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On Thursday, September 17, members gathered at Melissa Thornton’s Bold Colorful Life home on Back River Road in Boothbay for a delightful "Gathering in the Garden" party celebrating our local pollinators! Attendees enjoyed a warm gathering out on Melissa's river view deck, taking in the serene surroundings and exploring her vibrant garden art displays. Guests refreshed themselves with delicious wild honey lemonade and shared scrumptious and nourishing snacks. During the gath

Those of us who have settled into traditional cottage gardening - the profusion of blooms that blend from one plant into another -sometimes find ourselves, wishing we had gone in another direction. That’s my feeling every time I visit the gardens of Ruth and Ed Meva, which neighbor the equally artful plantings of Peggy and Mike Mathews. Both properties sit in full sun, yet thrive even on drought thanks to targeted morning watering and mulching. Texture and contrast, plus mult

By Lisa Freeman The 8 Elements of Design are to do with tangible and/or visual qualities 1) Color - the result of light striking an object, and being reflected to the eye. Colors appear differently, depending on the quality of light. 2) Form - the 3 dimensional aspect of an object. All floral designs are combinations of various forms and are the strongest visual symbols in a design. They are either closed (solids) or open (spreading with space within).