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Queen of the Nile and Manhattan!

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Member Loasis, www.loasisfloraldesign.com , was recently featured in the flagship store windows of one-of-a-kind Custom Couture Cleaner Madame Paulette®, www.madamepaulette.com.

This gorgeous and unique  Cleopatra inspired headpiece is a  tribute to Elizabeth Taylor.  Both headpiece and the accompanying 8 feet long train were created for the recent Tulips & Pansies: The Headdress Affair runway show.  The designs include over 500 orchids, fishtail and feathers!

Florali Shines In Martha Stewart article

Monday, June 20th, 2011

San Francisco Bay Area member based in Walnut Creek, www.florali.com, is featured in the May 2011 issue of Martha Steward Weddings Bride’s Guide.

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The Future of Farming?

Friday, May 27th, 2011

“In order to keep a planet that’s worth living on, we have to change our methods,” says Gertjan Meeuws, of PlantLab, a private research company.

To learn more about Meeuws plans to help cure this problem read more here.

Sometimes you meet the nicest people !

Monday, May 2nd, 2011


A long-time customer received this beautiful sketch of the flowers they sent as a thank you gift from their recipient.  Now, those are two lovely sets of people I would love to meet!

Inspired by Woodland Forests

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Shannon Pallin of Fiore of Pensacola, www.fioreofpensacola.com shows off some gorgeous, sumptuous and intriguing designs with woodland elements in the winter issue of flower magazine.

Monobotanical Artistry

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Greg Campbell of The Garden Distrist in Memphis, TN, www.gardendistrictmemphis.com, demonstrates how to create a simple, elegant monobotanical topiary arrangement in the Winter Issue of Flower Magazine, www.flowermag.com.

Farewell to Winter and Jack Frost

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

We just had to share these shimmering images from the Valerie Easton article in Garden Design magazine Nov/Dec issue of winter frost designing with impeccable results!

Elegant Sympathy Display

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Member Statue of Design in San Antonio, TX, www.statueofdesign.com, features a simple and elegant standing sympathy spray in the corporate photos section on their website.  Suspended in the center of a tripod made of 6 foot Bamboo Poles, the soothing combination of yellow Cymbidium, white Dendrobiums, white and green Calla Lilies and varied tropical leaves is a lovely variation on the usual Sympathy presentation.

Ushering in Springtime in SF

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Always a sensory delight!  Save the dates for Bouquets to Art 2011 March 15 thru 19, bouquetstoart.org.  And the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show March 23 thru 27th 2011, sfgardenshow.com.

Neat Little Package

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Member Birch in San Francisco, www.birchsf.com, displays a sweet arrangement of all yellow garden roses in slate-colored ribbon wrapped cylinder.  As seen in the November issue of California Style magazine.