At last the heavy rain has ended, and the sun came out this afternoon. It’s been along week of rain (some places in this area have received 10-15″ of rain this week) and now I can get out to find some things to make arrangements with. I did this simple leaf manipulation by cutting circles of different sizes in the aspidistra leaf with a knife. Easy to do, but I want to explore it further. I did learn a lot by doing it today and got a decent design out of it. My wish is to get more creative so I picked up my “new to me” copy of Creative Flower Arranging by Betty Belcher and started reading the chapter on developing creativity. In it she mentioned the book “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” by Betty Edwards. My partner has that book so I got it and started reading that. It serves a two part purpose: learning to draw and leafning to see things more creatively. They’re both things I want to do and I am hopeint taht I can start drawing my ideas and learn to develp them
Hi–My name is Arren Graf. I am a master gardener in Baldwin County, Alabama. I was writing an article for our monthly newsletter about aspidistra and mentioned that along with it being an ideal plant for our coastal climate because it grows well in dense shade, I also mentioned that it is frequently used in ikebana floral arrangements. I googledonline looking for good examples of great ikebana using this leaf and found your website. I am amazed! You are so creative. I would like to know if you would give me permission to use some of your photo’s in our newsletter. We are a non-profit, worldwide organization of gardeners and plant enthusiasts. Our newsletter requires us to acknowledge all photo sources, and if given permission, I would mention your name as the designer and include your website. I hope you can respond before my deadline on May 13. Arren Graf