HERB®’S an idea for a
- table arrangement that
will dazzle your guests!
It’s simple and easy and

will add a very special touch
to your evening table.

Materials
Large twig.
5-6. Miniature galvanized
steel lanterns (availab!e at
floral stores and department
stores)
Spray painy
Smail rocks or marbles
“Tea Lights
Choose a vase that has-a
deep basin and wide top. 1F
you have one that fits into a
wire stand it’s even better.
Fill the vase with Java
rocks or marbles half way and
place your large twig in the
“centre. Pour the remaining
rocks around the. base of the
twig to hold tt in place. Make
sure your twig is straight and
secure,
‘If your lanterns are galva-
. “nized sveel you may want to
- consider painting them.

deck.

Brown paint looks great
on a brown twig while green
lanterns blend beautifully
with flowering piants on the

Place vour tea lamps in
the lanterns and attach the
lanterns to the ovig branch.

This can be done by nwo
methods. The first is to sim-
ply hang the lantern on the
twig branch if the branch is

_ strong enough. The second

orth shere news

34 FIOME & GARDEN

A lantern in the tree is
worth two on the table

mezhod is to attach a green
wire to the lamp and tie it t
the branch. Either method
will work just fine.

' Not only do these little
lanterns look beautiful bur
their soft glow will transform
any dinner table.

— Barb Luntr lives in
West Vancouver. She is the host
‘ef Home Ideas on Ruger’s
Cable's Plugged in! magazine

NEWS photo Mike Waker

STEEL lanterns suspended from a large twig make a unique centrepiece for a
summer dinner party.

program. Barb’s floral products
are available at Valerianne on
Bellepsue Ave in West
Vancouver. If you have any
questions for Barb, or any of
your own Home Ideas, send
them to the North Shore News,
1139 Lonsdale Ave, NV. V7M
2H+4. Or fax them to 985-2104.

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Gardening event, send in your
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SATURDAY, JUNE 27: The
Qucen Mary Community
Garden is to hold its second
annual bulb sale at Queen
Mary clementary school from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The bulbs
are recycled irom the North
Vancouver City beds and
stored and sorted by the stu-
dents of the schooi The
money raised will go the
ongoing maintenance and
tending of the community
garden.

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