Once again (hooray) I was part of the Lan Su Garden Ninth Moon celebration, a juried show of floral design. As usual there were some fabulous, fabulous pieces but I wanted to focus on the blooms themselves not the structure or cleverness of design. For that reason, I highlighted just a few blossoms, some of […]
One of the things I love about this time of year is that it encourages (forces?) me to look at my garden differently, finding things that are not usually considered arrangement material. This piece, in a hand made, raku fired vase, feature typical things and a-typical ones. The Chinese lanterns are a very usual […]
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 […]
Rooms in Bloom 