Musings on horticultural therapy and the soothing effects of plants and nature
A flood at Ann’s Place causes me to move all of my on-site horticultural therapy classes to my home for at least the rest of the summer. But luckily my patio is large enough to accommodate a dozen or so clients at a time so we should be able to make things work. Pounding flowers […]
Wildflower and wild flower Wednesday. It is a perfect day to spot new wildflowers on my bike ride. Here is a partial list of the newest flowers to emerge in my area. Wild geraniums (Geranium maculatum): This roadside flower pops up in hundreds of different forms in mid to late Spring. Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens): This […]
Tulip Tuesday time!Juana takes me on a tour of the garden showing me just a few of the tulips she has planted over the years. Quite impressive I think!
It’s flower Friday again and plants are actively making up for lost time by bursting into bloom daily. Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum): The flowers on the sweet woodruff signify that time to harvest for May wine is past and they are ready to spread actively as a ground cover. Azalea (Rhododendron): This is one of […]
I never thought violas had much of a scent until I stored four flats of them in my greenhouse prior to a horticultural therapy class. Opening its entrance in the morning, the sweet smell of a fragrant honey fills my lungs with warm, heavily scented air. I close the door enveloped by an ambrosia that […]
Juana always creates simple and lovely bouquets of flowers from our garden for our house. Given that it is Mother’s Day I need to get out early and freshen up the flowers for her.
It is Flower Friday! Here is a sampling of the different flowers that are poking their heads in my garden today. Tulips: Having a fence definitely keeps down the deer from chomping on these tasty treats and luckily the rabbits have been ignoring them so far this season. Lady’s smock (Cardamine pratensis): This lovely little […]
It’s time to pound pansies (Viola tricolor v. hortensis)! I had to corner the market for pansies and violas to get enough material for my next horticultural therapy class, ‘Pounding Flowers’. Though a class with the title of ‘Pounding Flowers’ sounds a bit cruel, everyone loves the final result, which are prints that take the […]
Juana and I are experimenting to create a wildflower pollinator strip on the lower edge of our property. We decide to do this because for the last two years after the Town put in curbs and poor quality soil, nothing grows in this area. I get a yard of compost to amend the alleged soil […]
It’s amaryllis time! Not just a Christmas flower.