Marigold and Mint Botanicals

Dahlias from Upland City Gardens dancing with cosmos and tomatoes from my garden. Photos by Christian J Petersen. Hard to say goodbye to all this color and sunlight but the wheel keeps turning and the seasons are ready to bring us chrysanthemums and rose hips. Thankful for the opportunity to make this joyful sunburst and grateful to all the growers and farmers for a beautiful season. I hope we all get some restful months ahead. 🩷

Last of the summer dahlias from Upland City Gardens and jester marigolds from my garden. Photographed by Christian J Petersen in the shifting autumn light.

Bright orange and plenty of texture for a private event at beautiful Firn

Floral assistance Francesca Sophie
Dahlias Upland City Gardens
Flowers Seattle Growers Market Neighborhood Flower Co.
Sharon
📷 Alicia Houston

Sculptural florals highlighted the Teague brand colors of magenta and red, bringing plenty of drama to their 100 year anniversary party The Rooftop at RailSpur. Happy 100th Teague ! 🩷
Huge thanks to our talented floral team toadstool.flowerclub & Kiley Montgomery for their hard work on these magical staircase creatures ❤️

Venue The Rooftop at RailSpur
Lighting Seattle Event Lighting
Rentals Pedersen's Event Rentals
Floral assistance toadstool.flowerclub Kiley Montgomery

An English butterfly garden themed birthday celebration at Populus™ Seattle back in June. We loved making these tiny little mossy vignettes and unapologetically feminine cake meadows adorned with hyacinth chains and miniature strawberries. 🧚‍♂️🦋

Floral assistance toadstool.flowerclub
Planning NONIE CREME & Natalie Compagno
Venue Salt Harvest & Populus™ Seattle

Dahlias, amaranth. Larkspur and celosia 🩸 at The Rooftop at RailSpur

Floral assistance Francesca Sophie
Dahlias from Upland City Gardens
Flowers Seattle Growers Market

I made this arrangement for someone who is a huge style inspiration for me and I was so happy she liked it. Also, explosion grass is the best thing about late summer.
Thanks for finding the perfect begonia toadstool.flowerclub

Trying to capture that specific feeling of late summer in a floral arrangement. Everything is starting to feel a bit bleached out and thirsty but still so bright and vivid. I’m feeling drawn to darker, deeper tones and the promise of cool mornings, dim evenings, rain and fuzzy hats but I can’t help feeling a twinge of regret when the sun sets at 8pm. Still reaching for the sun like these beautiful coreopsis but also burrowing into the earth like these chocolate cosmos, which smell exactly like the cocoa I’m dreaming of drinking in my pajamas.

📷 Christian J Petersen

Coreopsis Neighborhood Flower Co.
Chocolate cosmos SAM HOSHIN

Join us Populus™ Seattle this Saturday 8/29 at 12pm for a guided Botanical Bar in the beautiful, light filled library. We will learn how to make a hand wrapped bouquet or sweet bud vase and relax and have fun together, creating with the prettiest seasonal, locally grown blooms. I look forward to these events so much!

Reserve your spot online.
Can’t wait to see you there!

Sunday flower experiments with leftover didiscus from Seattle Growers Market and nasturtium from Bear Tree Farm

Photos Christian J Petersen