Rewind

A look back at a month of growing flowers.

Each month I share favorite flower pictures I’ve captured in the garden during the previous weeks. Light on words, Rewind is the perfect place to enjoy still photography, an increasingly rare medium on social media.

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Hand-built wisteria wreath with dried grapefruit.

Nigella seed heads make a sweet winter bouquet. And with their purple stripes, they almost look like lollipops.

Dried hydrangea + silene + wisteria vine

A late summer bouquet reminding me that gardening season will return soon.

Bittersweet comforted by a cap of snow.

Even houseplants like silky winter light in the late afternoon.

Chrysanthemum blossoms in broody January colors.

Another summer bouquet, but this one with evidence of hungry insects. The peony leaves, imperfect yet necessary as filler, reminded me to start the new year from a place of acceptance.

Dried bunny tails lazing across a glass compote bowl.

Gomphrena “Strawberry Fields” from a local flower farm.

Pink dried strawflowers posing as a spring bouquet.

One last look at dahlias from the cut flower garden. Only 75 days until I prepare the tubers for summer by placing them beneath grow lights.

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Thanks for reading Rewind. See you at the end of the month for more writing and garden photography.

-Betsy

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