A Time to Shine

In winter, all that’s green glistens. To arrange this moss

crystal basket,  I began by placing moss in the base for

color, then tucked in moss on top being careful to mound to

reflect the shape of the basket, and finally trimmed with

woodland finds using ivy, fern, lichen, and willow (I had to

add pics to hold some of the the willow ends in place).  If I

keep this moist, all will stay fresh and shine for weeks.

Winter Bloomers

     I keep telling these lovely anemone that it’s winter and time

to go to sleep - but their happy faces keep smilin’ on in the

unheated hoop house. To arrange, I just added what I could

find nearby -  ivy, sweet smelling rosemary, fern, willow,

and a turkey feather for good measure. To make the willow

loop, just bend back a taller stem and attach it to itself with a

 rubber band or baggie tie.  Have fun!

ho ho ho

Merriest Christmas to you all!

Gardening tools a’ bloom

early spring weeds, spirea, and anemone. . .  just what the gardener ordered

spring beauties

nothing quite so regal as honeysuckle vine crowned with daffodils

Fit for the finest of our feathered friends

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start with a straw wreath, add spanish moss, then moss from the woods, and whatever the woods offers

Birds like a pretty place setting too!

A fine roost for our feathered friends – and a good way to recycle the holidays. Just add millets, seed heads, grasses and anything else a bird might like to nibble  to a fading Christmas wreath and watch the birds feast long into the winter.

We Wish you a Merry Christmas

from our table to yours . . . .

Aunt Willie’s visits the Big Apple

What could be more romantic than flowers, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Manhattan? My creation from a flower workshop with Meredith Waga Perez at Flower School New York.

Sitting on top of the world.

This pumpkin keeps a watchful eye on the old woodshed. Fun folliage make this arragement come to life. . .  broom corn, nandina, hydrangea, ivy, and goldenrod frame the sunflowers and zinnia