Florets - Floral Quote - # 76 - by Ngoc Minh Ngo

"The most profound legacy that Constance Spry left on the art of floral design is her emphasis on understanding the nature of plants and flower. A keen gardener, she had a deep appreciation of the intrinsic beauty of plants and flowers, which she sought to emphasize in her arrangements. In one of her last lectures, given in Australia in 1959, she said, "Let the flowers remind you of how they looked when growing." This is sensible advice. To show flowers to their best advantage, it makes perfect sense to appreciate their natural attributes, like the scalloped edges of a geranium leaf or the wavy bend of a poppy stem."

~ Ngoc Minh Ngo ~

[Ngoc Minh Ngo: New York based photographer, landscape designer and author of Bringing Nature Home.]

[Quote from: Bringing Nature Home by Ngoc Minh Ngo.]

[Flowers: Seven stems of double white Tanacetum - feverfew.]

[Vase: Vintage milk bottle.]

[Other props: Four zinc saucers, three little round stones and ribbons from Jane Means' ribbon collection.

[Styling and photography © Ingrid Henningsson for Of Spring and Summer.]

Have a Lovely Floral Sunday!

~ xoxo ~ 

Ingrid

Florets - Floral Quote - # 58 - by Ngoc Minh Ngo

"Grape hyacinths are tiny blue marvels that carpet  the woodlands in mid-spring. Fill a glass full of these beauties to enjoy their clusters of tiny, urn-shaped flowers in finely drawn hues of blue at home. Though they bloom in April their spicy-grape fragrance has been described as "the perfume of clove and sun-warmed Concord grapes of late September."

~ Ngoc Minh Ngo ~

[Ngoc Minh Ngo: New York based photographer, landscape designer and author of Bringing Nature Home.]

[Quote from: Bringing Nature Home by Ngoc Minh Ngo.]

[Flowers: Muscari or Grape Hyacinths.]

[Vase: Vintage 1920's light green glass.]

[Other props: Vintage French linen cloth, painting and beads.]

[Styling and photography © Ingrid Henningsson for Of Spring and Summer.]

Have an Amazing Floral Sunday!

Back next week!

xoxo Ingrid

Florets - Floral Quote by Ngoc Minh Ngo

"A room is never at its best without flowers. Flowers show that a home is cared for and truly lived in. While furniture can remain the same for years, flowers speak to the present moment. And yet they are a talisman, a reminder of the world beyond our doors, of growth and change, and the passage of time. They are fleeting pleasures."

~ Ngoc Minh Ngo ~

[Ngoc Minh Ngo - New York based photographer, landscape designer and author of Bringing Nature Home.] 

[Quote: from Bringing Nature Home by Ngoc Minh Ngo.]

[Flowers: Five chartreuse Chrysanthemums.]

[Foliage: Soft Ruscus ( Danae racemosa) and Steel Grass (Xanthorrhoea jonsonii)]

[Vase: Terracotta jar from Turkey.]

[Vintage: Three brown glass apothecary jars with stoppers from Sweden.]

[Other props: French linen sheet, green piece of cotton fabric and painted wooden board.]
[Styling and photography: © Ingrid Henningsson for Of Spring and Summer.]

Have a Lovely Floral Sunday!

xoxo Ingrid