Spring Snow ~ March 25th! The Groundhog lied!
Here it is March 25th and snowing to beat the band outside! That groundhog lied his head off! But, it is pretty, so I grabbed my camera and went out to capture a few shots of this year’s last snowfall (I hope!) I must admit that the snow makes a lovely backdrop, even
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.
DIY Project ~ Shades of Spring, a Green Bouquet
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
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.
DIY Project ~ Cupcake Craze / Make Floral Cupcake Arrangements!
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
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.
A Trip Down Memory Lane ~ My Former Garden
Today I’m taking you with me on a trip down memory lane to my former garden. Our brick split-level sat on a seventy-five by one hundred foot lot in a development established in the 1950s and looked pretty much like all the other homes around us. Over the course of thirteen years, using landscaping
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.
Spring is Just Around the Corner ~ Start Planning!
Spring is still a little over a month away but it is not too soon to start planning this year’s garden. If you are like me, you head off to a nursery, fall in love with some wonderful plants, bring them home and then have to figure out where they should go in
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.
Floral Workshop ~ A Winter Palette
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
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.
Our Fairfield Home & Garden Welcomes Fall
Fall has arrived in Our Fairfield Garden! The nights are cool now and the mornings brisk. After seeing my breath early in the day , I scamper about trying to get the houseplants and tender perennials back inside. Nightfall is here way too early and soon will be earlier as Daylight Savings Time robs another
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.
DIY Project : Arrange Your Own Fall Apple Harvest Basket
Want to feel like a kid again, play and make something beautiful, too? Sign up for one of Emily Smith‘s monthly floral arranging workshops at the Delaware Center for Horticulture and join the fun! This month, Emily demonstrated how to create a wonderful Apple Harvest Basket and then turned us loose to make our own.
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.
DIY Project : Build Your Own Tipsy Pots Planter
Surely by now you have seen those nifty tipsy-pots planters in the gardening magazines and on the Internet. I think they are great and made one last spring, then added a few summer flowers to it as the season progressed. But now it was time for a Fall overhaul! Since I was redoing the plantings,
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.
Summer Glory ~ mid August in my country cottage garden
Summer has flown by and we are already on the downward side of August. Although many of the flowers in our garden have already shown their splendor, some hold out for the last hurrah. The ironweed, butterfly bushes, plumbago, crepe myrtles, hydrangeas, rudbeckias, phlox, alliums and August Lilies, backed up by those sturdy annuals –
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