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(photo not featured in book but concept is)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/design-14-complete-scene-3.jpgUsing bark and branches to hold stems in placehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0460.jpghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0962.jpgJane signing copies of her new book2016-03-19T15:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/buzz/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/screen-shot-2014-03-27-at-11-57-38-am.pngGreen Scene MayGreen Scene Articlehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/green-scene-fall-2012006.jpgGreen Scene Fall 2012https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ona-article005.jpgONA article005https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ona-article004.jpgONA article2014-06-05T13:57:24+00:00weekly0.6https://rootstoblooms.com/photos/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_0430.jpgA lunchtime spring flower fiestahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/design-6-process-5-wjane.jpgSpring Design by Jane using chicken wire for mechanic, featuring peonies and materials from her gardenhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/design-6-complete-outside.jpgdesign 6 - complete outsidehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/design-17g.jpgdesign 17ghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_4630.jpgIMG_4630https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_4860.jpgIMG_4860https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_4854.jpgIMG_4854https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_5840-version-2.jpgIMG_5840 - Version 2https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_7424.jpgIMG_7424https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_7361.jpg2014-06-05T11:02:38+00:00weekly0.6https://rootstoblooms.com/2014/05/30/ladies-hat-day-at-the-devon-horse-show/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/julie-and-karen.jpgjulie and karen.jpgKaren, Devon volunteer extraordinaire, and my trusty drop-off assistant Juliehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/10398092_10152513597719714_2169560999042815406_n1.jpgMs. Betty Moran at Information booth, one of the many volunteershttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/10398092_10152513597719714_2169560999042815406_n.jpg10398092_10152513597719714_2169560999042815406_nhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1054.jpgPreferred seating and Luncheon area displaying floral centerpieces in hat boxeshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1043.jpgIMG_1043https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1045.jpgIMG_1045https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1051.jpgBut wait, where's the lady?https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1050.jpgRobertson's designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1035.jpgHeather, from Cottage Gardenshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1024.jpgJuliet roses in this peachy display2014-05-31T10:26:47+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/05/20/its-almost-peony-time/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0933.jpgEnter as strangers, leave as friends. Like the sign says.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0938.jpg'Raspberry Charm' is so bright I have to wear shades.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0942.jpg'Laning Peach' https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0936.jpgMeet 'Sunny Boy,' a peony within a peony. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0939.jpgMany buds and a few blooms over at A Peony Garden2014-05-21T01:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/06/04/flowers-by-valerie/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/valerie-w-bouquet.jpgvalerie w bouquetValerie McLaughlin, in her floral studiohttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1806.jpgboy with bouthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1730.jpgbouquet pick uphttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bouquet-w-dress.jpgbouquet w dressphoto courtesy of Jackie Massey Cormican on FB https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1797.jpghydrangea bouquet and boutHydrangea bouquet and bouttonierehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1728.jpgbright bouthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1718.jpgbright bouquet w/blue ribbonOne of my favorites, love the ribbon color (it's the Martha in me)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1657.jpgcute boutCute Bouthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1666.jpggerber bouquetGerber Bouquethttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1693.jpgbouquet w bling and matching boutBouquet with bling and matching bouttoniere2014-05-16T14:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/05/11/mothers-day-jars-of-love/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_07601.jpgCaptain Mac (my Dad) lent his car, his strength, and his supporthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_07532.jpgTodd and his son Ryan flew in from above to help load and deliver designshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_07531.jpgTodd and his son Ryan flew in from above to help deliver designshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6443.jpghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_64391.jpghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6438.jpgIMG_6438https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0762.jpgIMG_0762https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0814.jpgSister Elizabeth Ann and her garden - come back and visit!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0812.jpghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0799.jpg2015-10-28T20:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/05/07/mothers-day-here-we-come/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0695.jpgMother's Day Flowers after processing - condition for a dayhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0692.jpgIMG_0692https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0690.jpgRanunculus Smileshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0684.jpgIMG_0684https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0682.jpgKing Larry presides over the floral realmhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0676.jpgPeichaPeicha and her lovely daughter Naima get the positive vibes going!2014-05-07T20:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/04/30/mothers-day-will-rock-this-year/2014-04-30T20:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/04/29/mothers-day-flowers-donations-update/2014-04-29T12:16:59+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/04/25/would-you-like-to-help/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ph-ourhome2.jpgPH-OurHome2Residents at Holy Family HOme2014-04-26T01:34:26+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/04/24/awakening/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0353.jpgYellow MagYellow Magnoliahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0350.jpgMagnoliaMagnoliahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0346.jpgDogwoodhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0341.jpgVirginia BluebellsVirginia Bluebells, or Mertensia virginica2014-04-24T16:54:11+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/04/18/art-in-bloom/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_6375.jpgWalt and my designDesign for PAFA in Bloomhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0872.jpgAriadneAriadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos as interpreted by Peicha Chang of falls flowershttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0874.jpgJaneJane examines one of her favorites.