Sonntag, 5. März 2017

Floral painting


                   
Dear readers,
today I would like to show you some floral paintings I did over the last two months.
Here in Vienna January and February were extremely cold this year (it was the coldest winter in thirty years). Thus, while many bloggers proudly shared their first pictures of fresh shoots or were digging around in their gardens already, the ground was still frozen in my garden and all I could do was wait.
To pass these cold and dull winter months I bought some flowers from the florist, took out my abandoned watercolors from the basement and tried myself in floral painting. Painting these tulips brought me a lot of joy and helped me pass the time without gardening. Luckily, the weather has improved since I started painting tulips and I even did some gardening last week. I can´t wait to show you pictures of my garden and other gardens as soon as there is something worth sharing, but till then you might enjoy these tulip pictures.






       



 
                                 














I wish you all great weather for gardening! Enjoy the first signs of spring! And on cold or rainy days you might want to try some floral painting. Who knows, it might bring you as much joy as it brings me.
                                                                       Best wishes,
                                                                             Lisa

Samstag, 31. Dezember 2016

Mirabell garden

Dear readers,
I wish you a happy new year!
Sending you some pictures from Mirabell garden in Salzburg, which I took two weeks ago.
Hope you enjoy!






























Inside a small orangery; breathing in the lovely smell of citrus trees


























Best wishes,
Lisa

Sonntag, 25. Dezember 2016

Happy Christmas!

                                                                 Dear readers,
                                  I wish you all a happy Christmas and lovely holidays!


                                                                     Best wishes,
                                                                           Lisa

Montag, 26. September 2016

A rose in a vase

Dear readers,
today some autumn inspiration






When I was looking for garden inspiration on pinterest I saw how vases or glass jars can be used as beautiful planters. Today I tried it myself. I bought this mini christmas rose and planted it in a glass vase, on top of the soil I put some moss. In terms of drainage I think it might not be the optimal planter, but I really like how it looks and hope I will be able to maintain it for some time at least.

                                                                      Best wishes,
                                                                            Lisa

Montag, 19. September 2016

Rose cuttings

Dear readers,
it has been quite a long time since my last blog entry and today I´d like to show you how my rose cuttings have developed since then. Although many cuttings rotted and thus died before developing any roots, I now have quite a number of cuttings that developed roots and grew into small plants. They are about three months old now and I am very proud of them.






Since I repotted them into bigger containers with rose soil, they have been growing vigorously.

                                      Has anyone else tried taking rose cuttings this year?
                                                                      Best wishes,
                                                                            Lisa



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