On
Tuesday morning, June 26, a small group gathered to decorate garden flags at
the LAC gallery. Ann Quinn had prepared
two different fabrics (black and white) and also had a full array of wire flag
holders, expertly made and donated by her father-in-law Boyd Quinn. To expedite the process, Ann provided a
reference folder full of line drawings with gardening and nature themes. Some of us used markers and stencils to
design the 8” x 15” flags, and others used paint to create. There were also flags available the size of
seed packets that could be used to label a vegetable garden or to indicate
where bulbs are planted. This labeling
technique is most helpful to gardeners who carefully plant bulbs in the fall,
then accidently dig them up again when planting over the summer! It was fun for all, beginning with the
continental breakfast and coffee, followed by the continual chatter as we all
worked and laughed hard, and ending with the final step of stapling the
finished flags onto the holders!
For
those who missed this craft workshop, Ann’s garden is on the garden tour in
July, so you’ll have a chance to see a few of the flags in action!
By
Ann Quinn
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