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0878.jpgPeicha is in the house! With Naima, quite a masterpiece herself. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_6369.jpgGetting friendly with Walthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0898.jpgIMG_0898https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_08951.jpghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0882.jpghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0868.jpgJane takes a closer look at an intriguing designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-04-03-09-31-26.jpgHappyHappy that my design is finished and I can stop worrying!2017-08-15T01:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/04/02/getting-ready-for-art-in-bloom/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_05031.jpgWalt by EakinsThe painting I'm interpreting florally is a portrait of the poet Walt Whitman!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/10150673_10201770236717917_1405760061_n2.jpgGetting ReadyThe pedestals that will hold our designs are in place! Photo courtesy of Bill Shaffer Designshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/10150673_10201770236717917_1405760061_n1.jpg10150673_10201770236717917_1405760061_nhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/10150673_10201770236717917_1405760061_n.jpg10150673_10201770236717917_1405760061_nhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0549.jpgIMG_0549https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0524.jpgIMG_0524https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0503.jpgIMG_0503The painting I'm interpreting - it's the poet Walt Whitman!2014-04-02T15:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2014/03/27/reflecting-on-the-past-year-in-flowers/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_5187.jpgSheenaSheena, my wonderful helper during the U.S. Open, keeps things in linehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sheena.jpgsheenahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/us-open-table1.jpgus open tableTables for USGAhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/us-open-dinner1.jpgus open dinnerhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pops-open.jpgpops openMy Dad and I at US Open. After the flowers were done, I snuck out and watched some golf with him.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mtn-mint1.jpgmtn mintBase Layer of Mountain Minthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/members-tenet1.jpgmembers tenetMembers Tent Centerpieces using 'Free Spirit' Roses, grown sustainablyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mechanics1.jpgmechanicsChicken Wire 'Frog' held in place with floral tapehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-w-materials-us-open1.jpgme w materials us openLost in a sea of materials for US OPENhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/justin-rose1.jpgjustin roseWinner of US Open Justin Rose...finding out he won, my flowers in background.2014-03-28T14:36:49+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2013/07/12/summer-love-in-a-julep-cup/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/juleps.jpgjulepshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mix.jpgmix2013-07-16T18:44:44+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2013/02/02/how-to-create-a-hand-wired-bouquet/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6635.jpgmy bouquetMy hand wired bouquet displayed in an old chemistry holder to see the formhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6642.jpgFuschiaFuschia roses combined with chartreuse cymbidium orchids - wild and modern!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6640.jpgLindseyLindsey tucked a few cymbidium orchids into her bouquet. Her roses were of different sizes, creating a romantic 'fresh from the garden' feel.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6641.jpgkateKate's bouquet was bold and modern with a touch of a garden feelhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6629.jpghandleAdd a layer of leaves and a pretty ribbon to finish off the underside of the bouquet.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6622.jpgchecking progressHere a fellow classmate and I check to see if our bouquets are symmetrical in the mirrorhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6623.jpgwired bouquet underbellyPlace each stem at an angle to the center flower and turn. Wire as you go to give your hand a break.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6769.jpgnotes on angling stemshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6619.jpgwiring a stemPass the wire through the calyx, fold over and wrap in floral tapehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6561.jpgwire glossary18-28 gauge wire, 18 is the largest diameter, 28 the smallest. 24 is the workhorse in floral design2013-05-04T04:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/09/26/fall-table-design/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_5326.jpgmy fall design at homeMy fall table design at homehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_5304.jpgmy fall design My fall table designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_5325.jpgnewcomerA newcomer to the floral design world leaves with a smile on her facehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_5323.jpgpatti designPatti's design incorporates bittersweet vine beautifullyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_5308.jpgkateHey! Isn't that Kate Sparks from Lilies and Lavender?? Yes it is...https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_5302.jpgJane at work on her Table Designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_5301.jpgjane - greensJane begins by adding greens - I have to apologize for my bad camerawork during this class, I was too mesmerized by the floral treasures.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_5300.jpgcreating the garlandWire each leaf onto two wires which will become a garland that you drape throughout the designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_5290.jpgfall bounty2013-02-04T17:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/about/contact/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_3930.jpgthanksgiving centerpiecethanksgiving centerpiece https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_3929.jpgIMG_39292013-02-04T17:25:34+00:00weekly0.6https://rootstoblooms.com/2012/12/31/2012-in-review/2013-01-03T16:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/11/29/eco-friendly/2012-11-29T23:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/eco-friendly/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-27-at-3-17-29-pm.pngmany bottles make one centerpiecePeicha of falls flowers uses many small containers in this unique centerpiece designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_3726.jpgspring shrubsDesign using spring shrub bloomshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-27-at-2-47-54-pm.pngsunflowers w lemonsUse colorful fruits to hold stems uprighthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_3447.jpgtest tube designglass test tubes filled with spring stemshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tulips-set-up-2.jpgtulips from whole foodsWhole Foods sells locally grown seasonal bloomshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-27-at-2-35-27-pm.pngdesign with love's flowersCountry bouquet design using flowers grown by Jennie Lovehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_2184.jpgseedsGrow your own flowers from seed using companies like Seedsavers Exchangehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_1212.jpglilyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_3928.jpgcute little bottlesGreen Tip: use many small bottles with one bloom each for impacthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_2518.jpghydrangea arrangementSimple design using hydrangea from yard and Queen Anne's lace grown from seed2013-08-13T10:45:01+00:00weekly0.6https://rootstoblooms.com/2012/11/10/notes-from-an-autumn-gone-wild/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5371.jpgcar w flowersSurrounded by flowers...a good thing to behttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5604.jpgdad's get well basket'get well' basket for dad - roses, lilies, nandina berries, atriplex, hydrangea, stock, amaranth, some anemone from the garden (oh these don't last by the way), fennel seed from garden, alstro, and grass flower headshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_56031.jpgIMG_5603https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5603.jpgour grand designOur Grand Design - atriplex, italian ruscus, amaranth, hydrangea, peach stock, leucodendron, safflower, alstromeria, etchttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5585.jpgmelissa and i goofing aroundmelissa and i having fun togetherhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5583.jpgmelissa grand designmelissa is in my group creating some grand designs https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5552.jpgcres w large designCres adds greens, rose hips and kale. it's getting grander by the minute!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5548.jpgcres w large designCres Motzi creates a grid using tape over the mouth of this large glass container, then adds brancheshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5450.jpgpumpkin scouting at linvillapumpkin scouting at linvillahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_3617.jpgaltar arrangementpeicha and i created altar arrangements side by side2012-11-15T02:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/11/12/be-a-good-sport/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_3853.jpgTop 3 guys Day 3victory flowershttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-01-at-5-24-37-pm.pngross It was really an honor to crown these amazing athletes with custom awards. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-12-at-11-56-42-am.pnghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5673.jpgthe fridge!Floral awards were sealed in cellophane, and stored in the fridge https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_3849.jpgLouiseLouise Oram (GVOC) holds her 3rd place award for the Long Distance at NAOC.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-12-at-1-01-55-pm.pngapollo chases daphne and she turns into a laurel treeGian Lorenzo Bernini - Apollo e Dafnehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_38401.jpgSamantha and Ken Day 1Samantha Saeger (NEOC) and Ken Walker Jr (CSU,) second place North American F and M 21 winners of the Middle Distance at NAOC. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_38511.jpgSergheiSerghei Logvin, North American M-21 2nd place winner of the Long Distance at NAOC. He is rocking his neck garland by roots to blooms!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_3840.jpgIMG_3840https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5624.jpgneck garland prototypeCreating a neck garland is simple and fun!2013-03-07T15:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/09/03/magic-at-cairnwood/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3479_2.jpgbride and groomBridal bouquet designed by Peichahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3451_2.jpgpeicha https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3469_2.jpgbridal flowershttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3470_2.jpggroomsman with boutgroomsman with boutonnierehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3468_2.jpgbridesmaids bridesmaids getting readyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3466.jpgbridesmaidsbridesmaids getting readyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3419_2.jpgglimpse of the bridea glimpse of the bridehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3464_2.jpgimg_3464_2https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3455_2.jpgcake cupboardawaiting fresh cakeshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3430.jpgmantlethe mantle, covered with old pictures of the bride and grooms family, is hung with vintage bottles filled with buds2012-09-03T16:49:43+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/08/28/spread-the-love/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_3081.jpgmy hand tied design in containerMy hand tied bouquet loosened up in a metal pitcher. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4745.jpgKevin Kevin had no problem with his design, great job!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4758.jpgJulie's designJulie's design is gorgeous and sits upright on it's own after completion! https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2012-08-28-at-8-48-27-pm.pngJennie designso you see why I was dying to meet the person behind these amazing creations? Jennie Love design, photo courtesy of Love 'n Fresh Flowers https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2012-08-28-at-8-48-13-pm.pnghand tieds - Jennie Love's designshand tied bouquets - Jennie Love's designs - photo courtesy of Love 'n Fresh Flowershttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4737.jpgbouquet goes into containerHand tied bouquets look good in circular or round containers. No square vases please. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4723.jpgjennie w bouquetAs you build your hand-tied bouquet, keep turning and adding stems at an angle. Hold in your non-dominant hand. (You will get a hand work out!)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4706.jpgMarigoldMarigod 'Jedi Orange' gets very tallhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4704.jpgsnow on the mountainThis plant, called Snow-on-the-Mountain, or Euphorbia marginata, emits a milky sap when cut that can cause dermatitis. We are given gloves in case we want to work with this - so gorgeous!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4764.jpgjennie and i after classI've been dying to meet Jennie for some time. 2012-08-29T13:07:32+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/08/15/take-a-walk/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4583.jpgMilkweed PodsMilkweed podshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kestrel-box1.jpgkestrel boxYep, we saw the boxes. But no kestrels.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4591.jpgHorseback riders at KirkwoodHorsies!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2012-08-15-at-1-26-06-pm.pngtrail map - kirkwoodTrail map features Owl and Kestrel box locationshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kestrel-box.jpgkestrel boxYep, we saw the boxes. But no kestrels. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4588.jpgThistleCanadian thistle in bloom - an invasive species they try to eliminate. Still I think it's beautiful.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4579.jpgtree in meadowhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_45811.jpgwalking path at kirkwood preservehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4581.jpgpath at kirkwood preserve2012-08-15T23:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/08/09/lilies-and-lavender/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lavender-w-bee2.jpglavender w bee2https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_2675.jpgexcelsior, then greensJane packs the containers with excelsior, then adds water. She begins her design with hosta greens from her own gardenhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lavender-butt.jpglavender butthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/arrangement1.jpgarrangement1Jane Godshalk's designs using locally grown flowers from Lilies and Lavenderhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/group.jpggroupMelissa, Kate, Jane and Christine after a lovely tourhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/zinnia.jpgzinniahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bouquet.jpgbouquetBouquet of goodness from L&L contains huge dill flower heads!