A recap of our members’ profiles, their experiences, and ideas We opened the annual Slow Flowers Member Survey for the month of October and promoted it through the Slow Flowers Newsletter and…
Week 47, as we revisit the 10-year anniversary of the book Slow Flowers While returning each week of 2023 to the arrangements I originally created for my 2013 book, Slow Flowers, I have…
Two bonus arrangements to showcase my fall mums In the weeks leading up to today, Thanksgiving Day, I have continued my year-long “Slow Flowers Revisited” series, a project to redesign each of…
Making a marigold-infused silk table runner with petal patterns from hollyhocks, dahlias, calendula, and Black Knight scabiosa “Let’s make wreaths together,” my friend Carrie proposed in an email. We were planning a…
Week 46, as we revisit the 10-year anniversary of the book Slow Flowers This design was the very first one that I created for my “52 Weeks of Local Flowers” blog series. It…
Slow Flowers members share their favorite holiday gifts for gardeners and flower lovers Yvonne Blacker, Duck Petals (Wakefield, Massachusetts)duckpetals.com | @shopduckpetals Duck Petals is Yvonne Blacker’s online collection of artful items inspired…
Week 45, as we revisit the 10-year anniversary of the book Slow Flowers It’s that time again, when we’ve bid adieu to our beautiful dahlias, thanks to the arrival of frost in many…
Week 44, as we revisit the 10-year anniversary of the book Slow Flowers I made this reimagined gathering of local dahlias and grasses, arranged in a French flower bucket a few weeks ago,…
Creating a floral love story inspired by the landscape Note: Our book reviewer Mary Ann Newcomer also reviewed Lucy Hunter’s 2022 book, The Flower Hunter. Read more here. She embraces the natural…
Week 43, as we revisit the 10-year anniversary of the book Slow Flowers Halloween approaches, as it does every year, and floral designers are acutely aware of the need to collect autumnal botanicals…