Desert Zen
PICTURE: A juniper defiantly standing against an already angry desert dawn sun.
I thought the desert was empty. Geez, was I wrong!
The high desert flaunts every school of ikebana effortlessly.
What is so special is that every florist’s grouping is accessible. Desert arrangements are not buried by masses of plants brawling for the sun as happens in eastern wild lands.
Sages, rocks, sedges, junipers, sand, and lichen scatter in inspired mosaics across the high desert floor.
Desert Zen is a micro sampling of the high desert’s aesthetic tastes and design skills.
Above: The ‘bones’ of a dead great basin sage casts a spidery shadow on the red flecked leaves of filaree plants.
I thought the desert was empty. Geez, was I wrong!
The high desert flaunts every school of ikebana effortlessly.
What is so special is that every florist’s grouping is accessible. Desert arrangements are not buried by masses of plants brawling for the sun as happens in eastern wild lands.
Sages, rocks, sedges, junipers, sand, and lichen scatter in inspired mosaics across the high desert floor.
Desert Zen is a micro sampling of the high desert’s aesthetic tastes and timeless design skills.