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/worm-compost.jpgworm compostKitchen scraps are fed to worms, creating worm compost that is used to add organic matter to the growing mediumhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/calla-3.jpgcalla 3delicious dark purple calla lilyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/calendula-wide.jpgcalendula wideCalendula - an herb for healing but also a beautiful cut flower!2012-08-10T01:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/05/02/a-walk-around-the-big-house/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0212.jpgsnowball viburnum detailhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0211.jpgSnowball viburnum Snowball viburnum https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0203.jpgtortured tuliphttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0198.jpgBluebellsBluebells, or Hyacinthoides https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0176.jpgbleeding heartsbleeding heart, or dicentra spectabilishttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0169.jpgsolomon's seal 2https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0173.jpgsolomon's seallittle white bells of solomon's seal, did i ever notice the red stems before?2012-06-30T23:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/05/31/back-to-the-garden/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1621.jpgdelphinium Delphinium 5/31https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1608.jpgOverseer of Sweet Peasthe Overseer of Sweet Peashttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1628.jpgFirst Sweet Pea BlossomFirst Sweet Pea Blossom - 72 days after sowing seedhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_4183.jpgGarden on 5/315/31/12https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_3870.jpggarden on 5/55/5/12https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1639.jpgFoxglove with beeBees love ithttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1389.jpgfoxgloveAfter a rain, on 5/22/12https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_3843.jpgGarden just seedlingshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0588.jpgwillow fencingI put in some willow fencing for the bordershttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0583.jpgmay 4th garden Garden on 5/4/122012-06-30T23:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/06/30/hydrangea-blues/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bday-hydrangea.jpgbday hydrangeahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/june-hydrangea.jpgjune hydrangeaThese blooms are as big as my niece June's head! https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lacecap2.jpglacecap2a lace-caphttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nigra.jpgnigraH. macrophylla 'Nigra' has lovely dark stemshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/glowing-embers.jpgglowing embers'Glowing Embers' also called 'Alpengluhen' starts crimson and fades to purple redhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/larry-hyd-2.jpglarry hyd 2Larry enjoys a moment of relaxationhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/claudia.jpgclaudiahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lacecap.jpglacecapLacecap type of flowerhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nigra-wide.jpgnigra wide'Nigra' has beautiful black stemshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/penny-mac.jpgpenny macHydrangea macrophylla 'Penny Mac' - flowers on both old and new growth2012-07-14T20:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/06/18/poppy-pride/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2076.jpgpoppies in bedhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2086.jpgpoppy seedpodhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2053.jpgBuzzing around the poppyBuzzhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2049.jpgpoppy centerPapaver somniferum 'Hungarian Blue'https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2050.jpgfull petaled hungarian blue poppyThe Hungarian Blue poppy (is actually more purple)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2045.jpgemerging poppyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2080.jpglarry and i inspect the poppiesLarry and I inspect the poppies - they are about 5' tall! Photo by Brandon Adamek2020-09-11T17:26:20+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/06/07/a-midsummers-night-wedding/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nancy.jpgNancy Nancy Saam tweaks the centerpieceshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_18981.jpgnapkin1https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1898.jpgnapkinhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1903.jpgcenterpiecehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1900.jpgsmilax trailing down birchhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1830.jpgJane arrangementhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1822.jpgJane finishing touchesJane puts the finishing touches on her large cocktail arrangementhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_4225.jpgBrendaBrenda trails smilax vine up the candelabrashttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1908.jpgpitcher plantPitcher plant, sarracenia - carnivorous!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1846.jpgcenterpieceCenterpiece with pitcher plants, astillbe, fern, poppy, white scabiosa + seedpods, veronica, and chocolate cosmos2016-09-10T20:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/05/26/union-league-wedding/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1346.jpgbridal tablehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1378.jpgbridal bowerhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1383.jpgbridal tablehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1337.jpgArborCompleted Arborhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1348_2.jpgdiane lighting candleDiane lighting candles - so Downton Abbey don't you think??https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1349.jpgpat's centerpiecePat's centerpiece in placehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1332.jpginside the birch / peony arborinside the birch / peony arbor - bridal tablehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1367.jpgsilver trays on tablesilver trays on tablehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1361.jpgplacecard designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_4144.jpgplacecard table complete2012-06-26T16:50:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/05/21/a-peony-garden/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/screen-shot-2012-05-21-at-2-26-58-pm.pngmap to a Peony Garden https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1242_2.jpgpeony garden mediumhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1302_2.jpgjane and peonyJane looks quite happy herehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1283_2.jpgsandy cuts mackinac grandSandy Papa, volunteer, cuts 'The Mackinac Grand' for me to bring homehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1297.jpgpeonies in buckethttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1289_2.jpgJane countsJane Godshalk, my teacher from Longwood, counts her peonieshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1127.jpgmackinac grand'The Mackinac Grand' - also an APS Award of Landscape Merit winnerhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1155.jpgfestiva maxima'Festiva Maxima' has been around for 150 yearshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1162.jpgDo Tell'Do Tell' peonyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1315.jpgeleanor w garden clubEleanor gives a tour to the Scattered Seeds Garden Club2021-04-01T15:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/05/15/revel-my-first-paid-floral-gig/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0866.jpgcreating viburnum glass designshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2.jpgfinal tables!photo courtesy of Alix Jacobshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/4.jpgcanopy lit upFinal long table with canopy lit uphttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0891.jpgcocktail babies by armashttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0895.jpgcocktail tropical arrangementGreens, foxtail lily, protea, orchids and hairy cybotium fern are added - pow!