I grew up around gardeners. My favorite childhood memories are of my grandmother and mother spending time outside with me and our standard poodle while planting and pruning. My grandmother had a cutting garden, filled with columbine and roses. My mother grew vegetables, and I remember lying on a blanket in the backyard looking up at the tall corn stalks in the summer.
My love of gardening, and flowers in particular, led me to work as a florist in my twenties. But the reality of floristry at the time, the use of pesticides on imported flowers along with the holidays and weekends away from my family led me to change careers. To this day, I remember the welts on my arms after Valentine’s Day from the South American imported roses coated in chemicals. Because of my history in the florist industry, everything I now use in my designs is grown by me using organic growing methods, or locally sourced from organic farms.
A little about me and my love for flowers
“ Gardening is also about community. I have found that those who value an imperfect yet organically grown tomato are my favorite companions.”
Gardening is also about community. I have found that those who value an imperfect yet organically grown tomato are my favorite companions. I love nothing more than talking with other gardeners about how to improve my soil, or chatting with them about a new variety of statice.
I have been actively involved in two Sacramento community gardens: Marshall School- New Era Community Garden, and Ninos Community Garden. Those spaces combine my love of gardening, flowers, and community by grounding me in my midtown neighborhood of Sacramento, a place filled with so many creative artists and makers.
Sacramento is also a special place for flowers used in dried arrangements. The heat in the summer is perfect for strawflowers, statice, ammobium, zinnias, sunflowers, and eucalyptus. As I learned more about these flowers, I fell more in love with creating dried wreaths and arrangements by using them in creative ways. I love fresh flowers, but there is something special about a dried wreath made from the fullness of summer. It represents the harvest, the culmination of the winter seeds, the summer heat, and the abundance of fall. Though dried flowers don’t last forever, they can sustain us through the winter months, reminding us of the next growing season.
“There is something special about a dried wreath made from the fullness of summer. It represents the harvest, the culmination of the winter seeds, the summer heat, and the abundance of fall.”
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