Carlisle
The wholesale market is now sporting cyclamens. Predominantly in red and white, there are a few pinks to choose from. Cyclamens have downward petals. So should we look at them bottom-side up. Not necessarily. They are elegant no matter what angle.
Homewood in Baltimore, Maryland was the home of Charles Carroll, Jr. and his family. His father, Charles Carroll, Sr., was the only Catholic Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Here it is decorated for the holidays by the Homeland Garden Club. The mantelpiece decoration shows the red berries from the nandina bush also known […]
Today we journeyed to Fallston Veterinary Clinic. There in a holding pond (which is common for new development of housing and offices for the run-off water), there was an African Swan, Duchess. We wanted to give her flowers so she could be a Christmas decoration for us but this is about as close as we […]
When taking a flower arranging course at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, we were asked to bring in our favorite vase to use in the class. The participants showed and telled about their vases. Ours was a World War I mortar shell. The mottled sides and curled back bullet holds a lily of peace while the […]
History fast forwarded 200 years to flowers beside the bed of Mother Ann Bayley Seton, a New York socialite who came to Baltimore as a converted Catholic to start a school for girls which then moved to Emmitsburg, MD. The gerber daisies linked with the eucalyptus trail the imagination of who lived there, the […]
