A rainy Spring wedding

About this time last year, S&J were married on a beautiful Spring day just freshened by a light rain and brightened by clean sunshine from the cloud dotted sky, tulips and roses from Petaluma, snapdragons, ranunculus, and sweet william from Half Moon Bay, olive and photinia from Napa, and carnations from Watsonville. Happy almost anniversary, S&J! It was an honor and a pleasure to be a part of your wedding!

Berry good times

We're still going like crazy with all kinds of summer beauty that I can't wait to share once time allows. Until then, here are some fun little arrangements including strawberries, zinnias, and carnations from Napa (thank you, Hudson Ranch for planting so many beautiful carnations!!) and garden roses from Santa Rosa.

More from May

And here are some arrangements from the last day of May, with full summer colors, for The MFG Flower Cart which now makes an appearance down at Oxbow Public Market most Thursdays (call 707-418-8615 or email info@themonkeyflowergroup.com for current schedule : ). The arrangements featured oncidium orchids, yarrow, carnations, and veronica from Watsonville, scabiosa from Pacifica, and privet, grasses, rosemary, and arbutus from Napa.

May I beg your pardon . . .

  . . . for an unpardonably long absence with some photos of May deliveries? These Mother's Day arrangements featured nigella from Glen Ellen, peonies from Fremont, garden roses from Sonoma, scabiosa from Hald Moon Bay, buckeye, perennial sweet pea, and rosemary from Napa, and carnations from Miramar. Can't wait to share some summer flowers soon!

 

Gardeny goodness

This is our garden's best time of year, and I've been picking from it a lot, especially for smaller orders like these. Included here are pieris, daffodils, sharon fern, hellebores, maple, and clematis from Napa (us : ), carnations and alstroemeria from Watsonville (two of my favorite floral misfits), freesia and ranunculus from Pescadero, and parrot tulips, mustard, willow, and vetch from Petaluma.

These were taken west of Petaluma, near the coast . . .

Fresh flowers at Dean & DeLuca!

***3/4/13 6AM update: Just 1 bouquet and 3 bud vases left at Dean & DeLuca in St. Helena. I'll be refreshing this afternoon once I've returned from an event delivery. Sorry for the lapse in supply! xo, Jaime***

With my little Instagram freakout over the carnations from Watsonville, I forgot to mention these fresh flowers, including daffodils from Napa, parrot tulips from Petaluma, lisianthus and carnations from Watsonville, and snapdragons and freesia from Pescadero, now at Dean & DeLuca in St. Helena : ).

Lemon Zinger!

Your winter pick me up awaits at Dean & DeLuca in St. Helena! These zingers include some of my favorite long lasting and/or fragrant botanicals such as freesia from Pescadero, acacia from Daly City, paperwhites from Napa, mint, oncidiums, plumosa and snapdragons from Watsonville and carnations from Rosarito. Yum!