Weekly Flower CSA at Local Color Flowers

Get in on the fun! Local Color Flowers is offering an awesome, local flower CSA this summer!

Here’s how it works. You’ll sign up for our Flower CSA online or by phone at 410-262-1494 and make a onetime payment of $200. Then on ten different Wednesday evenings throughout the summer and early fall (dates listed below) you’ll stop by our studio from 4:30-7 PM and pickup a gorgeous, seasonal bouquet . The flowers and foliage in your bouquet will always be locally grown and we’ll even tell you which farms each flower came from so you know you that you really are supporting your local community.

Your bouquet will be wrapped up in pretty paper, but we won’t be supplying vases.  If you’d like to keep your flowers hydrated on the ride home, you’re welcome to bring your own vase or bucket. If you forget, mason jars will be available for $2.

Since we know you’re busy, we will send you an email reminder every other week so you don’t forget to pickup your flowers. Because you will have already paid for your CSA flowers at the beginning of the season, your pickups will be quick and easy. In no time at all, you’ll be cruising with your local blooms and a smile on your face. You’ll probably even get home in time to catch the O’s game.

What’s not to love?

Local Color Flowers 2013 CSA Dates:

June 5^th

June 19^th

July 3^rd

July 17^th

August 7^th

August 21^st

September 4^th

September 18^th

October 2^nd

October 13^th

May Pop Up Market! SO MUCH FUN!

We had a great day today at our May pop-up market! Thanks to everyone who came out to support Urban Farmhouse and Local Color Flowers. We had such a great mix of friends, neighbors, kids, dogs, new clients and total strangers come over and hang out, chit chat, buy flowers and veggies…It was a beautiful thing!

A whole lot going on at LoCoFlo!

Chrissa from Urban Farmhouse selling veggies!

We got a little work done during the pop up!

Irene made a gorgeous arrangement (loosely) based on one of Studio Choo’s  “recipes”!

And we sold lots of flowers!

Happy May everyone!

Real Weddings: Nicole and Billy

Have you ever had this experience? You meet a client for the first time, totally hit it off, hug at the end of the meeting and wish you could be instant friends with them? That’s exactly how I felt when I met Nicole. Right off the bat, she let me know that her wedding was just about 6 weeks away and she had planned not to have flowers because she couldn’t come to terms with buying traditionally grown flowers that have been shipped from thousands of miles away. When our mutual friend Irene told her about LoCoFlo, she was so excited to find out that local flowers were an option in March.

Nicole was marrying a sweet, Irishman on St. Patrick’s day weekend. Her colors were green and white – with lots of texture and interest thrown in.

The bride was stunning!  (I’m a little teary just looking at the pictures!)

Her bouquet was filled with locally grown tulips, ranunculus, stock, early hellebores, paper whites, boxwood, mini pussy willow and succulents. It looked awesome and smelled glorious!

The boutonnieres were cool with little succulents, ranunculus buds, boxwood and mini-pussy willow.

    

The wedding took place in the beautiful Vollmer Center at Cylburn Arboretum. It was a beautiful spot for this late winter wedding.

     

Thanks to our growers-who tirelessly grown in the winter-despite the struggle with weather and heating greenhouse! Special thanks to Farmhouse Flowers, Lynn Vale Studios, Seaberry Farm and Plant Masters.

We’re so grateful to wonderful photographers like Heidi Roland Photography who make our work look great! Check her out on facebook too!! To see more photos from Nicole and Billy’s wedding, you can check out our flickr site.

Congratulations to Nicole and Billy! Wishing them much love and happiness in the future!

Spring Design Class at Local Color Flowers

On Sunday, we hosted our first design class in our new space! It was so much fun to have folks in the shop getting their hands on flowers!

We started out with snacks picked up from the Sunday market including pastries from Chez G and Infused Spreads, treats from the Mallow Bar and the most wonderful salted caramel brownies EVER- from Charm City Cook.

