With the “stay-at-home” mandate that so many of us are experiencing, there has been more time than usual for reading. This month’s book is “Garden Inspirations” by Charlotte Moss, who is a designer, author, and philanthropist. This book is a tour through her own garden in East Hampton, New York. In this book, Charlotte walks you through all her garden rooms. How I love sketches … Continue reading this month’s book
This week’s bouquet is a result of a need to do some serious cutting back. I needed to tie up the wayward new raspberry branches and to do that, I had to first remove the netting. But, I couldn’t even get near one side of the raspberry bed because of the verbena bonariensis. They had reseeded from last summer and become a gigantic patch of … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet was fashioned around some shrub roses that are blooming in my yard. Though roses never seem to do well for me, these sweet roses never fail to produce sweet clusters of blooms off and on all summer. I no longer know their name, as they were a long-ago, end of the season purchase from the grocery store at only $3 a bush. … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet is quite simple. All but the pure white daffodils remain, and they are fragile from a full day of beating rain. The tulips have all but a few, been eaten by the deer. So that left only the Virginia Bluebells for picking. I’ve never used them in a bouquet before, but since they flourished so abundantly this year, I could bare to … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
First bouquet of the year from the garden, and of course, it is daffodils and forsythia, with a few stems of epimedium thrown in. Such a cold, rainy morning required a quick run through the rain in an attempt to bring some sunshine into the house. The daffodils are at their peak, and all too soon will be going over. It was now or never … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
As the garden winds down, every week I think this will be my last bouquet. We haven’t had a frost yet, and the trees are still unseasonably green, but the temps have turned noticeably colder, which seems to have intensified the color in these flowers. In truth, this bouquet looks more like spring than fall. The roses look lovelier now than in the heat of … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet comes from the large patches of perennial ageratum that have happily spread themselves around both the front and back gardens. I don’t really ever remember planting them, and they have never done very well, but this year, they are everywhere. A bit of a thug, but because they provide such abundant blooms and color in late August, they are most welcome here. … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
What can I say? No excuses . . . I admit . . . I’m obsessed with zinnias. They are my new favorite flower. How could I not have loved them before? They look delightful in small arrangements, grouped together in this vintage soda crate that was painted green. So many happy faces smiling at you. All their cheerful colors play well together. Such simple … Continue reading too cute
I was out watering the raised beds because, believe it or not, we haven’t had any rain for 3 days in a row. While watering, I was contemplating the things I needed to do on Sunday afternoon to get ready for the work week. I was going to make a bouquet for my desk at the office and decided if I laid the hose down … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet comes with something a little extra . . . a table set for a 4th of July celebration. And I have the perfect flower for this week’s bouquet . . . Monarda, or commonly known as (and the name I prefer) . . . Bee Balm. I don’t think there is another flower that so resembles the fireworks that are such an … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
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