7 Tips to Create a Small Rose Garden

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Roses in a container

Roses in a container

If you would like to create a small rose garden you don’t have to think in terms of anything formal.  

A rose garden can be very simple and you only need a few good roses to provide you with a lovely display provided that you observe a few rose friendly rules.

If your garden is particularly small, you can even grow roses successfully in containers.

Roses also grow quite happily together with other flowers so don’t worry if you don’t have space for a formal rose garden.

In fact, a garden with roses under-planted with annuals such as lobelia or alyssum will look particularly lovely.

Take a look at the container of roses above and see how a few seasonal perennials are planted around the base.  They serve not only to improve the display but also to keep the roots of the rose cool.

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Were you Born with a Spark of Creativity?

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Creative SparkWouldn’t it be wonderful if we were all born with that spark of creativity we all admire so much?

Well guess what! We have all been given that creative capacity – for free. Each and every one of us has some form of creativity within us. It’s really just a matter of degree.

Unfortunately most of us don’t know it.

What a waste! 

With some people a particular creative talent is so strong that it shows up very early in life.  Others go through life never ever realizing that they had creative potential and through lack of use it eventually disappears altogether.

Who knows what wondrous paths of excitement and stimulation we could have trodden – if only we had known and worked with our natural creativity.

The actual fact is that there are many different types and degrees of creativity. But it is up to us to discover which of these we have.

It’s quite easy to check for creativity with handwriting – which is one way to do it. There are other ways too, of  course.  But the bottom line is that we need to become more aware of our creativity so that it doesn’t go to waste.

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Creating Cartoon Characters with Aluminum Foil

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Superman

Superman

Here is a lovely story about a young boy in India who creates miniature cartoon characters with aluminium foil. I found the article at Daily News and Analysis and was immediately fascinated. 

It shows how the creative instinct can find inspiration in the most unusual things.

Below is an excerpt from the article – I am sure that you will be just as fascinated as I was to read it. It’s an example of innovation that is sure to inspire your own creativity.

Creativity with Tin Foil

“So what do you think a standard VI student does with the aluminium foil that his mother uses to wrap food in his lunch box?

Many would say he would throw it in the dustbin without giving it a second thought.

But not 11-year-old Punmeet Tiwari who not only collects the aluminium foils that his mother uses to pack his food but also makes miniatures out of them.

Punmeet has made more than 500 miniatures of cartoon characters such as Spiderman and Superman, stone-age man, sportspersons, a cricket field and many other toys with the used foils.

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Child Genius playing the piano at Carnegie

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Here is a remarkable video of a 6 year old child genius playing the piano at Carnegie.

I’ve often wondered if Mozart really composed music at the age of 5. I always thought it was a bit of an exaggeration that people liked to believe. And no harm in that. We need our dreams.

But I realize that it really must have been true. It is indeed possible to find a child genius with extraordinary musical talent. Talent like this does in fact exist. And what is more, it exists today!

Take a look at this video and you too will be dumbstruck by this amazing little 6 year old boy, Yoav Levanon , who won the Pnina Saltzman competition.  Here he is playing the piano at Carnegie. It’s goose pimple worthy!

 Child Genius Plays the Piano

 


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A Few Pressed Flowers – Pretty and easy to make

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Here is a little pressed flower collage which is very easy to design when you have a few pressed flowers in stock.

There are many more pictures like this at my website, where you can find out for yourself how easy it is to press flowers.

It’s a very satisfying craft or hobby and I highly recommend it. Mainly because it keeps you out of doors and away from the computer.  And that’s a very valuable thing these days!

There are ways to make your pressed flowers and foliage look vibrantly alive.

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The Biggest Rose in my Garden.

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Garden Queen RoseThe biggest rose that I have ever seen is without doubt the lovely hybrid tea rose, Garden Queen.

This enormous rose has a wonderful fragrance, and is very eye-catching, not only because of its huge size and perfection of form but also because of its wonderful combination of colours that range from a deep pink to a rich deep violet.

Not only is this one of the biggest roses that I have ever seen – it also lasts a long time in the vase.  An added plus about Garden Queen is that the bush is sturdy, strong and vigorous and that it seems to be virtually disease free.

I only have to pick three of these huge blooms to fill a vase and they always make quite a talking point.

Another magnificent pink rose that I love is Flamingo. It’s a much lighter pink rose with its peachy centre and flamingo shade of pink on the open petals. But despite its very large size, this is a graceful rose. It’s a strong grower and the flowers last an incredibly long time in the vase.


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