Flowers!  Who doesn't love flowers?!  It is rare that I come across anyone who says, truthfully, that they don't care for flowers.  We celebrate milestones with bouquets, bring arrangements to those who are ill and in a hospital, give them to new parents to celebrate the arrival of a new baby.  They are a selfless gift, valuable on account of their impermanence.  But...would you give poison to a loved one?

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My guess is that you would never do this, at least not on purpose.  However, traditional florists are exposed to over 100 different pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and carcinogenic preservatives after working with conventionally grown flowers for under 3 hours, and those chemicals come home with you (or to the hospital, a loved one's home, etc.) when you purchase imported and out-of-season flowers.  Because summer flowers don't grow in the winter, they need to be imported from the opposite hemisphere.  These are immensely expensive in terms of energy needed to get them here, and they are liberally coated in chemicals to keep them strong, sturdy and bug/disease free.

 

Adopting a penchant for "slow florals" is an important and mindful practice.  Being able to find beauty in seasonal greens, textures, shapes, dried flowers, seed pods, etc. can provide you with beauty, even if it doesn't look like a conventional arrangement.  Furthermore, by supporting local flower growers and designers that only work with in-season and locally grown flowers we help bolster our local economy, and we get something truly unique and beautiful in the process, even if it means you can't have peonies in December.

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I make fresh arrangements March-October, then shift to holiday greenery such as centerpieces, wreaths and garlands in November.

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Limited arrangements will be available in January and February. Contact me for more information.