It’s easy to go overboard with the wealth of garden flowers on display now. Everyone is doing it, to judge by FaceBook and Instagram. In light of that, I tend to go the opposite way with my bouquets, keeping them simple and almost minimalist at this time of the year. This is a perfect example of that, as a single peony and dogwood branch comprise the whole of this arrangement, if it can even be designated as such.
When there is so much to see and do outside, I think it’s better to maintain a quieter atmosphere within the home. Summer is about to arrive, and with it all the noise and fanfare of the sunny season. We will need a space for silence and contemplation.
For me, flower bouquets are more important and necessary in the middle of winter, or when things turn gray and barren in late fall. The indoors remains a respite of peace and calm when the weather is sometimes too nice and hot outside, and with the cacophony of impending summer on full, I find little bouquets of simplicity a way of keeping things calm inside.
