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Wedding Wednesday :: Pink Bridal Bouquets
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Shops, Shelves & Sinks..
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Workshop – European Hand-Tied Bouquet Featuring PEONIES!
Coral Charm Peonies
European Hand-Tied Bouquet Featuring PEONIES!
Saturday, May 23, 2015 | 2:30-5:00pm
Please note – there will be two classes on May 23 featuring PEONIES! The morning session will be taught by Miles Johnson of Fiori Floral Design. Miles will teach students how to create a floral centerpiece with peonies. His class will take place from 10:30am-1:00pm. Please call Miles directly at 206.329.3944 to register for the morning centerpiece class.
The afternoon class which I, Alicia, will be teaching will focus on the European Hand-Tied style of bouquet featuring Peonies! We’ll create full and lush hand-tied bouquets filled with peonies and accenting flowers – this style of bouquet is a perfect style to create and gift to a friend!
Location: Both Classes will take place at Seattle Wholesale Growers Market
5840 Airport Way S, Ste 201, Seattle, WA 98108
Investment: $150.00
Register HERE
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Random Flower Awesomeness
Sometimes I come across floral displays that are just so darn cool, yet don’t fit into any exact category for Wedding Wednesday — so here we are with a Random Flower Awesomeness post!
Enjoy -
Sarahdipity Photos for Paper and Stitch, Styling by Brittni Mehlhoff
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Russian River Rose Company
Located in Healdsburg, California is a great little rose garden and nursery called Russian River Rose Company. They have over 600 roses included in their collection! One spring day my mother and I made a visit to the gardens, we dilly-dallied about the paths in the display gardens (I like saying dilly-dallied), we quite enjoyed viewing the large selection of roses in bloom – so many sizes and colors. And, oh, the rose scent that was just wafting in the air, it truly added to the experience! We walked around on the garden paths that surround the owners’ personal home and then down the side of the property where rose arches were packed full of thick climbing rose plants in full bloom. They also had quite a few of their rose bushes available for purchase, along with a nice collection of Irises. Every April and May on Saturdays & Sundays they open up their display gardens to the public, so be sure to stop by if you are in the area.
Here are some of the pictures I took while my mother and I perused the gardens-
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Roseville Clematis Farm visit by Nancy Cameron
My friend Nancy Cameron of Destiny Hill Farm recently visited Roseville Clematis Farm in Florida and snapped a few pictures for all of us, plus wrote up a re-cap of what she saw. Thank you, Nancy, for sharing your experience with all of us!
Cut flower clematis greet visitors at the Roseville Farms office
Do you love to design with clematis, but wonder why the stems are so expensive?
A recent visit to Roseville Farms in Apopka, Florida gave me a new understanding and appreciation for this glorious, yet high maintenance flower crop.
Roseville Clematis Farm
My husband and I were treated to a tour by Dan Webber, the Vice President of the world’s largest Clematis Nursery. Roseville Farms propagates and grows wholesale clematis plant material as well as cut flower clematis on the site’s 35 acres. They have 500,000 square feet of greenhouses and clematis is the only crop grown at the farm. Clematis is propagated and grown in pots on raised greenhouse workbenches. Nothing is grown in the ground and the clematis plants need constant care.
The facility is in perfect order and remarkably clean for a business dealing with tons of potted dirt. The greenhouses and coolers are neatly organized with the newly propagated young starters, 1 year old and 2 year old clematis retail nursery plants. In addition, there are specific plants, greenhouses and space for the clematis to be sold to florists.
Young clematis plants
The cut flower clematis production is where things get really interesting with extreme hands on nurturing by the employees. Each plant is groomed to only permit one to two stems to grow up a metal rod. The remaining stems and plant material are cut off. As the vine grows up the rod it is hand clipped to the rod similar to the way orchid stems are treated. But, unlike orchids the vine keeps growing and growing. The caregiving clematis workers must continuously pull each vine down the rod and delicately bend the vine at the base to allow the vine to grow and permit the blossoms to form several feet up the vine. This process goes on for weeks until prime long stems and blossoms are ready to ship out.
Clematis clipped and growing up the thin metal rods
To prepare the clematis flower stems for florist hands each stem is cut while remaining attached to the thin metal rod and placed in flower buckets to be moved to the processing area. Female workers wearing coats in a giant cooler are lined up to a waist high work counter where they gently release each vine from the clips and rod. The stem is inspected and if it passes the quality test it is neatly bundled and tagged by variety.