After snacks, I gave a brief over view of some design techniques that we use here at LoCoFlo. We usually start with a base-branches, foliage, herbs etc. Then we go to our focal flowers-our WOW flowers. Then finally-all the other bits and pieces the help an arrangement move. We talked a little about color palettes, orientation and scale. Then-I introduced the flowers. This week we had crabapple, sand cherry, wild mustard, red bud, lilies, tulips (in all different shapes and sizes), daffodils, anemones, gerbers, ranunculus and curly willow.

Of course we talked about the awesome local farms that contributed flowers to our class that day (Farmhouse Flowers, Plant Masters, Lynn Vale Studios, Locust Point Flowers, Belvedere Farm and the brand new Castillo Flower Farm).

Once everyone picked their flowers-the creative magic began! Everyone made gorgeous spring arrangements in a variety of color palettes.  The arrangements turned out so beautiful!

Here are a couple examples!

Carling even took a little video!

We’re definitely looking forward to more classes in the future! Keep an eye out for a schedule of upcoming classes and events.  We hope to see you soon!

VINE!

A couple weeks ago, Eric told us about VINE. When he described it, it sounded…less than interesting. A six second video that loops around and around indefinitely as you watch. WHY?

Then I started watching VINE videos. It’s amazing how effective a 6 second video can be in telling a story, making you laugh or showing you something incredible.

So, we signed up! On Friday, LoCoFlo started making VINE videos. We actually had a ton of fun making them.

Our first video showed Carling making a kale arrangement for Kale A Rama.

Our second video showed Irene making her version of the kale arrangements.

VINE is easy and fun – so check it out. Be sure to LIKE Local Color Flowers on VINE and check out our other videos!

Just Like I Imagined

For years, I imagined LoCoFlo having a home of it’s own where we could have plenty of fabulous space to work. I day dreamed about space to have consultations and pop-up markets and open houses and design classes.

Well, this weekend, it was just like I imagined. Friday, Carling, Irene, Laura Beth and I worked on a variety of fun projects including 2 weddings, arrangements for Kale A Rama, Lululemon, Apothecary Wellness and…the BGE guy (yes-the bge guy came to read the meter and ordered flowers to take home at the end of the day!).

(thanks to our friends at Balance Photography for photos of our kale arrangements!)

Saturday, we opened up the garage door while the Waverly Market was in full swing and sold herb and succulent gardens.

We also chit chatted with lots of friends and neighbors who stopped by to see what was inside “that green striped building”.

Finally today, we hosted our first design class in our new space! It was so much fun welcoming folks in to try their hand at floral design.

All of the arrangements turned out so beautifully! Here’s one example of a finished arrangement.

Spending the weekend working is pretty awesome when this is the kind of work you get to do!

Real Weddings: Tiffany and Gretchen (and family)

Tiffany and Gretchen were married in an intimate ceremony at the Elm in Hampden on the first Saturday in Spring. What a beautiful way to celebrate the season of new beginnings.

When I met with Tiffany and Gretchen and their adorable kids for the first time, their love for each other and their family was clearly evident. They spoke emotionally about how excited that they were to be getting married (again) –but this time- legally.

It was a beautiful early spring day for a wedding and the brides were glowing.

The couple’s daughters were decked out in adorable dresses with little posies of locally grown hellebores, ranunculus and ferns.

The couple’s son was too cute for words as the ring bearer. Check out his tiny boutonniere made from locally grown boxwood and a tiny, white anemone.

I’m so grateful that Tiffany and Gretchen chose Local Color Flowers to be a small part of their special day.

Thanks to Farmhouse Flowers and Lynn Vale Studios for these beautiful, locally grown flowers.

Special thanks to Monica Lopossay for these amazing photos that perfectly capture the joy felt at this wedding.

Congratulations to Tiffany and Gretchen! Wishing you and your family much happiness in the future!!