Tag: floral design
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mini-tutorial: autumn bedside bouquets
Two things: Flowers bring life to a room, and big projects involve many little projects. I’ve been away from this space (for too long) while working on a large project. This mini-tutorial is an off-shoot of that project. For the Inn at Mary’s Land Farm, which we have been decorating, we created some bedside bouquets. …
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how to arrange sunflowers (because they can be divas)
We are in full sunflower season here. And while sunflowers are certainly show-stoppers and crowd-pleasers (think sunflower festivals), sometimes it’s hard to handle them. The sunflower is easy to grow from seed and glorious in a field or tucked in the back of a garden. But, as a cut flower she can look stunning one…
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Christmas at Ladew Gardens: a country manor house drawing room
The manor house at Ladew Topiary Gardens was built in 1820 and purchased by Harvy Ladew (1887-1976) in 1929. For the rest of his life Mr. Ladew (as he is lovingly referred to by the staff at the Gardens) restored and decorated the house, while creating the exquisite gardens on the property. Both the house…
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September wedding flowers
We were honored to design the flowers for our niece’s mid-September wedding at the Old Westminster Winery. The romantic spirit of the vineyards and the glimpses of rural life in the distance were the perfect backdrop for the simple, elegant, and seasonal atmosphere the bride and groom hoped to create. Our role in this wedding…
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a flower farm (and a summer bouquet)
Butterbee Farm is tucked away along the edges of a residential community and a thirty-minute drive from Baltimore City proper. Owned and operated by husband and wife team, Jascha Owens and Laura Beth Resnick, Butterbee Farm provides locally grown flowers to the Baltimore/DC region and the Chesapeake Bay area.And this past Saturday the flower farm…
Elegant Country Style 