All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘Flowers’
A Modern Way to Display Pressed Botanicals
This striking craft to showcase pressed flowers or leaves is found in the February issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine. The project couldn’t be easier even though it looks like a million bucks. This is to be expected as the project comes from crafter, designer, and stylist Shane Powers. Shane has showcased his talents for Vogue Living, West Elm, and Martha Stewart …
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Winter Flower Arrangements
The garden may not be producing a large number of fresh flowers right now but if you took some time in the fall to preserve the ornamental garden by drying flowers and seed heads, you can still make gorgeous arrangements. This photo was sent by a reader who gives dried flower arrangements as hostess gifts. Here is what she had …
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Flower Rearranging
I’m always grateful when some kind soul brings me a bouquet of flowers. Not simply because of the gesture, but also because I can take apart the bouquet and make many flower RE-arrangements to brighten up my house. Many florist creations are works of art that require nothing but a vase of water and a prominent location in the house. However some, …
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Preserving the Ornamental Garden: How to Dry Flowers, Leaves, Stems, and Pods for Crafting
Collecting flowers, leaves, stems, and pods from the garden now, will give you a treasure trove of beautiful dried plants to craft with all year long. Please welcome Guest Blogger, Ann Clements, from the Sunshine Coast of BC, a dancer, naturalist, and avid plant preserver. If you are looking for expert tips in saving the most decorative parts of the …
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Flower Pounding: Printing Fabric with Natural Elements
What better way to preserve the beauty of summer blooms than by pounding them with a rock onto fabric? I know that’s the first thing I think of when looking at a gorgeous flower. “Hey, I think I’ll smash this with a rock.” OK, I may not have naturally come to this idea but when I had the chance to …
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March Feature Plant: Hellebore
Hellebores (Hellborus) are commonly known as Easter Rose or Lenten Rose given their blooms are an early springtime staple in gardens in Coastal BC. The toothed-green leaves are leathery and some can stay evergreen through a mild winter. Damaged leaves are quickly replaced in late winter to early spring adding a necessary lift to garden this early in the year. Hellebore blooms come in variety of colours including green, white, yellow, …
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Euonymous europaeus AKA European Spindle Tree
While shopping for interesting foliage to add to my holiday planters and wreaths, I was stopped in my tracks by this interesting beauty: Euonymous europaeus. There are some really fascinating winter blooming plants that I have seen, like witch hazel ‘Diane‘ and white forsythia, but I wasn’t familiar with this one. Turns out these aren’t the blooms at all but the fruit that has set seed. Regardless, …
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