Photos compliments of the AMAZING Mandie @ Red Gecko Studio!
Last week, Mike, Mandie (our photographer) and I met with Jane at J. Kinney, Floral for our engagement photo shoot and what a beautiful shop Jane has on Monroe Street! Jane has connected with local growers so she always has a great selection of gorgeous flowers and they are truly the ultimate in fresh. As luck would have it, April is a perfect month for flower options for us because of the 4 varieties Jane listed, the last was my favorite…freesia! All of Jane’s flower options are beautiful this time of year…here are some she has in stock now.
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Now, back to my absolute favorite…while we were visiting Jane, she had two types of freesia in stock. One from her local supplier and the other had been shipped from California. There was NO COMPARISON between the two. The colors of the locally grown freesia totally POP and the petals seemed much more dense, where the California freesia was beautiful in its own way but more muted in color and much thinner petals…almost see through. The scent was not to be compared either and I wondered if that had to do with how long ago each had been picked. Again, the local freesia won out with an amazing fragrance. Here’s a photo of Jane’s locally grown freesia…unreal!
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Jane and I talked about any possible way to incorporate something live into our flower arrangements that our wedding party can plant afterward for years of enjoyment. I think we’ve settled on weaving willow through the arrangements as they can be planted later. Perhaps some sprigs from our beautiful weeping willow tree in our backyard? We’ll see…
If we can find a way to use willow sprigs from our tree in the floral arrangements, in a few years, our wedding party could be resting under a tree like ours in THEIR backyard!
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