Happy Labor Day! I hope you are having an enjoyable holiday weekend that includes family, friends, and food!
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:”
Ecclesiastes 3:1
It is the first Monday of the month which means it is time for Monday Morning Blooms with my friends, Lidy, Mary and a special guest!
You will find the links for my friends’ beautiful flowers at the end of this post!
Today we are excited to welcome back Bonnie from Living With Thanksgiving. She is a fellow Alabamian and a lovely friend who loves flowers!
Our common theme for this edition of Monday Morning Blooms is sunflowers! They are the ideal summer-to-fall transitional flower and provide a perfect welcome to September.
A trip to Deep Roots Flower Farm provided the sunflowers for the arrangement. Sunflowers are beautiful as a stand alone flower, but I chose to mix them with flowers gathered from my garden…zinnias, cosmos, Dara, honeysuckle vine, and hosta. Dara is an outstanding cut flower that is actually a carrot. It flowers in shades of dark purple, pink, and white. Dara is also known as Queen Anne’s Lace, ornamental carrot, and wild carrot.
We planted four varieties of sunflowers in early May. By early July they were in full bloom. I was pleasantly surprised that I caught the bee in flight!
Perhaps you noticed a new vase. My dear friend Shirley texted me that she had mailed me a package. Imagine my excitement when the box arrived and upon opening, I saw this gorgeous MacKenzie-Childs Flower Market vase. I couldn’t wait to use it and immediately knew that the September edition of Monday Morning Blooms would be perfect. Not only is Shirley my friend, but you all know her, and love her from Monday Morning Blooms and Housepitality Designs. RM and I met Shirley and Tom for dinner in Birmingham a couple of months ago, you can see a photo here. I can guarantee you will see this gorgeous vase often!
Royal Hybrid is a gorgeous color and grows to about seven feet in height. Bees and birds seem to love this variety!
The picnic table, next to the woodlands, offers a shady area all afternoon!
American Atelier Baroque dinner plates, Bordallo Pinheiro salad plates, amber stemware, and acrylic tortoise flatware keep the place settings simple. Wooden slice birch napkin rings marry gold and rust napkins!
We have been planting sunflowers yearly since 2015. Their sunny blooms make me smile! You can see more of this year’s sunflowers here!
The Zinnia Bouquet tablecloth by April Cornell is a water-color inspired design that is a few years old and no longer available!
Florenza sunflowers are a favorite variety with their unique color combination and no drooping flower heads!
“By all these lovely tokens, September days are here. With summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best of cheer.”
~Helen Hunt Jackson
ProCut bi-color single stem sunflowers were the first to bloom in our garden! We grew them last year and decided they would be a mainstay every summer!
I almost forgot to mention the pair of faux antler candle stands. I don’t remember where I found them, maybe TJ Maxx. I have three pair in varying heights and enjoy using them during the fall season.
“And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood.”
~William Cullen Bryant
The tall sunflower in the back with the brown center, as well as the two on the table, are survivors from a second planting that deer and rabbits graciously decided to leave for our enjoyment!
For beautiful sunflower inspiration, be sure to visit Bonnie, Mary, and Lidy.
Bonnie ~ Living With Thanksgiving
Mary ~ Home Is Where The Boat Is
Lidy ~ French Garden House
I hope you will join me tomorrow for a fall tablescape blog hop featuring twenty table stylists.
Thank you for your visit and gracious comments. Wishing you a joy-filled day!
Linking with:
Pieced Pastimes, Between Naps on the Porch, Katherines Corner, Follow The Yellow Brick Home,
Imparting Grace,Life and Linda
Pam, Your setting and table are beautiful! And a what a beautiful MKC Flower Market vase and wonderful surprise from Shirley! Of course, it’s perfectly paired with your AC zinnia bouquet tablecloth! I love your arrangement filled with your wonderful mix of garden flowers paired with flower farm sunflowers. I envy you your wonderful shaded area for a table and outdoor dining. We are in full sun all day and it’s been much too hot this summer, I’m anxiously awaiting fall! As always, it’s a treat to share blooms with you. Happy Labor Day! 🌻🧡
Thank you, Mary. I know I will enjoy the vase through all the seasons!
Beautiful Pam! Your woodland setting is so pleasant to showcase your lovely mixed arrangement of sunflowers, zinnias,cosmos, Dara, honeysuckle vine, and hosta. I know you were thrilled to receive the MKC Flower Market vase from Shirley. It is perfect with your AC zinnia bouquet tablecloth.
Your sunflower pictures are lovely and I know it was enjoyable to watch the different varieties grow. Your quotes are lovely also.
There is something so satisfying about cutting flowers from your own garden. Your arrangement is beautiful!
