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Thinking About Weddings - Boutonniere
Boutonniere is a french word meaning 'button hole' and is the name for a flower or small bouquet worn on the lapel of a man's jacket. Boutonniere have an interesting history, with some suggesting the practice started with flowers being worn by men going into battle. The boutonniere was very popular in Victorian times. Suits were made with a special opening and loop on the lapel so as to accommodate a flower, usually a carnation. More recently, the boutonniere has become something worn only…
Red and Gold Summer Natives for a December Wedding
Photography by Rosie Hastie An intimate wedding in December at Stewarts Bay Lodge on the Tasman Peninsula called for red and gold, and seasonal natives. "I just want something colourful and simple to hold", said the bride. Banksia Coccinea were my inspiration for the "red". For the "gold", I used Dryandra Formosa. I teamed it with some Leucospermum Scarlet Ribbons, fully flowering with their rich red ribbons exposed, and Protea Compacta in pink with a rich red centre. I also used some rich…
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Thinking About Weddings - Boutonniere
Boutonniere is a french word meaning 'button hole' and is the name for a flower or small bouquet worn on the lapel of a man's jacket. Boutonniere have an interesting history, with some suggesting the practice started with flowers being worn by men going into battle. The boutonniere was very popular in Victorian times. Suits were made with a special opening and loop on the lapel so as to accommodate a flower, usually a carnation. More recently, the boutonniere has become something worn only…
Red and Gold Summer Natives for a December Wedding
Photography by Rosie Hastie An intimate wedding in December at Stewarts Bay Lodge on the Tasman Peninsula called for red and gold, and seasonal natives. "I just want something colourful and simple to hold", said the bride. Banksia Coccinea were my inspiration for the "red". For the "gold", I used Dryandra Formosa. I teamed it with some Leucospermum Scarlet Ribbons, fully flowering with their rich red ribbons exposed, and Protea Compacta in pink with a rich red centre. I also used some rich…
What we've been doing
Is turning the front of our yard into a disaster zone. It's OK though. Usually things have to look worse before they look better, right? Before So what's the plan? We are turning that bare patch which doesn't grow grass no matter what into an extra parking space that goes along the front - see the black weed matting? That will be covered with crushed brick pebbles that were free (so long as we did the shoveling and carting of them out of one of As colleagues driveway). Yay. During Between…