Category Archives: Amazing flower pairings

It isn’t what you plant, but what is planted with it! Come see plant groupings that will bring more color and pizazz to your own garden, whether it is on a balcony, a suburban lot or acres of land.

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  DIY Project ~ Country Flower Basket

  Posted on June 13, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects

  For the last arrangement in TheDCH Floral Workshop series, “The Nose Knows” was the theme. A country basket filled with free form meadow wildflowers, garden cuttings and fragrant florist flowers was created by instructor Brenda Tunis. Incorporating scent into your flower arranging was the focus. Brenda had clipped samples from her own yard for us [...]

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  Newark Garden Tour ~ 2013

  Posted on June 9, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, Things that inspire me in the garden

  Yesterday, June 8th, was the Newark Garden Tour sponsored by the Newark Arts Alliance. Fourteen amazing gardens were open for visiting and made for a day of inspiration. This diverse collection of gardens covered the gamut from vegetable gardens, habitat gardens, sculpture gardens, water gardens, to sunny and shade gardens. There was definitely something for [...]

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  Garden Walk ~ June 1st

  Posted on June 1, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, Things that inspire me in the garden

      Hotter than Hades the last few days, in the 90′s, and the flowers and I are wilting fast! Hopefully, tomorrow’s predicted rain will materialize and cool us all down again. So, a quick stroll to capture the blooms of the day as they may not hang on for long in this heat. And [...]

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  Happy Mother’s Day ~ Garden Tour

  Posted on May 11, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the garden

        Happy Mother’s Day to all my wonderful readers , I hope it is a lovely day for each and every one of you! This little garden tour is my tribute to mothers everywhere, who often put their own wants and needs aside for those they love. Thank you for rocking the babies [...]

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  DIY Project ~ Mother’s Day Fairy Garden

  Posted on May 5, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, DIY home and garden craft projects, Things that inspire me in the garden

      Just in time for a Mother’s Day project, I found a cracked birdbath sitting in a neighbor’s curbside trash. I have been saving little bits of things to make some fairy gardens and this just plopped into my lap (actually the front passenger seat of my car). Although it looks more extensive, this [...]

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  The Merry, Merry Month of May!

  Posted on May 3, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, Things that inspire me in the garden

      It is the beginning of May and spring is here to stay finally!  No wonder it is called “The Merry, Merry Month of May”!  Time for the annual pilgrimage to Groff’s Plant Farm with my buddy, Renee, and filling the car with all sorts of interesting new plants to add to our gardens. [...]

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  DIY Project ~ Gather Flowers for a May Day Basket!

  Posted on April 28, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, DIY home and garden craft projects, Things that inspire me in the garden

    May Day Baskets were something we made of construction paper in elementary school back in the day, but I haven’t seen much about them for years. If I get a vote, we should bring this neighborly rite of spring back! Very simple and fun besides: just gather fresh blooms from your spring garden, insert [...]

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  DIY Project ~ April Showers Gathering Vase

  Posted on April 25, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects

  Welcome to Brenda Tunis, TheDCH‘s new floral arranging instructor, who brought a wonderful gathering vase project for us to create. Imagine a lovely cutting garden full of color and scent and then put it into a vase, that’s what we got to do! This more traditional bouquet style is designed by placing the tallest flowers [...]

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  April 18th ~ What’s Blooming Today?

  Posted on April 18, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Things that inspire me in the garden

      A quick evening stroll around the garden with camera in hand captures the new blooms of the day. Spring is truly here and each day reveals new flowers and emerging plants that have been dormant throughout the long winter. Longer days and warmer nights is the perfect combination to send them all bursting [...]

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  Mid-April ~ Spring Blooms in the garden

  Posted on April 13, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Things that inspire me in the garden

      Here we are in mid-April and spring is in full swing now! Flowering trees, shrubs, bulbs and the fresh green of new leaves are emerging. It has cooled back down into the 50′s and 60′s during the day with cool nights, which is a blessing. Those high temperatures shortened the bloom time of [...]

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