My Adventures

This wonderful “new” sustainable floral design mechanic has been a fun way for me to put summer garden flowers into easy, relaxed arrangements. It is called a “hairpin holder” and I remember seeing it in my grandmother’s flower box many years ago, no it’s not really...

Last week had the great pleasure of visiting the Blue Ridge Mountains on the boarders of North Carolina and Georgia. The weather was wonderful and I enjoyed foraging the woods and local gardens for flowers, plants, varieties of moss, lichen, and stones for the Sky...

Summer flowers inspire me to raid the vase closet for vases in cool colors for the long, hot July days. Blues and whites are some favorites and good to show off summer flowers.This narrow-necked vase holds a bouquet from the local farmers market and just a few lace...

This easy to create branch structure is a great mechanic to support branches and flowers from your garden or a combination of garden and market materials. Here is how to do it...Getting started:You will need branches, a round bubble bowl and bind wire.Cross branches...

It’s a first! Longwood Gardens is offering our Floral Design 1 Online Class for a summer session. Make it part of your summer vacation, it’s a great time of year to start learning. Flowers and supplies are shipped to students and lessons come in with instructional...

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society welcomed spring 2023 by staging the Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The theme “Garden Electric” gave inspiration to growers and designers to stage a breathtaking display of plants and flowers....

On April 15 I will teach a class at Longwood gardens “Dazzling Daffodils---Structured in Sand.” The class begins at 9:30 a.m. and includes a quick walk to look at some spring bulbs as they grow, then back to the classroom where students will be given a container...

January 2023 is here, and I am thinking back on a very fun project from the past holiday season. Longwood Gardens invited its Continuing Education Floral Design instructors to stage floral designs in the conservatory’s Music Room display. My photographer friend, Kate...

Photographs by Kate FaheyMy December began the holiday season with a visit from the Dallas Garden Club to the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania, for a tour of the historic building and a floral design celebration to usher in the 2022 Christmas season. The...

Thanksgiving begins the winter holiday season and celebrates the harvest. Ain November, I get great pleasure from the rust, orange, and scarlet colors of the foliage and flowers that create the Thanksgiving holiday mood. Deep rust chrysanthemum combine with lighter...