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Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

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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DIY Project ~ Vermicomposting in a tub in a few easy steps!
Posted on March 24, 2013 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects
Hetty Franke, Master Gardener and “Queen of Compost in Delaware” recently held a workshop at TheDCH. Teaching all ages, from school children to senior citizens, Hetty’s mission for many years has been to make people aware that plant matter is also a resource, not trash. Composting of all kinds was discussed: aerobic composting (compost pile [...]
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DIY Project ~ Shades of Spring, a Green Bouquet
Posted on March 16, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects
In the early spring, we see all the greens emerge first, followed by the initial blooms. In keeping with this early greening time of year, Emily Smith (TheDCH floral workshop diva), showed us how to make this striking bouquet using green flowers and leaves with hints of spring color. Sometimes a more neutral color [...]
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DIY Project ~ Cupcake Craze / Make Floral Cupcake Arrangements!
Posted on February 28, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects
Cupcakes are all the rage now. These once tiny cakes reserved for children’s birthday parties are now the highlight of wedding receptions, baby showers, fancy parties and every occasion in between! So Emily Smith, The DCH’s floral arranger extraordinaire, developed a fun workshop for creating a cupcake centerpiece that even features “icing” with a cherry on [...]
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The DCH Workshop ~ Pushing Spring: Early Planting for the Impatient Gardener (with Alice & George Davis)
Posted on February 18, 2013 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects, Things that inspire me in the garden
Since we all have the heebie-jeebies for spring around February, the Delaware Center for Horticulture recently held a seed-starting workshop to offer some relief. Early seed starting can take place in pots for later transplanting, in cold frames for early harvest or in the garden as soon as the ground can be worked. Our workshop [...]
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DIY Project ~ Summer Enchantment in a Jar!
Posted on February 5, 2013 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects
A dear friend and fellow gardener has her birthday in mid-February when there’s nothing happening in our gardens. Like me, she is longing for better weather and being outdoors with green plants all around. So, this year, I decided to make a tiny jar of summer enchantment to carry her through until spring! Follow [...]
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Floral Workshop ~ A Winter Palette
Posted on January 28, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects
Nearing the end of January and all gardeners are yearning for flowers and green plants. Leave it to Emily Smith to dream up a beautiful arrangement to satisfy and do away with the cabin fever in all of us! For this Delaware Center for Horticulture workshop, Emily put together more muted toned flowers in a birch [...]
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DIY Project ~ Amaryllis Heart Wreath
Posted on January 20, 2013 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects
During the Christmas holidays, I spied a beautiful wreath planted with amaryllis bulbs. The price made me suck in my breath, so I thought up a way to make my own version at home. All you’ll need is amaryllis bulbs (I used two small ones), potting soil (water retentive variety), netting (I reused a [...]
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Be My Valentine ~ Valentine decor
Posted on January 20, 2013 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects
Valentine’s Day is coming and I am adding little heart touches around the house, inside this time! Of course, most of my holiday decorations have a garden touch included, a bulb or plant is a requirement around here! Even my circular knitting needles curled up into a heart when I put them down! We’re in [...]
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My Winter Sanctuary ~ Scenes from a Garden Room
Posted on January 6, 2013 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects
If you were to ask me which room is my favorite in our house, I would promptly say, “Our Garden Room !” This would not have been my answer five years ago when we moved into our Fairfield Home. Then it was an awkwardly placed, dark one-car garage attached to the back of our double [...]
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