Carlisle Flowers
I carried this vase back from Portland stowed with three others in my carry-on. It is so versatile – can go from the bar to the table. The arrangement is similar to a topiary – the sunflowers on high and the purple alstromeria around the base. The purple complements the yellow nicely and the alstro […]
Thank you all for tuning in. It is appropriate to show one of my first products, a posie of carnations. While I did not sell them like hotcakes this arrangement took me places and opened doors. People would ask, “Are they real?” I know there is a market for these little posies because they are […]
The Basics Dish, Oasis and Tape This is ugly, downright ugly, but we are going to make this dish hold some lovely flowers. First we’ll surround it with greens, called “greening” and then build from there. You can purchase this dish from the “Vases” page on CarlisleFlowers.net, as well as the oasis and […]
( This follows post, “Basic Plastic Bowl.” So here we go. Now that the dish has been greened with tree fern, variegated pittosporum and some seeded eucalyptus, we are ready to put the fun things in. But notice we’ve hidden the dish before we put the flowers in. First the lilies, then the lines – […]
It’s always exciting when after making the arrangements for the day you have a few pieces left for yourself. Here are four mini calla lilies and one piece of stock. in a bud vase. The lavender stock brings out the light tone in the callas. When you have an arrangement this small it grows […]
When visiting London in May I wrote about the best gardening bookstore there, Blenheim Books. One of my purchases was Transparent by Daniel Ost. I first wrote that his book was a mind altering experience. See for yourself. His website is Danielost.be. Ost’s concept of marrying the flower with the vase is so apparent […]
