Blooming Wonderful - ChrysantheMUM

Being that it is Mothers Day today... we felt it only right to feature Chrysanthemum's for this weeks Blooming Wonderful.

This particular gorgeous sunny bloom directly above is the Dis Bud, it is one of the approximately 30 species of Chrysanthemum's available, and it's the largest of the species available in Australia at around 15cm in diameter. Available in May, once cut these beauties will last around 5 days, and are available in most colours you can imagine. $$$$$

Blooming Wonderful - Cosmos

There are 20 known species of these gorgeous flowers that bloom mid to late March through May.
These gorgeous delicate looking blooms are available most commonly in white & cream, shades of pink, purple, and dark rose but can also be found in shades of yellow, orange and red. 

With relatively long stems, the blooms when open are around 7 - 10cm in diameter and once cut will last up to 2 weeks, so these blooms are not only great for bouquets but perfect for arrangements you want to continue to enjoy for more than just on the day. $$$$$.

Blooming Wonderful

Repeatedly we've found that one of the biggest challenges for our clients (& for the Florists who need to break the news to them) is a knowledge of what bloom's are in season when, what what they look like and what colours the blooms are available in without having been subjected to photoshop or colour filters, and also what blooms will fit into the budget. So to make the process a little easier we're going to post regularly the best of the seasonal blooms that are available in Australia (with many thanks to the amazing Sally of Poppies Florist for her contributions to this endeavour!)

Delightful Dahlias

There are over 36 species and more than 300 varities including cute little Poms (golf ball size & appearance), Waterlily (not a waterlily - but petals have a very similar appearance), Decorative (larger ball shaped heads) & Cactus (spikey looking petals) of these beautiful blooms

Blooming from early February through to late April

Available in every colour of the rainbow

Blooms as big as 3cm in diameter through to the size of your head! (yep... from small to enormous!)

They will last approximately 5 days once cut $$$$$

Merry Christmas

We hope you had a wonderful day full of food, family and fun! In celebration of Christmas here are images from our SA Life shoot with Sally from Poppies Flowers and Alicia from Akimbo. Enjoy the holidays and have a Happy New Year!

All Set For Christmas... well the table anyway

Drum roll... So here's the result of the christmas styling concepts we developed for Sally of Poppies Florist featured in this months SA Style Mag. Stay tuned for more pics of our fab styling efforts as we have a heap of detail shots that we can't wait to share! We were also super happy with the brilliant stationery elements we briefed and commissioned Alicia from Akimbo to contribute check them out here...

Blooming Wonderful - Tree Peonies

EEEEEKKKKK!!! *squeals of delight* One of m&g's fave suppliers of all things blooming wonderful Sally of Poppies called with the most exciting news this morning... she had the amazingly beautiful and super rare tree peonies just delivered to her store on Glen Osmond Rd.

These photos don't do them enough justice, & just so you can appreciate how rare and amazing these flowers are... the trees take at least 6 years before they begin to flower & then up to 70years to mature! The lovely gentlement kind enough to share these beautiful blooms with Sally, so in turn she could jump up and down with delight with Mary this afternoon, had a mature tree on the property he bought 30 years ago so the amazing flowers you see below are from a tree likely to be nearly 100years old! how mind blowing is that!

If you're in Adelaide this week make a trip to Poppies on Glen Osmond Rd & you might be lucky enough to appreciate these wonders in real life & have the opportunity to meet one of our fave and super talented florists too!

Oh Baby!

We're very excited to announce that Sonia delivered her beautiful & healthy baby girl Holly on the morning of Tuesday 22nd of June! To celebrate Holly's 1st week we thought we'd share images of the delicious desserts evening that was held a few weeks back in honour of the lovely Mother-to-be.

While it was important for guests to enjoy the feast for the senses, it was most important that the very expectant Mum-to-be couldn't be more comfortable and relaxed, so a cosy lounge setting adjacent the desserts was definitely order of the evening for seating arrangements and the custom themed bunting that flanked the lounge suites ensured a casual & fun, but refined atmosphere. The bunting & the balloon canopy that greeted guests as they entered the front reception hall were some of our favourite decorative DIY elements that announced 'celebration' and contributed to the sense of occasion.
Absolutely stunning, seasonal pink & red themed floral arrangements created by Poppies helped anchor the delicious home made desserts table perfectly and contributed a little lush luxe to the evening. We also chose to break with the strong fashion of ushering the desserts table to one side of the room to generate more communal space and instead chose specifically to make the table literally the centrepiece of the room to add a sense of grandure to a relatively small space & promote interaction among the deliberately limited guest list.
The evening couldn't have been sweeter, & neither could beautiful Holly... Congratulations Sonia & Chris! xoxo

Blooming Wonderful

Our apocrathy jars have been hugely popular and we love the impression & impact they have on our confectionary tables but we are so excited to share these images from Barbie & Ken's wedding over at Green Wedding Shoes. These jars are so versatile! We're so so looking forward to posting our appropriation of these fabulous centrepieces... stay tuned!

Blooming Wonderful

Over the weekend Mary held the first open inspection for the sale of her home with husband Hamish & this open house meant a search for some beautiful fresh flowers to welcome visitors as they entered. Thus began the pining for such wonderful blooms as these by Saipua...