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_4044.jpg2nd stage tropicalit's covered by chicken wire and then main structural pieces are added. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_4015.jpgfoamfirst, a foam block goes into a moss lined wire baskethttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0899.jpgmore of Jane's tropicalshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0861.jpgglass vases w/viburnum and crabapplea long cool drink of spring beautyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_4039.jpgtablescanopies filled with candles will be added to the tops of the 'cages' on the tables2012-05-24T09:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/05/06/spring-design-using-a-kenzan/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_3807.jpgspring vegetative design in rectangular containerhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_3805.jpgside two my cake spinny thing makes arranging so much easier!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_3804.jpgside one making a mess was never so much fun!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_3803.jpgviburnumstart with branches - point of emergence is centered and radiating outwardhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_3802.jpgkenzan in bottom of container2012-05-06T20:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/29/birthday-head-garland/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_0245.jpgfiona means "fair"https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_0246.jpgfiona's flower crownhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_0252.jpgdetail of birthday flower crownhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_0249.jpgbirthday girl in flower crown2012-04-30T20:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/28/spring-arrangement-with-shrubs/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3726.jpgspring arrangementhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/spring-arrangement-2.jpgspring arrangement 2https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3727.jpgdetail viburnumhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/spring-arrangement.jpgspring arrangement2012-04-30T00:23:29+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/27/wild-violet/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/johnny-jump-up21.jpgwild violethttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/johnny-jump-up2.jpgjohnny jump up2https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/johnny-jump-up.jpgjohnny jump upjohnny jump up2012-04-27T23:55:03+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/23/peony-licious/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/peony-center1.jpgpeony centerhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/peony-3.jpgpeony 3https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/peony-licious.jpgpeony licious2012-04-25T00:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/21/unbridled-bouquets-a-longwood-elective-course/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3347.jpgStephanie with boxStephanie on her way home. Hope to see you soon!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3314.jpganother straw creationIsn't the Anthurium lovely in this student's creation?https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3316.jpgstephanie's straw creationStephanie's straw bouquet...cool!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3364.jpgeast hampton at homeAt home.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3422.jpgeast hamptonI'm calling this my "East Hampton" bouquet. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3295.jpgfun bouquet using strawsJane shows us another bouquet that utilizes straws - very colorful! Great for a baby shower??https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3359.jpgmy completed birch bouquetMy completed birch bouquet in container. https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3276.jpgJane adds to sickleHere, Jane adds materials to the sickle formhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3263.jpgsickle bouquet baseJane shows how to create little sickles out of birch, then shapes them into a bouquet structure, attaching them together with wire. Wire is also added to form a holder of sorts.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3301.jpga happy TrishTrish looks like a kid in a candy store!2012-04-25T00:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/17/garden-club-ladies-to-the-rescue/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3108.jpgand this is first place in Fresh Perspective classand this is a detail of first place in the Fresh Perspective classhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3107.jpgfirst place and best in show by margofirst place and best in show by margohttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3106.jpgJane's Second PlaceJane's design got 2nd placehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3114.jpgbiedermeierthird place in the Fresh Perspective classhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3113.jpgbiedermeier notesJudges comment references Biedermeier design, something I haven't done yet at Longwood but will learn - concentric circles of plant materialhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_30121.jpgIMG_3012https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3127.jpgMarty's blue ribbonMarty's blue ribbon for Spring Sizzlehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3092.jpgjudgingDiscussing proportion of material to containerhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3079.jpgJudges discussing designsJudges discussing designshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3039.jpgtoo wideHere the Passer has determined that the design is too wide, so Jane helps the novices decide what to cut to make it to the proper width. This is a team sport.2012-04-21T00:37:52+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/05/day-three-part-one-advanced-floral-design-i-at-longwood/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2702.jpgother side of my abstract designother side of my abstract design, pom pom mums peepinghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2699.jpgIMG_2699https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2697.jpgmy abstract design my abstract design uses two protea 'van rooys white,' one hanging in mid-airhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2713.jpgRosemaryRosemary the volunteer helps out with some words of encouragement.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2703.jpgParul's designWeren't you wondering what someone would do with the 'Chocolate Balls?' Here Parul schools us in abstract design!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2790.jpgJean's abstract designI'm breathless. Jean's design uses heliconia, carnation, and monstera leaf. plus bear grass bundled together with silver wire. it's like that container would be so lost without exactly what's inside it.