Designing what could be done inside Buckingham Palace came easily for me. I sat and thought about Kate’s bouquet for almost a week before I knew what I wanted to do. Since I think Kate will be wearing a very classic, elegant and full sleeved gown (for the ceremony at Westminster anyways) without a long...
Having been to London, England many times to visit family, I felt particularly inspired by all of the discussions and talk revolving around the upcoming Royal wedding between William & Kate. This is something that will only happen once in my lifetime! After having done quite a bit of research before I started, I realized this...
Ahhhhh. One of my favourite seasons! Not only do I love the excitement of this time of year, I love the creativity that abounds as well as the flowers that come into season. My flower for biggest bang for your buck is Mimosa. It is native to Australia and it’s biggest asset is it’s smell with quite...
November is the lead up to the holiday season and flowers get tricky. Most wholesalers don’t carry a whole gamet of flowers simply because people are looking for more wintery type things, but some real beauties and some of my personal favourites can still be found! My biggest bang for your buck flower is Ginestra (most florists...
I think this is probably the question I get asked at least half a dozen times a week – “why don’t you offer wedding packages?” I can give at least a dozen reasons why, but let’s keep it simple. I believe that each and every wedding is as unique as the couple getting married. Since...
Fall is probably my favourite time of year. I love the crispness in the air and the sheer pleasure of planting all of my new bulbs for next spring. But my favourite part of fall is the colours – what a symphony! One of the flowers that’s most readily available in fall is the hydrangea. Hydrangeas...
October is a tricky month…for those of us who live in Canada anyways. If we’ve had hard frost (which we did many, many weeks ago) our outdoor flower crops are finished for the season. But we are lucky that we have wonderfully grown cut flowers from indoor greenhouses and we can also import from around the world. The...
