Gardening

My way to rest and to have fun is to create gardens. When we moved to our house( May 2009) in Shell it was pretty much an empty slate. Some plants that were originally planted have been removed and put in other places . I've bought a few roses and antheriums but mostly have just taken cuttings from other gardens. Everything readily roots here in the warm went rain forest.I could not create with out my faithful helper!!!the back porch then, now there are night blooming Jasmin, passion fruit vines and many potted plants



the begining of the rose gardenwith in a year and a half, everything grows really fast here

before the vegetable garden
the vegetable garden has produced papa chinos, squash, basil, tomatoes and zuchinni


this garden between the trees is mostly ferns and the trees have been planted with many orchids from fallen branches of other trees


this tree out front had some plants and orchids, we expanded it and have added more plants

a touch of spring

I've missed seeing seasons change. So when I was called to PA this winter to help my daughter's family , I thought I might see spring. As a thank you to me for coming , Vicky and the babies and I went to the Philadelphia flower show.
It was held at the convention center in the middle of the city. US cities are so different from the South American ones I've been in , much safer, and more diverse . I waited with the stroller on a corner while Vicky went into a store for egg rolls I was uneasy she said it's perfectly safe which it was...















The theme was spring time in Paris















The simple~

we got some great ideas and were inspired















The intricate~















the designs were amazing , who would have thought to roll ferns in to this...


all flower material


















this was a great vertical display















For me this was the best display, square "trees" filled in with many different plant material









The babies loved their first flower show!!














HAPPY SPRING