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This beautiful couple has the sweetest love story. We are so grateful to have helped bring their ‘Great Gatsby’ vision to life for their special day at La Mondina in Brielle NJ. After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these love birds were finally able to tie the knot in the most special […]

Jennifer & Michael’s Great Gatsby Wedding at La Mondina in Brielle NJ

Nov 29

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One of the most important floral budget pieces is the wedding ceremony decor. The two most heavily photographed items are the bridal bouquet and the ceremony structure, so that is 150% where we should focus your budget. The wedding ceremony is so incredibly intimate and should definitely provide the perfect backdrop to compliment your love. […]

How To Create Impact for Your Wedding Ceremony

Nov 22

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A beautiful couple approached us about incorporating our ceremony gold ring structure into their waterfront wedding ceremony. The Captain’s Inn in Lacey, NJ is a sweet local wedding venue perfect for intimate gatherings. Its beautiful rooms have waterfront views and help to set the scene for a romantic, waterfront wedding. We decorated our wedding ceremony […]

Wedding Ceremony Gold Ring Structure – Captain’s Inn in Lacey NJ

Nov 15

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Dahlias are some of the most beautiful and diverse flowers that you can grow in your garden. Dahlias come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. They continually bloom as you cut from them, and they bloom from mid-summer all the way through frost. Dahlias are a Mexico native, where they are perennials. Though, […]

Are Dahlias Perennials?

Nov 8

Dahlias

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This sweet couple was so excited to get married that they planned their special day in about a month’s time! We are so honored that they trusted us to fulfill their autumn waterfront wedding vision at Martell’s Water’s Edge in Bayville, New Jersey. Stress-free planning was one of their most important deciding factors when booking […]

Kelly & AJ’s Autumn Wedding at Martell’s Water’s Edge in Bayville NJ

Nov 1

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This sweet ‘Jersey’ couple asked us to create boutonnieres and bio-degradable confetti made from NJ-grown blooms for their special destination microwedding in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. They felt it in their hearts to have a little piece of home with them on their special day, and what better way than to incorporate some floral […]

Madison & Brian’s Microwedding – Tennessee With An NJ Twist

Oct 25

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Have you heard of ‘cool flowers?’ Perhaps, you may have read Lisa Mason Ziegler’s “Cool Flowers”. Her classic gardening book discusses everything you need to know about extending your growing season through the use of cool-season hardy annuals. Many of these seeds can be started in the Fall, giving you an advantage come Spring for […]

Fall Flower Planting – Tips from Garden in the Pines

Oct 18

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Boho wedding styles are all the rage these days, especially for beach-front weddings. This beautiful couple dreamt of a boho-inspired wedding with roses, delphinium, and pampas grass elements to accomplish this beautifully executed boho beach wedding at The Windrift in Avalon, NJ. Alyssa had the pleasure of bringing all of these beautiful elements to life […]

Boho Beach Wedding at The Windrift in Avalon NJ with Stemtations

Oct 11

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Sunflowers have their perfect time and place in the end-of-summer and early autumn seasons. They can create such a beautiful impact when paired with the right greenery and florals. As part of a Stemtations wedding, I had the pleasure of designing this beautiful cascading bouquet and bridesmaid bouquets. They came out so beautifully at this […]

Linwood Country Club in NJ Sunflower Wedding with Stemtations

Oct 4

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On Tuesday, September 14, we made our fourth appearance at the Love ‘N Fresh flowers farm in Philadelphia, PA for our fourth cohort of the 2021 season. This Love ‘N Fresh florals cohort is proving to be such a valuable resource – for the relationships we are developing with budding floral entrepreneurs and the wisdom […]

Love ‘N Fresh Florals Cohort – Session Four

Sep 27

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