Tuesday luncheon

This is a photo of an arrangement for the ladies luncheon this past Tuesday and the room in the Sulgrave Club in Washington, DC where the lunch took place. The order was for something with daisies and we obliged, but put them with yellow roses, dusty miller, creamy tulips and seeded eucalyptus. We loved the color scheme of white/cream, yellow and grey - it reminded me of some vintage print tablecloths.

Christmas at the US Botanic Garden

In the week before Thanksgiving, we worked on a Christmas installation for the US Botanic Garden. We were given a 40 foot long by 4 foot deep raised bed and 2 smaller beds in the conservatory to decorate for Christmas. The color scheme had to work with the palette of colors used in the rest of the Christmas installations in the building - silver/cobalt blue. We opted for a very subtle palette of silver and the pale blue/green of spruce and junipers with mostly silvery and glass decorations. We also used a pale pink poinsettia with silvery leaves.
We wrapped trees in silver painted grape vine that jumped off and flowed over other plants. An old circular stained glass window frame leans against the back glass window next to the Christmas tree.
This installations will be up until January 6 and may evolve over the next 7 weeks - we have to fluff it up each week to keep it looking fresh.
There is also the most amazing outdoor train layout made by a group from Kentucky. If you are in DC - come and check this out.
This photo is one of part of the main bed - more posts will follow with other details.

Back to School Night

A lot of the work we do is for private school functions. These are fun because we can usually do what we want (within reason). These two pieces were a tall and low take on the same idea.