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2706.jpgIMG_2706And the RESTRAINT award goes to....Jenny! This design was probably one of my favorites today. One colocasia leaf, one driftwood stick, one black container. Some glue.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2684.jpgjim's abstract in progressJim uses all green tones. His grassy sphere creates tension by looking like it might roll awayhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2694.jpgeleanor's abstract in progressEleanor creates an abstract design - sphere of mums, heliconiahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mondriancompositiontreesii191213.jpgMondrianCompositionTreesII191213Piet Mondrian, Composition Trees II, 1912-13. Collection of Gemeentemuseum, The Hague.2012-04-16T12:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/14/my-world-is-full-of-flowers/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3198.jpgjars of fun for 2nd grade classjars of fun for 2nd grade classhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3182.jpgwow detailwow detail 2https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3181.jpgwow detailwow detailhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3180.jpg'wow' design'wow' designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3175.jpgclose up year of flowershttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3170.jpgyear of flowers arrangementyear of flowers arrangement: scabiosa, french lavender, white roses, veronica, purple clematis vinehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3163.jpgfree spirit rose'Free Spirit' Rosehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3165.jpgScabiosaScabiosahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3146.jpgpat's bday arrangementpat's bday arrangementhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3160.jpgboroniafuschia boronia2012-04-16T12:33:24+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/11/day-three-part-two-advanced-floral-design-i-at-longwood/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2796.jpganother shot of my cascadeanother shot of my cascadehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2795.jpganother shot of my cascadeanother shot of my cascadehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2804.jpgMy cascade designMy cascade design on the mantelhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2776.jpganother student's cascade designanother student's cascade designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2762.jpgjim's cascadeJim's design uses anthurium as a focal flower, and because he used a glass container, he filled it with fishtail fern - a lovely effect!!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2755.jpgstring wire through rose head's calyxstring wire through rose head's calyxhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2756.jpgstring of roses on silver wirestring of roses on silver wirehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2753.jpgjane adds line flowers, focal flowers, and lightens with a string of rosesjane adds line flowers, focal flowers, and lightens with a string of roseshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_27471.jpgthe cascade requires a lot of greens for layeringthe cascade requires a lot of greens for layeringhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2747.jpgthe cascade requires a lot of greens for layeringthe cascade requires a lot of greens for layering2012-04-12T00:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/07/a-taste-of-the-country/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2951.jpgColtsfoot - Tussilago means "cough suppressant"https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2948.jpggarden gnomehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2950.jpgEaster and Birthday arrangement for Ruthahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2946.jpgColtsfootColtsfoothttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2947.jpgbirthday flowersbirthday flowers2012-04-08T20:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/04/02/day-2a-advanced-floral-design-i-longwood-at-home/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_25351.jpgother side - roses are pave-dother side - roses are pave-dhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_25361.jpgimg_25361https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2535.jpgother sideother sidehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2564.jpgfrom abovefrom abovehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2533.jpgnew convention design in a diningroomnew convention design in a diningroomhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2540.jpglow anglewhy is this one so hard to photograph?https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/new-convention-1.jpgnew convention 1in my parent's dining room https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2556.jpgsection from a carpet of pave gerber daisies springs white ornithagalum, eryngium, and some euphorbia x martinii 'ascot rainbow' from my cutting gardenhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2536.jpgroses in a pave lineuphttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2478.jpgafter basing has been addedin basement for hours2012-04-07T23:22:04+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/25/basic-floral-design-i-day-six-at-longwood-last-day-of-basic/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2316.jpgIMG_2316branch structure looks even cooler when you add water!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2227.jpgIMG_2227one tulip, poked through a flax leaf. i also loved jenny's design using willow and a tulip but didn't get a good pic. sorry!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2246.jpgIMG_2246Mary Jo always has a smile! Love what she did with her flax leaf.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2221.jpgIMG_2221this very simple design using a mum and a aralia leaf reminds me of a lotushttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2216.jpgIMG_2216here all the lily designs are grouped together, giving us the idea that you could create sets of these designs for an eventhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2230.jpgIMG_2230Jane lined up all our designs and had fun playing flower show judgehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_22731.jpgIMG_2273my one flower/one leaf design after i got it home - had to rejigger things a bithttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2273.jpgIMG_2273my one flower/one leaf design after i got it home - had to rejigger things a bithttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2274.jpgIMG_2274bind wire holds the anthurium stem inside the phormium leafhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2405.jpgIMG_2405my sketch idea for the one flower/one leaf design2012-04-03T15:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/20/day-five-basic-floral-design-i-at-longwood/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1983.jpgIMG_1983my table garland/wreath in action - dinner courtesy of Dad and Julie with the wonderful company of Meghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2028.jpgIMG_2028I couldn't resist putting on the garland myself. photo courtesy of Juliethttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1945.jpgIMG_1945Niece June modeling the head garland I madehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1946.jpgIMG_1946Bupleurum, daisy mums and gypsophilahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1943.jpgIMG_1943Niece June modeling the head garland I madehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_19971.jpgIMG_1997https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1997.jpgIMG_1997my table garland in actionhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1986.jpgIMG_1986my first table garland - labor intensive but worth it!