by Clara Curtis | Jun 3, 2020 | Horticulture & Landscape
At the heart of quilting is design. Selecting a pattern and the fabrics that will express it is my favorite part of creating a quilt, and at the Arboretum, I get to translate this art form into the garden. Designing flowers and foliage into quilt patterns involves a...
by Clara Curtis | Mar 2, 2016 | Horticulture & Landscape
The Quilt Garden at the Arboretum requires a commitment to gardening not unlike what Victorian era gardeners called “carpet bedding” or floral plantings in masses of harmonious or contrasting colored foliage and flowers. In the 1870s, new plant species arriving from...
