Flower arrangements
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Art Inspired by Nature, Bill Dwight Photography, Flower arrangements, Fresh Cut Flowers, Gardening Inspiration, Gifts for Gardeners, Holiday Decorating, Indoor Table Arrangements, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Spring Flowering Bulbs
Art Inspired by Nature: The Luminous Allure of Bill Dwight’s Flowers…
The delicate silk of a white tulip, luminous petals unfolding in morning light; freesia caught in a glowing rouge blush; the timeless, feminine allure of flowers, all beautifully captured here by artist Bill Dwight. Intoxicatingly fragrant and sensual to the touch, flowers can change a mood, stir a memory, calm the senses. The undeniable, transformative […]
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Flower arrangements, flowering shrubs, Forcing Branches in Winter, Fresh Cut Flowers, garden tools, Indoor Table Arrangements, Plant Spotlight, shrubs, Shrubs/Trees for Forced Flowers, Vases, Viburnum, Winter Garden, Woody Plants
Bringing Nature’s Beauty Indoors: Force Early Blooming Branches for a Bit of Springtime on a Winter Day…
Forced Blossoms – Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ An Early Whiff of Spring Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’,  forced in a turquoise vase… What a gift! A beautifully warm, clear, blue-sky day in midwinter. I am itching to pull on my boots and go play. The frost coated snow drifts outside sparkle and tempt like cream-puffs with sugar icing. I have so […]
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Bowls, cactus, Flower arrangements, Garden Design, Garden Design Photos, Gardening Inspiration, Gifts for Gardeners, House Plants, Indoor Gardening, Indoor Table Arrangements, Plant Spotlight, Plants for Texture, Pots
It’s Fiesta Time & A Cactus Bowl Centerpiece adds Life to a Party …
Cactus bowl centerpiece with desert rocks and decorative straw flowers… It’s fiesta time in my kitchen. I am planning a holiday party with a menu of Mexican-inspired dishes. To set the mood for margarita sipping and chip dipping, I decided to create a celebratory cactus-bowl centerpiece. Making a dry, table-top garden filled with desert plants […]
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Aletha Soule, Flower arrangements, Holiday Decorating, Indoor Table Arrangements, Richard Foye, Urns and Vessels, Vases
Bringing Nature’s Beauty Indoors: Decorating for the Holidays with Winterberry, Pine Cones, Bittersweet and Natural Garden Remnants…
Winterberry branches, in a modern glass vase, beside my painting studio door One of my favorite ways to prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday is to decorate my home and studio with natural remnants from my garden. At the end of my day yesterday afternoon, I stopped along the bank of the Connecticut river and gathered […]
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Aletha Soule, Dried Flowers, Flower arrangements, Indoor Table Arrangements, ornamental grass, Richard Foye, Urns and Vessels, Vases
Bringing Nature’s Beauty Indoors: Dried Flowers and Grasses Catch Light and Play with Shadows…
Dried flower heads from a field of Queen Anne’s lace sparkle against frosted glass… The last days of October have arrived and the natural world outside my door is slowly bleaching, bronzing and browning to a warm patina. Gorgeous distractions demand my attention at every corner. Still, there is much work to be done in […]
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