Thursday's News

1) I got a new camera, whoopee!!!!! I love it.

2) The Cutting Garden is blooming like mad! That means that from now through the fall frosts I will be using Botanique-grown flowers in nearly every arrangement I make. That makes me smile... real big.

3) The Summer Subscription has started! This week's palette is a sweet blend of lavender, pale yellow, sapphire, and periwinkle...

 In this week's subscription arrangements: 

• Hydrangea, Sweet Peas and Cornflowers from The Botanique Cutting Garden in Seattle, WA
  
• Clematis and Scabiosa  from J.Foss Garden Flowers in Chehalis, WA
• Veronica from Everyday Flowers in Stanwood, WA
• Spuria Iris and Feverfew  from Jello Mold Farm in Mount Vernon, WA

And the final piece of news (this one is super exciting): My wonderful friend Melissa of Flying Bear Farm has started a weekly farm stand on Saturdays, from 11am-3ish, in front of Makeda Coffee on the corner of N. 78th St. and Greenwood Ave in Phinney Ridge. This week, I will be bringing her small bunches of Botanique-grown flowers to sell along with her organic veggies! Come on by this Saturday to pick up some Seattle-grown goodies from Botanique and Flying Bear Farm. Hope to see you there!

Primary Colors (with a twist)

That twist would have to be Allium 'Hair-' possibly the most incredible flower I have seen at the market this year.

Holy wow, how I love the entangled movement of this flower.

These arrangements mark the final week of The Botanique Spring Subscription! We are taking a week off (and going on vacation!) before starting up the Summer Subscription on June 28th.

This week's subscription arrangements included:

• Clematis, Cerinthe and Cornflowers from The Botanique Cutting Garden in Seattle, WA
  
• Dianthus from J.Foss Garden Flowers in Chehalis, WA
• Peonies from Everyday Flowers in Stanwood, WA
• Sanguisorba from Jello Mold Farm in Mount Vernon, WA
• Allium 'Hair,' Brodiaea 'Ida Maia,' and Brodiaea 'Starlight' from Choice Bulb Farms in Mount Vernon, WA

If you missed out on this season's subscription, don't fret! A whole new round of subscriptions is starting up two weeks from today (June 28th) and I can't wait to share the summer's amazing flowers, fruits and berries, unique textural elements, and colors with you! We have added an option to do a shorter, four-week subscription for those who will be out of town for part of the summer, or would simply prefer a shorter subscription. Both subscriptions can be purchased here.

There are a limited number of subscriptions available, so sign up soon to reserve your spot. If you are giving the subscription to someone as a gift, please let us know and we will provide you with a pretty card to give them describing the service. And feel free to email me with any questions: emailbotanique@gmail.com

Local, seasonally-inspired, weekly floral designs, yes!

Cool Blues, Purples and Silver

Perhaps it's the fact that purple is one of my favorite colors. Or that blue flowers are hard to come by and must be enjoyed when they can be found! Or perhaps it's just that I love silvery foliage, and two of said foliages were ready to harvest this week from The Botanique Cutting Garden. Or maybe it's all this rainy weather, which is inspiring me to make peace with a cooler color palette....

Or maybe it's these OUTSTANDING anemones from Everyday Flowers in Stanwood, WA.

Whatever the reason, this week's subscription arrangements are all about the spectrum of color between amethyst, silver, icy blue and mint green.

This week's subscriptions include: Lace-leaf Dusty Miller, Cardoon Foliage, and Campanula from The Botanique Cutting Garden in Seattle, WA, Bearded Iris from Schreiner's Iris Farm in Salem, OR, Anemones from Everyday Flowers in Stanwood, WA, Columbine from Jello Mold Farm in Mount Vernon, WA, and Rye Grain from Charles Little & Co. in Eugene, OR.

This marks week five of the Spring Subscription, which means that the subscription period is more than halfway through! But there will be plenty more to come- the Summer Subscription starts on June 28th, and there's Autumn after that... in other words... if you've been enjoying these photos and thinking to yourself, "Flowers every week, that sounds pretty good!" now's your chance to sign up to receive a weekly arrangement from Botanique! You can read about the subscription here, sign up here, and email me with any questions: emailbotanique@gmail.com.