How to create a Tied Flower Posy? This was the final homework for the on line Flower Arranging Course I have been taking part in. As with many of the homework projects on the FlowerStart Course from Julie Davies Flower Workshops it encourages your creativity. Roses and Carnation Tied Posy Creating a Hand Tied Posy …
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Homemade Flower Food Experiment
Many of us enjoy a vase of flowers in the home. You may have treated yourself to a bouquet whilst shopping or have received them as a surprise gift. Wherever they are from you expect to enjoy a beautiful display of flowers for many days. How you care for your flowers can have an impact …
Flower Start – Online Flower Arranging Classes
The opportunity to learn something new is one I will rarely refuse, particularly when it is something creative and can be combine with my love for the garden. For the last few weeks I have been enrolled in Julie Davies Flower Start classes, a 4 week online flower arranging class. You may have spotted my …
Capturing Blooms in the Garden
Such delight, I have to share my news for I have a new camera. It is more sophisticated than my regular compact camera which sadly has a mark on the lens, it is a Panasonic FZ72 bridge camera. So with the battery charged, lens cap off and strap placed safely around my neck I head …
Winter Flowers for Garden Planters
Winter months may be a quieter time in the garden, plants die back and the colder weather triggers a period of dormancy. There is however still an opportunity to add a splash of colour. A planter of Cyclamen add winter colour to any garden Planting up a garden planter full of colourful plants, will brighten …
Glass Ketchup Bottle Creates Perfect Flower Posy Vase
Sometimes the simplest and functional of items can be reused to create something pretty. Take one old glass ketchup bottle, give it a good rinse out and you are left with the perfect posy vase. For the last two months flowers from my garden have been displayed in my ketchup vase. There has been pretty …
Zinnia Sprite Cut Flowers – Garden Bouquet #2
Gosh how remiss of me, I have just realised I have neglected to share with you some of the garden flowers I have picked for display in the house this year. I have had some Sweet Peas and Sweet Williams in a vase or too, although the Sweet Peas have put on a poor display, …
Plants Through the Post – Suttons Seeds Review
If like me you have ever wondered how delicate annual flowering plants can survive a journey from the grower to your front door, then read on. Suttons Seeds offer a wide choice of Flowers, Fruit and Vegetable plants, along with seeds and additional gardening equipment. Antirrhium also known as Snapdragon Stock – Sugar and Spice I ordered …
First Garden Bouquet of the Year
This may not quite be a bouquet of many flowers, but it is the first vase of blooms from my garden this year. All from the Lilac shrub, which is in full flower at the moment. It is so nice to smell the scent of fresh flowers from the garden in the house again. Lilac picked …
How to Sow Cornflower Seeds
Cornflowers are one of the easiest flowers to grow, I been growing them for the last seven years. I originally bought a single packet of Dwarf Cornflower seeds to grow in a pot for the patio. The brilliant blue of the petals stands out so well in the sunshine. By saving the seed each year …