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1912.jpgIMG_1912small garland of purple limonium, seeded eucalyptus, and bupleurum made by Jenny in classhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/screen-shot-2012-03-19-at-8-15-23-pm3.pngScreen Shot 2012-03-19 at 8.15.23 PMRoman fresco with garland of laurel leaves, pomegranates, sheaths of wheat, and pine cones - photo courtesy of metmuseum.org2013-07-02T19:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/15/day-four-basic-floral-design-i-at-longwood/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-43.jpgphoto 4(photo courtesy of hugh and juliet)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/parallel2.pngparallel2my design in home environment (photo courtesy of hugh and juliet)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-42.jpgphoto 4https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-41.jpgphoto 4https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-4.jpgphoto 4https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1781.jpgIMG_1781class critique - don't worry, we all get As herehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/basing.jpgbasingJeny's Design to show basing techniques, sorry for the crude letteringhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1807.jpgIMG_1807Design in yellows and whites - calminghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1803.jpgIMG_1803Afeefa's Designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1810.jpgIMG_1810Notice how Pat trimmed her Equisetum on a diagonal cut for effect2013-05-20T08:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/30/arrangement-of-the-day/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2503.jpgIMG_2503Gerber daisies in a parallel design2012-03-30T19:24:24+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/10/2012-philadelphia-flower-show-inspirado/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_16481.jpgIMG_1648Ikebana by Midori Tanimuni, one of my Ikebana Longwood Instructorshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1713.jpgIMG_1713I feel this way sometimes - it's a good thinghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1672.jpgIMG_1672someone please tell me what this ishttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_16641.jpgIMG_1664Prizewinning Euphorbia esculentahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1664.jpgIMG_1664https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1683.jpgIMG_1683Paphiopedilum Orchidhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_17041.jpgIMG_1704i liked how there were rows of arrangements displayed in their own little specially-lit boxeshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1688.jpgIMG_1688lava is so coolhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1695.jpgIMG_1695outrigger - winning design by my instructor Jane Godshalk! judges called it "brilliant"https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1706.jpgIMG_1706design evokes 'tiki' the best according to judges2012-03-30T02:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/28/cherry-tree-fantasy/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2444.jpgIMG_2444https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2441.jpgIMG_2441https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2439.jpgIMG_2439https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2443.jpgIMG_2443https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2438.jpgIMG_2438Yoshino Cherry https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2436.jpgIMG_2436Scott Arboretum2012-03-29T21:07:10+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/23/advanced-floral-design-i-at-longwood-day-one/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2194.jpgIMG_2194my Phoenix design , i have a lot to learn!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2129.jpgIMG_2129my phoenix design with a few extra glads and roses thanks to jane https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2137.jpgIMG_2137Sisters with their Phoenix designshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2114.jpgIMG_2114slideshow - one of Jane's Phoenix designs she created for a partyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2119.jpgIMG_2119Jane demonstrates the Phoenix designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/screen-shot-2012-03-23-at-11-19-08-am.pngScreen Shot 2012-03-23 at 11.19.08 AMPhoenix depicted in the book of mythological creatures by F.J. Bertuch (1747-1822)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2393.jpgIMG_2393my sketch for design #2, quite a plan ehhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2113.jpgLinear DesignMy linear design with imaginary axis - Jane says "it's almost a Hogarth Curve!"https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2107.jpgIMG_2107another student's linear design with visible axishttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2392.jpgIMG_2392my sketch, vertical axis will be off to the left. all i know at this point is that snapdragons will be my line flower and a lily will be the form flower and focal point.2012-03-28T23:13:42+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/27/baby-bud-vase-arrangements/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_23581.jpgIMG_2358https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2373.jpgIMG_2373https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2349.jpgIMG_2349https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2362.jpgIMG_2362https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2368.jpgIMG_2368https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2358.jpgIMG_2358https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2357.jpgIMG_2357https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_23611.jpgIMG_23612012-04-02T15:18:19+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/21/oriental-paper-bush-in-bloom/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_0653.jpgIMG_0653Edgworthia Jan 25th - budshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2162.jpgIMG_2162Edgworthia chrysantha 'Tony's Clone' or 'Snow Cream' Mar 19th2012-03-24T15:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/18/wrist-corsages/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_20462.jpgIMG_2046wonder woman wrist corsageshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2051.jpgIMG_2051https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2044.jpgIMG_2044https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2040.jpgIMG_2040https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2036.jpgIMG_2036https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2035.jpgIMG_2035https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_20461.jpgIMG_2046wonder woman wrist corsageshttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2046.jpgIMG_2046wonder woman wrist corsages2012-03-21T00:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/20/the-little-garden-that-could/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/terrible-garden-drawing.jpgterrible garden drawinghttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2171.jpgIMG_2171https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2173.jpgIMG_2173after first round of sowing/planting (mar 20th)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2166.jpgIMG_2166Euphorbia x martinii 'Ascot Rainbow' (mar 20th)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2184.jpgIMG_2184first round of sowing (mar 20th)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2170.jpgIMG_2170i read in my Flower Farmer book it's good to soak sweet peas for 24 hours before planting. they got all swelled up and look ready to burst here.