Monday, August 25, 2014

Flower Arrangements from the Flower and Vegetable Gardens

by Carol Kagan, Master GardenerA few miniature eggplants and a red onion
A few miniature eggplants and a red onion
Look what you can do with flowers from your garden and a little time. Oh, and vegetables, too!
Perfect centerpiece of a picnic table
Perfect centerpiece of a picnic table
This lovely centerpiece is made with hydrangeas, different kinds of tomatoes (and  tomatillos) as well as a sunflower. Hosta leaves were used as a base for the basket.
From your yard-zinnias, hosta leaves, Queen Anne's lace, hydrangeas
From your yard-zinnias, hosta leaves, Queen Anne's lace, hydrangeas
Master Gardeners of Franklin County created these floral arrangements from flowers and plants in both the demonstration gardens and their own backyards.

Check out the zucchini used for a base and container. Add some greens with different textures, a few colorful flowers and a sprig of parsley.
Zucchini as a base and container
Zucchini as a base and container
Also, a bell pepper and watermelon. Perfect for this time of year.
There's enough peppers in the veggie garden to eat so use one as a flower vase.
There's enough peppers in the veggie garden to eat so use one as a flower vase.
Watermelon with corn, eggplant and lollipop cherry tomatoes
Watermelon with corn, eggplant and lollipop cherry tomatoes
Flowers found in most yards: hostas, zinnias, cosmos, black-eyed susans, Queen Anne's lace and beautiful grasses (if not in your yard, certainly in a nearby field!), hydrangeas, blanket flowers, garlic chives, and petunias.
Hearth basket uses dried grasses for texture
Hearth basket uses dried grasses for texture
A beautiful hearth basket, or to use by the front door, has sunflowers, dried grasses, blanket flowers and black eyed-Susans.  The stems are not that long but are discarded stems added to the arrangement.
Vegetables and herbs with a few blooms and grasses tucked in
Vegetables and herbs with a few blooms and grasses tucked in
And here's an attractive basket full of vegetables with some herbs tucked in as well as a few dry grasses.

Go out in your yard and find a few blooms, a few green leaves, and maybe a vegetable or two and put together you own celebration arrangement of summer's bounty.

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