Passion Flowering
Yay! I've finally started a blog! Thanks for reading, I plan to share my experiences with one of my favorite things ~ flowers!
I'm going to start a career in the floral industry so I wanted to use the blog format as a working resume. I will be sharing arrangements and photos from the last year or so, and also what I'm working on at the moment. My boyfriend, Jon, and I are getting ready to move to the West Coast very soon and we will be taking an epic road trip adventure to get there. So there will be some wildflower/travel pics to come.
One of my very favorite things, is going hiking/exploring and collecting wildflowers on the way. It helps that Jon is a naturalist and he knows the name of most every plant and whether or not they should be picked. I would never pick a rare flower or from protected areas, and actually, I mostly like collecting from roadside and weedy areas. You would be surprised by the variety of blooms and foliage you can find right around your own neighborhood! I especially love using common foliage as filler. The passion flower vine is my new favorite and it's the Tennessee state wildflower. The tendriled ends are so delicately trailing and it lasts a very long time. I still have it in a vase from almost 3 weeks ago!
I'm going to start a career in the floral industry so I wanted to use the blog format as a working resume. I will be sharing arrangements and photos from the last year or so, and also what I'm working on at the moment. My boyfriend, Jon, and I are getting ready to move to the West Coast very soon and we will be taking an epic road trip adventure to get there. So there will be some wildflower/travel pics to come.
This arrangement uses passionflower vine, purple cone flower, coleus, queen anne's lace,
ox-eye daisy, rudbeckia, and brown-eyed susan.
One of my very favorite things, is going hiking/exploring and collecting wildflowers on the way. It helps that Jon is a naturalist and he knows the name of most every plant and whether or not they should be picked. I would never pick a rare flower or from protected areas, and actually, I mostly like collecting from roadside and weedy areas. You would be surprised by the variety of blooms and foliage you can find right around your own neighborhood! I especially love using common foliage as filler. The passion flower vine is my new favorite and it's the Tennessee state wildflower. The tendriled ends are so delicately trailing and it lasts a very long time. I still have it in a vase from almost 3 weeks ago!
