Carlisle Flowers
What a gem in our own backyard. The Hampton Mansion was built by the Ridgely family in the 1790s and owned by them until the 1940s. Here is their parlor with its painted Baltimore chairs, furniture Baltimore was noted for in the early 1800s. The Ridgely family made their family fortune supplying iron to […]
Two weeks before Christmas and what a fine display of Santa’s sleigh and Frosty the Snowman surrounded by the quintessential flower for Christmas, the poinsettia. Here you see the hothouse conditions like in Mexico where the shrub winters over. Baltimore’s late Victorian Conservatory has been recently restored, celebrating its 125th anniversary and has an equally […]
Boy kicked up his heel to let us put our arrangement down for a second and turtle took to dry land so the flowers wouldn’t be drenched. How nice in the cultural district of Mount Vernon in Baltimore, MD. Statue by Bill Wierzalis.
Here you have a mass of mums, camellia leaves, berzellia and lisianthus to the right. To the left there goes the eucalyptus and broom tugging the other way. A child seated on the floor of the store not leaving until they get their toy and the mother’s handbag weighs her down (the mass). The […]
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 […]
