flower arrangement – County Gardening

August 5, 2024Chris Mousseau

In a Vase, on Monday – Ikebana Try #1

I was at a local garden club meeting last Monday evening where Karen Legros was the guest speaker, talking about and demonstrating Ikebana. She’s studied it for more than 20 years and is an executive of the Toronto chapter of the Ohara (no apostrophe) School of Ikebana, which was founded in Japan in 1895. From […]

October 5, 2020Chris Mousseau

In a Vase, on Monday – Shishito!

Shishito peppers make a surprise appearance in this week’s vase of cut flowers.

June 1, 2020May 31, 2020Chris Mousseau

In a vase, on Monday – colour combo

Yellow, purple, white and a bit of blue in this week’s vase of fresh cut flowers from the garden.

May 18, 2020May 17, 2020Chris Mousseau

In a Vase, on Monday – moving into late spring

Tulips, Daffs and…snowflakes in summer??? Here’s today’s vase of fresh cut flowers from the garden.

December 30, 2019March 19, 2020Chris Mousseau

In a Vase, on Monday – the Where’s Waldo edition.

I don’t recall ever seeing a Where’s Waldo puzzle (apparently originally called Where’s Wally, in Britain) but from what I gather, it involves finding a funny man who is camouflaging himself in various situations. Since the house still has colourful poinsettias in bloom, Amaryllis stalks shooting skyward with flower buds quickly swelling and a half […]