Feeling festive? Get your jingle bells on because our final VaseOff! Challenge for 2012 is almost here — the third in a series of floral design challenges that showcase the true talent and artistry of florists and give you a chance to vote for your favorite floral designs. In April we challenged our designers to […]

Blooming plants have always been a staple of the holiday décor. Even our holiday songs include references to all types of flora. Colorful choruses include, frankincense, myrrh, ivy, boughs of holly, mistletoe and, of course, O’tannenbaum. Not to mention a partridge in a pear tree!

When you think of Thanksgiving what comes to mind? Turkey, sweet potatoes, cream corn? If you’re reading this, you know a Thanksgiving table doesn’t just include food — you have to have flowers, too. Here are four ideas for chic Thanksgiving centerpieces.

Being from the South, I have always seen cotton growing naturally in the fields. It is a beautiful sight and one of the nostalgias of this region.

With the emergence of rustic barn weddings and all of the textural appeal in bridal bouquets, cotton is presenting itself as sought-after floral content in today’s market.

Rosemary=Remembrance, Pears=Affection, Pomegranates=Elegance. The language of flowers plays a large role in this traditional Victorian topiary centerpiece. Along with the meanings, inspiration was found by the soft hues of the time period and the textu…

Designs of the Victorian era were all about texture and elaborate ornamentation. I wanted to bring back memories of days when kids would play outside in the snow for hours. The subtleness of the pink garden roses, cream hydrangea and King Protea, play …

Queen Victoria and her husband German Prince Albert helped to popularize the tradition of the Christmas tree and this luxurious centerpiece pays tribute to their legacy. Typical of the era, two topiaries fashioned from hazelnuts and pinecones flank a r…

Every year, I spent Christmas with my family at my grandmother’s Victorian home. After a day of sleigh riding through the woods, looking for the perfect Christmas tree, we gathered around the fireplace and sipped hot cocoa. I wanted to capture that playful feeling of being in the woods, sledding as fast as you could, always careful not to run into the creek at the base of the hill. I drew inspiration from the woods near her house, where we would chop down the tree that would be decorated with ornaments that have been passed down for generations.

Sleigh riding, tree decorating, sipping hot cider, and caroling by candlelight in the snow…many of our favorite Christmas traditions date back to the Victorian times, when flowers at the center of the table provided delightful decor. To capture the o…