Jane Godshalk

“November is for Flower Shows” is the title of my November blog at www.janegodshalk.com under “My Adventures.”  This fabulous hat was done by Karen Kuyper for the Bucks County Community College “Art that Blooms” show.  The flip piece was done for Four Counties Garden Club with a sustainable sand base by Sara McGowan.  Two very fun and very different flower shows. 


     

“Branching Out---Designs Inspired by Nature” was the title of my program for the Garden Club of Michigan. It was held along with Garden Club of Michigan’s spectacular flower show “Into the Woods.”  See more pictures on my website blog www.janegodshalk.com under “My Adventures.”        

Making simple bouquets with farmer’s market flowers is easy with the hairpin holder.  It’s a mechanic invented in 1937 by Ida Sinclair, a very clever garden club lady.  Read more about this wonderful device on my website www.janegodshalk.com under “My Adventures.”

These spirited zinnia look wonderful in in a favorite pitcher.

The Blue Ridge Mountains inspired my August blog (Link in Bio). This is my interpretation of a mountain waterfall, one of six designs created for the Sky Valley Garden Club in the stunning mountains of Georgia.  Look for more mountain inspired designs under “My Adventures.”   

In my garden a pale blue lace cap hydrangea inspired me to raid the vase closet and find this pretty blue and white vase.  A farmers market bouquet with blue delphinium, blue corn flowers, white cosmos, and zinnia were perfect additions and brought the garden inside to our kitchen table. More about vases in blue and white on my website www.janegodshalk.com under “My Adventures.”  

Bubble bowls are often a challenge. A branch grid is a good way to support stems and allows for easy placement of flowers. Read how to on my website www.janegodshalk.com “My Adventure.”

It’s a first! Longwood Gardens is offering our Floral Design 1 Online Class for a summer session. Make it part of your summer vacation, it’s a great time of year to start learning. Flowers and supplies are shipped to students and lessons come in with instructional videos and supplemental materials. Above you see examples of flowers from the class arranged in sustainable mechanics which is a focus for the class. Your designs are submitted and evaluated online with three Zoom sessions for personal feedback. Class begins on June 6 and May 21 is the last day for registering. Would love to have you join us for this special summer session. More info on my website under "My Adventures" Link in bio.

Looking forward to the spring--- I will be celebrating with a class at Longwood Gardens on
 April 15. “Dazzling Daffodils---Structured in Sand.”  We will study the classifications of daffodils, growing, harvesting, and conditioning, and create a stunning spring design using sand as the mechanic.  

Read more and get a link to my class on my website blog under “My Adventures”  www.janegodshalk.com

Reminiscing about the past holiday with my January blog.  Read about the design process from two designs staged in the 2022 Longwood Gardens Music Room display in my website blog. www.janegodshalk.com  “My Adventures”

Join me and friends for a recap of a floral design demonstration presented to the Dallas Garden Club and held at the historic Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Three talented ladies all worked together to create a holiday display which you can find on my website www.jangodshalk.com under “My Adventures.”

“Thankful for Color” is the theme for my November blog on www.janegodshalk.com. It’s hard to resist the opulent color choices of the harvest season. Here the traditional orange hues are enhanced with contrasts of purple and green. Eggplants, peppers, pumpkins and persimmon are delicious additions.

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Harvest design class at Longwood Gardens. Working with wheat, gourds, pumpkins, and lots of beautiful fall flowers. Sign up today. I’d love to see you there.

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Sickles made of straw add a textural addition to this bouquet. Hydrangea, dahlia, larkspur, and ageratum create a solid base with accents of clematis and scabiosa. See more about using straw in floral designing on www.janegodshalk.com

Local garden flowers from The Farm at Oxford were used in a class at Longwood Gardens on Sustainable Structures. Flowers are supported in the vase with a compostable willow grid. It was a wonderful way to welcome in autumn and also to be back in the classroom.

Curving lines and whiplash curves using lots of winding kiwi branches inspire me for my the upcoming OFAD www.ofad.design seminar. On August 5 I will complete nine designs, each with an Art Nouveau inspiration, in San Francisco. Read more about this on my website www.janegodshalk.com in “My Adventures.”

A recent visit to NYC and the Matisse exhibit at the MOMA showed this marvelous painting of a cyclamen plant. It captured me with its simplicity and its symmetry. More about my flower adventure in NYC in my June website blog www.janegodshalk.com
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A cylinder made with Oasis wire mesh makes a good support for vertical floral designs. My April blog teaches how to make this flower column and gives some ideas of how to use it. www.janegodshalk.com “My adventures.” Here hanging heliconia, Sexy Pink, cascades over the cylinder with a wool garland, orchids, and a few pink roses. # tropicalflowers

A fabulous flower show staged by Ron Mulray and Renee Tucci at Bucks County Community College showed off the work of talented floral design students and art students. It was an exciting event. More about this wonderful show on my website blog www.janegodshalk.com under “My Adventures.”

This morning it feels as if spring will finally arrive. The hellebores are poking up their lovely faces. Now it’s time to trim last year’s foliage and give them room to flaunt their beauty.

Line is an important element in floral design. This month on my website blog this element is the star. Find out more at www.janegodshalk.com under “My Adventures” 🌸

The long, dark days of January make me think of the element of design “Light.” Read more about this important element of design on my website blog at www.janegodshalk.com under “My Adventures.” .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣

Expected and unexpected ways to work with evergreens and flowers for the winter holiday season are in my December blog. Look for “My Adventures” at www.janegodshalk.com

Stunning displays at New York Botanic Garden by Yayoi Kusama have inspired me to look at pumpkins with new enthusiasm and respect. She loves polka dots and I find the varied textures of autumn flowers vibrate with contrast and interest. Visit my blog for pumpkin styling tips! JaneGodshalk.com

“If flowers bring us joy, trees give us strength.” October in Pennsylvania reminds us to look up and enjoy the changing colors of nature. Read more about working with branches and flowers on my website blog www.janegodshalk.com “My Adventures.”

“If flowers bring us joy, trees give us strength.” October in Pennsylvania reminds us to look up and enjoy the changing colors of nature. Read more ore about working with branches and flowers on my website blog www.janegodshalk.com “My Adventures.”

Glorious sunflowers grace gardens in September. To get so tall and showy, they are very hungry and take lots of nutrients out of the soil. It’s good as a detox for pollutants, but makes the home garden need lots of compost and mulch once they are harvested. More about sunflowers on my website www.janegodshalk.com “My Adventures.”

August inspires a look at the amazing variety of hydrangea bushes that are filled with glorious, opulent blooms. Thls month’s blog on my website www.janegodshalk.com talks about hydrangea plants, how to grow,prune, and use them in floral designs.

A Monet’s garden interpretation is created with flowers that capture the light with delicate pointillistic flower colors and textures. Pink foxglove, multicolored pastel hydrangea, peach campanella rose, and chocolate lace flower combine for an impressionistic display.

Fabulous “Roselily” is a double oriental lily which I used in my Zoom program for the NALS (North American Lily Society) program.  An opulent stem like this doesn’t need more than a single branch to make it the “star.”  The ivy branch is held in the vase with dowls drilled into the stem.  One more stem of ivy and a single hydrangea help to fill the vase.  More about lilies on my website www.janegodshalk.com “My Adventures.”
     

A field of tulips at Longwood Gardens inspires springtime arranging with forsythia, tulips, and narcissus accented with purple daisy mums. More about arranging with tulips on my website www.JaneGodshalk.com and click on “My Adventures.” Picture from Longwood is by Matthew Ross.

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