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The 2017 Farm & Flowers Guide is hot off the press and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you. It’s a spectacular publication that celebrates the various flower and foliage varieties grown in America and the flower farmers who grow them. We hope this farm guide will help you plan your next event and let you know if the blooms you’ve been eyeing will be available! Throughout the pages, you meet the farmers who are working hard to bring these gorgeous varieties to market… like our favorite farmer, Mel! Enjoy a peak at several beautiful designs to get your inspiration flowing! And, you can browse the Botanical Index, a handy resource for details and images of a wide range of American Grown flowers and foliage… like beautiful protea and leucadendron from which to select. If you haven’t received your copy in the September issue of Florists’ Review or Superfloral - Right this way to see the complete Guide . Enjoy!

Hannah's striking but very pretty bouquet of white roses, hydrangeas and stocks with purple lisianthus and freesia.  Bridesmaids carried co-ordinating bouquets with mauve alliums added to the combination of white roses, hydrangeas and stocks with purple lisianthus Buttonholes of white rose with lilac freesia and a little ivy leaf for the men. Rhinefield House all set up for the wedding breakfast with a long and low for the top table using white roses, purple lisianthus and pink gypsophila with ivy trails. The stunning mantle is decorated with a generous trailing design of white hydrangeas and roses with purple lisianthus, lilac freesia and mauve alliums. A church candle in a large storm lantern sits between each section of trailing flower and either side of the top table are 2 pedestals with co-ordinaing designs of flower. The overall effect is just stunning. The top table flowers, a classic long and low design of white roses, purple lisianthus, pink gypsophila and ivy trails For t

After seeing the amazing eclipse and then chatting with the people parked next to us for half an hour it was time to head back home. Little did we know there was another fun adventure awaiting us. With everyone clearing out, we all took a closer look at the church and the cemetery. Ian asked what all those headstones were... I told him I'd explain later.  The cemetery is really well maintained here. When we pulled up, the caretaker Richard said they were asking for a $20 donation to help with the maintenance of the cemetery. After the craziness we'd been through today, I was happy to part with $20 for a spot with a decent view. Inside the church, we found Richard again. We chatted briefly about the history of the church. When we told the kids it was time to go and to say "Thank You", they both ran over to give Richard a hug. Sweet kids.   While the kids were running around making friends earlier, they came across Mimi (Melanie) who gave them cheese and crackers. They

Monday, August 14th, 11pm. T minus 6 days, 12 hours before the eclipse Theresa - "We should go see the eclipse!" Joe - "Sounds like fun!" What followed next was a mad scramble to get flights booked, a rental car reserved, lodging figured out, plus whatever else we'd need for the trip. But whenever you give T a goal, you know she'll be amazing at figuring out how to make it all work. First stop was the NASA Interactive Eclipse Tracker . What an awesome resource for helping us pick the best spot for viewing. So the path of totality (where the sun is completely covered by the moon) is going from east to west inside those two blue lines. The closer you get to the red line, the longer the total eclipse will last. The longest duration this time is 2 minutes and 40.2 seconds. Let's see how we are in Los Angeles! Well I guess that's not really a surprise. Los Angeles is too far south to see a total eclipse. Best case here is 61% coverage. Hmm. We need to do