|
Next hydrangea meeting
set for Wednesday, Aug. 18,
6 p.m.
Our next meeting is all about drying hydrangea
blooms -- look out! My kitchen right now looks like a mad
scientists' lab. :) We've got the old-fashioned air drying method,
I'm using the microwave, silica gel crystals -- you name it! I'm
also going to try dyeing some blooms, which sounds easy in theory, but
you can see the result of my (hopefully not tragic) experiments on Wed.,
Aug., 18, at 6 p.m. at
Sugar Creek
Gardens in Kirkwood.
For more information, contact Kim Reiss at
314-954-7501 (The Hydrangea Hotline), or
info@stlouishydrangeasociety.org
Here's some advice from P. Allen Smith on drying hydrangeas.
And a completely different drying method from
www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/dryingnat.html
|
Thanks to everyone who participated in the
hydrangea tour -- it was a big success, despite the heat and the
stress on all our gardens this summer.
I hope to have pictures posted to the website
shortly.
"They can't be spies.
Look what she did with the hydrangeas!"
A funny article from the
Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer about the recent Russian spy
controversy -- and hydrangeas. Alleged spy Anna Chapman had the
spy nom de guerre
"Miss Hydrangea." I should be so lucky..
Random acts of kindness
mystery girl started it all with a hydrangea blossom
An inspirational article about a woman in Pittsburgh who started a
year-long campaign of random acts of kindness...
A sneak peak at the new 'Bella Anna' pink
'Annabelle' from Michael Dirr
Look ma: No drooping!
|
