Of course, it turned out fine. We had plenty of visitors who were interested in all aspects of the garden and flower farm and they all ate lots of cake and raised £150 for our local hospice, Dorothy House.
Will I do it again? I'm not sure, we'll see.
Here is my vase:
The aster at the front is Blue Ice which I like very much.
Also included are other Asters, Dahlia 'Karma Naomi', Phlox 'Sugar Stars', peachy Limonium which I will take out and dry, Argeratum and Limonium suworowii which is heading out of the picture.
In fact, I may dry a lot of this. I'm trying all sorts as dried flowers are having a resurgence. Look out for dried flower/foliage wreaths on here soon!
Join in with Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for In a Vase on Monday.
A gorgeous collection of flowers in your vase Alison! I do love asters but I have never tried to grow them! Not sure why! I went to our local flower farm on Saturday as part of your Flower Farmers Big Weekend. It was just lovely. We were able to put a posy together from Debbie's buckets of flowers and my vase today is from that happy morning! Amanda https://therunningwave.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-flower-farm-vase-on-monday.html
ReplyDeleteAsters are really easy and rapidly becoming one of my favourites (but it's a long list). So glad you enjoyed your visit. That sounds like a good idea that I might try one day.
DeleteI am glad you gace us a tiny snippet about your opening - will you be telling us more? Perhaps you are rushed off your feet with floral functions though... Glad to hear it went well and a decent sum of money was raised for a deserving charity. Well done! I loved the aster in Noelle's vase so it is good to knw the variety - and the peachy limonium looks pretty (name?) so I might grow that instead of Rose Light which doesn't do nearly as well as Purple Attraction.
ReplyDeleteThere is not that much more to tell really. We opened the gates and had no idea how many people would come but we had a steady stream which made all the prep worthwhile. I spent all the time talking about the flowers and general growing techniques. Lots of people are interested in how to grow. And the sun shone which was a bonus! I'm not sure if that Aster is the same one. I have some frilly purple ones and the paler blue. I think the purple might be Ostrich Feather mix. The limonium is from Sunset Shades mix which is supposed to be yellows and oranges (obviously) but there are some purple too? Rogues I think.
DeleteI expect that the open garden event will raise your profile and give a boost to your business, although the impact won't be clear for some time - I hope so anyway! Your arrangement is beautiful and I love the combination of the asters and the fancy Phlox. I wish the Chinese asters performed better in our climate.
ReplyDeleteI hope so but as you say it may take a while. I hoped lots of locals would come but that didn't really happen. I love asters and they are brilliant here at this time of year. Another thing you can't grow!
DeleteI do hope your hard work reaps fine rewards - your flowers are wonderfully interesting. I used to grow and dry flowers in the 70s, I'm glad there is a revival, I'm looking forward ot seeing what you do with them.
ReplyDeleteThank you, we will wait and see. I have mixed feelings about dried flowers (remembering the 1970s dusty brown arrangements, I'm sure yours weren't' like that) but there are some wonderful examples on the internet. I need to go and cut more later to hang.
DeleteI guess you will be having a day off soon...after the frosts have cut everything down! But will it be flower free? Maybe you will be scanning and discovering the next big thing in flowers. In the meantime, IAVOM, whether captured with your usual topnotch camera or your phone as in this case, will showcase you lovely flowers.
ReplyDeleteOh that's a most pleasing vase Alison. I recognised the phlox from Noelle's vase 😄 Note made of the 'Blue Ice' aster for next year's seed list. I'm glad to hear that your open event went well and I'm sure that it was worth the initial worry. I'm looking out for seeds on my erigeron annuus but have still to spot any. Will let you know when I do.
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