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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This weekend we had the pleasure of designing a beautiful wedding for Poppy Flowers at Cross & Orange in Asbury Park NJ. This beautiful and intimate venue is set next to an open park perfect for an outdoor wedding ceremony. This sweet couple had a beautiful and textural autumn wedding palette. Some of the featured […]

Wedding decor purchases can quickly add up when trying to create an epic party scene. Wedding decor rentals can help reduce the costs of purchasing these items for one-time use – and you won’t have to figure out where to store them after your event. Garden in the Pines is growing our inventory of event […]

Pinterest – We’ve all got to love it. It gives every newly engaged couple the most perfectly created wedding photos for inspiration. Except, most of the photos you are bringing to our initial consultation are heavily-posed, heavily-filtered, faux floral shoots. Because of this, we’ve found 3 woes of wedding flower planning caused by Pinterest that […]

So you have your perfect wedding venue, your caterer, your photographer, and your DJ or live band… You need a florist, too! Finding the right wedding florist for your event can depend on your ideal style and scale of your wedding. Many event floral designers have minimums in place to book with them for their […]