Freshly cut ready for processing
Female workers in coats in the production line creating cut flower clematis product
The bundled clematis is then shipped off to flower wholesalers around the world. Dan advises florists to purchase Roseville Farms clematis bundles from your wholesaler. He has made contact with wholesalers in every major market. The clematis cut flowers are amazing with 5 distinct color categories-White, Red, Purple, Pink, and Blue plus each color has sub colors to choose from. Roseville Farms tags each clematis bundle with the variety name to help florists learn the names for placing orders. Check out their website to look at all the clematis color choices. www.clematis.com
Clematis all sorted and ready to be sent to the wholesalers
Clematis has a long vase life and adds the unique and special element to your creations. Florists, you want to get to know the American cut flower clematis grown by Roseville Farms and sold by your flower wholesaler.
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Flower Focus :: Tweedia
Pink, Blue, and White Tweedia
Image via Mayesh
Tweedia
Design by Studio 3 Floral
I asked a few of my flower friends about their experiences with Tweedia and how they treat the sap that leaks from the stems..
“I love that stuff like nobody’s business. Anything other than blue is hard to find. If I ever see white tweedia or pink Tweedia its like spotting a unicorn. I just cut it, let it leak the milky sap in a container or put it into arrangements at the end. I do pull some of those leaves off when cleaning it and yep the sap goes everywhere. I just embrace it. It’s worth it.” Alexandra of Exquisite Designs
“I cut to approximate lengths take off leaves and let them sit in their own vase.” Laurie of Fleurie
“I wear gloves when I’m designing with it.” Corinne of Sebesta Design
“It’s the perfect blue without going purple. But, it’s a pain. Sticky, droopy at times, but like others have said worth the sacrifice.” Dana of Della Blooms
“It adds a delicacy to a bouquet like nothing else can. And it’s a beautiful natural teal blue, which can be hard to find! Oh, and latex gloves were recommended by my wholesaler. My skin doesn’t mind it, but if you have sensitive skin watch out!” Chandin of Studio 3 Floral
“Makes my hand itch like crazy. Once I received some and it was a droopy mess. Fresh cut into a vase of water with a splash of vinegar and it perked right up. Years ago an old florist told me to use vinegar to firm up gerbers and I was desperate to revive the tweedia and it worked!” Monica of Twigs Floral Design
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Wedding Wednesday :: Pink Bridal Bouquets
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Shops, Shelves & Sinks..
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Workshop – European Hand-Tied Bouquet Featuring PEONIES!
Coral Charm Peonies
European Hand-Tied Bouquet Featuring PEONIES!
Saturday, May 23, 2015 | 2:30-5:00pm
Please note – there will be two classes on May 23 featuring PEONIES! The morning session will be taught by Miles Johnson of Fiori Floral Design. Miles will teach students how to create a floral centerpiece with peonies. His class will take place from 10:30am-1:00pm. Please call Miles directly at 206.329.3944 to register for the morning centerpiece class.
The afternoon class which I, Alicia, will be teaching will focus on the European Hand-Tied style of bouquet featuring Peonies! We’ll create full and lush hand-tied bouquets filled with peonies and accenting flowers – this style of bouquet is a perfect style to create and gift to a friend!
Location: Both Classes will take place at Seattle Wholesale Growers Market
5840 Airport Way S, Ste 201, Seattle, WA 98108
Investment: $150.00
Register HERE
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Wedding Wednesday :: Floral Arches
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Verbena Flower Farm Chronicles No. 02 – Poppin’ Poppies
A day in the life of a farmer florist. A small peak into life on Verbena’s flower farm in Roseville, CA. It’s midway through April and poppies pop pop poppin’, fragrant sweet peas are exploding into color, anemones continue to bloom, and the garden roses are bursting open this week!
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Workshops — Floral Centerpieces featuring PEONIES!
Floral Centerpieces featuring PEONIES!
Saturday, May 23, 2015 | 10:30am-1:30pm and 2:00-5:00pm | Seattle, Washington
There will be two classes on May 23 featuring PEONIES! The morning session will be taught by Miles Johnson of Fiori Floral Design. Miles will teach students how to create a floral centerpiece with peonies. His class will take place from 10:30am-1:00ish pm. Please call Miles directly at 206.329.3944 to register for the morning centerpiece class.
Designed by Miles of Fiori Floral Design
The afternoon class which I, Alicia, will be teaching will focus on the compote style floral centerpiece featuring peonies. Compote styled arrangements beckons a loose, garden inspired design — and working with the Belle of The Ball — PEONIES will definitely create beautiful arrangements for everyone to take home & enjoy! Register here for this class.
