Bridal Arrangements - A close up of the floral selection from a July '24 wedding. When picking flowers, it's convenient to work with what's seasonal. Garden greens and a mix of purchased and foraged flowers were combined to make a lush backdrop.
Base Backdrop - Wet oasis floral foam was wrapped in plastic film and lashed to the metal screens.
Bound in Green - Sheet moss was laid over the assembly of foam to create a backdrop for the floral installation.
Green Foundation - With the moss base in place, the screens were hung up so I could assemble the flowers in situ, working from largest leaves and flowers to finest. I also considered that the table arrangements and people that would be standing around the deck during the wedding.
Vertical Garden - A mix of texture and colour, the showstopping floral arrangement, was assembled fresh the morning of, gorgeous backdrop for the celebration.
Wedding Cakes - Earl Grey Tea cake, Blueberry Curd and Lavender-Vanilla Buttercream. A cake at every table (6 total) meant each table could serve themselves and leftovers packed up by guests.
Floral Gate - Careful rose canes arch over the stairs and twine around the newel posts of the Halifax Club adorned with aspidestra and lilies for a wedding showcase highlighting talented bridal artist & coordinators.
Floral Gate - Careful rose canes arch over the stairs and twine around the newel posts of the Halifax Club adorned with aspidestra and lilies for a wedding showcase highlighting talented bridal artist & coordinators.
Floral Gate - Careful rose canes arch over the stairs and twine around the newel posts of the Halifax Club adorned with aspidestra and lilies for a wedding showcase highlighting talented bridal artist & coordinators.
Floral Gate - Careful rose canes arch over the stairs and twine around the newel posts of the Halifax Club adorned with aspidestra and lilies for a wedding showcase highlighting talented bridal artist & coordinators.
Floral Gate - Careful rose canes arch over the stairs and twine around the newel posts of the Halifax Club adorned with aspidestra and lilies for a wedding showcase highlighting talented bridal artist & coordinators.
Spring Florals, Devour Studios, Wolfville - The client wanted colour! I designed & built the arrangements with colour bursting through pockets of snow, flushes of orange, yellow, pink and purple.
Mounds of Colur - Colour stretches and spills from the arrangment giving the room an aire that spring is around the corner!
Wild & Natural - Bookending the lobby with arrangements, in the 2nd I used bundles of bear grass, a field of spring green with pops of colour peaking through.
Master Centerpieces - Wrapped in bands of spring green, 10x lush assortments of flowers adorned the center of the tables.
Plentiful, Colourful - Texture & colour crown the tables with an assortments of flowers.
Seabright Christmas - Floral arrangements, trimmings and decor inside & out fill out the holiday decorating in this seaside home.
Pretty Pendants - The island lights got dressed in fresh greens, gold and feathers echoing the hand-painted tile in the kitchen backsplash.
Glistening Mantle - Fresh greens drape and cascade over the edges of the stone mantle, peppered with vintage and modern mercury glass. Faux pillar candles flicker among the festive greens, echoing the Drew Klassen painting above.
Golden Views - Simple magnolia wreaths adorned in gold, draped in pine cones and traditional ribbon frame the perspective through the windows to the bay beyond. Repetition makes a bolder statement.
Shiny & Bright - I like to layer christmas trees with 2 sizes of bulbs; draping larger ones inside and weaving smaller micro lights on outer limbs creates lush lighting.
Plentiful - Trays and bowls are lined with christmas goodies; a fluted brass bowl studded with antique roses amid cedar, pine and fir, the fresh balsalm tree adorned in traditional reds and greens.
Stand Guard - I clustered these three charming nutcrackers together on a brass tray set on the counter as a greeting for visitors.
Playful Charm - A sweep of fresh greens graces this mantle with swags of ribbon above a driftwood reindeer adorned with a bright satin bow.
Rustic Table - A simple approach that wont distract from a buffet, three trays of greens with extra long chamois tapers, perfectly understated.
Welcome Doorway - The cardinal doors are complimented by bright red and birch bark ribbon and giant pine cones cascading form the lanters. Birch branches help form the sweep of greens.
Blank Slate - The view to the garage gets a treatment of greens and bright ribbon and a charming little tree cut from the woodland nearby.
Holiday Cheer - In december when the landscape installation season draws closed, I switch into high gear with holiday decorating for several clients. I'm all about lush natural greens studded ith colour and lights...
Fresh forest greens overflow from charming tin barrels flank the front door.
Over a couple days, this handsome entrance was decorated with a rich assortment of pine, balsam & hemlock, studded with garland & bright microlights.
A heart-warming holiday display for visitors & passersby.
Public Sculpture - For Nocturne 2016, i began constructing driftwood forms. This one painted in ultimat blue, a paint used in the film industry, was completed as part of the temporal installation portraying grossly overscaled vegetal seed forms.
Inside the structure was miniature assemblage painted with a phosphorescent powder.
The assemblage found a home, installed as the focal point in an established Halifax alpine garden.