Garden History
This is something worth flying to Portland,Oregon to see, (besides your dear childhood friend) then driving 70 miles to the beach. A lava formation that stands 235 feet tall, it just sticks out of the water like Mont St. Michel on the Normandy Coast of France. Only it’s not inhabitated by a living thing just seagulls […]
Here is a mixed bouquet from Sam’s Club. I was drawn to the wonderful blue agapanthus and deep red gerbers so I bought it with an experiment in mind. How many arrangements could I make with all this material: 4 red gerber daisies, 5 red alstromeria, 3 blue agapanthus, 3 blue delphinium, 3 eucalyptus, […]
Seventh arrangement – this is probably my favorite. So simple, yet the glass makes the daisies step up in style. These yellow daisies caught up in some long grass perk up any nook and cranny.
At first you look at this arrangement of all red with greens and think Christmas. But think again. The vase is neutral and when you put this piece in the same room as the red gerbers, it just carries the color with the eye following. If you wanted to use this arrangement in a […]
Four Gerber Daisies each in a bubble glass bud vase. You can put them in a line on a table, at the place setting of each of your guests, split them up and bring them back together again. Their little heads love to talk and have fun.
The Agapanthus and Delphiniums are so beautiful, so different from each other, one round and the other straight and tall. Great counterpoints to the small mass of yellow poms that they surround. The container plays off their colors too.