Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Daniel Stowe is a beautiful garden in Belmont, North Carolina. In spite of the heat it is lush and green and teeming with birds and butterflies. There is always something in bloom, making a weekly visit a must in order to keep up with all the great plants in the garden. The garden is coping with the heat better than the humans are!

Hypertufa Containers

These beautiful containers are in the garden at UNC Charlotte.

Happy Morning

I just finished a class for a wonderful group of ladies. The creative energy in the air from this group was incredible! We all had so much fun, and I always get new ideas and fresh enthusiasm for this art form (hypertufa) after I have taught others how to do it. I am ready now to spend the afternoon in my workshop creating some new projects and finsihing some stalled ones. I wish I had photos of this group, but the camera was in Hank's truck. Oh, well. Hopefully they will send me some pictures of their finished pots.

Happy Hypertufering!!

Too Hot!

The heat wave is preventing me from being very productive with my hypertufa right now. However, I have a new batch of pots cured and ready to take to the market tomorrow. The weekend forecast is for showers and we should be cooler. My students will appreciate that, I am sure!