Garden History
The first class of 8th graders from Sisters Academy walked up the aisle of the College of Notre Dame’s Chapel this past June for their commencement. A mache (cardboard) vase held red roses, their favorite flower. Just for fun and the joy of being young we added sunflowers to the arrangement. You might say it’s […]
Everyone loves gerber daisies, especially my Mom. You can wire them or use a plastic sleeve to stop their necks from shriveling and their heads toppling over. This arrangement reminds me of The Wizard of OZ. “You’re out of the woods …” with their heads popping up. Just fun with wired heads.
Take a long tapa “vase” and fill it with seeds from a dogwood tree, calla lilies to mimic the shape of the vessel, lime green poms, real skewered olives and glorious dahlias for an evening of wine and cheese at the First Friday September evening at Red Tree on The Avenue – mucho gusto! Take […]
A friend told me that I needed to go to Talmar off of Cromwell Bridge Road in Baltimore County. Indeed I did. Then I met Catherine Murphy, their Executive Director, and Brian, a staff member, at the Farmer’s Market on Tuesdays at Kenilworth Bazaar. Of course I left there with their fresh cut flowers in […]
What kind of scientist was making his/her potion in this beaker. How little did they know that one deep red head of celosia would make such a combustion. I have been waiting for months to put something in this vessel and it came to me yesterday at Talmar Gardens. Tune in tomorrow about […]
Celebrating an anniversary in France led us to a small town in the Bourdeaux region where I found this planter. I’ve wanted to use it all this summer and voila here it is 3 days before the equinox and I finally figured out how to use it. I put a sedum in it then lit […]
