Crafts From Herbs

The plant that represents the main message is Lane's starting point. This is the flower that will go into the center. She strolls through her garden searching for plants that express her theme, preferably something colorful. Perhaps opal basil flowers for good wishes, a rose for love, or a pair of roses for an anniversary bouquet. She selects other plants with complimentarymeanings, and finally she selects other plants with complementary meanings, and finallyshe just picks anything that is in particularly good condition or would make a good combination for the flowers. These last plants she looks up on returning indoors, and often she discovers that their sentiment would be perfect for the occasion. She has made tussiemussies with as few asw 2kinds of plants and as many as 36. ( The 36 went into a Tessie-mussier for Nancy Reagan to whom Lane had a lot to say.)