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Flower designer Jo Oliver uses roses, seckle pears and thistle to showcase an unexpected autumn palette in her home in West River, Md., shown Oct. 21, 2019. Over the chest, George Nelson's Cigar Sconces from Design Within Reach frame two illustrations by Washington artist Elizabeth Graeber.
Washington Post photo by Katherine Frey
Flower designer Jo Oliver uses roses, seckle pears and thistle to showcase an unexpected autumn palette in her home in West River, Md., shown Oct. 21, 2019. Over the chest, George Nelson’s Cigar Sconces from Design Within Reach frame two illustrations by Washington artist Elizabeth Graeber.
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Instead of the traditional oranges and burgundys, Oliver takes inspiration from the subtle changes of color and texture she sees in the rolling hills and the fading gardens around her 1820 farmhouse in West River, Maryland, 30 miles east of Washington, D.C. (Jura Koncius, The Washington Post)