Ann Loves Plants

Tag: Ikebana

  • Filoli (Woodside, CA): Part I, Arrangements, Doors & Gates

    Located in Woodside, CA the Filioli Estate was built between 1915-1917 by Willliam Bowers Bourn II and his wife Agnes Moody Bourn. The estate has a total of 654 acres, 16 of which are formal gardens. Filoli was first on my list of gardens to visit during this trip to California. Floral arrangement in Visitor’s…

  • My First Citrus Lesson—and a bunch of other stuff from California

    Wintersweet aka Chimonanthus in bloom. Yesterday our friend—and host during a portion of our trip—took me to visit his friend’s tree nursery in the city of Napa: Main Street Trees. One of the first things we saw was this amazing Wintersweet shrub in bloom and immediately I knew I wanted to use some of it for…