OVERVIEW OF ARRANGEMENT
Each year, at the end of summer, I make a dried floral arrangement using stems of vegetation
that grew the previous growing season on my property. Stems found in my yard, the vegetable patch, flower gardens, hedgerow, roadside, and the forest floor. Each of these areas offer me different choices.
Some stems I pick before they mature and dry them inside. Others, especially grasses and
weeds, I harvest after the dry. By the end of summer, I have saved a wild and tangled mess of stems. I am always surprised and delighted at the bounty mother nature leaves for me. And, I am amazed that so many of the flowers retain their color and form for months before fading.
I think of this season-end arrangement as a book or diary. A book that tells a story of both beauty and the chaos of nature yet in the whole creating a sense of calm and tranquility with a touch of whimsy and playfulness. As a diary the arrangement tells the story of the past summer.
TINY DETAILS OF FORM AND COLOR
I like to make my arrangement in a way that leads my eye to meander through the stems exposing tiny details of form and color that I would miss at a quick glance, before leading me out of the arrangement.
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