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Frightis Botrytis!

Halloween 2012

It’s the Lord Voldemort to our Harry Potter...

The Sith to our Jedi...

Captain Hook to our Peter Pan...

The Sheriff of Nottingham to our Robin Hood...

Plankton to our SpongeBob SquarePants...

And the Wil Wheaton to our Sheldon Cooper (M.A., Ph.D, Sc.D)...

Oh yes, Botrytis- the arch nemesis of floral designers everywhere

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Tutorials
Fighting Botrytis
30 October 2012
Fighting Botrytis

If drops of water gets sprayed onto cut flower heads (like here on these Pasque Flower seed heads) it can get trapped deep between the petals and create the ideal environment for Botrytis spores to germinate causing premature spoiling of the flowers
Midelino Harvest Moon Basket
30 October 2012
Midelino Harvest Moon Basket

This is a great flat and open basket to take outside when “harvesting” your fall leaves, pods and flowers. Who knows, you might even find a ghost pumpkin or three…
Wire spider legs for tiny glass test tubes
30 October 2012
Wire spider legs for tiny glass test tubes

Give small test tubes long legs to stand on
Catch Blossom Petals in a Pussy Willow tray basket
2 March 2021
Catch Blossom Petals in a Pussy Willow tray basket

An easy to assemble yourself harvest basket to carry home and display Spring blossoms.
Weave green strips of willow bark into a nest
15 June 2016
Weave green strips of willow bark into a nest

Strip bark from willow to eave and set into a shape
Related Designs
Spring Tray-ning
3 March 2021
Spring Tray-ning

A Spring basket design for catching falling blossom petals.
One tug
15 June 2016
One tug

Weave willow bark strips into a nest and weave a bird from flax
Favourite Flowers
Eryngium
Eryngium

Detail of my Frightis Botrytis! design done