'Going Green with Holiday Flowers' Class at UConn!

Very impressive results from SWND and First Bloom Farm's first flower class held last Saturday at UConn in Torrington. This is what some of the students came up with using all local materials (except the roses)! ...

SWND in LCT Monthly! ...

Read About SWND in Litchfield County Times Monthly's November 2010 Issue!

A Flower Child in Litchfield

Connecticut Classic

With its simple beauty and fresh, classic look, this wedding may not look like it took over a year to plan. It did! - and all the special touches came together to create a magical event with an utterly "Connecticut" feel. From the flaxen linens to the french country tables, this natural September wedding at a historic local home was a perfect culmination to SWND's summer season. Some of the special touches that brides and entertainers will want to take note of: mismatched glass in different shapes and heights, integrating family lace and linens as accents, investing in a professionally styled "lounge area" in the tent really helped bring the whole decor together, lighting carefully selected trees with spots and dangling glass jars with candles (for this wedding, a picture perfect apple tree framed the entrance to the tent!), and of course, utilizing local flowers wherever we could including fragrant herbs like basil, sage, and lavender.

Kent Wedding Summer Finale

Another hydrangea wedding - blues/greens to boot. Alas, still lovely and special in its very own way. Do we ever really get sick of hydrangeas?

Here are a few rustic photos from pre-wedding photo shoot with hartnettstudio ...

Flower Picking at First Bloom Farm!!

I had a chance to visit Maggie Saska's First Bloom Farm (www.firstbloomfarm.com) last week to pick some fabulous flowers for ourbooth at the Litchfield Farm Fresh Market last Saturday (www.litchfieldhillsfood.org). Beautiful sunflowers, zinnias, dahlias, herbs, and more!!

Our booth at the Farmer's Market...

Hydrangea Happy July Wedding

It helps to have a wedding on Cape Cod in July if you want hydrangeas, particularly blue ones. We got lucky with this wedding as we were able to "harvest" many of the blue beauties from neighbors and friends of the bridge. Still, we think the variegated green/white hosta and euonymous leaves with the blue hydrangea makes a summery fresh combination.

The bride chose to use silver plate mint julep cups inside and vintage jelly jars on the patio for something more informal.

The bouttonieres and bridesmaid's bouquets feature echinops/globe thistle for a little something different.

Peonies, Peonies, Peonies

It is hard to beat the spectacular beauty of peonies the first week of June. The fact that they come and go so quickly makes them all the more special - truly amazing every time. These lucky clients timed their daughter's baptism perfectly for fresh, local peonies!

A must for peony fanatics, a visit to Cricket Hill Garden in Thomaston, Conn. Visit them at www.treepeony.com. Below some herbaceous peonies thoughtfully shaded by umbrellas at Cricket Hill...

Mother's Day Blooms @ Litchfield Farm Fresh Market

We sold-out of our all-local spring blooms for Mom's Day at last weekend's Litchfield Farm Fresh Market!

Zen Beautiful

{Charym spa living tablescape for Washington Montessori school benefit}

Spring Lovely

First blooms fresh from the garden...