These are the last 2 photos of growers' plants I will post from Chelsea.  I saved the best for last in the photo of the delphiniums.  T...

I have walked my feet off in London this week and seen one wonderful thing after another.  The other morning we went to a toy museum.  The ...

This display at Chelsea was from Trinidad and Tobago - it was quite different than the other displays - very vibrant and products put out ...

Last week I fulfilled a long held dream which was to go to the Chelsea Flower Show.  It was beyond what I expected and we spent 5 hours t...

Yesterday at Sissinghurst I saw a poppy in a color that was so unusual.  It was a rusty mauve and just lovely.  Wish I could get my hands o...

I am in London for a week and today Ruth and I went out to Sissinghurst garden, about an hour outside of the city.  Vita Sackville West an...

This is the top of a piece we did for a buffet table at a retirement dinner tonight.  The client wanted a super bright cheerful vibe so we d...

This has been a busy week.  Today we made a large arrangement for an event at a private club downtown and delivered pieces to another event ...

Last night I did some work for a dinner party.  The client wanted mostly cream and white flowers so I used that color scheme with a twist....

This morning I delivered 13 little arrangements in one of my favorite color schemes - pink, cream and slate blue.  I used Anna roses, Cream ...

Yesterday at ikebana class we made free style arrangements with dried branches and azaleas.  I used dried curly willow, a beautiful pink fr...

Here is another picture of the work I did for the Charlottesville conference.  I wove leaves from varigated lirope and used them in several ...

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 ...