To pre­pare for our next flo­ral design work­shop at The Hunt­ing­ton Library in Pasade­na, I’ve been doing a lot of research on Tussie-Mussie bou­quets — which were pop­u­lar dur­ing the Vic­to­ri­an era. Folks in those days believed every flower held a spe­cial mean­ing and often used flow­ers to send mes­sages to each other.

I decid­ed to look around my own gar­den and see what I could come up with and cre­at­ed a lit­tle tussie-mussie for my sis­ter Casey. The theme I’ve giv­en it is “sis­ter­ly love.” I used all flow­ers and herbs you can find in our own gar­den and here is what each flower means:

- Marigold: Affec­tion (for each other)
— Celosia: Silli­ness (we are very silly)
— Yarrow: Health (always)
— Basil: Best wish­es (for the future)
— Myr­tle: Joy (she brings me joy all the time)
— Rose: Love (I love her very much!)

I placed this posy in a Tussie-mussie hold­er my moth­­er-in-law, Elsa, gave me many years ago for a birth­day (she knows all about my love for flowers).

I hope you enjoy look­ing at it and encour­age you to look around your own gar­den and see what sort of flow­ers you can make into a posy with your own spe­cial meanings.

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