Style Archives - Growing With Plants

Curating Vintage Palettes – Containers Inspired by 1940’s tablecloths

August 20, 2012

MUSSAENDA HYBRID ‘DOUBLE RED’ LOOKS VIRTUALLY HORRIFYING WITH THESE RED VELVET-LIKE BRACTS AND PINK FLOWERS, BUT IN SOME OF MY CRAZY COMBO’S, IT ADDS…

Growing like it’s 1855 – Inspiration from the past for a new gardening year

December 29, 2011

A WARDIAN CASE IS DIFFERENT THAN A At the end of each year, I treat myself to a small selection of rare gardening books….

Under-Designed Air Plants

September 24, 2011

Bromelliads, or “Air Plants”( specifically, those Tillandsia species which are so commonly used as ornamental, yet disposable plants by many designers, installation artists). They…

Black Calla Lilies and Green Zinnia’s

July 12, 2010

This weekend I picked some of the black and green flowers in the garden, in an effort to make an arrangement for a dinner…

Garden Folly

July 8, 2010

I have so many plant show ribbons, that fill my closets and potting shed, which I just adore because of their wierd, innocent, naive…

I Design a Botanical Wedding

March 28, 2010

This weekend we designed a wedding! Congratulations Nici and Steven! Every extra succulent cutting in the greenhouse was harvested Saturday, and masterfully crafted into…

Curating Annuals-Some odd, but stylish choices

February 8, 2010

There isn’t much that I don’t grow, but I always make room for annual flowers. I suppose it’s partly because they are some of…

December Flowers

December 27, 2009

I’ve noticed over the past years, that there are flowers, and of course, greens available in my zone 5 garden every month of the…

September Blooms Hint of a March Wedding

September 29, 2009

I find it fun to try to challenge myself to create unusual combinations of plant material, and still keep the expression, seasonal. Here, a…

My Nerdy Plant Display Window

March 31, 2009

Yes, those are dirty dishes. And frankly, not much design fuss went into this. I just snapped these photos tonight, since I jsut noticed…