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In a Vase in Monday: Dodecahedral

Posted on March 30, 2020 by

There were no preconceived ideas in my head when I ventured forth on my mission yesterday to cut blooms for Monday’s vase – if anything, I was perhaps expecting a posy of little stems, a mix of the best of … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Needs Must

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

We went for a walk yesterday morning and I found some comfrey* flowering on our route so decided to pluck it for Monday’s vase along with some nearby arum leaves. Having already passed an escapee branch of mahonia on the … Continue reading →

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Eight Years and More Than Eight Benefits

Posted on March 19, 2020 by

As of today, I have been rambling in the garden on this blog for eight years – not that it seems anything like eight years of course. To celebrate, I thought I would share eight spring blooms plucked on one … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Change of Plan

Posted on March 16, 2020 by

I did have a blue and white vase in mind for today, not this one but one containing blue and white Anemone blanda; when I came to cut the flowers, however, there were no longer any blue anemones in a … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

It was inevitable there would be Tête-à-Tête in a vase here today, as perhaps there has been at some point in February or March every year of IAVOM’s existence, and joining the Tête-à-Tête were several silver birch twiglets, snipped from … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: A Serendipitous Accident

Posted on February 17, 2020 by

I was checking the garden over on Friday, picking up stray twigs strewn around courtesy of Storm Ciara the previous weekend, when I ‘found’ another hellebore, H ‘Double Ellen White’, hiding behind a fern in the woodland edge border. Realising … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Calming Ciara With Zen

Posted on February 10, 2020 by

The UK has been having a battering from Storm Ciara, with high winds and, at times, torrential rain, causing all sorts of damage and localised flash flooding (and worse, I hear later, having written the post on Sunday). Our garden … Continue reading →

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