Carlisle Flowers
For a moment we put our botanist hat on while filming a podcast for YouTube and explained the different plant matter that can be used to decorate/greening a basket. Starting with wet oasis, we build up with branches of leyland cypress, pulling them apart and putting the longest at both bottom ends of the […]
How intriguing to encounter this bowl having all the attributes to stand on its own, silver overlay, etched flowers and leaves, transparent, such an easy green to work with and the triangular set up of the raised feet. Dare we put flowers in it? We did, thanks to Home Again. This arrangement is a throw […]
Blue, blue, were do you get blue. From delephiniums. larkspur, hydrangea and iris. These irises were just opening and played counterpoint to the pink lilies. The tones were close but we needed a base. Something that brought the blue and pink together – the red orchid with a hint of pink to wander from the […]
The first day of October and Towson Univeristy plant keepers were pulling up these petunias to plant pansies. “You’re not going to throw them away are you?” I had recently found a lovely green planter 20″ long- and here was the perfect match – a mass of pink petunias. The light of day captured the […]
At the top of the main page go to “Vases” and you will find the “nature” things used in the Holiday Basket. They are great for adding texture and contrast with the flowers and “authenticating” that this basket is for real! The pods and nuts can be used over and over again – they […]
These lovely Asiatic lilies matched with the Monte Casino asters and eucalyptus is an arrangement that softly wants to explode from its circular small vase. The asters come from a long stalk and have individual branches with flowers at the end which can be broken off and used as filler. Here they come in […]
