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Photo essay: Garden inspiration

Photo essay: Garden inspiration

By Faith Pineo Enjoy these colorful blooms captured by the photographer who brought us this gorgeous essay on the language of flowers, and get some inspiration for your current or future garden!   At her home in rural Maine, Faith Pineo can often be found puttering outside amongst the flowers and wildlife. She tends to talk with chipmunks and birds far more often than is likely good for her, but nevertheless finds them to be excellent conversationalists.

The Language of Flowers: A Maine Garden

The Language of Flowers: A Maine Garden

by Faith Pineo Take a walk around the dooryard with me. We’ll enjoy the flowers and you can learn a bit of floriography aka “the language of flowers.”  Back in prim and proper Victorian England, every flower had a hidden meaning. Making a small bouquet called a “tussie mussie” meant you could give flowers to someone special and send them a secret message at the same time. At her home in rural Maine, Faith Pineo can often be found puttering outside…

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