcase page.

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Garden Gate® Rabbits on TV!
"Your Carolina" is a live broadcast seen on Channel 7. In this picture you can see Jack Roper on the far left, Kimberly, myself and Gloria.  We were excited about being on the program with our rabbits! Gloria & I were given mics to attach to our collars  before the program began. When the cameras were ready and our displays were in place the count down  began 10..9..8..7..6..5..4...3...2...1...
Jack started the program, "I'm Jack Roper and the bunny lady is with us today!
He welcomed the viewers and then introduced us!  We were both excited to have the opportunity to tell listeners more  about our work.  You can see that I  am holding up our books while we talked about  our rabbits in the stories that I wrote. We had  two rabbits with us on the broadcast. Our Dutch "Bitsy" was in the wheelbarrow and she sat so good the whole time! "Sadie" our Satin rabbit was on the posing table where Gloria was attending her. Some of our products were displayed on the table including our new Calendar!

Glenn took these pictures of Gloria & I while we were guests on "Your Carolina" with Jack Roper & Kimberly. You can see in the picture where we were on the main floor of the Michelin store on Main St. and you can also see the second floor above us where show guests wait. Glenn was standing on the stairs taking the pictures.
There was so much to say but so little time!!
  The producer has already written and asked us to come back-so stay tuned!! You'll see us again in a few months!

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NEW "CUTE CAPTION" CONTEST! 

 
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"If only I had a bigger boat!"
Heather from MD

"Ok,"   said the bunny,  "You say your the Minnow,but where are Gilligan, the SKipper, Mr. & Mrs Howell, GInger, The Professor and Mary Ann?"
Lisa from AL

"No, I am NOT Moby Dick!"
Lisa from AL

"Excuse me sir, is this boat for sale?"
Karla from Ohio

"Now class you must pay attention!"
Margie from SC

"Hi-Ho Fiddle dee dee, the pirates life for me!"
Ron from SC

"Come on people-time for sailing!"
Julie from SC

"Ma-My boat shrunk!"
Russell from MI

"I've got the boat, now if I only had some water...."
Steve from SC

"I think I need a bigger boat!"
Tori from W. VA

"How many berths did you say this has?"
Michelle from W.VA.

"Oh, goodie!"
Victoria from W. VA


"Anchors Away!"
Gail from SC

"Bon Voyage!"
Gail from SC

"Pleasant Seas Ahead!"
Gail from SC

"That would be my dream boat if I was just a hare smaller!"
Sherry from NJ

 Email your caption to: Loretta@gardengatecards.us 
Tell us your first name, and the state that you live in.
 
The winning caption will receive a great gift from Garden Gate® Cards! 

We are not limiting the contest to any age group because we want to hear all those cute captions!!
Please share your ideas with us!!
Cute Captions are what we are looking for!
We look forward to hearing from you!

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"Do you think we could be in a Doublemint commercial?"
by   Marilyn in NY!!

        "Share the JOY in Your Heart!"

 Our lovely note cards are not limited by a “Happy Birthday“ or “Congratulations“  message! There are so many delightful ways to use a Garden Gate Note Card! 

Add A Personal Touch!  Make a Keepsake!  Share a favorite verse or poem on a beautiful Garden Gate Card. Spray the envelope with a flowery fragrance or perfume and  then wrap a ribbon around the envelope!   Garden Gate Note Cards have unique pictures that are worth a thousand words! These are the perfect cards to share with others- alongwith the gift of your own thoughts and  heart felt wishes! 

Does your favorite gift and card shop know about us? Please tell them how much you like Garden Gate Note Cards and help us spread the Word  to all the World and multiply the Joy along life's pathway!   -Loretta Hayward

Yes, These are REAL Rabbits!

Some people have asked if the bunnies on our note cards are live rabbits or not. Yes, they are real rabbits! They are very lively bunnies with Big appetites for garden plants! You will appreciate our hard work more knowing that we have to take their pictures quickly because they do not sit still, and they love to eat the blossoms! Our gardens are buffets to them and their active little noses make it very hard to take their pictures! Our rabbits have been raised here at our Rabbit Park and are dearly loved as I hope you can see by our note cards!

If anyone doubts whether Garden Gate Note Cards uses live bunnies you can refer them to this website. Here it is in writing! We can assure you these bunnies are not computer generated critters either! Those 50 lb. bags of rabbit feed that they eat each week are proof!

Are the roses real too? Yes, in fact all of the flowers, ivy and various plants and shrubs are thriving plants. They are growing here among our various gardens. We only give you our best- and a taste of real hospitality!

--Loretta Hayward

Remember, the Garden Gate is open and is your personal invitation to come and visit us again!

Garden Gate Note Cards---"That your joy may be full!" 

I John 1:4

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