Creating seasonal, custom floral designs for weddings and events in Edmonton and Canmore/Banff

Everything is better with fennel... including pop socks cosmos. The double forms have taken much much longer to mature and bloom as compared to the single flowered plants in the mix. The foliage is also different, meaning next year I can better select for the doubled forms.

One of Beth's classic combinations, passed on from Gertrude Jekyll: a cascade of Asters, in this case my new favourite Eurybia divaricata, over bergenia. I love the way the foliage of the eurybia colours up to that yellowy-green with a hint of red that you so often find in epimediums, and the black stems contrast so beautifully with the haze of white flowers.

Mourning Sound on repeat before breakfast

The prize for those that venture into the woodland

Less than half of the hardy semp collection (and there's even more in the garden). I potted up hundreds of semps and succulents, tedious to the extreme, but all of them have sold. I must admit the colours are slowly winning me over.

Bright Life

November 20, 2014

Two different parties this week but in the same joyous vein: one a baby shower and the other a birthday. It has been such a dark November that it was a relief to use a bright white and purple palette. Most of the flowers and foliage used in these arrangements come from British Columbia, including the purple anemones which slowly open their velvet petals in the sun. True winter jewels, they're worthy of any celebration!