Lambs & Ivy has designed and manufactured baby crib bedding for over twenty years, establishing a well-earned reputation with mothers for quality, beauty, comfort, and safety. Introduced to consumers in early 2006, Secret Garden crib bedding is one of Lambs & Ivy's more recent and popular collections.

Secret Garden is moderately priced at under $200 for a six-piece set which includes: comforter, four-sided crib bumper, dust ruffle, fitted sheet, diaper stacker, and valance. Extra fitted sheets and valances are also available for separate purchase. A reasonable but not overwhelming assortment of coordinated nursery dcor accessories is also available, including: decorative pillows; a musical mobile (which plays Braham's Lullaby); wall border; pillow-like wall hangings; a lamp and lamp shade; and a clothes hamper. An interesting accessory, to help make an older toddler feel more comfortable with the new sibling, is a child-sized upholstered rocking chair. Even fabric is available if you feel creative and wish to make your own coordinating nursery dcor pieces.

In keeping with Lambs & Ivy's emphasis on themed nursery dcor, Secret Garden enters the highly popular garden and bugs category, featuring flowers, dragonflies, and butterflies. Clearly designed to appeal to mothers-to-be of baby girls, Secret Garden is different than most I have seen in this category. A generous use of deep red and a touch of black makes this the perfect crib bedding collection for the increasingly popular black cribs.

See Secret Garden Bedding for detailed pictures of this crib bedding set. The theme is effectively communicated through an interesting combination of printed fabrics and detailed embroidery and embroidered appliqus. I am particularly impressed with the quality of fabrics used in this collection. Very touchable velour and chenille are used together with high quality woven ginghams and plaids - woven patterns being far superior to less expensive printed fabrics.

Secret Garden bedding is assembled in the United States, qualifying it for preferred treatment under NAFTA. This will represent quite a savings to Canadian customers purchasing from a United States internet retailer, because foreign-made bedding can often cost an additional 18% simply to import it into Canada.

Secret Garden prominently features butterflies, which seem increasingly popular decorative items in nursery dcor. If this theme interests you, but Secret Garden does not, see Butterfly Bedding for over a dozen different examples of crib bedding featuring butterflies from a host of different manufacturers.