creative gifts

 Simply roses was H.'s solution to the many holiday something-somethings we have to come up with each year. For each school teacher, co-worker and lucky friend she created a beautiful and unique arrangement of roses in a vase. In just two hours her very creative hands transformed 325 roses in plastic buckets to 14 beautiful arrangements, stricking combinations, complete with gold ribbon. Notice the wonderful dozen and a half red freedoms in a tall fluted vase - wonderful accomplishment for someone starting out doing her own flower arranging.

the wow effect

every once in a while a combination of flowers comes together that is simple and flawless, interesting and very real. this thanksgiving it was the way the 'mumbo' roses and the mini fuchsia callas opened simultaneously and in complement, the perfection and shine of the english ivy and the 'summer meadow' look of the wheat that gave this bouquet its exclusive, delicious and timeless look.

Thanksgiving centerpiece class

I thank my very talented students for coming to share their time and original visions. We had a very productive evening with low clear glass containers, decorative kale and calla lilies, roses and snapdragons, mini gerbera daisies, lysianthus, wheat, thistle and solidago, even carrots, parsley, burlap and ivy.... A thanksgiving decor according to all our different personalities, traditions and tastes. Lovely combinations, great choices. The flowers lasted well. Some in my studio are going on two weeks. Great work, ladies.

Local is both beautiful and sustainable

Hydragea, dhalia and a touch of grass - all from a local New Jersey farm in Bernardsville. A stricking, simple and lasting arrangement that just about anyone can put together. Vase life of flowers increases exponentially relative to distance reduction in travel. Dhalias will have to be disposed of but hydrangea and grasses can successfully move on to a dry arrangement and easily last through the winter in a vase, swag or wreath.

A glass square (my personal favourite) filled with blue ageratum (flossflower - also comes in purple and white), celosia (cock's comb) and helianthus -sunflower buds (which are much more subtle to design with than developed flowers). All from the Honey Brook Organic farm in Pennington. A perfect vibrant autumn centerpiece, a coffee table or mantle arrangement. Not only will it last for at least a week... if one is patient and refills the vase with fresh water, ageratum will root and successfully transplant into the garden after a few weeks.

flowers as a business gift

To make a great first impression or to say thank you to a colleague, a client or a partner - a lasting and tasteful arrangement of tropical and seasonal flowers for a stunning effect. Cymbidium orchids in green, bi-color calla lilies, dhalias and blue thistle in a timeless white urn. Always classic choice - design in threes.

raspberries from the honeybrook organic farm

we love our csa

speak easy wedding

casa blanca lilies, white roses, white callas... a speak easy wedding at a secret location in Brooklyn with a password. it was dark so white flowers really stood out.