I've been putting off making this post because it makes me too sad, too angry. Two weeks ago, the plantings we put in the sidewalk on our side of June Street got stomped. Just before this happened I was thinking I should take a photo and update you all on how well the plants were doing. Ha!
I know it was not the kids who live right here. It's other kids who come over to this neighborhood and hang around. I also know that the kids and their parents who live here know exactly who did this, but won't tell me, even though they don't like the outside kids hanging around, because they're afraid of retaliation.
There's a youth center and Beaver Brook Park less than 10 minutes away walking distance. Apparently what they have to offer there doesn't compare to the fun that can be had on June Street stomping plants.
A few nifty flowers this week, well, one is more of a vegetable! I picked up these chocolate artichokes – they’re usually seen in green, but here in the brown, they look like the beginning of fall next to the burgundy aranda orchids.
A few shots from our most recent wedding at Mt. Pleasant Country Club in Boylston.
The bride wanted her bouquet's stems wrapped with fabric from her gown. We were able to ruche the fabric with pearl headed pins to complement the ruching on her gown. Her flowers include white and blue hydrangea, white mini dahlias, freesia in butter yellow and white, white bouvardia, and white spray roses. Bridesmaids were with blue hydrangeas, 'Jade' trachellium, 'Limoncello' spray roses, ladies mantle, and butter yellow freesia.
Hydrangeas were the featured flower which went perfectly with the summery blue and green palette. The men's boutonnieres show hydrangea blossoms, 'Jade' trachellium, and a lemon leaf, with a soft green ribbon on the stems.
Dining room set up in progress - love all the soft blue and green tones, from linens, to flowers, to the green grass and blue skies this bride was fortunate enough to have!
I’m just as fickle with my favorites as the next florist, but I have to say, zinnias make me really, really happy! They’re one of the first flowers I can remember growing as a child and when I see them in the flower market late in the summer, I bring them home by the armful. :-)
I also picked up these very cool green berries with fuchsia stems. They were called Vargas berries on my invoice. I’m pretty sure that they have another name…wholesale flower vendors don’t always get them correct. Maybe something gets lost in the translation on the imported stuff?
In addition we also have this week:
psiticorum heliconia
zinnias – locally grown
freesia
spray roses - Veriflora - sustainably grown
red ginger
yellow kangaroo paw
astilbe – Dutch
dahlias – Canadian and New England grown
stock
beauty asters – California
koala fern
oncidium orchids
dendrobium orchids
“Yelloween” lily
snapdragon
phlox
calcynia
iris in purple and blue
sunflowers – locally grown
liatris
alstroemeria
spray asters – locally grown
bird of paradise
delphinium
hypericum berries in green
gentian
hydrangea
bachelor buttons
gypsy dianthus – coral, red, and white
lisianthus – white with purple edge
ornithagalum arabicum – sorry, it doesn’t have a better name!
song of India
The Sprout staff played hooky this afternoon and went to see the Australian performance group Strange Fruit at City Hall. It was amazing!! Aerialists? – gymnasts? – swaying on top of fiberglass poles to music, telling a story of love found, lost, and won.
Almost impossible to describe adequately, but so worth seeing! An amazing sight to see in downtown Worcester!!! And did I mention the performers say they were inspired by a field of wheat swaying in the wind?! Inspired by plants - imagine!
Tent interior.
Gorgeous cake by Gretchen Ellison at Enchanted Wedding Cakes!
