My Adventures

This week I had the privilege of visiting the Atlanta Botanical Gardens to judge the magnificent flower show “Primivera.” Spring was in the air as I entered the gardens with blooming daffodils, crocus, and hyacinths and were a welcome relief from the fading snow piles...

January is a good time to take a break from fresh flowers and focus a bit on getting workshop and tools organized for the spring. When I started working with flowers in my home, I needed only the basic tools but kept adding to the collection. A streamlined group of...

In November we had a garden club program given by a club member that inspired me to look deeper into the beautiful flower, amaryllis. The official name for an amaryllis is Hippeastrum and the names are most often used interchangeably. At our meeting, we saw a You Tube...

This past week I was lucky enough to attend two very different and very fun flower shows. Flower shows give arrangers the opportunity to play with ideas and try new and different techniques. What excites me about the process is seeing how each person takes a theme and...

Last week I was invited to Grosse Pointe, Michigan, as a speaker for the Garden Club of Michigan’s flower show “Into the Woods.” The show was held at the Little Club and visitors viewed beautiful Lake Sinclair along with a splendid array of horticulture specimens and...

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...