Monday, February 5, 2018

Fun with Flowers


Marianne & Carol at work on a design, using the Rule of Five
 to make a very quick but charming floral design
(that is, 5 flowers per side of florist oasis)


Carol's finished design


Gertraud, Margaret, Diane & Mary working on their designs


Mary & design


Gertraud


Margaret


Jan, Rebecca & Cheryl


Paula & Weezie


Diane, Jackie & Joanie


Jackie & Diane


Donna, Carol & Katie



Polky, Elaine & Ann



Carol


Bonnie & Ginny


Who knew she was such a ham?

Ann Fossum's great pic:

Friday, January 12, 2018

Fairy Gardening

At the Estero Island Garden Club meeting on January 8, Patty Korn gave members a lesson on how to create a whimsical miniature garden, which is a place where fairies reside. Patty designed a fairy garden, planted it with pint-sized plants, (mostly succulents) decorated it with properly-scaled accessories and last of all, added some fairies. After Patty’s demo, members of the club, who had brought their own containers and small-scale plants, built their own fairy gardens.  Building the fairy gardens was great fun for the gardener and inner child in us all.

Patty discussed the many sources where you can buy miniature figurines and landscape structures, at places such as Hobby Lobby, garden centers, Amazon, eBay and other online stores; you might also repurpose found objects, such as dollhouse items, garden pebbles, shells and moss, to name a few.  With the array of miniature items available, fairy gardens can be made around many themes, using as many landscapes as you can imagine. The possibilities are endless, and there are numerous fairy garden ideas in books and online to provide inspiration. 


Ann, Patty & Ann M discuss materials for a fairy garden


Patty’s demo fairy garden


Elaine & Ann begin work on a fairy garden


Patty & Ann confer on Ann’s fairy garden


Margaret & Patty


Margaret’s fairy garden


Rebecca & her fairy garden


Ann M’s fairy garden


Cheryl with her fairy garden


Marianne & her fairy garden


A guest, Carol & Donna at work on their gardens


Polky & a beach-themed fairy garden


Elaine & her fairy garden


A fairy garden with mermaid


Paula at work on her garden


Carol finishing up her fairy garden


Joanie & her fairy garden



Judy's fairy garden