Overflowing with Blooms: Garden Appreciation Society

We had visitors this past week, so we decided to go to our local u-pick flower farm.

For $7 you get a child-sized sand pail, a pair of shears, and all the blooms you can stuff in (plus a cut-off milk jug to bring them home in.)

 

I love it there.

I would go once a month if I could.

 

We paid for 2 buckets, so that grandparents/kiddos could split up a bit.

After about 45 minutes of snipping delight, we came home with enough flowers for 4 bouquets!

 

So I got to play with flowers for awhile.

I especially enjoy choosing color schemes for the bouquets.

The form doesn't always turn out how I had envisioned, but I'm learning!

 

Bouquet #1: Wildflower Delight

Bouquet #2: Hot Mama

Bouquet #3: Long and Lanky

Bouquet #4: Pretty in Pink

All of them together.

Unfortunately, with all of them on my counter there was no space for making dinner!

Fortunately, I have several friends who also love flowers, so I was able to make some surprise deliveries.

 

Next week I'll be back to snipping my own, but this was fun for a change.