Garden Fairies love to dress up. Some people save Halloween to relieve childhood dress-up days, whereas the Garden Fairies look at just about any occasion to create colorful costumes. Some of our outfits and hats get transformed as much as our yards. An outfit that has had more lives than…
Yearly Archives: 2011
Sustainable & Symbolic flowers for the royal wedding
The ephemeral nature of weddings makes them wasteful by design. The cost of putting on royal wedding is staggering. But imagine the mountain of rubbish that will be left behind. An estimated 140 tons will have to be cleaned off the streets after thousands descend on London for the big…
What’s Bloomin’ Now! Stock
Stock is an old fashioned fragrant flower which will give you long lasting displays of color and fragrance and a steady stream of blooms for your vases. A member of the mustard family, Stock is native to the Mediterranean coast. Pair Stock with same color Pentas for a storybook cottage…
What’s Bloomin’ Now! Hong Kong Orchid Trees
Hong Kong Orchid trees (B. X blakeana) have fragrant flowers of evocative of showy orchids. If you are interested in planting an orchid tree, I recommend planting a Hong Kong Orchid Tree. Unlike many of the other orchid trees, this variety is sterile and will not produce invasive seeds. The…
Swoon-worthy Terrariums
One of the Garden Fairies has a Victorian style terrarium that make plant people swoon. This miniature menagerie was on display at Jodi’s house, a stop on The Garden Fairies’ 2009 Art in the Garden Tour. Jodi collects all types of plants from tiny to tall, she loves them all.…
Terrariums now and then
Plants have been growing under glass since the early 1800s, but the real revolution came when Wardian cases made it possible to transport indigenous agricultural goods. Previously, most plants perished onboard ships. Over half of the orchids transported to Europe in the 19th century died in transit. Wardian cases were…