Napkin rings with fresh flowers inhance any sit down event.

Dining in style at the Arts' Council

The Watershed benefit

The Watershed Association's autumn benefit was this past Saturday October 3rd. I was happy to be a part of it. One of the organizers said something stricking to me, though - 'no one ever volunteers'. When it was all said and done, the place looked beautiful - a green grass carpet, hydrangea everywhere.... The flowers for the large arrangements came from the Honeybrook Organic Farm. A few of us put our shares together that day. Hydrangea is from people's gardens, including my own. I very much enjoyed making these vases full of autumn's bounty outside Watershed offices on a gorgeous Friday morning.

autumn flowers

On the left - Teddy bear sunflower babies (it's their second week in a vase, if you can believe it). Picked fresh last week, they were closed tight - one thing about them, beautiful at every stage but always thirsty. Add and change water frequently. Below a few centerpieces - true autumn garden mix: bold color snapdragons, malticolor ageratum, mint and veronica, crocosmia... i love making these tight little centerpieces. The one all the way down is for a friend's dinner party. It is a small clear glass square vase that fits a surprising number of flowers - there are probably 40-50 stems in there, different groupings tied together with raffia for more of a modern effect. It's midnight, but i have hardly noticed. i love spending evenings working with freshly picked flowers.