Carlisle
A riot of color. Why not on a hot summer’s day. The arrangement is made with the soaked oasis sitting two inches high above the vase so the flowers can have short stems to lengthen the life of the arrangement. A pastel centerpiece to beat the heat for a summer birthday party. Hint: Shorten the […]
This clay pot was made in Fayoum, Egypt. I was lucky enough to find such a unique vessel at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., Georgetown, to be more exact. Because it’s not glazed, I’d probably use a sleeve if you wanted to do a fresh arrangement. Instead I put Blackbeard Reeds to complement as […]
The ingredients for this recipe call for four greens, a wide leaf to cover the oasis in the vase, salal leaves, asparagus ferns, and variegated pittosporum. We had about 7 fully opened “Virginia” roses, pink tinged white carnations, and hypericum berries. The arrangement is skirted with pink and white alstromeria which help hide the top […]
How whimsical these paper flowers are like a giraffe’s head above the grasses. The Indonesian vase is large in scale, perfect for a lobby or pediatric practice foyer. Of course we can’t limit this arrangement to that. It’s got staying power, certainly an investment that pays dividends. Hint: One village makes an arrangement.
Mr. Duke has a pinholder hiding in his tummy. The glads are glad he does. They stand up straight because a pinholder is holding them up. These glads were the ends, the tips of the stalks that I had a couple of days ago. I just clipped the ends off and let Duke strut his […]
