Carlisle Flowers
Emily Dickinson wrote this poem about the lily’s development – “forgets its humble earlier state when it was a bulb covered with mold,” writes Judith Farr in her book, “The Gardens of Emily Dickinson”. “Then with its bell, it ‘swings’ like bell in the meadow, ectastic as a mystic who has been formed by the […]
Last weekend’s “Imitating Art” http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=2512 we used this beautiful vase with daffodils, hardly coming close to a balance between the flowers and the beautiful vase. Last night after looking at the vase over the course of the week (watching the flowers become skeletons rendering them more angular than they already were ) we needed something […]
“Reflection” Copright Joe Bruner Cherry Blossom Festival Time. From March 28th through April 12th a tradition that began with a gift from Japan in 1912, Washington, D.C. will celebrate The National Cherry Blossom Festival ( Prunus x yedoensis). Their website gives the timing of the bud stages of the trees since the 1990s. Weatherwise […]
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 […]
