Dahlias So, as you can see from the caption, I am ridiculously proud of myself. I’ve been slowly getting into more flower growing the past couple years. Dahlias have been on my “must plant” list for a while. Experienced gardeners rave about how easy they are to grow and how they’re so productive all the…
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Forsythia Branches How to Arrange for a Spring Bouquet
Forsythia Branches How to Arrange a Spring Bouquet I live in Maine where spring eases in slowly most years, armed with heavy rains and temperatures well below the 60’s. That mean supplementing my bouquets with flowering tree branches, including forsythia. I’m not wild about yellow flowers but after a long Maine winter, anything flowering is…
Seeds to Sow for a Lush Cutting Garden
Seed Sowing Seed-sowing in spring is one of the best and most economical ways to ensure you have a lush cutting garden come summer. My fantasies are pretty simple. I want a home filled with gorgeous bouquets of flowers. I want to step outside with flower snips and a basket and walk back in…
Floret Garden Journal and Daily Planner Review
My Need for a Garden Journal I’ve been gardening for about seven years now. I got struck by a spade around the age of 40 and I’m going to enter my 47th (!) summer. My rabidity for gardening increases with every year and so my gardening plans and execution expands in turn. So I really…
Garden Report: Experiments with Flowers + Banana Peppers
I would call my seventh year of gardening a success. I tried growing new flowers as well as a few new herbs–lemon balm and flat parsley– and a new vegetable–banana peppers. While I didn’t grow the volume of flowers I wanted (I was fantasizing about weekly bouquets of flowers cut from my garden. That didn’t…
Floral Arranging: The Ultimate Guide
If you’ve ever felt intimidated or frustrated by the armful of blooms you’ve bought at a farmer’s market or roadside stand, floral designer Ariella Chezar’s The Flower Workshop: Lessons in Arranging Blooms, Branches, Fruits and Foraged Materials, is the floral arranging guide for you. Chezar leads flower workshops in NYC, has her own flower farm,…
Free Downloadable Image for You + Maine Flowers
Hello dear friend, I’m currently in the middle of one of my favorite seasons: summer. Summer gets off to a late start in Maine, usually July, but starting in May, flowers abound. Here is a picture essay of some of my favorites this year. Because I love all of you readers, I offer you this…
