Window Box Arrangements

It was a happy day when window boxes decided to jump off the house and join the party. I was 5 years old when my parents bought two window boxes that happened to be attached to our new house in a recently built housing development. The development was carved out of beautiful, rural farm land in Baltimore County. It's embarrassing to admit this, but that purchase was part of a white exodus that began when the black population of Baltimore began migrating from the inner city to neighborhoods like the one we were about to leave. Baltimore was very segregated at that time. My five year old mind knew that segregation was wrong and didn't jive as my friend, Elizbeth's wood desk sat right in front of mine at St. Bernadine's. 

But I digress. On this property every spanking new home came with two empty window boxes. While a homey touch,  they seemed more appropriate in the narrow streets of Europe flanked by shutters painted a regional color. There, they  were close enough to admire on foot rather than a blurry drive by in a decidedly car oriented way of life.
  

The contemporary cut flower take on this traditional form of outdoor planting is extraordinarily variable. It's a long, horizontally oriented arrangement. It seems a fitting aesthetic with modern decor, rustic or contemporary. The flowers can be much more relaxed than a traditional arrangement. The container for my first one was made out of chicken wire. No chickens were harmed in the making of this arrangement.