“And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”
Colossians 3:14
Hello lovely friends! I can hardly believe today is the first day of June! By now, I am sure most of you have summer vacations planned, perhaps at the beach…or maybe the mountains…or some exotic faraway place! I haven’t made any plans and since I am the travel agent of the family, I must get started.
Today is also the first Friday of the month which means I am joining my very talented friends Lidy, Mary, and Shirley for Floral Friday! You will find their links at the bottom of my post.
Now let’s take a walk out to the garden for a blooming box and dessert!
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I had a small window of opportunity to set a table in the garden between rain and dark threatening clouds. Hopefully, Alberto has now departed!
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Our common theme for this Floral Friday is to design flowers in a box.
I left my house early Tuesday morning in pouring rain to drive forty minutes to an amazing hydrangea farm. By the time I arrived, it was only misting rain. I quickly jumped in Martha’s golf cart and off we went to cut hydrangeas and take in the view. With a late frost this year, hydrangeas are blooming much later (I have tiny buds on mine). Here you see rows of Blue Nikko’s that will be fully bloomed in a few days. Martha is knowledgeable and a lovely lady to visit with…I left with a bucket full of blooms!
I brought back three varieties of hydrangeas to use in my arrangement. The box is 27 1/2 inches long, 4 inches in depth, and 5 1/2 inches in width. I placed 5 short jam jars in the box and spaced them equally. After filling the jars with water, I cut the hydrangea stems really short and began placing the blooms in the jars until the box was completely filled with no visible gaps. This is my go-to for a quick and easy centerpiece. Seriously, you can’t make a mistake!
The pink hydrangea is called “Let’s Dance Moonlight.” It offers large mophead flowers in summer, with the added bonus of great fall foliage color. Soil pH affects blossom color.
Lemon poppy seed muffins, banana-walnut bread, shortbread cookies, and sweet iced tea!
I love the mix of blue, pink, and white in the box. You could use all one color or a mixture of flowers. The white hydrangeas are called “blushing bride”, which as the name suggests has a soft white bloom with an elegant touch of color. The blue hydrangeas are Nikko.
The sun came out in brief intervals as I was shooting photos, casting a glow on the hay that is ready for cutting…it needs a few days of drying first!
The embroidered tablecloth is a special memento that I found on a wonderful trip to St. Thomas in 1984.
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You might also notice a strawberry pound cake!
Be sure to visit each one my lovely friends for stunning flower therapy and loads of inspiration.
Mary @ Home Is Where The Boat Is
Shirley @ Housepitality Designs 
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Thank you sweet friends for taking time to visit and leaving your comments!
Be sure to come back on Monday for our first Gardens Galore link party of 2018! Anything gardening is welcome…can’t wait to party in the garden with you all! Wishing you a joy-filled weekend!
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Just beautiful Pam! What fun to visit a hydrangea farm! I love the mixture of colors in your box… “Let’s Dance Moonlight”~ what a great name. I always thought naming flowers (or paint colors) would be a fun job. Your dessert buffet is the icing on the cake, presented on your pretty embroidered tablecloth in your garden! Everything looks oh so tempting this morning! Our Endless Summer Hydrangeas are blooming and loving all our rain…unlike a lot of things in the garden that are starting to complain, including me! So glad you found a dry window to photograph. Thank you for a beautiful and delicious start to my day. Happy June. ♥
Thank you Mary! It is time to start the weeding. Have a wonderful weekend!
I wish I was there! Sipping iced tea and having your tastefull treats….
Your place is beautifull and peacefull as it is your nice table. ☺️
Thank you so much and have a wonderful weekend!
Good Morning, Pam. You hit it out of the park AGAIN! Love your floral arrangement using my very favorite flower. Your backyard continues to be the perfect setting for your artistic talent. Enjoy your weekend and I hope you don’t see rain for while!!
Thank you Katie, happy weekend to you!
How pretty, what time should I be there for tea?
Thank you Carole!
Pam, you have a Hydrangea farm near you?…how wonderful …and glad that you had some periods of sunshine so that you could bring us such beauty from your garden. I always live vicariously through your beautiful tables in the garden…I imagine how wonderful it must be to enjoy a meal or just dessert and look around at the beauty that would surround me! Floral Fridays are truly my favorite Fridays!! Have a most beautiful day and weekend Pam!
Thank you my friend. Take some time for a break in the midst of packing!
So lovely, I just purchased pink and blue hydrangeas to add to my whites.
Hydrangeas are always so lovely! Have a wonderful weekend!
What beauty for us to enjoy this morning. Your gardens and property makes such an outstanding background. I would have enjoyed the trip to the hydrangea farm. The box of different colors is so beautiful. Will have a slice of strawberry pound cake and ice tea in those beautiful glasses!
Thank you my friend! Have a lovely weekend~
Did you by chance interview Ms. Martha on growing hydrangeas? Mine are green and lush, but rarely bloom. I never prune them or fertilize them, benign neglect obviously does not work. Your table is beautiful, I especially love the white hobnail glasses. Have a happy weekend!
Roxanne, your hydrangeas might need a little TLC?. Thank you dear friend and have a wonderful weekend!
Pam, I so love your hydrangea box. Just beautiful. I would have loved to tag along for your visit to the hydrangea farm, that had to be a wonderful treat.
I would love to sit at your pretty table and enjoy tea from those lovely hobnail glasses. What a delight that would be in your gorgeous garden.
Have a lovely weekend!
Thank you Sandra, I wish you could join me for tea and dessert in the garden!
Love the whole table look. I have several beauties from Mr. Tablecloth in St. Thomas-one of my favorite stops.
Thank you so much Penney, have a wonderful weekend!