Thank y’all for inviting me to participate in MMB today. Bonnie
Thank you, Bonnie. It was a pleasure to have you join us for MMB’s!
Gorgeous flowers, Pam! Your outdoor tables always look inviting.
Thank you, Carole. I look forward to your fall table tomorrow! Happy Labor Day!
Your table setting for an outdoor early fall supper I’d lovely. I planted lots of Sunflowers and Tithonia this year and they were all eaten to the ground by deer. Guess I will have to check out my grocery store for some replacements. Happy Labor Day weekend.
I think everyone is dealing with deer. Thanks so much, Kathy!
Absolutely beautiful, dear friend. These beautiful photos make my heart sing!
Thank you dear one! Your comment warms my heart!
Ooh, I love your mix of flowers, Pam! I didn’t know Dara bloomed in purple too. How sweet of Shirley to send you the M-C flower market vase, and it’s just right for your table. Blooms from the September garden are kind of special, I think. It’s a time when it’s fun to pull from the garden as it wanes, and give those blooms a good opportunity to shine. Happy Monday Morning Blooming Labor Day!
Thank you, Rita. It was my first time planting Dara and I really like it. Yes, my garden is drooping, kind of like me 🤣
It is impossible to look at a sunflower without smiling! You’ve inspired me to plant them next year. Your beautiful arrangement and table setting are just beautiful. What a wonderful gift from Shirley! I miss her posts and hope she is doing well. It is pouring rain here (hooray!) so I don’t think there will be many Labor Day cookouts.
Thanks so much, Roxanne. Raining here today off and on. We needed it!
What a beautiful sweet gift from Shirley. Terry and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Tom and Shirley too. Shirley took me around to the cute area where she lives. Super sweet friend. I love all your sunflowers. Your table is gorgeous. Happy Labor Day. xoxo Kris
Thank you, Kris. Tom and Shirley are a sweet couple!
I thought that was a new vase immediately. McKenzie Childs never disappoints. That was a nice gift from Shirley. I miss her. Your sunflowers are beautiful. I love the big yellow ones. I’m not fond of brown but mixed with the yellow and the dara, which I did not know had any other color than white, is so pretty with the new vase. You educate us every time. Thank you!
Thank you, Alice. Wishing you a lovely week!
So so pretty Pam! The surprise MKC Flower Market vase from Shirley is beautiful, and wonderful inspiration for a stunning sunflower arrangement! I had no idea there were so many varieties of sunflowers and didn’t know that Dara is actually a carrot, crazy! Your tablecloth is lovely set with sunflowers, copper and the natural elements you added with the antler candlesticks and wood slice napkin rings~ it all looks so wonderful in your woodlands setting. Sunflowers are such a mood lifter, you can’t help but smile when you see them! 🌻
Thanks so much, Jenna. I am learning there are endless varieties of sunflowers, and I love them all!
Lovely with or without the arranging, but your touches at the table and in the vases are stunning!
Thank you, Leslie Anne!
A beautiful bouquet and wonderful woodland setting Pam! That’s a beautiful MKC vase. What a lovely and thoughtful gift. I love the tablecloth too. The antler candlesticks are the perfect compliment to the bouquet. Your tablescape is most inviting! Happy Labor Day! Clara❤️
Thanks so much, Clara ♥️🌻
I didn’t plant sunflower seeds this spring. But your post inspired me. I will definitely plant 2-3 varieties next May
Sunflowers are fairly easy to grow if the rabbits and deer don’t eat the tender shoots. Thank you, Gail!
What a beautiful bouquet and the vase Shirley gifted you is stunning! Happy Labor day.
Thank you, Penny!
Pam, your sunflower arrangement is gorgeous! I love all the wonderful color. It looks stunning in the Flower Market vase. I can see you using this pretty vase with many of your beautiful arrangements. I love the flower market pattern and collect it in green. My mom collects the white. I hope you are enjoying these last summer days. Happy Monday, my dear friend!
Thank you, Shannon. How fun that both you and your mother collect flower market. Mixing the green and white would be so pretty!
Simply beautiful, Pam. Your arrangement is gorgeous and how talented you are with the camera ~ to catch the bee in flight. He knew just where he was going. Your vase is also so pretty.
Hope this finds you enjoying a lovely Labor Day Weekend and may your week ahead be the same.
Thanks so much, Sandra!
Happy Labor Day dear Pam! Your garden setting and table are beautiful, and the vase Shirley sent you is perfect paired with your floral bouquet table cloth. The arrangement with your wonderful garden flowers and cheerful flower farm sunflowers are the icing on the summer to fall cake. I would love to join you in your shaded outdoor area for awhile {or days!} It is always such a blessing to join your for our beloved Monday Morning Blooms. xo Lidy
Thank you, Lidy. It would make me so happy for you to be able to join me. Wishing you a lovely week
Pam, your sunflower arrangement with sunflowers and your garden gifts is absolutely beautiful. Your new MC vase from Shirley paired with the AC cloth is stunning. I love your styling of tables, not too fussy but perfection every time. Blessings sweet friend.
