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Color Thoughts For The Harvest

With the Thanksgiving Floral Arrangement Class coming up I have been out in the garden gathering materials. Thinking about color palettes-wanting something bright and sunny for the table. Today I decided to cut up the rust toned mums which have totally had it in the container. Yesterday I  started hacking some old grapevines out of [...]

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Inspiration for Thanksgiving Floral Workshop

I’ve been outside snipping little bits, gathering tiny treasures from nature and making inspiration boards for the Thanksgiving Floral workshop that Rochelle and I are holding on the 14th. Todays board is all about berries. SO many colors, sizes and density of clusters to play with. – Roanne clockwise: callicarpa, crabapples, viburnum, cotoneaster, ilex Photo [...]

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Transitioning the Container with Textures

My fall container compositions need a switch out.  The mums look tired, the veggies have given up and the grasses have not fared well in the enormous gusts of wind. Time has been escaping me lately and I am thinking that I should just transition my containers along before the next shift in the wind [...]

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Seasonal Containers: A Point of Reference

A quote I think about when creating a container planting. “You just can’t plant exotics in the countryside. They just jar. But in town, where the are no points of reference, you can get away with all sorts”-Jinny Blom, Garden Design Magazine, March 2011 The whole concept of point of reference is interesting to me. [...]

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Snippets: Misfit Bouquet

Oh, the end of the annual cutting garden is here. Drips and drabs are hanging on- a few zinnias and stock, the last of the snapdragons and some butterfly weed whose foliage has been altered plum from the whisper of a frost last night. I gather enough to make a small bouquet, stop by the [...]

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Snippets: Fall Flower Arranging

How about some fall arrangement inspiration from our lovely Roanne?   She picked all the flowers and ingredients for this arrangement from the mixed border at Snug Harbor Farm. Here is the run down of ingredients to inspire your pickings:  (With links from around the web for mail order plants and seeds) Corn husks Salvia Kale Chard [...]

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Snippets: The Begonia Bug

I have the begonia bug. N and I have been cutting leaves and placing them in old apothecary jars and displaying them all around the house. The leaves look great either arranged en masse in an old barn box or showcased individually in bud vases along the center of the table where they have been [...]

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