Odorantes: Where the flowers are arranged by scent. It is said to be a favorite of such young trendsetters as Sofia Coppola.

A black awning hints at the color scheme that waits for you.  Inside the Odorantes shop, chalkboard gray walls are a perfect foil for the riot of color that fills vases, covers tabletops, and overwhelms you in the best possible way.

Recently at Rebecca Hossack Gallery NYC ~ Klaus Enrique: The Reaping.

A series of photographic portraits, Enrique’s creations complicate and investigate notions of the ephemeral.  Utilizing materials such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other organic materials, Enrique produces glorious human forms and captures them in a rare moment of ripeness, preserving the perfection that precedes inevitable decay.  Enrique breathes new life into these forms, harvesting, reaping, and reconfiguring them as beautiful, often dark portraits.

As featured in House Beautiful, September 2013 issue.

To create his collection, “Flora”, Nick Knight spent over three and a half years in the herbarium of London’s Natural History Museum mapping the historical movement of flora and fauna – from opium to cotton – in our society.

Initiated in 1993 for his installation of ‘Plant Power’ at the Natural History Museum, London, Flora is a comprehensively daring volume of flowers and plants chosen from the Museum’s six million specimens.

Torryne Choate of bbrooks member, Birch San Francisco, fashions arrangements with dramatic flair in Flower Magazine, Fall 2013 issue.

Featured above is a lush, textured arrangement of peonies, parrot tulips, David Austin roses, ranunculus, fritillaria, vanda orchids, ghost orchids, kangaroo paw, scabiosa pods, geranium foliage and wild wheat.

Eddie Zaratsian of long-time bbrooks member florist, Tic-Tock, is receiving much praise for his new book, “Eddie Zaratsian Custom Florals and Lifestyle“.

To learn more about Eddie, please see  flowerona.com and agoodaffair.com.

These simple, elegant arrangements of Dahlias, Roses and  Montbretia, in late summer/fall tones, add just the right touches of color to Sam Beall’s  rustic-meets-refined dinner party at Blackberry Farm in the idyllic Smoky Mountain foothils.  As seen in Southern Living magazine, October 2013 issue.

“I was so inspired by the gorgeous, ornate details found throughout Alice & Jason’s nuptials I decided to play off the theme and get really artsy for our cover shoot with Brian Marcus of Fred Marcus Photography. So I enlisted the help of Bess Wyrick of Celadon & Celery, who along with Arminé Ohanessian of R-Mine Bespoke created the stunning floral crown I’m wearing in the image below.  (Would you believe we originally connected via Instagram? Amazing what connections can be made on social media.) Head to Expert Style Tips to see how such a unique piece went from concept to reality.”  ~ Ceci

As seen in CeciStyle September 2013.

Creator of thebridescafe.com and owner of JMFlora Design in Richmond, VA, Janie Medley fashions a summery circlet sure to turn heads.

As seen in  Summer 2013 Flower Magazine.

Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal 2013 is the largest event ever to have received green certification from the City of Montreal.  The event will run from June 22 thru September 29th

The 2013 edition aims to amaze visitors while raising their awareness of the importance of preserving the richness of life on Earth. The theme of the exposition, Land of Hope, reflects the mission of the organization and represents the very essence of the event. The organizers have integrated sustainable development practices at every level.

The 2013 edition presents more than 50 creations from some 20 countries. The event will test the participants’ ingenuity as they compete to win the Grand Honorary Award given by the international jury as well as the Qatar Airways People’s Choice Award. The hundreds of thousands of visitors expected throughout the summer will also be able to take advantage of a special programme which includes the creation of a collective work of art, interactive conferences and vignettes illustrating the importance of the biodiversity that surrounds us.

It’s all about glamour at Claridge’s, and, as it’s a landmark hotel, the flowers have to reflect that unique status, says owner of McQueens, Kally Ellis.

Ellis has been the florist for London’s fashion set for more than a decade.  Her clients include LVMH, Roland Mouret, Christian Louboutin and Alexander McQueen.  The last name is particularly apt since the florist derives its name from its first location on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch, east London, an old flower shop once owned by the late designer’s aunt.

Ellis’s signature same-flower displays have become a tradmark of any event that is cool enough to know her, and also of Vanity Fair magazine parties.  What sets her apart is that her eye is driven by art rather than convention.  To this day, she doesn’t employ traditionally trained flower arrangers, peferring artistic people with an “eye”.

As seen in Maybourne magazine, Spring 2013