Thank you, dearest Dianne. Wishing you a lovely week!
I love the way you chose flowers with the same colors as those painted on that gorgeous vase. Instead of competing with each other, they compliment one another perfectly. A feast for the eyes!
Thank you, Nancy for your sweet comments.
Absolutely stunning flowers, especially the sunflowers, one of my favorite blooms, our sunflowers bloomed early this year, we were so busy we forgot to reseed them! Thank ou for sharing and for the links,
Blessings,
Sue
Thanks so much, Sue. Wishing you a lovely week$
Sorry, supposed to be ! not $ 🤣
Pam, I love sunflowers though I’ve never grown them, though I have had an occasional one pop up in the garden courtesy of the birds. They are such amazing flowers! Your zinnias are wonderful as well, and the MC Flower Market vase is a nice addition for your flower loving heart. What a thoughtful gift from Shirley!
I’m thrilled to see Bonnie here as a Guest Bloomer! Bonnie is one of my longtime favorite blogging friends!
Happy Labor Day!
Thank you, dearest Sarah. I was so happy to receive the beautiful vase from my friend, Shirley! Looking forward to the hop tomorrow!
What a lovely setting in your gardens to enjoy this fall tablescape!
What a wonderful surprise from Shirley… absolutely a stunning addition to this table.
I always enjoy seeing what AC tablecloth you are going to use. This one is extra special as it has zinnias.
Such a lovely tablescape and centerpiece. I’m off to see the other gals!
Happy Week to You!
Thank you, Nancy. Looking forward to Tuesday Tidbits!
Sunflowers produce so much joy! Loved seeing the varieties you grew too, just a smile maker seeing all you lovely ladies creating and sharing pure sunshine!
Thanks so much, Jain. Sunflowers make me smile!
Pam, your table is so delightful, especially with the lovely MKC vase Shirley sent. Your have the prettiest table linens. The sunflowers pop and look wonderful. They are such a cheerful flower. I adore the different varieties. Maybe I should plant some, hopefully the squirrels don’t eat them. I shall see you tomorrow for the Welcome Fall tablescape blog hop.
Thank you, Linda. Looking forward to the blog hop!
Love your beautiful Sunflower Fall Tablescape with your new vase from Shirley….what a precious gift! One of my favorite photos is the one with the sunflowers and the bee in mid flight in front of them. He’s just humming along in paradise!
Thanks so much, Linda. I also love the shot of the bee in flight!
So very happy that you love the vase….it spoke “Pam”….. I cannot believe how you can create such beautiful tablescapes over and over with each table having its own personality and creativity blending into the gorgeous backdrop of your “Woodlands” Once we get our back yard the way we want it, Tom mentioned that sunflowers would be nice…oh yes!…Miss you all, however, must consider life’s priorities now…our last visit with mom was truly exceptional….
i wish you a fabulous week ahead…keep up the beautiful inspiration you give us all!
Thank you, my friend! I have had so many compliments on the vase. I think sunflowers would be a great idea!
I can never see too many images of sunflowers — they are my favorites and yours are just the best!
Thank you, Jeanie!
Beautiful table settings Pam! I love the fresh flowers.
Oh, what a beautiful vase your friend gifted you! It is just gorgeous. I love the stemware in this tablescape, too. Since we have minimized so much, we no longer have any glasses other than our everyday drinking glasses. We are going yard saling tomorrow, Lord willing, and from the pictures I saw of the sales we are going to, it looks like they have some kitchen stuff for sale. It just occurred to me that it might be nice to have a few pretty stemware type glasses, so, I will be looking for some. You have inspired me today! God bless you, sweet friend.
Thank you, Cheryl. I hope you find some pretty stemware tomorrow!
I just KNEW you’d have a wealth of fabulous sunflowers to share with us!!!!!!!!!!I Beautiful!!!!!!
Thank you. Alycia!
Pam, I never knew there were so many sunflower varieties and they are all beautiful. They are just such a happy flower its hard not to smile. I love your flower arrangement and the vase is gorgeous – what a nice gift! The AC zinnia tablecloth looks perfect on the table and beautifully showcases the plate stack, napkins, amber stemware, tortoiseshell flatware, and oh, those antler candleholders. Love the picture with the bee! I hope you are having a lovely week!
Thank you, Kim. It seems that there is an abundance of sunflower varieties. Happy Saturday!
Absolutely gorgeous!!!
Thank you my friend!