2000   To comply with is a considerable run of images from my winter container association archives-the photograph assortment and work dates again 21 years. I’m as stunned to see this as you’re. I didn’t suppose there have been this a few years and that a lot history-but right here it’s. I didn’t examine each image from a given yr, and select what I believed was one of the best. No matter appeared to talk to this second was included. Some preparations look consistent with the yr they had been made. Some look forward of their time. Some look nice and others are so regrettably so so. Ha. You resolve what you suppose. I’ve my reminiscences.

2001  Tender    We recycled lifeless Bradford pears from our nursery provider, and rubbed them down with a copper coloured wax. The bushes had been ornamented with twine pillows and platinum fluff balls.

2002  This mild garland was the primary of many who Rob would make over the previous 20 years. I’m positive there are extra to come back.

2002, half 2  Galvanized pipe wound spherical with lights, curly copper willow, and greens augmented with mild strands and lighted ornaments

2003 Dried and dyed temper moss fitted and glued over urethane topiary varieties

2004   Prelit glitter and berry branches hover over recent lower greens and lighted ball ornaments.

2004     Extra of these prelit metallic copper glitter branches.

2005  spherical wooden poles, grapevine spheres and lengths of skinny wooden lath

2005  dried grasses, twigs, fake berry picks and lower pine

2006   stick stack, berry picks, and recent noble fir over a big huck wreath.

2006  bleached willow twigs, stick stacks, bottle brush snowflakes and gold poly mesh

2007  a primary foray into arranging pure foraged branches

2007 at Detroit Backyard Works    stay juniper topiaries, fan willow and combined lower greens. We now have by no means been capable of supply fan willow of this measurement and with this diploma of fasciation, once more – it was domestically grown.

2007  up to date stoneware pot by Francesco del Re stuffed with varied up to date sticks and stacks.

2008     crimson twig dogwood, crimson berry picks, recent silver greenback eucalyptus set into lower noble fir boughs

2008    yellow twig dogwood and eucalyptus stems and pods

2009     crimson twig dogwood, fake crimson twig picks, magnolia branches and combined evergreen boughs

2010   magnolia garland, crimson twig dogwood and crimson berry picks

2011  un-branched crimson twig dogwood, magnolia, boxwood, recent lower winterberry and noble fir

2011 Detroit Backyard Works  gold deco mesh enlivens recent lower pussy willow, greens, and pine cones

2012      copper curly willow and magnolia branches – and mountain hemlock throughout

2013   Tall crimson bud pussy willow, crimson preserved eucalyptus and combined greens

2013    crimson bud pussy willow, lilac preserved eucalyptus, magnolia and noble fir

2014  flame willow, magnolia branches and combined lower greens-

2014

2015  lime inexperienced fake berry picks and pale blue grey preserved eucalyptus. The basket planter is Dutch made.

2015   with the Christmas vacation in thoughts

2016   English made metal topiary kind with lights, spruce ideas, and snow

2017       flame willow, magnolia and spruce branches

2017     yellow twig dogwood, yellow fuzz ball picks, white eucalyptus, variegated boxwood in a big corten metal planter field

2018   3′ diameter lighted ring over a mixture of silver and noble fir

2018    a thicket of “midwinter solar” dogwood branches and mountain hemlock

2019   a sparse association of crimson bud pussy willow, inexperienced and white fuzz ball picks, gold and white berry picks and magnolia

2019   “midwinter fireplace dogwood branches and a lightweight ring

2019     yellow and inexperienced

2020    a winter sculpture manufactured from fan willow, boxwood and noble fir

2020    flame willow and enormous scale snowball picks awash in LED cherry lights

2020  layered look with tall fake astilbe picks
2020  wool felt stole and gold grass picks

2020  wicker basket pots

2021  bleached sticks of a number of diameters and heights; white berry picks

2021   the centerpiece:  cream berries lining the inside of a 5′ diameter mild ring, twigs, picks and magnolia

2021        3′ diameter mild ring, alder branches, stainless-steel spheres on stainless stems, silver plastic grass
2021          inexperienced and white

2021  evergreen branches set vertically

2021  window bins with mild rings,  fake lambs ear garlands, silver plastic grass, blueberry picks, white flower picks-and beaded stars. Very eager to see what is going to come subsequent.