An Invitation
Written and Photographed by Juliet Blankespoor
Attention all fleuraphiles, fleuravores, and fleurologists:
I formally invite you to join me in celebration of the juicy colors, textures and stories of plant reproduction.
I will be featuring a flower every Friday for a year in my not-so-originally-named
A Year in Flowers
The flowers will be seasonal during the growing season, and drawn from my archives and inspiration during the winter. I will serve nibbles of botany, ecology, wild food, medicine and gardening from my floral sounding board. Some days I may simply post photos and let images fill the imagination.
When: Starting tomorrow
Where: on whatever electronica you fancy
RSVP: cherished
Sharing the project with your favorite plant aficionados: appreciated
Meet The Green Mastermind Behind Blog Castanea:
JULIET BLANKESPOOR is the founder, primary instructor, and Creative Director of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, an online school serving thousands of students from around the globe. She's a professional plant-human matchmaker and bonafide plant geek, with a degree in botany and over 30 years of experience teaching and writing about herbalism, medicine making, and organic herb cultivation. Juliet’s lifelong captivation with medicinal weeds and herb gardening has birthed many botanical enterprises over the decades, including an herbal nursery and a farm-to-apothecary herbal products business.
These days, she channels her botanical obsession through her writing and photography in her online programs, on her personal blog Castanea, and in her new book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies. Juliet and her family reside in a home overrun with houseplants and books in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Debbie says:
Me and my blooming toad lilies..(the deer did not get them all) await.
April says:
Can’t wait to see these on Fridays!
Lee Ann Foster says:
Thank you Juliet for your helpful reply on the pineapple sage and I would find it very delicious if you would include me as a fan of this project. It will be pure nectar!
nancy says:
im looking forward to this
Lindsay Perry says:
Yes please! I love these collages!
Fiona Morris says:
How lovely! Look forward to all the floral delights and will share with others on my Nourish & Flourish FB page: http://www.facebook.com/NourishandFlourish
Love and Rose petals, Fiona 🙂
Mollie Curry says:
yes! how do I share this with other folks?
Juliet Blankespoor says:
Thanks Mollie,
the old fashioned mouth still works wonders, or you could paste the address and e-mail it to folks, or share it on Facebook. Thanks for help spreading the word!!!
dabney says:
ready & waiting!
Sandra Gray says:
Wonderful! Another reason to love Fridays….
LindaM says:
I’m in. Very exciting!
Cindy Tedesco says:
What a treat! I will share the information .
Joanna Simon says:
Add me in…you’re the best. Can’t wait. I just might insist that you include all these photos in a book….I wish I knew a book agent…I think I’ll start looking around…