Sharing an upcoming workshop! #Terrarium ‘Imaginarium’ at the @RailsEnd Gallery

❧ Terrarium workshop “Terrarium Imaginarium”

Create your very own miniature garden under glass!

Join Karen for some indoor gardening inspiration!

This workshop offers step-by-step instructions on how to create your very own terrarium.
Attendees will learn about container selection, types of plant material to use, quirky design additions, and how best to care for the little ecosystems so they continue to thrive once you get them home!
– Friday, February 26th, 2016
– 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
– All materials provided!
– Cost: $20.00

❧ Hosted by the Rails End Gallery – 23 York St, Haliburton ON – Artlovers Staycation, 2016

❧ Please Note: Attendees must sign up directly with the Rails End Gallery. To do so online, please visit: HERE (or) telephone: 705.457.2330

– Thank you!

Amaryllis blooms from seed to stalk – #FloweringFriday

Amaryllis vittatum - Wall Flower Studio 2016

Amaryllis ‘vittata’

Amaryllis vittata – I pollinate these flowers by hand, lightly dusting the pollen from the anther of one flower on to the stigma of another. I look forward to harvesting the seeds every year and growing new plants!

Seed pod pops open by itself.

floating Amaryllis seeds for viability - Wall Flower Studio

Floating amaryllis seeds in water can help to tell which ones are viable. I’ve found it easy to tell, just by how plump each one is.

It was 6 years before seeds I planted actually flowered. Admittedly, there is nothing more thrilling than to see that stalk emerge from a bulb you’ve grown from seed. Patience is likely the biggest ingredient!

Happy Flowering Friday!

Wildlife visitors wander through our yard on #WordlessWednesday

Turkey in our yard - April 1st. 2014. Wall Flower Studio - Karen Sloan Turkey in our yard April 2014 - Karen Sloan - Wall Flower Studio

DIY Herbal Bath Tub Tea – Create your own herbal packets for the bath – from the garden, naturally!

Calendula Chamomile Lavender in Jar with scoop - bath Wall Flower Studio sm It’s very easy to create your own bath tea bags with herbs. Gathered together here are Lavender, Chamomile & Calendula. All you’ll need, apart from the herbs is an iron and some empty teabags.

Simply mix together all of the ingredients together and fill the bags about 3/4’s full. Iron them shut and you have yourself a packet of herbal goodies that can be tossed right in your bath, or shared with friends!

If you don’t happen to have any empty teabags on hand, simply use a small cotton bag or cheesecloth tied with a ribbon! Or, mix your herbs together and fill a glass jar with them. Makes a lovely hostess Lavender Dryer Sachets at Wall Flower Studio gift if you tie a little wooden scoop on it with some raffia.

I started making my own bath products and cosmetics years ago when I came to the realization that many large cosmetic companies include all kinds of toxic chemicals in the products that I was using.

Now I feel immense pleasure and satisfaction, creating products not only for myself, but for my lovely customers, too.

Have fun and happy bathing!

Sharing our apothecary & culinary container recycling program! Celebrating #greenbeauty at Wall Flower Studio

Bring us your empties! Receive a reward for your earth-friendliness!

Here’s how it works: When you make a purchase at Wall Flower Studio, you will receive a plantable paper card – We’ll stamp it each time you bring back an empty glass jar/bottle/tin with its lid, purchased at our store. (i.e: One empty bottle equals one stamp).

When you reach ten stamps, you get to choose *one travel-sized apothecary/culinary item from our selection at the shop! You also get to plant your stamped plantable paper card. It will grow Canadian native wild flower seeds! Everybody wins, especially the environment.

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