Finally, some plants!!

I am finally back! My absence has not been because I do not see plants anymore, but more because of my beautiful little girl that takes up my camera space! So here are some pictures I took today.

Endless summer original in my favorite bloom stage 

 A field of blue

 Yellow Stella blooms as far as the eye can see

Russian sage

Kristin & Chris

This bride is a dear cousin of mine, the wedding was in late October, so I was not able to "hunt & gather" flowers from outside. However, the flowers turned out great and the bride was very happy with them. Her colors were eggplant and accented it with a lime green. However we also used roses in different shades of purple to catch the eye.

Tall centerpiece at the reception. She decided to cut costs by only having flowers on 1/3 of the tables and used candles and sticks with gems for the other 2/3. This arrangement consists of roses, lilies, orchids, bells of ireland, and various accent flowers.

The father of the brides boutonniere. A simple rose with wax flowers as accents.

The groomsman's boutonniere. Orchid, with a rose bud. A great way to tie in the purple. Because eggplant is generally difficult to match with flowers, utilizing shades of purple helps!

This is the arrangement used in the church. A big beautiful arrangement that mimics the centerpieces at the reception but on a much grander scale.

The bridesmaids bouquets all bunched up. The bride wanted the bridesmaids bouquets to be more white than purple and pink, and hers would be the opposite.

An up close shot of the brides bouquet. Lots of different textures and flowers. Roses, poms, orchids, wax flower, hypericum berries, and various accent foliage.

Placing the finishing touch on the bouquet.

Becky and Ben

This bride is a very simple girl, who wanted a wildflower look, with a minimal budget. So I utilized my resources and went looking outside. Above is the pew cone/ arrangement, I used shrub roses and russian sage in this simple.

For the reception the bride wanted a combination of tall centerpieces and low ones. Here are the low ones, cannot get much simpler or more beautiful than hydrangeas.

This is not a very good picture but it is one of two arrangements for the church. The vase consists of panicle hydrangeas, echinacea's, liatris (spikey purple flowers) queen anne's lace.

The arrangements on location.

Thanksgiving

Lemons... a fun way to cover up the mechanics.

Who needs foam when you have cranberries?

A playful pave design

Lots of texture

This is a centerpiece I did for a dinner party. I love using plants from around my house. So there is bleeding hearts, spiraea foliage and other perennials from around my house. Along with my very favorite peonies!

Wedding flowers

The following pictures are bouquets I did in my floral design class. We were learning different techniques, but were just handed the flowers and told to create.
This is a great way to get lots of texture, color and smells! This bouquet has tulips, stock, roses, lilies and then accent flowers.

A the classic red rose bouquet, there is just something so beautiful about this.

This is another colorful bouquet. Daisies, alstromeria, and stock.

Sweet Tango

So I just have to write about this, as it was the big hype in MN last year since I work at a nursery. The U of M only allowed certain people to have this apple. I expected it to be out of this world delicious. But I have to say, I have been switching between honeycrisp and sweet tango apples the past few days. I cannot tell a lick of difference. So...

My consensus = Sweet Tango is highly over-rated!! Save your money and just get honeycrisp.