Poppies & Posies

All in a Day’s Work: Event Time-lapse

poppiesandposies — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:36:01 +0000

We spent our Labor Day weekend working on one of the biggest and most beautiful events of the year! To give everyone an idea of how much goes into a large event like this, we set up a GoPro to capture the entire two-day set up. We hope you enjoy watching the entire process unfold. We certainly enjoyed making it happen.

Nina & Seth Timelapse from christina watka on Vimeo.

Foragers Flower Workshop

poppiesandposies — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 21:25:50 +0000

We’re so excited to announce our Foragers Flower Workshop featuring Meadowburn Farms heirloom dahlias!

Join us at historical Meadowburn Farm (located about an hour outside of NYC) from 2-5pm on Wednesday, September 17th for a breathtaking afternoon filled with freshly-cut heirloom dahlias, beautiful historical gardens, and a tasting of Meadowburn Farm’s aged cheeses. We’ll work on designing a low, lush floral arrangement with the seasonal products that you’ll get to take home with you at the end of the day. To sign up click here!

{photo by Joshua Scott}

Dahlias! Meadowburn Farm’s heirloom dahlias have been growing in the gardens since the early 1900’s, when Helena Rutherfurd Ely, avid gardener, author and founding member of the Garden Club of America, built extensive gardens surrounding her country house at Meadowburn Farm. For over 130 years the Meadowburn dahlias have been planted each spring and stored each fall. Today, the Meadowburn dahlia collection consists of 7 distinct heirloom cultivars, each of which expresses unique characteristics no longer popular in modern varieties.

Here are some of the varieties you can expect to see at the farm and use for your arrangements!

‘Helena Rutherfurd Ely’ – a glowing, sunset-hued decorative dinner plate with sturdy purple stems.
‘Albert Furman’ – A bright yellow cactus dahlia, and a prolific bloomer.
‘Old Tweet’ – A cheerful, antique peony flowered dahlia with golden bronze blossoms. Some plants grow up to 9′ tall!
‘Byba Vincenza’ – A most unique show dahlia, featuring bobbing blooms on slender stems, in hues of magenta with streaks of vermilion down the center of petals.
‘Clara Helen’ – A bicolor dahlia, in magenta fading to white.
‘Danny Bea’ – An elegant antique peony flowered dahlia with 4″ blooms in hues of magenta often with a streak of vermillion in the center of the petal.
‘Jane Cowl’ – This is a stunning informal decorative dinner plate dahlia with luscious blooms with deep peach centers open up to glowing orange, petals dusted with gold.

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poppiesandposies — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:22:28 +0000

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Sarah & Mike

poppiesandposies — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:49:56 +0000

Sarah & Mike wed this past Spring at The Wythe Hotel. We won’t soon forget their sweet love they have for one another. Big congratulations! {Photos by Josh Goleman}

Journey Through Morocco

poppiesandposies — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:44:36 +0000

Take a journey to Morocco with us in our feature in Smitten Magazine! Photos by Jen Huang Photography

Summer BBQ-Santa Barbara

poppiesandposies — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:29:23 +0000

There are so many thing that I love about this project we were a part of. 1. We worked with my hubby and his company Stuart & Co along with our great friend Jen Huang to put together this summer, BBQ in her Santa Barbara backyard, 2. What is not to love about being in Santa Barbara for work, 3. When we were finished styling the dinner we got to eat all of the beautiful food.

Jen Huang Art inscribed a slate tray with the evening’s menus and we adorned it with this summer garland. The rosemary smelled delicious.

Jen’s dog Gatsby thought he was going to get lucky and sneak a taste of Stuart & Co’s Bitchin’ BBQ Sauce.

We invited some of our closets friends in Souther Cali to enjoy Michael’s BBQ with us. Summer & Brian Watkins of Grey Likes Weddings is shown here passing the farmer’s market chopped salad.

Check out the recipe for Bang Bang Shrimp on Camille Styles.

You won’t want to miss Stuart & Co’s recipe for baby back ribs here

Head over to Camille Styles for additional photos from the evening and recipes for all of the yummy dishes you see here.

West Elm

poppiesandposies — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:33:42 +0000

Take a peek into our studio and check out our advice for choosing a florist for your wedding on West Elm’s blog today!

Drivin

poppiesandposies — Fri, 16 May 2014 16:29:07 +0000

What most don’t realize is that a florist’s life consists of about 10% pretty flowers and 90% schlepping. We’re always worried about the heat, how much light is shining in the car, and how many pot holes we hit. Since our wedding season has officially begun for 2014 we’re bopping all over the place. Last week as we headed up to Blue Hill, Susie had the honor role of holding the bride’s bouquet. Loved her sun shielding technique here.

American Express Rookie

poppiesandposies — Fri, 02 May 2014 21:27:47 +0000

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of chatting with Anthonia about how Poppies & Posies began and a little about our journey to get to where we are today. Most importantly we discussed where we’re going and how we may get there. Check it out at American Express Forum.

Photos by Jen Huang Photography

Poppies & Posies featured on Designlovefest

poppiesandposies — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:07:19 +0000

Big announcement: P&P now offers large scale installation design services for private parties and weddings! A few weeks ago we partnered up with Trent Bailey Photography and Patina Rentals to show off the process of making floral chandeliers, which happens to be one of our favorite projects so far. A big thank you to Design Love Fest for sharing the full story on their blog today here! AND can you believe Patina’s new blue couch and coffee table/setee we stole for the shoot!!