"Make the space look like nature has taken over"

This was a dream job. The bride wanted the celebration of her marriage at the incredible Rania Restaurant to look as if had been abandoned and nature had taken over. Foraged foliage- nandina and ivy, smilax from East Texas Smilax, Spirea from Mountain Flower Farm and found mossy logs were the main components. We also used large amounts of jasmine hanging from the entrance lighting fixture that filled the air with a sweet scent as guests arrived and exited. We used flowers only at the bar. We also made small cookies and cakes for the dessert table- Rose Pistachio Shortbread, Miso Tahini Chocolate Chip Drops, Small Olive Oil Cakes with Strawberry and Coconut. And lucky me, Amelia Johnson photographed and did an incredible job of capturing the details.

Small At Home May Wedding

I enjoy the wide range of weddings that we do. The excitement, planning and execution of a large production with lots of moving pieces is challenging, mostly fun and deeply satisfying. But I also find lots of joy working on the small highly personal celebrations. Often without the need of large scale production it is possible to have general guidelines and then make sourcing and design decisions last minute based on a handful of fragile flowers or an individual impossible to guarantee bloom. For example in this wedding the design plan was “colorful early summer that work in concert with the contemporary art in our home”. We got to use lupine, itoh peony and green campanula all of which are only available for about two weeks early summer. Most of the photos were captured by Justin Kunimoto. Beautiful Details: Sacai dress, most of the flowers sourced from Pleasant Hills Farm, vases Remark Glass. Thanks for letting me be a part of your perfect celebration.

Lily of Valley Wedding

Small wedding, the bride had to have Lily of the Valley, it is a special flower for her because it grew profusely in New Hampshire where she grew up. Lily of the Valley makes me nervous. When it is good it is the best but it is notoriously fickle. The wedding was early May, the date was chosen for best Lily of the Valley availability but a few days before the wedding there was a heat wave which wiped out local as well as my Pennsylvania back up source. However I was able to order from France and it came in exceptionally beautiful. Thank you Bethani Lynn for the beautiful photographs.

April in Naples Florida

We were honored to be asked to do the flowers for the rehearsal dinner and wedding in Naples Florida for the twin sister of a previous bride. We rented an airBnB with plenty of room to work, carried some antique vases with us from DC and the rest we had shipped to us on site. We foraged and sourced flowers and foliage from two Miami Wholesalers, and purchased from multiple plant stores in Naples. We had great support from the incredible Pineapple Productions team and are thrilled that we have photos from Aaron Delesie. We had the opportunity to work at two incredible venues that were new to us, the charming Escalante Hotel and delicious Sails Restaurant.