Summer is here, the days are hot and long and with extra daylight this time of year is untimely perfect for creating new memories and embracing all things floral. If you’re a fan of Anne Shirley and wish for a countryside summer full of nothing but kindred spirits and stories you’ve come to the correct place, here is a list of how to have an Anne of Green Gables summer.
1. Collect Flowers
Gathering flowers is probably the best and easiest way to embrace summer days and Anne Shirley. There are multiple ways of creating your collection including:
{1} Purchasing from the supermarket
{2} Finding wildflowers
{3} Growing them
{4} Receiving them
Purchasing flowers from the supermarket cost maybe about five pounds the lowest in the year of twenty twenty-six, some come in a bunch, or you can buy a few already in weaver baskets.
If you live close by to places which grow wildflowers you can easily pick them taking them home. Some are grown in city centres and wild patches of grass in more small towns. If you’d prefer you can pick individual petals and put them between the pages of books or collect a bunch like the ones from the supermarket.
Growing flowers is another cheap option, if you have a garden, you can plant them straight into the ground but if you live in an apartment, your windowsill and a plant plot is also a very great variant.
If your lucky enough receiving flowers is a very kind gesture, you can keep.
The fun part of having flowers is the small window between blooming and dying in which you can place them in fun vases to decorate your home with. Vases are easy to find and very cheap in charity shops and with so many options you can find the ones that suite your vibe best. And don’t worry once your flowers start to lose bloom because you can dry them out by removing the leaves of the stems and place the flowers in a cold dark cupboard leaving them for two weeks resulting in dried flowers you can permanently decorate your home with. You can hang them against the wall, keep them in vases or leave on shelves.
Anne Shirley is almost always reading or talking about books, it’s a very big part of her personality. Reading contributed to her being oddly smart and helped her cope with her miserable life before being adopted by the Cuthberts. I understand not everyone is a fan of classics, but one good book may change your perspective on that, therefore below is a list of some classics that deserve your attention:
{1} Anne Of Green Gables (1908) by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Ofc)
{2} Little Woman (1868) by Louisa May Alcott
{3} Emma (1815) by Jane Austen
{4} Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen
{5} Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Bronte
Take an afternoon, pour some coffee, crack a window and walk through someone else’s imagination for a while.
3. Dress In Florals And Long Skirts
Florals, bright colours and braids, the small gestures made to your appearance seen in the mirrors reflection of who you are. Clothing and your hair are shown on the outside of who you are on the inside and if you’re a kindred spirit you should always show it.
4. Have A Picnic
A tartaned blanket spread on green grass, a basket full of joyful treats and your friends by your side the perfect forever lasting memory. It’s a cheap and fun way to spend a whole summers day.
5. Read The Books And Watch The Television Adaptions Of Anne Of Green Gables
In total Lucy wrote eight books for Anne Shirley and since the first publication since nineteen zero nine there have been multiple television adaptations including films, TV series, and theatre. Spending summer evenings reading the books or watching the television adaptions is the best way to really fall into the countryside and universe of Anne and Lucy’s imagination.
I have already published a blog with a full list of all television adaptions of Anne of Green Gables which you can check out using the button below:
Here is a list of all the Anne of Green Gables books by Lucy Maud Montgomery:
{1} Anne of Green Gables (1908)
{2} Anne of Avonlea (1909)
{3} Anne of the Island (1915)
{4} Anne’s house of dreams (1917)
{5} Rainbow Valley (1919)
{6} Rilla of Ingleside (1921)
{7} Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)
{8} Anne of Ingleside (1939)
A task not everyone can complete, something that takes discipline and commitment, writing your own story. And the best part it can be what ever you want. You can about flowers, birds, you, or even Anne herself, creating new adventures she may have had not already written. It can be ten words or ten thousand, it doesn’t matter because it’s all you.
Summary List:
{1} Collect Flowers
{2} Read Classics
{3} Dress In Florals And Long Skirts
{4} Have A Picnic
{5} Read The Books And Watch The Television Adaptions Of Anne Of Green Gables
{6} Write Your Own Story
Ealasaid | Posted 15th July 2026
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