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We have a new web site! Please click on the link below to visit our new site. With over 50 pages of information about gardening and crafting with flowers. Lots of videos and resources that you won't want to miss.

www.flowers-plants-gardening-advice.com

  On this web site I will share some samples of some of my work along with pictures of our garden at different seasons of the year. I'll also share our  gardening succeses and failures, gardening tips, crafting ideas using herbs from the garden, and favorite web sites. 

We would like to invite florists and designers to visit our garden, see what type of flowers and arrangements we have to sell. Photographers are welcome to rent the use our garden to take pictures with their clients or for their own professional use. Garden clubs and other groups are welcome to schedule a garden tour with my husband who is a landscape contractor here  in Nashville.  
 
Our 21  year old son, Alfred, has his own business selling Hellebores (also known as Lenten Roses) and Hostas.  The Lenten Rose is actually in the buttercup family. It is a deer proof,  pest free evergreen plant that blooms from December through March (or Lent). It  will tolerate deep shade as well as some sum and doesn't mind competition from trees. It can grow to be about 36" wide and  18 - 24" tall.  The blooms range from creamy whte, green, and purple.
Thanks for visiting, and be sure to get in touch and let me know what you think!

Get more information on Hellebores here.

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Harvest Time
Fall is finally here. We have had a little rain the past couple of days, and life is good. We have been busy harvesting and drying our annuals and perennials. My workshop and our loft are full of dried everlasting flowers. My favorite to dry in the Mexican Sage. This plant is not usually on a list of flowers to dry, but after experimenting one year, it has become my favorite.
 

Get more information of drying flowers here.

 Fall is a great time to finish harvesting any herbs that you want to use for the winter freeze.   If you plan on harvesting parsley to dry, it is best to dry it in the microwave so that it won't turn brown. It only takes a few seconds to dry most of your herbs in the microwave. It's a great way to spend an afternoon and your house will smell great too! Just place a paper towel underneath and on top of the bunch of herbs before you dry them. If you have any questions please feel free to call me at  615-370-5767