Help Give Elderly Residents a Great Mother’s Day
The Little Sisters of the Poor Holy Family Home in Philadelphia does something special for each of their 50 elderly residents each year: they purchase wrist corsages in celebration of Mother’s Day....
View ArticleMother’s Day Flowers – Donations Update
Thank you to the 19 people who have donated to our Mother’s Day Flower Project so far. Your generosity is stunning, and will make a big statement to the 50 elderly residents of Holy Family Home, run by...
View ArticleMother’s Day Will Rock This Year!
I am speechless. Stunned. What an outpouring of support for our little idea! This Mother’s Day, the 50 residents at Holy Family Home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Philadelphia are going to...
View ArticleMother’s Day, Here We Come
Well I’m so excited…thanks to all of your kind donations, I was able to order some lovely materials, and Peicha of falls flowers helped me procure them. As you know, I’m creating 50 Mother’s Day...
View ArticleMother’s Day Jars Of Love
This Mother’s Day was a real miracle, from the moment I was commissioned to create these “Jars of Love,” to the hour we spent delivering them. To all those who donated your money or time, you are part...
View ArticleIt’s Almost Peony Time!
Wondering if the peonies are blooming at A Peony Garden yet? Almost. “I give it until next Thursday,” says garden maven and peony expert, Eleanor Tickner. (That’s May 29th, and I’m counting the...
View ArticleLadies Hat Day at the Devon Horse Show
Ladies Hat Day winners with Carson Kressley (judge) photo by Brenda Carpenter Heard of the Devon Horse Show? If you’re from the Philadelphia area, you have! It’s been around since 1896, when it began...
View ArticleJane’s New Floral Design Book! (featuring some of my photos)
cover photo by Tom Weishaar (all other photos in this post by me, most of which appear in the book) Jane Godshalk, AIFD floral designer and instructor at Longwood Gardens, is now also an author! Her...
View ArticleAwakening
When spring finally comes, especially after a long winter, I think to myself how very brave it is for plants to send out buds and leaves and flowers again. They have the courage to reach for the light...
View ArticleA Garden of our Own
After many years, I finally have a garden of my own, in my own backyard. Here in South Philly, we are Zone 7b. Our little ReNewbold community has about 10 shared garden plots, but because there was no...
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