Use seasonal edibles with flowers

Ornamental vegetables are tasty to the eye. Go for unusual produce choices like black chili peppers and decorative kale, used in an oblong centerpiece perfect for a rustic farm table.

Moriah Harris of Portland’s Sellwood Flower Co. began with a traditional palette of autumnal spider mums, laurel bay, solidago and viburnum foliage and added dashes of creamy peach Cafe au Lait dahlias to lend sophistication. She sourced flowers from Bonnie Blooms (Kelso, WA), Northern Pacific Farm (Canby, OR), J. Foss Garden Flowers (Chehalis, WA) and Charles Little & Co. (Eugene, OR), as well as California greens. (c) Sellwood Flower Co. Photography with permission.

Moriah Harris began with a traditional palette and added dashes of creamy peach dahlias to lend sophistication

Ornamental vegetables are tasty to the eye. Go for unusual produce choices like black chili peppers and decorative kale, used in an oblong centerpiece perfect for a rustic farm table.

 

Ornamental vegetables are tasty to the eye. Go for unusual produce choices like black chili peppers and decorative kale, used in an oblong centerpiece perfect for a rustic farm table.

Debra Prinzing

Debra Prinzing is a Seattle-based writer, speaker and leading advocate for American-grown flowers. Through her many Slow Flowers-branded projects, she has convened a national conversation that encourages consumers and professionals alike to make conscious choices about their floral purchases. Debra is the producer of SlowFlowers.com, the weekly "Slow Flowers Podcast" and the American Flowers Week (June 28-July 4) campaign. Debra is author of 11 books, including Slow Flowers (2013), The 50 Mile Bouquet (2012) and Slow Flowers Journal (2020). She is the co-founder of BLOOM Imprint, the boutique publishing arm of Slow Flowers.

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