Event: Elyssa + Jeff’s Wedding Venue: Manito Rose Garden and the Spokane Convention Center Photography: Tanya Bes Photo Coordination: ALIVE with Design Events Hair + Makeup: Hannah Leona Beauty Dress: Believe Bride * North Star Farm + Flower offers floral design services for weddings and events during the off season. Flowers are first sourced locally (depending on what […]
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Event: Styled Shoot Venue: Hill’s Resort Photography: Cortney Gilbert Photography Hair + Makeup: The Harestream Dress: Believe Bride Flower Source*: Florabundance * North Star Farm + Flower offers floral design services for weddings and events during the off season. Flowers are first sourced locally (depending on what is growing), then through wholesalers. Almost all sourced flowers
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Event: Mise en Fleur Retreat, Santa Barbara Host: Mise en Fleur Photography: Pinnel Photography Flower Source: Torchio Nursery Design Structures: Accent Decor
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Anna + Shane Venue: Twin Cedars Farm Photography: Maxine Peterson Photography
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Event: Where the Wild Things Grow Venue: Priest River Event Center Photography: Ashley Jo Photography A beautiful early spring event hosted by the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce. These garden-inspired designs were created with flowers ordered in through California with the exception of tulips that were grown in a high tunnel at North
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Alright – this is going to be a long one as we deep dive into soil health, so I am going to list some shortcuts below to help you jump to specific sections if needed: ↠ Soil Health Indicators ↠ Signs of Poor Soil Health ↠ How to Take a Soil Sample ↠ At Home/DIY Soil Tests
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Dahlia – Tyrell Dahlias are one of my favorite flowers to grow in the field and they’re gaining popularity fast in home gardens! One of my favorite things about dahlias are their genetics. They come in so many different shapes, sizes, and colors you could fill your flower garden with nothing but dahlias and
Tulips are an incredible cut flower. There are thousands of varieties that are grown with different bloom times and come in almost every color and shape. You can find traditional, single-petal varieties or ones that look like peonies or have ruffled edges. For those of you who follow me on social media, you’ve probably
I talk about mindset a lot. And I’ll never stop. It’s something I work on more than anything. When I’m planning for the following season, I’m working on mindset. During the cold winters and early spring when I am planting seeds, I’m working on mindset. Once it’s time to prep the field and transplant seedlings,
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Every year I make time to reflect on the season – mostly focusing on North Star. What did I do right? What went wrong? What did I learn (it’s usually a lot)? I’ll do all of that here in a couple weeks when I go through my field notes, but something that has been a
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A centerpiece is one of my favorite things to design. It’s an easy flow for creativity when I find the perfect colors or textures out in the field and they can be arranged into so many different sizes and be used in so many different spaces. This beauty is perfect for a wedding or to
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When it comes to designing flowers there are days where I have total creativity blocks. I’ll harvest buckets of flowers and as soon as I get them inside I can struggle to see them arranging well together. That was the case for the flowers I wanted to put together for my Mom’s birthday. I have
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We’re in the last stretch of winter, and around this time every year, I feel like I’m struggling for inspiration. When it comes to research I love having google and unlimited resources at my fingertips, but when I’m lacking creativity I turn to books. Having something physical in my hands that somebody created helps me
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Do not skip this step. Just make the schedule. Staying organized and keeping track of crops is essential to make your growing season successful. Odds are that if you don’t have a good start, you’re going to struggle through the season. This schedule is going to be based off of your frost dates for your
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Once you have your growing area sketched out and sections blocked off for the different crops you want to grow, your next step is to calculate the number of plants you need to fill each row and determine the number of seeds to order. That might seem like a lot, and I think most of
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Spacing your flowers can get overwhelming. You have your list of flowers you want to grow, but now what? If you don’t have enough space to give each variety its own row you have to figure out which varieties can be grown together. When I’m planning, I look at three main factors when it comes
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