I was over the moon excited when Genevieve contacted me about doing the flowers for a hospital grand opening with a color scheme of light blue and white. My excitement turned to slight panic as I started thinking in detail about the color scheme. White flowers are so numerous that designing with them has its own challenges (more about that below) but blue as a natural color is tricky. You see, actual blue almost doesn't exist in nature! ( Check out this amazing short docu

In late August we hosted two sold-out floral design workshops! They were SO much flower-filled fun! Saturday night we filled the design...

When I started growing flowers to sell I didn't envisage doing large events. Instead I imagined designing a flower crown here, a bouquet...

The Search for a Black Tulip Queen of the Night The idea of a truly black tulip has haunted gardeners, breeders, and dreamers for centuries. In 1850, Alexandre Dumas published La Tulipe Noire , a romantic tale set in the political prisons of the 17th century Netherlands. In the novel, a wrongfully imprisoned man—assisted by his jailer’s daughter—attempts the impossible: to grow a tulip “as black and brilliant as jet.” At the time, such a flower existed only in imagination.

Last weekend we celebrated the grand opening of our design studio: The Arboretum. For years this space has served as a heated growing space for our dahlia starts, bougainvillea, and fruit trees. Over the last year we have updated the space with a lofted ceiling featuring sky lights and a 15 ft sliding door for better climate control and to bring more light into the space. We are now super excited to offer small group workshops and events in this enchanting space! So far w

A starting guide to growing dahlias for cut gardens.

If you grow flowers for cutting, you simply MUST grow dahlias. Dahlias are some of the easiest and most rewarding flowers to grow in...

With Living Coral ordained "The Color of 2019" last month, we are just in time to plan an on-trend flower garden that will provide you with a la mode cut flowers all summer long! Here I will detail 4 color combinations, one for each season, that perfectly compliment the coral blooms that promise to be all the rage this year. 1. Coral and Yellow - Spring This combination is well suited for spring arrangements and weddings and pairs well with aqua and beach themes. Suggest