Last summer, my optician, with whom I have become friends, gave me and Helen a tour of her iris garden.  She has lots of different varieties...

Happy Easter everyone and thank you for reading my blog.  When I look at the different countries that readers come from I am just amazed - p...

Yesterday we had a nice ikebana class - the style was Shoka Shimputai - 3 elements in a straight line in the center of the kenzan.   For min...

The other day I made two arrangements for delivery.  I found the most fabulous rose called Suez - it is a dusty pink with a cream tinge.  ...

Here is another photo of a piece I made for the AIFD Southern conference in March.  For this one I wove the Italian aspidistra paper around ...

For the one or two of you know don't know this - you can click on any picture on my blog and blow them up so you can see more details of...

This past weekend, Holton hosted Reunion weekend.  I made these pieces for the big Saturday night dinner.  The buffet pieces were made fro...

We also did some pieces for a tea at Landon early in the week - also pink and green.  The weather did not cooperate - it was a cold dreary d...

Each year, Landon School has a Mother's Day program well in advance of the real day.  The moms come to visit classes and participate in...

Spring in DC -  another cool and wet one this year - a drag if you are dying for consistent warm weather (like me), but the cool weather ke...

We are working on samples for Sara's wedding in late June.  This is the first idea we came up with - white and blue hydrangeas, Finesse ...

This past weekend I was honored to be asked to be part of a stage presentation at the AIFD Southern chapter conference in Charlottesville.  ...

I am in love with these pieces - for me they are a great leap into a new form of flower arranging and so true to everything creative that I ...

Yesterday was the annual open house at my wholesaler - Potomac Floral.  I entered the competition and was determined to display a simple pie...

Claire's husband called with an order for flowers for her - something cheerful and spring like.  I found the most wonderful coral pink p...

I make a weekly arrangement for Holton and have a lot of fun trying new things.  Occasionally I like simple single flower arrangements - thi...

Today I drove all over the metro area making deliveries.  When I passed this bottle tree in Takoma Park I did a double take and had to take...

Today we made and delivered 16 of these little orchid arrangements as thank yous to all the ladies who helped with the Holton auction.  91 m...

This little arrangement is a variation of the orchid piece I made last week - it is a slightly smaller scale with fuschia dendrobiums,  one ...

Last night here was a reception over at Landon.  It was a cold night and they were expecting a huge crowd so they opened up the house as w...

I made this arrangement today for a friend.  I love the idea of the large group of upright horsetail as a background to the more fragile pi...

Pictures of some of the pieces we delivered today - we were all over the metro area but luckily it is a beautiful day today - 65 degrees - s...

Today I went over to the wholesaler to get flowers for several Valentine jobs.  Boxes of sweet peas from Japan had just come in - one color ...

Things are getting busy here.....today I delivered a thank you gift, 8 centerpieces, an orchid plant, and a bouquet.  I love the combination...

Valentine's Day at Restaurant Nora.  Every year we try to tweak the display a little and do something different within the budget etc.  ...