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Artful Garden Objects, Autumn, Berries, Bowls, Celebrations, Cutting Garden, Decorating Ideas, Dried Flowers, Flower arrangements, Flower Seeds, flowering shrubs, Fresh Cut Flowers, Garden Party, Holiday Decorating, Home, Hydrangea, Indoor Table Arrangements, Ornamental Berries and Fruit, ornamental grass, Shrubs for ornamental fruit, The Seasons, Urns and Vessels
Bringing Nature’s Beauty Indoors: Festive Autumn Centerpieces from Garden to Table…
Curious Dinner Companions: Dried Leaves of Sago Palm Add a Light, Golden Touch to Traditional Gourds and White Pumpkins At long last, it seems that the season of feasts and festivities is finally upon us. And like many of you, I am looking for ways to bring the garden’s bounty to my dinner table: pumpkins, […]
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Providing for our Feathered Friends in the Winter Garden – Part One…
Dark-eyed Junco, (Junco hyemalis) Last week when snowshoeing through the forest, I was amused by a small group of chickadees bouncing from branch to branch in a hemlock stand. With so few sounds in the woodland at this time of year, the chirping birds really stood out and made me laugh. I try not to […]
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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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