Garden History
The last of the dissected arrangement. What is left is one stalk of eucalyptus. I put this in a vase which reminds me of a pen and ink stand And one stalk of delphinium which I took apart and put the flowerets in a little white china bowl filled with a bath of water. […]
Circus roses with millet. I wanted to play off the hot yellow tinged with red against a lime background. Actually I used 3 greens to lift this arrangement up but the most prominent is the millet. Don’t you feel like this piece could just shake its head to dry its hair before stepping out for […]
A riot of color. Why not on a hot summer’s day. The arrangement is made with the soaked oasis sitting two inches high above the vase so the flowers can have short stems to lengthen the life of the arrangement. A pastel centerpiece to beat the heat for a summer birthday party. Hint: Shorten the […]
This clay pot was made in Fayoum, Egypt. I was lucky enough to find such a unique vessel at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., Georgetown, to be more exact. Because it’s not glazed, I’d probably use a sleeve if you wanted to do a fresh arrangement. Instead I put Blackbeard Reeds to complement as […]
The ingredients for this recipe call for four greens, a wide leaf to cover the oasis in the vase, salal leaves, asparagus ferns, and variegated pittosporum. We had about 7 fully opened “Virginia” roses, pink tinged white carnations, and hypericum berries. The arrangement is skirted with pink and white alstromeria which help hide the top […]
How whimsical these paper flowers are like a giraffe’s head above the grasses. The Indonesian vase is large in scale, perfect for a lobby or pediatric practice foyer. Of course we can’t limit this arrangement to that. It’s got staying power, certainly an investment that pays dividends. Hint: One village makes an arrangement.