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My interview on Therapeutic Horticulture on KOOP 91.7

4/4/2012

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Interview on KOOP 91.7My interview on Therapeutic Horticulture on KOOP 91.7

I interviewed on tales from the golden cabinet on Koop radio. I talk about therapeutic horticulture. Here is the sound recording!
http://www.archive.org/details/TalesFromTheGoldenCabinetMaryKraemerOfRosaMilagrosa

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Creating personal Flower mandala at Alma de Mujer:

3/14/2012

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Creating personal Flower mandala at Alma de Mujer:
Awaken, Align your spirit in 2012 workshop
At this workshop I brought enough flowers for all participants to make a personal flower mandala for themselves.
First we started of with a discussion of what is a mandala and it’s history. I showed them examples of different cultural mandalas and their purpose.
Here is an interesting article on similarities between Tibetans and Hopi with a mandala.

http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/linkssimilarities-between-tibetan-and-native-american-groups/

First we wrote our intention on a piece of paper and put it under our blank papers. We took the time to find out what is in our hearts.
Then we picked our flowers that we felt the most drawn to using our five senses of smell hearing taste sight touch.
We then did a meditation in mindfulness:
Place materials in front of keeping your eyes gently on them. Sit upright. Forget yourself and allow yourself to merge with the plants you’ll be working with. These plants become the one thought. Any separation between the person who is looking and that which is gazed upon ceases. YOU ARE IN INTIMATE CONNECTION WITH THE PLANT.
Then everyone started making their mandalas. Here are some of the ones people made.
Michael and I made this one. It has roses hydrangea and lavender.
Hydrangea lets your true feelings out into the light of day to heal the old anger and hurt, also with hydrangea leaves which gives you a voice. Rose heals our old broken hearts and lavender calms us. I love the rose hands reaching out in all directions. Perfect!

I then discuss with you the flower meanings and what they can mean for you and your intention.

If you are interested in having a personal flower mandala workshop for yourself or a gathering, I would love to discuss it with you. It is a perfect event for a bridal, baby shower, birthday party, coming of age, quinceañera.
I also offer rose day which is an event to celebrate love with a sensory experience of taste smell sight hearing and touching Roses.

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Making pine cone bird feeders

3/9/2012

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Making pine cone bird feeders
It was a cold wintry day perfect for making bird feeders. There is not a lot of food in the winter for birds. So adding to what they can eat with bird seed makes happy birds!
It was a little to cold to be outside, so we harvested a few carrots to eat. And made bird feeders inside.
We painted peanut butter on pine cones and rolled them in birdseed.
The kids took them home to hang with I instructions on where to hang them to attract birds.
We had a few left that we decided to hang the outside in the garden.

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John Paul Gaultier

3/8/2012

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John Paul Gaultier
Michael and I went to see the John Paul Gaultier fashion show at the Dallas museum of art. It got me thinking about what it would be like to use flowers for clothes

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Using words to describe flower arrangements

2/29/2012

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Using words to describe flower arrangements
We used the metal pin frogs to make smaller arrangements. We worked to achieve balance with flowers, balance with shape and size, balance with ourselves. After they were done, I asked everyone to think of one word that best describes their arrangement. This was challenging for some. They came up with words that seemed quite unrelated. Everyone came out smiling…

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Need for plants

2/27/2012

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Need for plants seeds fruit trees dirt flowers
Do you have left over plants, flowers, seeds, fruit trees, dirt that you would like to donate or sell at a reduced rate.


I run elder and youth groups for rehabilitation, education and recreation.
We re-purpose plants or flowers for activities that include art, flower arranging, planting gardens. anything nature related would be appreciated for therapeutic horticulture.
Thanks in advance for donating!


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Using a metal frog with flowers

2/22/2012

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Using a metal frog with flowers
Today we used a metal frog to put flowers in. It is s bit tricky. It falls over if there are too many or they are too tall. Someone who hadn’t spoken or moved during class reached out to keep it from falling over. I consider that a success!

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Working outside at the green classroom

2/17/2012

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Working outside at the green classroom
Working outside today the kids were enthralled with finding worms. They kept forming these groups of worm awe.


We managed to get some work done cleaning out the empty pizza shaped gardens.
We used tools to get out weeds.


We made mounds like pepperoni to put the plants. We so enjoyed putting these tiny plants in our new beds.


We then watered them in.




Then we cleaned the tools and put the weeds in the compost.




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Glueing plants and flowers to paper

2/10/2012

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Glueing plants and flowers to paper
We made art at the green classroom on a windy cold day. Some went outside and pulled weeds, but only if you had a coat. The rest of us went inside and picked a collection of seeds leaves flowers of different shape sizes and colors…

We then started to lay it out on the paper.

Everyone told me about it

The pictures are like little stories with plants

Here is one I made

My story is about making flowers with parts and pieces of leaves and flowers, I like to make things bloom!

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Ikebana at the Shambala center

1/31/2012

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Ikebana at the Shambala center
I signed up for the ikebana class not knowing what to expect. Iris was leading the class

I love the simple look of it
Oddly a panorama of oddly sized nature; Flowers are too big for a natural setting.

Or this one very odd
So we begin

Which flowers to choose? And then place?

Starting to come together

What do you think?

Not flowers I would normally put together, but really enjoyed the meditation:
Place materials in front of keeping your eyes gently on them. Sit upright. Forget yourself and allow yourself to merge with the plants you’ll be working with. These plants become the one thought. Any separation between the person who is looking and that which is gazed upon ceases. YOU ARE IN INTIMATE CONNECTION WITH THE PLANT.
Wow! love that very useful, merging with plants to give you their healing quality. It feels oddly euphoric.
I have to say thank you, with a bow.

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