52 Vases: Arrangement #15
Still a little blooming in the garden on this longest night. The vase, thought you can’t see it, has some lovely floral etching. Expecting a hard frost, so I’m not sure what will be left next week.
Author Archives: Linda G
52 Vases Week 14 Hellebores
A surprise in the garden, a blooming Hellabore (the green flower foreground and white in back of it) also known as Christmas Rose since this plant might bloom in December. Which obviously it has for me. Wintersweet (black berries) and variegated euonymous round out the arrangement. Small vase, about 4″ tall, an estate sale find […]
52 Vases Week 13: Branches
Monday was St. Barbara’s day and although I am not religious, I track the world’ holidays for their symbolism, intent and beauty. A custom for St. Barbara’s is to bring in branches of flowering trees and shrubs and “force” them, or put them in a warm environment to trick them into blooming. Like forcing narcissus, […]
52 Vases Week 12: Persimmons again
This week with the rain and wind, I wondered what I would find to feature. The answer was in the kitchen – a bunch of persimmons ripening indoors. Now I realize I’m featuring garden persimmons quite a lot, but I’m coming into a major scrounge time of year in the garden. I feel lucky that […]
Week 11: Thanks, giving
I have had this vessel for years. It looks like a squash, very organic. It makes a good container for the Thanksgiving holiday arrangement. The finished product contains the “fruits” of the garden, the fruits of harvest. I’m grateful there’s enough still available that I can put together an appropriate table arrangement. Rose hips, […]
Demo Mumvember
I had the privilege once again of doing a floral demo at the Lan Su Garden. For this demonstration I used a theme of tablescapes and designed three that could be easily (I hope) translated to a home environment. I started doing some set up at home, so I would have less of that and more […]
52 Vases: Week 9 Back to the Garden
Capturing the autumn colors. The materials this week are all from the garden. Hydrangea heads, Autumn joy sedum, and branches of persimmon. Materials to be gathered are getting skimpier although we have not had a frost yet. When that happens the dahlias will be all gone. I am also getting ready to do a […]
Lan Su Chinese Garden Installation
Process and Product Materials and structures in process And end result Repurposed as street art
52 Vases: Week 8, on the fly
I’ve been too preoccupied with getting my piece ready for the Lan Su Chinese Garden floral display, as a result the arrangement for this week features only a few garden or wild foraged items, the mums are from our local flower market where I purchased my supplies for the big arrangement. Look for a bonus […]
52 Vases: Week 7 – Plain vessels, stunning flowers
Although I’m determined to highlight seasonal flowers and foliage from my personal garden, I was in the Midwest for most of the week and needed to resort to purchased flowers as my mom doesn’t have much of a flower garden. The sunflowers were from a local grocery store and greens picked from my mom’s yard […]
Rooms in Bloom 