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When the FLOWERS come alive; Summer Dinner Tours at All Dahlia’d Up
There is a moment during every dinner tour that I get to step back. The guests have arrived. The flowers are in place. The tables are set. The food is coming together. Everyone has been given a chance to wander through the gardens, ask questions, make something with their own hands and take in the place I have spent so many years growing. And then, suddenly, all of those individual details we’ve planned weave together. The flowers come alive. It’s always my favorite part. On August 8 and September 6, we welcomed 32 guests each evening to our farm for two very different summer evenings. And while the both experiences flow is almost…
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Flower High in 25′ Season Highlights
Over 600 bouquets, 11 elopement floral bookings, 50+ arrangements, 50+ farm walk tour goers and 2 sold-out dinner tours=’s more people getting flower high in 2025 than ever! Besides flowers holding on into October with the long fall Mother Nature blessed us with I bring to you my most favorite season highlights. Taking the stage at the Seattle Northwest Garden & Flower Festival https://www.gardenshow.com/ for the last two February’s in a row has been a wonderful experience. In 2024 I was talking about growing dahlias in a cold climate. This year I had the pleasure to design with Gina Shrewsberry of Inspirations by Gina on the Bubbles & Blooms stage. Up next the…
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Why white for the Pantone Color of the year for 2026?
For the last several years I’ve kept a thumb on the Pantone Color of the year mostly for self entertainment. I like to see “how” each years choice is seen and plays a role in/on my Alaska Grown flower farm. It’s amazing to me how color influences our lives. It started in 2022 with purple/blue Very Peri, then a very on “brand” color for me, Viva Magenta, both in my favorite purple-ish color family. After that the color of a prom dress I had in the 80’s, Peach Fuzz. 2025 was Mocha Mousse not to be confused with the first drive-thru espresso hut in the Valley. The closest expression of this chocolate tone…