Root Design Co. Blog
GARDENING & FLORAL DESIGN
Things Gardening Has Taught Me
The truth is, anything worth doing is going to take a lot of work, a lot of learning, plenty of persistence, and some good old-fashioned grit. New ventures are often accompanied by equal parts anxiety and delight.
Early June Garden Walk
May was madness, with its sultry temperatures and astonishing glut of peonies and ranunculus that came just as thousands of plants needed to be tucked into the ground. But now that we’re on this side of it, all those late nights of planting and harvesting have an undeserved rosy hue. Funny that you forget how it was so hard to walk upright and instead remember the first night the fireflies showed up or the way the garden smells in spring… all rich earth and fresh cut grass and the softest scent of spring flowers.
Cue the Ranunculus
Some of you may remember that sobbing post where we confessed that, due to skipping Spring 2018, there would be no ranunculus this year. The experts say that when ground temp reaches 60 and daytime temp reaches a consistent 80, that ranunculus will stop putting out new blooms. We assumed that they knew what they were talking about. After all, they had grown these flowers before; we hadn’t. Three weeks of 80 degree weather in May convinced us. Our ranunculus dream was over before it ever began.
Arranging a Farm Bunch
When we design farm bunches, we think about all the fun we hope you’ll have on the receiving end. No matter the reason flowers were given to you, you’ll probably want to pop them into a vase to enjoy them for more than a hot minute.
Spring Garden Walk
The larkspur is looking like it’ll make a fair show this year. A lot of my little girl memories of Grandma Coblentz have to do with her flowers, and one, in particular, is her larkspur. I can still picture the massive bed of it that she had one year. It was the most magical thing I had ever seen, and I purposed right then and there to have a sea of larkspur just like that one day.
A Ten Mile Bouquet
The key to gorgeous seasonal bouquets is to hold your ideas loosely. Don’t try to recreate a Pinterest pin, but rather look to nature for your inspiration.
The Art of Flowers
My art teacher once gave me a bit of advice about making art. I remember I was working in oils on a coastal scene, so intent on getting part of the water right that I didn’t realize my brush strokes were creating a fog on the
A Comedy of Errors
The first flower garden we planted as farmer florists was a comedy of errors. We were new at this, man. That spring we feuded mildly with Dad over some fallow soil in the lot beside our
Cut Flower Garden Tips
I’ll freely admit that I’m the plant nerd around here. I love flowers, their names (foxglove!), the research required to grow them well, and the art of shaping them into bouquets. Flowers
Children of the Eighties
We are Rosita Schrock and LaRonda Schrock, children of the eighties. We grew up pedaling our bright blue and yellow plastic “hot rods” at breakneck speed through the yard. Cap’n Crunch was big news and we