Origami, Roses & Gardeners Past
by petal & pins
It’s been lovely over our colder months seeing and reading about what’s flowering in the gardens of my northern hemisphere WordPress friends.
I must admit it made me a little impatient for spring to return to my own garden but it’s been worth the wait with just enough cold, rain and sunshine for everything now to be bountiful and blooming beautifully.
I live in an old house, circa 1920, and feel lucky and grateful that someone long ago started the garden and planted such a wonderful variety of plants.
There are many roses including a rambling deep red climbing rose at the side of the house. Thanks to Mother Nature and my ever improving pruning skills it’s currently a profusion of blooms. You can only glimpse them as you approach the front door and take a sideways glance beyond the verandah, so last week I decided to pick a big bunch to enjoy inside.
I also signed up for Paperphilia’s Seven Days Of Paper Love last week and the ‘Day 1 Challenge’ was make a free-standing origami heart. First I made one out of origami paper and then inspired by my vase of roses I created one using metallic red embossed paper – a thank you token to the gardeners past who planted lots of loveliness that I now get to enjoy.
PS – In the first photo you may have noticed the vintage flower cutters – they were my grandmother’s and truth be told they don’t cut so well these days and appear just as a prop. I have fond memories of her taking me into her garden as a child and picking flowers with them.
All photos © Sandra Alcorn 2014
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Petal & Pins 
Such beautiful roses -I can almost smell them! Xx
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So nice to bring flowers inside to enjoy. These are gorgeous roses and a nice connection to the past gardener. I have my grandmother’s flower cutters also which hold dear memories.
Hydrangeas, poppies & frangipani remind me of my grandmother’s garden – what flowers remind you of yours?
Irises and gladiolas were planted in her cutting garden. I remember going out each morning to check on what might be open. She had beautiful hydrangeas also.
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