Here are a few photos I wanted to include of floral designs I did for my mother-in-law's 80th birthday party at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland this past October. It was my first official event! What excited me most about this is that most of the plant material used came from my garden, my neighbor's backyard (with permission!) or the side of the road. My son no longer asks why I pull over in random spots along the roadways. He just picks up his book and says "How long are you going to be this time, Mom?"
I did purchase Veriflora red roses, galax leaves and purple calla lilies from Whole Foods as part of my commitment to buying environmentally-friendly flowers in an effort to keep this green business truthfully green. The rest of the materials though are organic and grown in my garden, hence keeping the carbon footprint very low. Blushing hydrangeas in shades of green, red and reddish pink, sedum 'Autumn Joy,' magnolia pods, nandina berries, figs from my Brown Turkey Fig tree and strands of ivy (so glad I didn't rip that out as the Bay-Wise ladies insisted!) rounded out the rest of the arrangements. I am also grateful for the rental house down the street because it gives me even more plant material to choose from! And autumn is such an abundant time to be in the floral design business. There's so much going on who needs carnations?
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