by user1 | Mar 23, 2025 | Jane's Adventures
Our Paris flower school adventure with Catherine Muller gave us new ideas for bouquets, some traditional and some quite contemporary. Here are the pieces we created in France and I am eager to try some American interpretations here at home. “Brassee’ fluide et wild”...
by user1 | Feb 18, 2025 | Jane's Adventures
Just home from a winter week in Paris at the Catherine Muller Flower School. The ‘Concepts and Creations’ course focused on creative designs and included several designs working with rooted plants. On April 12 at Longwood Gardens my class “Spring Pot et Fleur” will...
by user1 | Jan 16, 2025 | Jane's Adventures
Under the Christmas tree for me was this fascinating book by Kassia St .Clair which inspires a closer look at the wide variety of color hues and the variation with each hue. St Clair gives the color white the following descriptions:Lead white, Ivory, Silver,...
by user1 | Dec 15, 2024 | Jane's Adventures
The winter solstice is upon us and the shortest day brings a careful attention to light, one of the elements of design*. Light is defined as the natural or artificial illumination that enables the human eye to see. When planning a floral design for a space it is...
by user1 | Nov 10, 2024 | Jane's Adventures
A visit to Longwood Gardens in the fall inspires me to incorporate pumpkins and gourds for a Thanksgiving table design. Pumpkins and gourds are part of the curcubit family and are harvested in the fall. The first step is to choose a color palate that will complement...
by user1 | Jul 31, 2024 | Jane's Adventures
Our third morning at the Catherine Muller Flower School greeted us with a large bundle of 3- foot tall polygonum! Explanation point used because it is known to be invasive in America, and we would not encourage harvesting it for ornamental use. A good substitute will...
