Carlisle Flowers
Gordon Hayward (haywardgardens.com) started off the week with his upcoming talk to the Md Hort (Mdhorticulture.org). From last week’s Longwood Gardens (longwoodgardens.org) to London’s Crystal Palace Conservatory next (crytalpalacefoundation.org.uk). Question, “Did Thomas Jefferson use a conservatory/hothouse in his gardening?” Monticello (monticello.org) referred us to the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. There we found that Jefferson’s mentor from […]
White in February. Perhaps the light of it to offset the dreariness of this last winter month. It stood out at the market. Campanulas, stock, (which had a startling presence of her own, her sweet smell left between the door panes), waxflower and alstromeria fill this vase with some airy asparagus ferns. Beneath some white […]
Red roses, white roses. 60 cm Red Freedoms or 50cm white sweethearts, the price equal and at a premium this past week for Valentine’s Day. We chose the whites as you can see to follow the small flower motif of the pot. Here are the steps we took. (See Part One on YouTube at CarlisleFlowers.net […]
Crystal Palace was built in 1851 by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition and was constructed in Hyde Park, London. The vaulted glass and iron structure influenced Pierre S. du Pont in the building of Longwood Gardens Conservatory. In 1854 the Crystal Palace was moved to south-east London. Over the years until 1936 when it […]
Gordon Hayward, nationally recognized author, garden designer and speaker will present a workshop sponsored by the Maryland Horticulture Society, “Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design, ” on February 28th. Hayward challenges the gardener to look at the landscape the way artists look at their canvas. He illustrates the techniques of depth, lighting, focal points, […]
We’ve seen pictures of parallel style and thought, “Yes, we need to try that so we could say we had,” but really didn’t understand the why or wherefore until we did. Precision in place, material and size are all so important when you are given restraints with your design: few but grouped material, little radiation, […]
