Floral design that begins in the garden…
The garden
My floral inspiration comes from the cutting garden where I grow flowers year round (I have greenhouse for overwintering early spring blooms such as ranunculus, sweet peas and delphinium). Every wedding or event begins with a few days of early morning harvests, picking the best of what is blooming before it goes into the cooler. In addition to annual row cropped flowers I have a thriving jungle of perennial plants which I have collected and sown over the years. These plants provide flowers, greenery and seed pods that are impossible to buy commercially, but that add so much life and interest to my arrangements.
When I book your wedding I am able to plant for you. I can tailor my garden’s timing and planting schedule to your color palette, so I will have an abundance of flowers that fit your vision during the month of your wedding.
Sustainability
Sourcing and Mechanics
I source the other flowers I use in my designs from local farms, and feel good about supporting small farmers in Mendocino and Sonoma counties who are taking care of the soil and land they steward. This means your flowers haven’t flown across half the globe by the time they are in your bouquet! I will occasionally make an exception for a client with a particular vision, but working with seasonal flowers is very important to me.
I never use floral foam in any designs. Foam has been an industry standard, but now many florists are moving away from it’s use due to environmental concerns. All my flowers are arranged using reusable mechanics- chicken wire, pin frogs, and water tubes - a bit more effort but at the end of an event I am able to bring everything home to reuse or add to my compost pile instead of the trash can.
