The joys of flowers

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Twist and Shout

I believe this is a trial block of plants that we are putting acid on, but they are a spectacular blue!!!

Even the foliage is amazing! Usually it is more reddish than eggplant.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Sympathy week

I used it as a door swag, but really its a non traditional funeral "swag"

loved the colors!!

again funeral wreath used as a door wreath. you cannot see the water dripping!

and as a centerpiece! it was just a little too depressing to photograph these funeral pieces looking like funeral pieces

i added the caramel colored hypericum berries as well!

centerpieces and fun stuff

loved this one, and great way to use lilies!

up close of the flowers

centerpiece, not my favorite one we have done but it turned out ok.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Framing & Zen

This week we worked on framing the arrangement, everything went in straight.

I think one of my favorite little pieces I have done so far. This was our zen project. She told us we could use 1 galax leaf, bear grass, curly willow, moss, and one gerbera daisy. My galax leaf was HUGE, so I decided it was kind of like a lily pad, and the loops of bear grass just seemed like they would be interesting, and the curly willow to balance it all out.

Asian themed vertical design, mine ended up to be very minimalistic compared to the others, but I liked it and doesn't need to be too fussy. The raffia and 3 bamboo pieces on the pot were my addition as well. Sometimes you just amaze your self! HA!