Tapestry Stamp Techniques

Reynolda Village Garden in Winston Salem, NC

I love day trips that involve plants, nature, animals, etc.  Don and I decided to drive to Winston Salem and visit Reynolda Village to see what was growing inside of their gorgeous greenhouses.  They have  beautiful outside gardens also, but it is a bit early to see anything blooming now.

Inside of the greenhouse, there were succulents, palms, ferns, orchids, cyclamen (to name a few!) and lots of seedlings. 

The design of this greenhouse, which was built in 1913, is amazing.

Arched doorways, lined with the perfume of fresh flowers is a treat!


The Garden Boutique, located in the greenhouse had several items that I could not live without.  There was also a garden room full of orchids, cyclamen,etc., that were available for purchase.

I have always been drawn to the wonderful foliage of coleus.  This is the first of several photos that I took while visiting.

You can see that I went a bit overboard with the coleus photos.  Coleus will again be part of my garden plan for 2009. Maybe I need to work on a coleus stamp set :)
Visit the Reynolda Garden website at Reynolda Village Gardens to see their hours of operation and schedule of events.

Dreaming of Spring

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• Violas.  My very favorite of all flowers.  The above photo was taken from a beautiful container of Violas that my dear friend Ann brought to me this past Fall.  They keep blooming all winter here in North Carolina and they turn their faces toward the sun each day.  I have them sitting next to the door so that I can see them each time I enter and leave the house.

Every year in February it seems that we will always have one Saturday that is gorgeous and this past Saturday was that day.  The temperature outside got into the 70's so I was dreaming about what I wanted to plant this year.  This year I have decided to concentrate on a small salad garden just outside my kitchen.  I love picking fresh, organic vegetables that will be used immediately.

Although I have not planted snow peas in a long time, I remembered that they can be planted very early here and I decided to get started.  Snow peas are wonderful eaten raw on top of salads or in stir fry dishes.  Let's hope my early crop survives!