Gnarly Wood and Spring Flowers
This beautiful gnarly piece of wood was secured to a container as the base of this miniature gardenscape of hellebore, muscari, tulips, columbines, primulas, enkianthus, succulents, ferns and an array of textures.
Workshop in San Francisco with Natasha Lisitsa and Françoise Weeks on August 18&19
Mark your calendars for a doubleheader workshop that is out of this world. International floral designers Natasha Lisitsa and Françoise Weeks are combining their skills for a special two day workshop.
When: August 18 & 19 from 9 am to 4pm
Where: Waterlily Pond Floral Design Studio
1501 Cortland Ave, San Francisco
Cost: $1000, inclusive of all materials; please bring your own tools
Class size is limited, so make sure to reserve your spot as this is set to be a very popular workshop
Details and to register please click here
Botanical Hairpieces
Last year I figured out a way to enlarge the surface to decorate combs when Portland Bride and Groom invited me to submit a small hairpiece for the magazine. Here are some examples.
Wedding Workshop in the Studio – Student’s Designs
What a great wedding workshop it was in the studio the first week of April! The quaint studio is perfect for an intimate setting for a small group and as always, students came from several regions in the country: Texas, Colorado and Iowa. It was the first time since last fall that we had access to so many beautiful locally grown flowers and textures!
Woodland in the Spring
When I was in Vermont last month to teach workshops at Green Mountain Floral Supply, Inc., Jayson Munn gave me an exquisite piece of wood that he had collected. It was beyond perfect for a project I worked on last week… My good friend Elizabeth Bryant with Rose Hill Flower Farm supplied the wonderful burgundy parrot tulips, ranunculus, fritillaria and pulsatilla as well as the hellebores, budding grapevine foliage and other wonderful textures.
Wedding Workshop in Burlington,VT
The first workshop, hosted by Green Mountain Floral Supply,Inc in Burlington, VT was the 3 day wedding workshop. A fantastic group of 20 talented designers participated; a handful of them were also flower farmers.
Students made woodland arrangements, wreaths and long arrangements, designed in cones and european bouquet holders and also made flower crowns and wrist corsages. We also had interesting discussions about business issues, from the perspective of shop owners, designers who worked in a studio and flower growers.
Feast your eyes on some of their beautiful designs! Thank you Jayson Munn for all your help!
Pictures below were taken by Jayson Munn and some of the designers.
Workshops in Burlington, VT (part 2)
Thank you Ashley Largesse for the images of the demos that I made for the workshops at Green Mountain Floral Supply in Burlington, VT. And thank you Jayson Munn for all your help!
botanical headpiece
Botanical Collar with Hellebore and Textures
Another fun photo shoot yesterday! Thank you to my friend Kate for giving me such a beautiful array of hellebore!
And a huge thank you to photographer Ted Mishima and model Phanthia McLamb.
Workshops in Burlington, VT (part 1)
About 8 months ago, Jayson Munn invited me to teach a workshop at the wholesaler Green Mountain Florists Supply, Inc in Burlington, VT. One workshop morphed into 3 and last month I spent a delightful week with the nicest group of people!
The selection of flowers and textures was fantastic and the display and variety of the containers and all the hard goods as well as the wedding showroom was very impressive! A large space for the classroom made it very comfortable to teach classes of 20 students. It was such a delight to share lots of ideas and mechanics and techniques to the 55 talented students who attended!
The botanical couture workshop was beautifully documented by the talented photographer Ashley Largesse. Thank you so much Ashley!
Enjoy the images that Ashley took on the last day of the workshop.
