Designer Beverly Farrington of Accents of the South, in Huntsville, AL sets a simple elegant table for the Fourth of July Holiday.  Lush Mounds of white hydrangea are set in rope-adorned glass cylinders and line the center of her party table set on the waterfront.  Bring on the fireworks!

Flowerlink, a  flower wholesale business specializing in Ecuadorian roses (garden, regular and sprays) and Colombian hydrangeas is located in Hawthorne, CA – 5 minutes away from Los Angeles International Airport.  They are directly related to family-owned farms in Ecuador (Florecal, Flores Verdes and Freya). The farms have been in business for over 20 years.
Their expertise is providing the most amazing roses in the world, at the best possible price, with the best possible shell life. Currently they bring in 4 direct shipments per week and cater to many high end florists in LA and other cities.

Flowerlink is very proud to have become Fair Trade certified. This has afforded them the opportunity to sell to the Southern Pacific Region for Wholefoods Markets.

Frances Palmer has been making ceramics since 1987.  She was trained as an art historian, yet has always made work with her hands.  Her handmade ceramics are functional art – dishware or vases that can be used on a daily basis.  Each piece, no matter how large or small, is considered and individual.  Featured here a sweet and whimsical terracotta pots ideal for a few blossoms each.

San Francisco–based landscape  architect James A. Lord, principal of Surfacedesign won the  2012 CH+D Award for Landscape Design for the extreme makeover  of his family’s home in Palos Verdes Estates.

“Skinned knees, basketball games and lots of concrete—those are my  childhood memories of this space,” says Lord.  “My parents have always been modernists… I enjoyed the  challenge of marrying their aesthetic with their environment.”

Drought-tolerant barrel cactus, dudleya and euphorbia succulents bear  sculptural geometric shapes—hearty rosettes, spikes and stars provide a visual and textural counterpoint to the rusticated sandstone  floor.

As seen in California Home Design, Feb/Mar 2012 issue.

This couple found a way to combine Love and Sport! Sweet!

Brit + Drew || Sept 3. 2011 || from Clear Horizon Productions on Vimeo.

Portland member, Geranium Lake,  was featured on  KGW Newschannel 8 on Monday, February 13th with the usual “Kim & Drew” antics.

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A bulb, when purchased, is an underground root structure in  its dormant state.  Made up of layered flesh, like an onion,  it holds a shoot inside.   Once planted, a bulb stays dormant until the Spring sun warms and softens the soil, causing the roots to grow.  The roots take in nutrients  and water from the damp Spring ground, and the shoot pushes up through the bulb’s papery top layer.  (Bulbs also contain “lateral” buds, which eventually form new plants.)  After the flower blooms and fades, the dying leaves feed the bulb, which makes the bulb strong for the next year.  When the weather tuns cold, the bulb goes dormant again.

( As seen in October 2011  issue of Real Simple magazine- written by Madaline Sparks– Illustration by Wendy Hollender)

For more information on bulb plants, including forcing different varieties, please see www.realsimple.com.

Flowers and landscapes are at the heart of Ori Gersht’s mesmerizing photographs.  …Except… he blows them up…  Quite literally!

For his 2006 series “Exploding Flowers,” the Tel Aviv–born, London-based artist worked with a florist to create elaborate bouquets inspired, he says, by Henri Fantin-Latour’s lush 19th-century still lifes. Gersht clicked the camera’s shutter as each bouquet was ignited with a small explosive. The resulting photographs are gorgeous and a little unnerving; the artist describes them as “celebratory and violent.”

Gersht’s career is exploding too. A graduate of the master’s program at London’s Royal College of Art, the photographer is on a creative tear. This past summer alone, Gersht had solo shows at CRG Gallery in New York and at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Meanwhile, he continues to travel throughout Europe and beyond to shoot new photographs and short films, including a video he made at a bullfight in Andalusia, which was part of a group exhibition organized by Ron Arad at London’s Roundhouse.

To read more please see  Elle Decor, October 2011 issue.

Words of wisdom and shared floral knowledge from the blog at www.flourishdesigns.com.

It is with deep sadness that we announce that Jane Packer has passed away.

Noted International florist and author, Jane championed the vision that flowers are as exciting as fashion and interior design, but entirely more accessible. Her passion for flowers and inspiration taken directly from nature has contributed greatly to the florticulture industry.

Jane’s legacy is an international business – London – Tokyo – New York -Seoul – Hong Kong, and despite the worst recession in living memory, the business has gone from strength to strength. In the UK alone, the recent launch of the acclaimed JANE PACKER fragrance range, the expansion of the JANE PACKER on-line flower shop, and the opening of our latest store in association with John Lewis on London’s Oxford Street, are all testimony to the potency of the JANE PACKER philosophy and brand.

Jane has been busy building a strong creativeteamwho succeed her, led by her husband, Co-Founder and CEO Gary Wallis

To learn more  Jane and her contribution to the floral design industry please see

www.jane-packer.co.uk