Pam your blooming box is beautiful. Hydrangeas are perfect for those flower boxes, I just love them. Of course your table is lovely as well.
Hope the month of June is a good one for you.
Blessings,
Elizabeth
Thank you Elizabeth! Wishing you a happy weekend!
Pam, what a stunning arrangement! I adore hydrangeas, how I would love to join you on your visit to the hydrangea farm. {I’m having heart palpitations.} It is such a joy to share Floral Fridays with you, your blooming box is heavenly.
I imagine how wonderful to enjoy time in your garden, it is so very beautiful. A perfect place for early morning devotions, a cup of coffee, lunch or tea. Floral Fridays are always my favorite Fridays!!
Thank you dear friend! You would have loved the hydrangea farm. I want to go back on a pretty day when all of the Hydrangeas are in bloom! It is pure pleasure to share Floral Friday’s with you! ❤️
Oh Pam, so much to love in your post. Your tablecloth took me back to a great time in my life when I had an embroidered blouse like your tablecloth. My mother in law brought it back from Hawaii for me.I adore your hobnob glasses and those pink textured napkins. I noticed that your table and chairs were white first thing as well as your tuteur. Your box is so attractive and thanks for measurements. Hygranges are lovely. I’ve not heard about a hydrangea farm. How nice for one to be close by and to be able to purchase flowers. That’s a great idea. Your table is stunning.
We are driving to our daughters for a three day weekend. Happy Friday.
Bonnie, you would love the hydrangea farm! I plan to return when they are at peak bloom! Yes, Butch decided he wanted to paint them white! They certainly show up more! I really like them white for a change! Have fun, I still want to talk about your trip. We are going down to Bottega Cafe tonight for dinner!
Pam, I love the mix of hydrangeas in the box and your garden setting is just so darn pretty!
Thank you so much Kim!
Those are the prettiest hydrangeas! Love how they look arranged in the box planter. My hydrangeas aren’t doing very well this year- barely leafed out and probably won’t have blooms this time. That must have been a treat to visit that hydrangea farm! I hope you have more pictures!
Thank you so much Liz! My Hydrangeas are very slow this year!
Your Hydrangea box is gorgeous. The tablecloth is very pretty. You always make everything look so special.
Marilyn
Thanks so much Marilyn. Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
Pam your flowers and table are just breathtaking. Love those pink napkins. Thank You for sharing.
Marion
Thank you Marion! Have a great weekend!
Pretty & relaxing – restful sight for tired eyes. ?
Thank you Esther, love and hugs!
How lovely and sweet…Gorgeous tablescape and stunning scenery!The hydrangeas are breathtaking!Hugs!
Thanks my friend-hugs~
That looks so fresh, I can just imagine Gatsby strolling over from next door for afternoon tea, in one of his pastel shirts.
Well, I kind of doubt he would be out in the country in the Deep South! ?
Ok, Ashley then .
A hydrangea farm??? Better than cuddly sheep!
I prefer it!
Oh Pam, what a stunning post! Your pictures made me oooh and ahhh and oh, what a pretty table setting. Beautiful, my friend, just beautiful!
Hugs to you!
Totally gorgeous Pam!!! Where is the hydrangea farm, those blooms are so perfect!!! LOVE the box and the ease of creating such a show stopper! Also the background of those bright green grasses and golden hay is just breathtaking! Outstanding!
Jenna
Thanks so much Jenna! The farm is in Sardis. She sells to a lot of florists, especially in Birmingham
Thanks Pam!
Pam, your box arrangement with the variety of hydrangea colors is a stunning and beautiful centerpiece. How fun it must have been to visit a hydrangea farm! The tea and yummy treats look delicious! Enjoy your Sunday, sweet friend!
Thanks so much my sweet friend!
A hydrangea farm!!! How fabulous is that! That must have been an experience! And look at those cuttings!
Yesterday I bought beautiful embroidered napkins at an antique store. You will see them this summer adorning my table. I thought of you and all your beautiful tablescapes when I put them in my basket.
Oh what a beautiful table in a beautiful setting!
Thank you Nancy, I hope to go back to the farm in the next few days!
I never knew there where such a thing as a Hydrangea farm!!! Hallmark needs to do a movie set on a Hydrangea farm!!! It’s so beautiful- as well as your box. The colors are wonderful!!
Thank you so much Ann! The farm is truly amazing!
Wow! Best post ever! Love everything about it. Painting the table white makes everything on the table stand out. Being from the South myself, I can appreciate working in the garden when the humidity and the temps are high. It takes love of gardening to go forth and yours is most beautiful. It would take more than humidity to run me in the house. .
Alice, thank you! The humidity and temps have been wonderful the past two days!
I wish you could have heard the audible gasp I made just now when I opened your post and saw your fabulous blooming box! A big gasp of pleasure and joy. It’s simply wonderful!
Jeanie you are so sweet, thank you!
Gorgeous post. Hydrangeas are my favorite, but my plants never produce much with the lousy weather we have in Chicagoland. Your pictures and garden are so fabulous, I wish I could put up a tent and move in.
We have 25 acres, so plenty of room for a tent!?. Thank you for your sweet comments!
BEAUTIFUL…and one of my all time fave flowers….
Thank you Pam!
You gals are so talented! How fun to go to a Hydrangea farm. Certainly not something you would find in UT. 🙂 I love all three colors and they are perfect in the box! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Thank you Jann! Have a wonderful weekend!
That’s my kind of centerpiece Pam! I love long boxes packed with beautiful blooms. Your sweet treats are just right for this lovely table. Thanks for joining us again at Celebrate Your Story, have a great weekend.
It is always my pleasure, Sandra!