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Last night there was a full moon on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Is there a correlation between a lovely sunset and a full moon. Certainly there is when the tide is lower than we have ever seen. The Miles River wends its way toward the St. Michaels Harbor and then out to the Chesapeake […]
In the foreground see the greenery surrounding the rose arrangement. In the background see the stalk of Bell of Ireland unscathed. Yes, we took two stalks and snipped them just above the floweret. The stems are sturdy enough to insert right into wet oasis and their ruffled effect give the roses the bed they need.
Take three kale, five Stars of Bethlehem, five masses of trachelium and top it off with some camellia leaves. It sounds like a recipe for a yummy dessert. What’s a green dessert, Mr. Gore, posie style.
Tony Smith.Spitball.1961.The Baltimore Museum of Art:Purchased as a gift of Ryda and Robert Henry Levi.Baltimore.BMA 1985.193 Copyright Tony Smith/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York Photo: Howard Korn The light bulb of a winter day emits white, blue. Sculpture gardens without the shade allow space for the objects to be seen in a different way. All […]
Edmundo Ortega. a transplant from Mexico, built this 16 foot by 33 foot indoor living wall with approximately 15,000 plants which he installed in The Blue House, an environmentally conscious home furnishing store in Baltimore, Maryland. Can you see the sun? It rises and it sets. mundoverdeortega.com 443-413-1233
vasing def. building a vase or multiple vase structures, can be of metal, glass, plastic, clay. Found in the pachysandra and holly bushes. Not unique. Multiple origins. Date Unknown.
The gravillia leaf, thin, serrated. The lime Asiatic lily, smaller of head. The Star of Bethlehem, its small white flowerets just beginning to bloom. The white and green kale (cabbage) with just a hint of a pink center. White waxflower, alstromeria and mums. White doesn’t seem to get too busy. The mass of green trachelium […]
We thought of Joan of Arc when this arrangement was complete. Not before but after. Gravillia has a flame- looking leaf, airy with a spine of red. White sprays of waxflower are dotted with a light rose for the bud unopened. Pink larkspur can be nothing but a young woman. Tied from her stem down, […]
Oh Darling. C’est mervellieux. The lobster and the rose. How clever. You interior decorator you. The colors match perfectly. N’est pas?
Bells of Ireland are ringing. Red dogwood stems fleeing(?) Help me out here… Waxflowers are not waning and mini carns are staying. Ode to a lyrical urn.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia, just off of Interstate 95, is a place to learn about plants and marvel at nature. Each year we host GardenFest of Lights, which attracts thousands of visitors to take in the wonder of our botanical garden dressed in holiday lights and splendor. GardenFest is holiday tradition! The show […]
A dear friend just starting out in life was given seven rose buds, a gift for her New Year. This poem by Anais Nin summons the feeling these flowers evoke. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful then the risk it took to blossom.”
