Secret-Garden.Flower-Stand

12/08/2024

Foraged greenery elevated this $5 Dollar General candle holder into an adorable fresh arrangement.

My tween was happy to have a unique gift for the holiday party exchange!

10/12/2024

It was a magical day picking flowers at Polly’s Petal Patch !

Cayla is living my dream life on her flower farm.

(Was she serious about saying she wanted me to design flower arrangements for her??)

10/11/2024

A rare opportunity to "see" the Northern lights (through my phone's camera) in central NC.

10/01/2024

Lovely shades of purples and pinks plus whites and silvery foliage, all from The Secret Garden.

10/01/2024

A surprise from The Secret Garden...

a sample pocket boutonniere and wrist corsage!

My teenager is going to his first homecoming dance this weekend and I'm making the wearable florals.

I tested out the mechanics and base greenery with these fun floral designs made with flowers from The Secret Garden.

08/22/2024

Win a free date night at Pleasant Coates Farm ! Share your love story on their post for a chance to win.

Awww, aren't those lovebirds cute!?! 💜

Every love story is beautiful, and we want to hear yours! 💍 Share your love story in the comments, and the story with the most likes will win a romantic date night on us at our venue! Don’t forget to share this post and tag your friends and family to help you win!

Winner will be chosen September 9, in honor of this adorable couple’s wedding week here at PCF!

08/16/2024

The Secret Garden has been coming alive again with all the recent rain!

I'm deep into crafty projects for our sequel wedding next month. Distressing wood is my new favorite craft. I love doing the crackle finish.

What is your backup hobby when you need to mix things up??

07/14/2024

I found a friend in The Secret Garden today.

What tasks are you hopping around to on this Sunday?

07/05/2024

It's getting very hot again here in central NC and yesterday we noticed bees looking for water.

You can easily provide a watering hole for bees with things you already have:

-a shallow pan, container, dish, bowl, etc.
-rocks, sticks, flat marbles for the bees to land on
-a place in the shade
-some "dirty" water the bees can detect by smell (like rainwater, pond water, or saltwater)

I'll post a pic of the Pollinator Ponds we sold at our spring markets to inspire your creativity for making a safe place for bees and butterflies to drink water.

07/05/2024

Happy Independence Day!

This arrangement is giving off "firework" vibes. 🎆

And what I like the most is that it includes flowers from The Secret Garden and my parents' garden!

07/03/2024

Wedding flower pics are finally here!!

Last month I was married to my amazingly wonderful husband in a micro wedding in the greenhouse at Pleasant Coates Farm in Benson, NC.

The greenhouse is surrounded by trees and it is truly a magical setting.

This was our legal ceremony and we intended it to be simple, but my imagination started running wild at the thought of getting married in a greenhouse!

I narrowed all the ideas down to:
🌼 a floral meadow installation to add color to
🪴 a ceremony nest (aka grounded floral arch) at the front of the greenhouse
🌹 a floral chandelier hanging above the ceremony nest
and beautiful fabric draped over the greenhouse beams.

💜 I love love love how everything turned out! 💜

Let me know what pictures you like the most.

P.S. Almost all the flowers and plants were sourced locally from Firefly Farm in Hillsborough (check out their u-pick flower fields), Tarheel Nursery in Angier (they have amazing greenhouse plants among many other things), and my own lovely Secret Garden.

Most of the flowers in my bouquet came from the Secret-Garden.Flower-Stand. The purples and pinks paired well with cascading asparagus ferns from Tarheel Nursery and eucalyptus and white gerbera daisies from Trader Joe's.

07/01/2024

It was relieving to have thunderstorms and rain on Sunday! All the flowers in The Secret Garden are quite appreciative of the rain.