Everyday Living

Farm Fresh Flowers

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Gardening, Monday Morning Blooms, Summer

“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭4:23‬ ‭

Hello dear friends. Welcome to Monday Morning Blooms where I join my friends Lidy, Mary, and Shirley to offer flower inspiration. We continue our ongoing theme of “anything goes” during these unprecedented times. I am in the garden once again, so grab your straw hat and I will provide a tall glass of iced tea. In the Deep South, we prefer our tea sweet! 

I am so grateful to have farm fresh flowers. Since March all flowers in my arrangements have either come from my garden, wildflowers that have been foraged from our surrounding 250 acre woods, or from two flower farms that are about twenty five miles away. You have met my dear friend Martha that owns the hydrangea farm, where I shared a visit last year. She grows many varieties, but she is probably most famous for snowflake hydrangeas.

I have not officially introduced you to Leah who owns Deep Roots Flower Farm. She offers a wide variety of flowers…ranunculus, poppies, dahlias, cosmos, zinnias, sunflowers, etc!

My colorful arrangement is composed of farm fresh flowers from Deep Roots Flower Farm and my garden.

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A Flower Arrangement From The Summer Garden

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Food & Entertaining, Monday Morning Blooms

“Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭27:14‬ ‭

Happy Monday and Happy August sweet friends! I can hardly believe we are already into the eighth month of 2020. I am excited that you are here as it is the first Monday of the month and that always means it is Monday Morning Blooms.

“This morning the sun endures past dawn. I realize that it is August: the summer’s last stand.
-Sara Baume

It is so satisfying to be able to walk into my garden and cut a bouquet of flowers for Monday Morning Blooms or just to enjoy on my kitchen island. If you are a gardener, you know there is much work and sweat equity in tending a garden.

Summer blooms in a stoneware crock!

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Heavenly Hydrangeas

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Food & Entertaining, Monday Morning Blooms, Outdoors

“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:5‬ ‭

Hello sweet friends, I hope you all enjoyed a nice weekend! Summer is in full swing in our Appalachian Foothills with heat and humidity. It is the third Monday of the month which means a new edition of Monday Morning Blooms. Welcome to the garden where I am serving iced tea with a sprig of chocolate mint for your comfort!

“I’m glad it’s finally hot enough to complain about how hot it is.”
-Unknown

It appears that it was a nice pleasant early evening in the garden with a gentle breeze…

…not as it appears! I braved a heat index of 101 at 6:30 p.m. in order to set a garden table. Why, you might ask? It is limelight/vanilla strawberry hydrangea season and I wanted to show you their beauty. With three limelights, five vanilla strawberries, and two little lambs, they are putting on their best show now!

You will find the links for beautiful floral inspiration from Lidy, Mary, and Shirley at the bottom of this post.READ MORE