I found the picture of the lovely woman surrounded by flowers in a vintage gardening book: the 1958 edition of Yates Garden Guide. It's a great book, filled with lots of helpful information and some pretty interesting photos of people holding vegetables and flowers. I fell in love with that picture, and the way the lady is just plonked there amongst all the hydrangeas, as if she's part of an interesting wedding decoration.
I'm planning to plant a few of these hydrangeas myself in a shady spot in our garden. But it needs a bit of tidying up and digging over first. Until then though, I did some hand-sewing and made these hydrangea-inspired hairbands. The petals are wool felt sewn to black velvet ribbon.
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