The most abundant and colorful time of the year is upon us, and there’s no better way to celebrate the season than by bringing nature’s wonder and beauty indoors. Yep, we’re talking about another festive Floral Topiary! Again this month, we’re challenging you to dream beyond traditional arrangements, and try something fun and fabulous.
We’d be remiss not to include the seasonal flowers that mark so many of the spring holidays and events. You can start off simple with just four or five different flowers, but don’t stop there! There are a lot more interesting ways to use nature’s bounty and create a beautiful topiary.
- Leucadendron Red Eye
- Purple and Yellow Isopogon
- Leucospermum Eurbescenes – Fruit Salad
- Lavender
- Jasmine Vine
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe." - Anatole France
The bliss of flower farming is having the opportunity to accomplish great things! Yes, farming requires a dream, planning, hard work and a big leap of faith but in the end it is possible to do the unimaginable. With those thoughts in mind, this weekend I ventured out into one of the newer flower fields to seeing how our dream was unfolding.
In 2012, we purchased several acres of land on a very steep hillside completely covered in brush. At this stage in the game you have to have a wonderful imagination with so many bushes to remove, loads of trash to cleanup, tons of bugs, snakes and animals to evict and roads to grade.
What was once only brush is now full of blooms! Here's just a glimpse of the treasures I discovered.
