Kitchen Garden

11 April 2011
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Kitchen Garden

Detail of my Kitchen Garden Design. South African Horticultural Society Show 2009

Detail of my Kitchen Garden Design. South African Horticultural Society Show

Brussels sprouts in the Kitchen Garden design

I fell in love with these tiny Shiitake Mushrooms. They are just magical. The best part of all is that they also dry fantastically so you can re-use them.

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Tutorials

30 March 2011 Mud balls

How to cover Styrofoam, plastic, oasis and fibreglass balls with mud.

13 April 2012 Drying Mushrooms for Floral Art

I use edible mushrooms in my designs. To preserve them I press a tiny stake into the base and let them air-dry.

15 February 2012 Wire and bend foliage

Wire and bend foliage in any shape

23 March 2013 Rolling leaf tubes

Roll foliage to create tubes

Favourite Flowers

Rosa

Rose

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum or "mums"

Lilium

Lily

Lentinula edodes

Shiitake Mushrooms

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