Backyard Bouquets :: 4.24.15

Backyard Bouquets :: 4.24.15

I’m a bit rusty after several months away from my “big girl camera” and the general idea of making a floral design just for fun and without any client-conceived parameters. Didn’t help that it was windy and cold outside, feeling much more like...
Backyard Bouquets {11.13.14}

Backyard Bouquets {11.13.14}

Forgive the lack of pictures for this post. It was sleeting while I was trying to shoot and shortly after turned to snow! Mid-November and winter is already here. These are the very last of the dahlias. The hoop house froze earlier this week. I found a lot of peace in...
Backyard Bouquets {11.6.14}

Backyard Bouquets {11.6.14}

Down but not out! That’s how I would sum up the season at the moment. We’ve had frost several times at this point, but somehow the Cafe Au Lait dahlias in the field and a bevvy of other dahlias in the hoop house are still kicking. I can’t quite...
Backyard Bouquets {10.30.14}

Backyard Bouquets {10.30.14}

Here they come! The MUMS!! They are in full bloom this week. I’m sure you’ll be seeing even more in next week’s design, but for now, they are still playing second fiddle a bit to the ever-starring dahlia. The weatherman says we’re getting a...
Backyard Bouquets {10.23.14}

Backyard Bouquets {10.23.14}

It’s been an intense week! I’m just coming off the ASCFG national conference where I didn’t get to sit down for more than a hot minute. I lost my voice from talking so much! It was such an amazing delight to see so many old flower friends in one spot...
Backyard Bouquets {10.16.14}

Backyard Bouquets {10.16.14}

Time to embrace a bit of fall while it’s still here! October is flying by! We’ve got nearly half the field cleared of the summer’s crops and now sown with crops for the spring. The tulips, muscari, fritillaria, ranunculus, and anemones have all...