Yearly Archives: 2009
North Hill Garden, considered one of the best private gardens in the U.S. is the creation of Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd. They will speak at Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Maryland on May2nd about their newly published book, “Our Life in Gardens.” Dominique Browning in her review of the book in the New York […]
As I (yes I’ll write I from time to time) was riding home on a crisp but sunny third day of spring, I thought what will our children think of us when we are gone. Which flower or bush will they associate us with when thinking fondly of our behind. When thinking of my aunt […]
This exquisite pot was more than a challenge. Making daffodils (undersized to boot) look natural with the wind (blow dryer) showing movement and leaves that stand upright was impossible. Hours were spent all for naught. Never again shall we try to recreate what the artist/potter achieved in his/her depicting the beauty of spring against a […]
Little daffodils (also called trumpet narcissus) with petals or perianth as long as the trumpets. For flower arranging use perhaps curly willow sticks in the pot to hold them up for a rustic look. Save bulbs in cool place to plant in fall or just try to plant bulbs after greens have died down. Certainly […]
When picking out the flowers for the week first order of business, the stargazer lilies. We wanted to see how easily or not they would integrate with carns and poms, their being so big and the others so small, their being celestial versus terrestrial. Stacking the flowers and surveying the color palette, tones of pinks […]
