Yearly Archives: 2009
A decision needs to be made on Door #1, with daisies and carns, Door #2, red carns all over the base or Door #3 with carns hugging the broom and alstromeria. …and the customer gets… “It’s a trick question,” said Marisa Tomei in the movie, “My Cousin Vinnie.” Upon reflection the arrangement would be a […]
Annuals and tender perennials create brilliant landscapes as told by Robert Lyons, Professor of Horticulture at the University of Delaware and Director of Longwood Gardens Program in Public Horticulture on March 10th sponsored by the Maryland Horticulture Society. Contact: www.marylandhorticulture.org
Andrea Wulf, trained as design historian at Royal College of Art in London and British author of the recently published, “The Brother Gardeners,” will speak at Monticello in Charlottesville, VA on Wednesday, May 13th. “Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession” is the story of a garden revolution that started with John Bartram from […]
. Much harder than realized. The pussy willows were the strong lines/curves that guided the rest of the arrangement. White stock, alstromeria, ranunculus and waxflower outline the curve. The deep colors of the yarrow and star of bethlehem center it. Camelia leaves complete it. Not sure whether the curve of the crescent is in right […]
There are benefits to walking the dog on a cold blustery day. Arum Italicum meets us in a neighborly way. Will return to see your flower spike of light green followed by your orange berries in the shade.
