In a Vase on a Monday: Cool, calm and collected
It’s sizzling hot and the garden has turned into a desert. I dream about a garden filled with succulents and drought-tolerant grasses. In the middle of it all a nice, big pool. The potager has been...
View ArticleIn a Vase on a Monday: Antivirus
Recently we went to a concert where we also had a beer (it was so hot!). The bottle made me laugh and I knew right away that it’d make the perfect vase…for a sunflower! Oh what a mad year. Or rather a...
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View ArticleIn a Vase on a Monday: Among the Fairies
Come fairies, take me out of this dull world for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountainside a flame. W.B. Yeats The snowdrops are in full swing. I went to see them together...
View ArticleIn a Vase on a Monday: Hello April
Spring has sprung! And to celebrate the new season, all the lush green growth, the flowers, this pure joy of living, I simply must share a vase today. April is certainly living up to its reputation...
View ArticleIn a Vase on a Monday: Serendipity
Today as I was going around the garden to pick some flowers for the vase, I thought about how lucky I am. Not only because of our garden but also because of all the beautiful little things that just...
View ArticleIn a Vase on a Monday: Wild Thing(s)
Rain and mild temperatures have turned the garden into a jungle. It’s quite challenging –or rather impossible– to stay on top of things but I try to stay calm in spite of the fact that a botanical...
View ArticleIn a Vase on a Monday: Bouquet Parfait
Those of you who have been following my blog for a while know how much I love Louis Lens roses. The Belgian rose breeder uses Rosa moschata and R. multiflora with the aim of creating healthy, vigorous...
View ArticleIn a Vase on a Monday: This is the End
…of my summer hibernation. The year has been challenging in many ways and along the way I’ve somewhat lost my mojo. All the rain this spring turned the garden into a jungle so that the cutting back...
View ArticleIn a Vase on a Monday: Visit to the fairies
„Is the spring coming?“ he said. „What is it like?“…“It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine.“ Frances Hodgson Burnett, The secret garden The snowdrops have been in full...
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