Garden Flowers on House-Duty

August 12, 2009
Garden Flowers on House-Duty

A mass of midsummer flowers — either freshly cut from the garden, or acquired from the local florist — can greatly enhance the beauty of a room. I’ve enjoyed a long and lavish season of cut flowers this summer, including the violet zinnias above, here arranged in a blue pedestal vase for my parlor window…. Read more »

Flower Arranging 101: Roses in a Bowl

July 23, 2009
Flower Arranging 101: Roses in a Bowl

IF YOU SET A BOWL OF PINK, FRAGRANT ROSES on your piano, how could practice-time be anything less than enjoyable? Perhaps it was pink roses that inspired Frederic Chopin to compose his plaintive Etude in E Major. Chopin was, in fact, very fond of flowers, and insisted on having them in every room of his… Read more »