Grand floral garlands! Everyone’s FAVOURITE centrepiece for a long harvest table. Floral garlands are more popular than ever, and it’s easy to see why. They add elegance and charm to a tablescape, and can be decorated to showcase rustic themes, festive accents, bright summer colours and so much more! They can also be made from several different types of greenery and flowers to make every single garland unique.
Salal garlands provide a bright pop of green, perfect for those hot summer outdoor weddings. Garlands can be created with just greenery for a more rustic, natural look, or mixed in with different varieties of florals to create a more elegant feel.
For a more subdued sage green colour, eucalyptus garlands are perfect and they smell SO GOOD! We usually use a mixture of several different types of eucalyptus to create a more varied, fuller garland.
Most floral garlands can also be dried, and kept for several months! They look gorgeous draped down stair banisters, or covering fireplace mantels.
Another option for garlands is running loose greenery down the centre of the table instead of a wired garland. This cuts down on costs while still creating a stunning showcase for your guests. Loose flowers can also be added to incoporate bursts of colour.
Garlands aren’t just for tables either! They’re perfect as accents for seating charts, fireplaces, aisle runners, pergolas and so much more. Small garlands can be used to decorate doors and archways, as well as signing and gift tables.
At Christmas time, sprigs of holly and pine branches can be woven in to create gorgeous outdoor stairway garlands. Add in some dried oranges and cloves, cinnamon sticks and rosemary to create the most festive smelling centrepiece for your holiday parties!
We’ve even seen garlands created to wrap around dog leashes for those special doggos who walk down the aisle with their favourite humans. How cute would your little pup be with a garland leash!
As florists, we’re not going to lie, garlands are a lot of work. But it’s SO worth it to see the finished product lining the tables at weddings and events. It makes all the hard work, aching hands, sore backs and exhaustion worth it. They truly elevate any event, no matter the time of year, style, size or complexity. We hope you’ve enjoyed this little dive into garlands. Truly one of our favs!
Can you believe tomorrow is the first day of March?? We’re one month closer to Spring! And one month closer to ALL the prettiest flowers. How pretty is this bundle with almost all of our favourites!
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Who doesn’t love Sunday Brunch! I think big fancy brunches are my FAVOURITE meals. Give me all the croissants, berries, waffles and potatoes 🥰. And stay tuned, because there may be a hint in this post to something SUPER exciting coming up. We can’t wait to share it with you!
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The sweetest little cupcakes ready for a birthday 🐼.
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40 years old!! Never even in a million years thought I’d be celebrating this way lol. I had huge plans for a big trip with friends, a party, spending time with people in general 😆. But I’m not complaining. I’ll get to spend time with three of my favourite people, plus my crazy dog, cottaging it up locally and that’s all I really need 🥰.
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If you had to choose, what would your FAVOURITE flavour of cake be? Mine would be a toss up between classic fudgy chocolate cake and this caramel drip toffee carrot cake. Although honestly, there aren’t many cakes I wouldn’t eat 😉.
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Because we all need a flower break right about now 🥰. There’s been a lot of baking happening the last couple months, but it might be time to bring out some flower arrangements soon! Mother’s Day is just around the corner after all 😉.
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Easter planning is underway! And we can’t wait to bake with these shimmery eggs! Funny story, as soon as I finished taking this pic I poured the eggs back in the bag and put them back in my chocolate hiding spot so that my hubbie wouldn’t eat them all. Please tell me I’m not the only one that has to hide the Easter chocolate? Lol ...
Happy Family Day from our family to yours! We hope everyone is having an amazing long weekend and for those in Southern Ontario, prepping for the storm later tonight! Just keep thinking, we’re one weekend closer to Spring 😉
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A busy day of Valentine’s orders and snow in the forecast calls for a cozy evening in with a mug of tea and a movie. I’ve been rotating between horror movies and Disney+ but may have to switch back to Christmas movies soon 😆. If anyone has any amazing movie/tv show recommendations please share because I think I’ve watched everything about five times lol.
We hope everyone is having a wonderful long weekend! And make sure to stay warm!!
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Valentine’s cupcakes are ready to start heading out tomorrow! Our strawberry buttercream has an extra special surprise with some edible gold leaf topping it ✨. Thank you sooo much to everyone for helping us sell out. Happy Valentine’s Day weekend! 💗❤️
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