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How to Forage a Backyard Flower Bouquet

September 8, 2017

One of my favorite thing about the garden is being able to enjoy the blooms to create a flower bouquet. I grow an assortment of plants during the spring, summer and fall and about once a week early in the morning, I go out into the garden and forage. Sometimes, I am sort of in-between…

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Tissue Paper Peonies

May 24, 2016

I adore peonies. I have loved them since I was a little girl. There is something magical about their fragrant, deep intoxicating blooms and the way that they announce the beginning of summer here in the Northeast. It’s been unseasonable cool here. Spring is taking forever to warm up. We have had a few teasers…

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About Dahlias

July 30, 2015

My friend Deb for years now has grown the most beautiful dahlias. Raised beds upon raised beds dance with dahlias, zinnias and among other blooms in her cutting garden. This spring, I was inspired to try dahlias in my garden. It was Longfield Gardens once again that gave me a boost. They generously sent me some dahlia…

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Giveaways

The Bouqs Flowers by Mail Giveaway

August 8, 2014

As promised, yesterday morning a Bouqs box arrived filled with the bouquet of my choice. I chose Confetti, a gorgeous array of colorful roses. Straight from the volcano. The flowers went through customs. I could not wait to open them up. They had traveled all the way from South America to my doorstep. Hard to…

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The Editorial Process: A Book Update

April 7, 2014

I’ve had these flowers perched on the windowsill as inspiration. Spring is here and the gardens are calling and so are my the first round of edits on my book. It’s been a while since I shared some updates with you and I thought that I would get you all up to speed on my…

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DIY Corsage and Boutonniere

February 4, 2014

One of my favorite things to collect are birds nests. Over the years I have collected quite a few. A little while back HGTV asked me to come up with a fun garden-inspired corsage and boutonniere, nests immediately came to mind. I wanted to fill the nest with round blooms that resembled eggs. Ranunculus blossoms…

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Crafts Family Fun

Origami Flowers

August 21, 2013

By the request from HGTV Gardens, they asked me if I could share garden inspired origami. The timing was perfect! All summer long the kids have been going crazy folding papers into all sorts of wonderful creations. We have all been having so much fun that it seemed like no work at all. I wanted…

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Spring Has Sprung

May 29, 2013

We have had so much rain over the past week that I was beginning to believe that we would never see the sun again. Yet, yesterday it was beautiful, sunny and not a cloud was in the sky. Despite the rain, spring is my absolute favorite season. The spring blooms are just making the yard…

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Gardening Tours

Welcome Spring

May 15, 2013

Typing is a strange thing. Sometimes, it seems as though my fingers are faster than my brain. Do my subconscious thoughts sometimes flow from my fingers as I place the words upon the pages? I think so. Sometimes when I begin to type “chi…”, chicken will automatically appear on the page, typed by my hands.…

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Findings Gardening

Monarch Butterflies on Cape Cod

September 26, 2012

Here at Tilly’s Nest this week we have been graced by the annual visit of Monarch butterflies on their way to Mexico for the winter. Every year around this time, they flit from blossom to blossom. Sometimes, I mistake them for the falling leaves at first, and then I notice that they are infatuated with…

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How to Forage a Backyard Flower Bouquet

Tissue Paper Peonies

About Dahlias

The Bouqs Flowers by Mail Giveaway

The Editorial Process: A Book Update

DIY Corsage and Boutonniere

Origami Flowers

Spring Has Sprung

Welcome Spring

Monarch Butterflies on Cape Cod

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