Designed by Alicia of Flirty Fleurs/Bella Fiori
Location: Both Classes will take place at Seattle Wholesale Growers Market
5840 Airport Way S, Ste 201, Seattle, WA 98108
Investment: Each class costs $150.00. You can decide to register for both classes or just one of the classes. Please call Miles directly at 206.329.3944 to register for the Pave Class. If you’d like to take my compote style class please register here.
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Peonies of China
Hello flower friends,
I just spent two weeks traveling through China on a fantastic vacation. While there I kept my eyes open for anything floral related to share with you, but really never did come across floral arrangements. However, I did come across peonies in bloom! Oh My Gosh — so many lovely peonies! I snapped a few pictures and am sharing them with all of you today.
Enjoy! –
Chad taking pictures of the Peonies
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8 Floral Designers to Follow On Instagram
Today I compiled a list of floral designers to follow on instagram — hopefully, you’ll find some new designers to follow!! Click on the images below to see their instagram feeds –
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Wedding Wednesday :: Elevated Floral Centerpieces
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Spell Check
Hello Flower Friends!
Well, this is a post I probably should have done back in January when everyone was writing up floral bids. Sorry. It has occurred to me that many floral designers don’t know how to spell some of the key words used in floral estimates. So here goes, a few words that I often seen misused/misspelled.
Petals, not Pedals
Aisle, not Isle
Altar, not Alter
Unless you prefer to alter the wedding plan and pedal your bike around the isle instead of walking down the aisle on petals to the altar.
Boutonnière, not Bootinere or about 50 other ways I see people spell this word.
Bouquet, not Bokay. Look it up in a dictionary – Bokay doesn’t exist. I realize some use it as word play…
Mantel, not Mantle. Ok, I got that one wrong, too!
Those are the six words that I most often see misspelled, what are some of the words you see misspelled/misused in floral bids, blog posts, etc.?
And because we cannot possibly have a blog post with out some flowers, I leave you with these gorgeous Ashley Roses grown by Alexandra Farms –
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Fleur Friday
Interesting Links I’ve come across this week while surfing the good ‘ole World Wide Web ..
How to Increase your Instagram Following by Ashley Beyer on Once Wed
Download Alexandra Farm’s comprehensive Rose Wedding Guide here
De-Myth-Tifying Cut Flower Care, some great tips on this oldie-but-goodie article!
One of my designs this past week; an old garden urn filled with sensation lilacs, clematis, persica frittalaria, tulips, and white bleeding hearts. Thank you to Georgianna Lane for giving me some tips on how to photograph my work better!
Upcoming Workshops that I’ll be teaching –
Compote Floral Centerpieces featuring PEONIES! – Saturday, May 23, 2015
Hands-On Floral Arch & Chuppah Workshop – Saturday, May 30, 2015
Register for these workshops here
Wishing you all a fantastic weekend AND Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there!
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Designing with Herbs
I don’t know about all of you, but I sure am ready for summertime and gardens filled with herbs! Mint, Oregano, Basil, Thyme and Sage – oh, the sweet smell of summer.
Here are a few beauties which I hope will inspire you!
Florals by Lovely Little Details
Photo by Jessica Burke
Basil, Oregano, Thyme and Tomatoes
Lynn Easton of Easton Events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Shawn Cossette of Beehive Events in Scottsville, Virginia.
Genovese basil gone to seed and cinnamon basil.
Designed by Meghan Guthrie, in-house stylist for One Kings Lane
Purple Basil
Julie Stevens Design
Milou and Olin Photographers
Mint & Rosemary
Saipua
Rosemary
Francoise Weeks
Rosemary and Oregano
Laboratorio Floreale Aiello
In Love In Italy Photography
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Peony Acres, Salinas, Kansas
Looking for Peonies?? Check out Peony Acres website & Facebook page. Peony Acres is a wholesale cut flower peony farm centrally located in the U.S. — Salina, Kansas.
Peony Acres produces approximately 70,000 stems of peonies each growing season — 70,000 stems! They offer Pinks, Reds, Whites and Coral Peonies, plus, the Anemone style of Peony. Harvest starts this week and lasts for approximately 3 weeks, we all know harvest is dependent on the weather.
They offer a selection of very interesting and old-fashioned peonies like Goldilocks, Mons Jules Elie, and Rasberry Sundae, to name a few. Check out the list of peonies they offer on their website, click on “Peonies” in the menu bar. I also found the pages about the farm’s history and about peonies to be very interesting. Also, I’d recommend signing up for the Harvest Notification email.
Contact Information:
website – www.peonyacres.com
facebook – https://www.facebook.com/peonyacres
email – info@peonyacres.com
phone – 785-819-5474
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