Bg-Uncwt* Farming, Saturday, March 19,1994 Floral Designs By Carolyn Martin Incorporate Freeze-Dried, Latex, Parchment, Silk, Dried Materials LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Fanning Staff LITITZ (Lancaster Co.) Walk into Carolyn Weaver’s home any day and you will find straw berries, raspberries, brussels spr outs, broccoli, carrots, artichokes, and pomegranates on her kitchen counter. These picture-pefect vegetables The arrangement on the entrance door to the Weaver home reflects the season. Building To Snow? If You Have... Replace That Building With A • MORTON BUILDING 50 YEAR SNOW WARRANTY This warranty is not pro-rated and covers materials and labor. Backed by a 5-A-l rated Dun & Bradstreet Co. INVEST YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY WISELY don’t wilt, rot or mold. Take a whiff of the aroma of what smells like freshly picked berries, and you will know that these are not artifi cial reproductions. They are the real thing—freeze-dried, which is an increasingly popular method of preserving vegetables and fruits for display. Carolyn does not freeze dry the Have You Lost A WITH NO WEIGHT LIMIT MORTON BUILDINGS, INC. Excellence Since 1903 CONTACT: 3368 York Rd. P.O. Box 126, Gettysburg, Phillipsburg, PA 17326 HJ 08865 717/624-3331 908/454-7900 Call or write today j oaa lay 7400 lllloola aaly, call lor aiara InfonaaMim 1 ■BOO-447-7436 IW4SMM Carolyn Waaver uses freeza-driad, latex, dried, silk, and parchment materials in her floral arrangements. produce, but she does artfully arrange it with dried, latex, parch ment, and silk flowers and greenery. Latex is also a fairly new medium used for flowers. The latex flowers are quite realistic in appearance but have a rubbery tex ture, which makes them extremely durable. A versatile designer, Carolyn creates country, formal, tradition al, Victorian, and oriental-line arrangements. Although she does arrange- ments in all sizes, Carolyn prefers large arrangements as they are more eye-catching and dramatic than the miniature and medium sized ones. She uses brass, pewter, glass, wicker basket, grapevine, elm, crocks, and ceramic containers. Carolyn’s expertise in flower arrangement began as a teen-ager when she took an evening flower arranging workshop at Stauffers of Kissel Hill. A year later, she applied for a job there and was employed with the understanding ga 9?mammm ?PißßQra«a i <? Powder Hour* Addition*! Information to™ 1 MM# wW Ilf fipMfll And Your Ne»re»t Dealer 3*7 toll A | 77>aaiitnmii SEiaaMßlß. 72uulisSS> that she would stand behind the flower designer for on-the-spot training. Soon Carolyn was doing Wil liamsburg arrangements, pressed flowers under glass, and free designs. After five years, Carolyn quit her job to devote full time to rais ing the three children that she and her husband, Ron, had. Matthew is now 19, Jennifer, 16, and Andrew, 14. While not employed in flower (Turn to Pag* B 4) CHUTE
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