BOUQUET HIGHLIGHT - SUMMER HUES

This is one of my favorite color harmony. Bright and cherry I call it . 

Roses, (Free Spirit) David Austin garden roses-Juliet, and Piaget, Ranunculus, pink spray roses , lavender and sprigs of rosemary.

 

 ranunculus,

FILOLI 2012 SPRING SHOW "SECRET GARDEN"

"One evening, I drifted into a place where birds of the tropics

frolic with Robins, Swans and Unicorns...

Where trees grow orbs of blooms in bright oranges

and the warmest of pinks...

When, at the break of dawn ,

scintillating aroma of Peonies, Sampaguita and Roses fill

the crisp morning air...
and

When, in solitude, surrounded with the gifts from the

heavens, there is calm and content..

This,  is my Secret Garden..."

pico soriano

This year's theme for the Filoli Spring show is "Secret Garden" . I thought of doing a vegetative design with  succulents and lemon geraniums BUT I realized I had done that last year.. hmmm

Then there was this bird bath idea , you know garden, bird baths, I even drove to Half Moon bay and purchased one. The idea was to make an overflowing floral arrangement a top the bath with garden roses, viburnums, dahlias and hanging amaranthus for that droopy water like feel.

But then the the BB weighed a ton, well not exactly but very HEAVY and I was afraid that it might

be too much for the table in the Ladies' Cloak room where my piece would be, I was starting to get anxious.. hmmmm

But, as in the previous years, things came together just about 4 days to a week prior to GALA night.

This year was no different...

Topiary!!! yes blooming Topiary, Well, don't you want to see that in your own secret garden , where everything is possible and fantasies are seemingly real. As I have written above, this is how I visualize for my secret garden to be..

First year Classic has done Filoli and they asked me if I could embellish their table..

and I willingly, absolutely said YES!!!

CLASSIC PARTY RENTAL TABLE WITH MY FLORALS

THE GROUNDS 2012

FRIENDS

JUST GETTING THAT "SECRET GARDEN" MAGIC GOING WITH COLORS

WITH GOOD FRIEND, DONNEL VICENTE

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AND ANOTHER BUDDY KYLER SCHRODER

IN OUR BEST M I B IMPERSONATION!!

NANCY AND CHRIS - THE DOME , SAN JOSE

NANCY AND CHRIS ARE PROBABLY TWO OF THE COOLEST  AND NICEST BRIDE AND GROOM I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH. NANCY ,ON OUR FIRST MEETING, HAD ACTUALLY USED  THE WORD "WIERD'  TO DESCRIBE HER FLOWER PREFERENCE WHICH WE BOTH LATER ON MODIFIED TO UNUSUAL, UNIQUE AND INTERESTING. NOT ONLY DID SHE WANT  UNUSUAL FLORALS HER  COLOR CHOICE IS DARING AND BOLD AS WELL. HOT PINKS , ORANGES AND CHARTREUSE. 

THE PALETTE OF FLORALS CONSISTED OF CELOSIA, BROCCOLI HYDRANGEAS, DAHLIAS, GLORISOA, CALLA LILY AND MONBRESIA.

LAWRENCE HA  A VERY GIFTED PHOTOGRAPHER CAME UP WITH AWES0ME IMAGES IN CAPTURING THIS VERY SPECIAL UNION.  SEE FOR YOURSELF....