http://flowers4us.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by *Flowers 4 Us* en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:05:17 GMT 2010-01-08T15:05:17Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962174&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace My 2010 calendar is now available for purchase.  All the photographs in this calendar were done by me.  Many of you have told me that I needed to publish a calendar.  I listened and it . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:21:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962174&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Trudy P. 2009-12-24T22:21:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810502&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace The weirdest thing is going on .I just saw new leaves and blossoms today. Usually it looses its leaves in the fall then in March or April will blossom out and start new leaf growth around the same time . . . Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:04:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810502&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Nancy O. 2009-09-13T06:04:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977802186&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace While walking around Broadway at the Beach and having lunch at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville I also took photos of some of the pretty flowers along the way.  I know in some parts of the US the . . . Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:58:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977802186&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2009-09-06T20:58:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977782727&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace With my husband's recent hospitalization, I found myself been spending a great deal of time at the VA hospital at Ft. Miley in San Francisco... Images that the words "VA hospital" raise in the mind . . . Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:46:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977782727&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-21T16:46:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765624&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace I was telling you in the last article on Boone Hall Plantation about the beautiful field of zinnias as far as the eye could see and then some.  It was just an amazing sight to see, all the pretty . . . Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:16:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765624&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2009-08-07T00:16:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764280&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Sharing more scenic delights from Boon Hall Plantation.  Flowers seem to be everywhere.  As soon as you pull in there is literally a huge field of zinnias in every color imaginable.  It . . . Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:30:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764280&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2009-08-06T16:30:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977755767&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace More flower photos from Reedy River Falls Historic Park.  I hope you caught the first one here .  The park is just beautifully landscaped with all these beautiful flowers, it was hard to stop . . . Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:18:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977755767&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2009-07-30T01:18:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977755661&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace The second most beautiful part of Reedy River Falls Historic Park in Greenville, South Carolina is the flowers, trees and landscaping of this magnificent area set aside as a public park.  I took . . . Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:40:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977755661&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2009-07-29T23:40:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977746943&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace I thought I'd switch it up a bit while sharing photos from my vacation and show you all the lovely flowers we saw while vacationing in Gatlinburg, TN and visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National park.  . . . Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:35:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977746943&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2009-07-23T01:35:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977745306&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace I love my parents property. They still live in the same house where I grew up and it's so peaceful there. They have a tiny tin-roofed shack, nestled in trees, and my mom spends a lot of time on her garden. . . . Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:08:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977745306&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace ☆ ƒåitĥ ☆ 2009-07-21T22:08:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977741954&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace On our walk through Oberammergau we saw flowers everywhere. Here is a tiny sample! Masses of geraniums   A Summer garden...   Sunflower up close   Here . . . Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:04:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977741954&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Cristina S. 2009-07-20T20:04:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977724592&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Hi all.  I have a plant in my yard and I have no idea what it is.  It has tons of tall green  leaves that come out of the ground, and they stayed all thru winter.  Then it had this . . . Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:49:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977724592&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Amanda C. 2009-06-29T18:49:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977719254&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace I wanted to capture everything growing in my garden right now. It's not a large garden but there's a lot of color in it! These are at the tail end of blooming but they're holding with some pretty blue: . . . Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:13:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977719254&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Lacey K. 2009-06-23T15:13:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977714105&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Earlier today before my traffic court appearance, I headed to the other side of Conway, South Carolina to visit Loretta's Daylily Farm. I had seen this place a time or two during my travels to and . . . Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:40:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977714105&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Marianne R. 2009-06-18T01:40:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977713656&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Welcome to my Garden! This year I was inspired by many of Gather's Gardeners (namely Tory H. who has a nice container garden green thumb) who share their gardens with us all summer long. . . . Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:50:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977713656&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Heather W. 2009-06-17T20:50:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977712234&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace  Ladies and gentlemen, my dad is a pretty gardener.   He can grow almost anything or at least that is my experience. Apparently he can also grow posison but poison hemlock.   Yes, it . . . Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:44:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977712234&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Charles A. B. 2009-06-16T01:44:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977709853&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace The rhodies are still in all stages of life in the garden. These are some in the end stages of blooming.....grand dames succumbing to gravity and the depredations of weather, full-blown, disarrayed, . . . Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:28:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977709853&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Alison H. 2009-06-13T16:28:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977707475&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Good evening all my wonderful, beautiful and (of course) artistic and intelligent Gather friends! Hope your summer is being warmer than OUR summer here in the wild hinterlands of Northern California. . . . Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:41:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977707475&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-11T02:41:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701881&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Tuesday last, I chaired a board meeting of the Western Sonoma County Historical Society held each month in the "Caretaker's Cottage" at Luther Burbank's Gold Ridge Experiment Farm in Sebastopol, Northern . . . Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:09:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701881&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-05T19:09:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702010&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace These are some of my favorite photos from the Rhody Garden. I'm going to go back and get some more photos of these buds when they have blossomed...     Lifted . . . Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:50:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702010&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Alison H. 2009-06-05T04:50:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701569&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace   An amazing thing just happened to me today. I received news that my aunt has been sent home from the hospital with emphysema, and there is nothing they can do. She has smoked her entire life . . . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:14:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701569&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Carol P. 2009-06-04T18:14:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977700717&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace You may remember back on March 29th I posted this photo, explaining how DH asked me a few times why I was keeping this pot of dirt on the screen porch since  last summer.  It just had this dead . . . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:42:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977700717&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2009-06-04T00:42:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977694435&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace I didn't include these photos in my last photo-essay on the Farm (you can find that article HERE  ) mostly because of the horrendously SLOOOOOWWWW upload speed I have on my stupid dial-up connection . . . Thu, 28 May 2009 20:08:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977694435&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-05-28T20:08:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693030&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace   Some days are just about getting through the day... Thankfully, other days are stunning reminders of our great good fortune to be living among the beauty of nature and the support of good . . . Wed, 27 May 2009 18:20:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693030&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Carol P. 2009-05-27T18:20:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977691366&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V just left this comment on my poppy photo from yesterday. “Great color. The poppy could be straight from Flanders Fields as we remember those who have gone on . . . Mon, 25 May 2009 17:18:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977691366&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Digital Diva S. 2009-05-25T17:18:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977688530&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace I planted about 8 Gerbera Daisies last season. In the end all were eventually destroyed by slugs and snails, even after trying beer and snail bait. So I decided I won't plant them again. Since . . . Thu, 21 May 2009 20:39:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977688530&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Marianne R. 2009-05-21T20:39:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687029&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Hello, Friends and Writers! Murder*by*4 recently published a post by Karen Hulene Bartell , urging writers to change their location for writing inspiration. I've known for . . . Wed, 20 May 2009 03:02:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687029&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Aaron Lazar, (author of LeGarde Mysteries) 2009-05-20T03:02:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977684397&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace I last posted about my Spring gardening efforts in late April after I mulched all the flowerbeds. There's been quite a bit of rain this season. I think I live in the only North Georgia county that . . . Sat, 16 May 2009 22:48:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977684397&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Marianne R. 2009-05-16T22:48:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676461&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace My backyard is full of colorful blooms right now.  Several of them I have no idea of the name.  So I wanted to share all the beautiful blooms with you and see if also someone might be able to . . . Thu, 14 May 2009 16:40:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676461&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Amanda C. 2009-05-14T16:40:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977678899&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace This is primarily a photo tour of the sights as one walks through the Atlanta Botanical Garden and all photos are all from my most recent visit on May 8th. I've included photos from the new . . . Sun, 10 May 2009 14:38:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977678899&grpId=3659174697247472&nav=Groupspace Marianne R. 2009-05-10T14:38:20Z