I love fall. It is most definitely my favorite season. So of course I love fall weddings and the autumnal color palette for flower bouquets. I was really into the beautiful jeweled colors of mini indian corn and decided to include them in the bridal bouquets. Have you ever really looked at indian corn when the light is hitting it just right? Like little gems on a cob. Greenery and berries from our natural environment added texture and gave a wilder look to the classic callas and roses.
Flaming Dahlias
I had never seen this variety of dahlia before this summer.
Large blooms with flaming petals. Pretty amazing.
I put this bouquet together for friends of ours. I like to wrap bouquets in different types of fabrics like muslin or burlap. For this bouquet I used a natural canvas. It supported those giant dahlia stems very well.
If a sunny happy day were a flower I think it would be a zinnia.
I love dahlia season. This variety in particular is one of my favorites. So round with tight little mounds of colored petals.
The way the petals are formed makes me think of the kids who could curl their tongues in school. I always wished I could do that.
The petals just keep opening…
and it’s a purple thistle like flower! Amazing!
“Have you ever had a mulberry? It will blow your mind.”
This is what I heard from my friend as she picked mulberries while on the phone with me. No, I had never had a mulberry that I could remember. All I could think of was ‘all around the mulberry bush the monkey chased the weasel’ and I’m not even sure if those were the animals in the song. That’s just what came to me. She brought me a small container of these berries. I had never seen anything like them. They were so long and lovely!
It seemed strange to eat such a long berry. It was like eating a juicy worm. Or what I imagine that to be like. Except sweeter and packed with a delicate berry flavor.
So much creative inspiration can be traced back to nature!
I found this in a magazine at some point. I thought it was such a great idea for growing gourds. You know how those vines get so long and can take over a garden that is cramped for space so why not let them grow up and over an arbor of some sort. Imagine walking through at the end of the summer with birdhouse gourds and mini pumpkins popping through the vines. If only I had a bit more yard to work with than a box for my tomatoes to grow in. One day!
Allium in mass at the Boston Public Garden. Wow!
These fantastic photos were taken by my husband when he was in Boston this past weekend. Wish I could have seen it in person!