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2158.jpgIMG_2158raking out clumps, added another bumper crop bag (mar 19th)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1331.jpgIMG_1331Capt Mac works in the luscious good stuff with the garden weaselhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1337.jpgIMG_1337i can't thrash like i used to but i'm trying - adding bumper crop soil amendmenthttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1344.jpgIMG_1344subarus rock for garden jobs! (feb 28th)2012-03-20T23:39:28+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/12/intro-to-ikebana-longwood-day-two/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1562.jpgIMG_1562Midori and I laughing about how hard taking a picture seems to behttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-1.jpgphoto-1I recreated the Nageire when I got home, and placed it in front of my sister's art called 'Night Birch'https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1548.jpgIMG_1548Midori helped my design by pruning back the quince branch to reveal the buds that were popping - so they become the focal pointhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1889.jpgIMG_1889Poem by Midorihttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1536.jpgIMG_1536Trim the Shin stem to create an even straighter linehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1886.jpgIMG_1886Create a supporting branch in the shape of a Y for your Shin stemhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1541.jpgIMG_1541Midori with Upright Nageire Design we are to makehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo.jpgphotorules about stem placement in nageirehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1526.jpgIMG_1526Julie's moribana designhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_15251.jpgIMG_1525midori helps us get our moribanas right2012-03-19T23:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/02/12/day-one-flower-class-at-longwood/2012-03-09T15:27:15+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/02/25/day-two-flower-class-at-longwood/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1200.jpgIMG_1200these arrangements look way different in daylight i noticedhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1173.jpgIMG_1173my roundy moundy - i bunched flowers instead of spacing them perfectlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1187.jpgIMG_1187melissa's! nice!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1198.jpgIMG_1198https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1196.jpgIMG_1196afeefa's rocks againhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_11921.jpgIMG_1192purple pridehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1180.jpgIMG_1180the "cupcake"https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1179.jpgIMG_1179https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1192.jpgIMG_1192https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1167.jpgIMG_1167After form flowers (roses+carnations) Jane adds pussy willows for accent2012-03-09T15:26:17+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/09/intro-to-ikebana-class-longwood-day-one/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1494.jpgIMG_1494Pat's Shoka uses Bird of Paradise foliage, which still counts as the Shu. She clipped off the stems, wanting her design to be simple and clean to help offset the complexity of her life.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1474.jpgIMG_1474In this Shoka, the Aster is the Yo and the leaf is the Ashirai..I thinkhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1455.jpgIMG_1455Janet modifies Julie's arrangement, whose feeling towards this first stab at Ikebana was "survival"https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1479.jpgIMG_1479my completed shoka shimputai (should be sitting on a 'base' - protects from drips)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1470.jpgIMG_1470Fasciated willow - Yo; purple aster - ashiraihttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1475.jpgIMG_1475emerging birdhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1463.jpgIMG_1463Shoka Demos by Instructor Janet Solomonhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1460.jpgIMG_1460Shoka rules - straight line, center of kenzan, fanned out, clean above water linehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1648.jpgIMG_1648Ikebana arrangements by Midori Tanimune, Shogetsu Schoolhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/screen-shot-2012-03-09-at-9-06-20-am.pngScreen Shot 2012-03-09 at 9.06.20 AManother Ikebana from Philly Flower show - photo by Amy Kane2012-06-03T12:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/03/05/day-three-basic-floral-design-i-at-longwood/https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1572.jpgIMG_1572https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1581.jpgIMG_1581https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1570.jpgIMG_1570about 5 days after it was made, irises blooming, tulips going nuts, and tete a tete much leggierhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1400.jpgIMG_1400other sidehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1404.jpgIMG_1404my vegetative arrangement when it first came homehttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1394.jpgIMG_1394afeefa was lucky to grab some of jane's hellebores ... mmm!https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1391.jpgIMG_1391https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1383.jpgIMG_1383https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1370.jpgIMG_1370https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1378.jpgIMG_1378after you've done the assignment, each student goes up and the class and Jane interact to discuss the design, what works and what doesn't. 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I love you.https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1272.jpgIMG_1272sympathy arrangements ready for delivery (pussy willow added to the blue/white one!)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1256.jpgIMG_1256eryngium (thistle), white kale, white hyacinth blue queen anne's lace, tweedia (light blue)https://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1264.jpgIMG_1264Finesse roses, hot pink hyacinth, pincushion protea, scabiosa seed pod, astrantiahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1251.jpgIMG_1251Orange Ornithogalum starting to bloomhttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1241.jpgIMG_1241pincushion Proteahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1243.jpgIMG_1243pincushion proteahttps://rootstoblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1238.jpgIMG_1238selection of goodies2012-03-02T00:33:23+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/02/21/a-garden-of-my-own/2012-03-10T13:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/01/21/bloomin-fun/2012-02-26T02:53:22+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/01/23/life-lessons/2012-02-26T02:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/01/30/heaven-scent/2012-02-26T02:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/02/06/winter-wedding/2012-05-02T21:36:31+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/02/13/the-meaning-of-floral-design/2012-02-26T02:15:19+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/02/15/the-valentines-day-haze-of-2012/2012-02-26T02:14:48+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/02/17/some-little-spring-things/2012-02-26T02:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/01/25/oriental-paper-bush-aka-the-shrub-to-attract-fairies-in-winter/2012-02-26T01:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/02/01/crocus-among-us/2012-02-26T01:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.com/2012/01/30/baby-time/2012-01-31T01:10:27+00:00monthlyhttps://rootstoblooms.comdaily1.02023-06-21T02:59:19+00:00