Summer’s end
Celebrating the end of summer with a design which began with a discarded Christmas wreath found on the street. I collected several this past January with the idea that I
Wedding Bouquet
This is my garden inspired bouquet, using what I could find still in bloom in the late summer heat. I bought the kale leaves and glued them to the underside
Grown and Gathered Flowers
The best part of summer is the wonderful array of flowers the garden has to offer, and if you look carefully you can find great roadside flowers to add to
Summer Breeze
A hot summer day calls for cool colored summer flowers. Everything was either grown in our garden or collected by me this morning in the neighborhood. My low key version
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 21
Tired of waiting for the garden to start blooming again I went to the Dupont Circle Farmer’s Market today to purchase some flowers. Using what I’ve grown or collected has
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 10
It was suggested to me that today I should try to do a small ikebana arrangement. It’s hot and dry and not a lot in bloom in the garden right
Glimpse of Summer
From my Saga Goryu Ikebana class this past week “Heika-Chokuseitai Maedome”. I’ve been studying this wonderful classical school of ikebana for a year now. It’s adding to my knowledge of
Vertical Composition
It’s the in between time in the garden, no longer full of spring flowers and just beginning to have those of summer. I cut an iris leaf from the plant