Temple offerings sold at the Mumbai Flower MarketI received a call the first week in March from a former intern of mine from India regarding her upcoming destination wedding in May at a five… Read More

     That time of year has rolled back onto our laps as we pack our bags and migrate like the robins to sunnier parts. Here a few shots of some holiday dabs and doodles t… Read More

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The Musk Thistle has gone to seed and the skies of Williamsburg are dramatically operatic. All you DIYers and event peeps come out to the studio in the hood(285 N6th St) for our warehouse s… Read More

Happy Independence Day! above are a few shots from a 4th of July tabletop. I collaborated with my friend Ed Roth of Stencil1 who added the stars to a hand dyed burlap runner. Summer flowers… Read More

Cassia fistula "Golden Shower Tree" Passiflora incarnata "Maypop"Flamboyant Tree  Cestrum nocturnum goes by lots of English names such as Night Blooming Jasmine, Queen of the N… Read More

Violet/ Blue post for Traditional Home Facebook Page"Blue Mammy" Roses, Clematis, Sweet Pea, Lisianthus, Phlox, Pincushions, Super Vanda OrchidsBride's Maids bouquet of Stock, Geranium, Maid… Read More

Francis Benjamin Johnson Climbing Rose ArchwayPink Rambler RoseThere's this little Square off the Lorimer Street subway stop called Macri Park and it's overrun by these sweet tiny rambling r… Read More

Smokebush  Central Park 5/22/12 Read More

Went through the park yesterday and wistfully bemoaned the reality that this year's long Spring has ended. Here I revisit an arrangement form a previous recent post of young peach branches f… Read More

  Roses are everywhere now. Rambling up through Maple Trees, weeping over garden gates and climbing up brick walls. The border garden behind the studio offered some great long bran… Read More

More of the same.....more Tree Peonies, Heleborus,  Begonias, Bleeding Hearts, Passion Vine, Camelias, Poppies, Jasmine,Columbine. More was more last week.One of my fellow flower enthus… Read More

Today a good friend of mine asked if I could help thin out the young peaches on his tree. It was quite an undertaking and helped me appreciate the amount of work that day laborers on farms a… Read More

This week was the Spring Antiques Show at the beautifully restored Park Avenue Armory. I had the honor to decorate the show with our oversized floor arrangements as well as providing flowers… Read More

Confetti of Cherry petals have wilted and gone but the colors that remain on it's branches have a richness all their own. Young rusty growth against the teal green mature leaves and reddish… Read More

New York is such a hard place to live with so many demands and distractions that one often forgets of it's many sanctuaries. Yesterday I took a stroll along the Riverside Park river's edge a… Read More

Spiraea prunifoliaAmelenchier treeBluebells and Young Fern in The RamblesSilverbell Tree (Halesia Monticola)Wandering with my camera through the Central Park last week before the heavy rains… Read More

This weekend I took Metro North to Greystone and walked the uphill route to Alder Manor where I am thrilled to be decorating a wedding in August. I've seen photos of this location and have w… Read More

 Summer is on it's way and the only thing I like about that are the bright rays of light it brings along.  The light streaming in from my studio windows or the light shimmering thr… Read More

This is an unusual palette I keep coming back to and I think it's because it both passionate and vulnerable at the same time. A fun vintage styled wedding is on the horizon and I'm looking… Read More

I was raised a good catholic child by my Cuban parents and the Irish nun at my primary school made sure that we all observed every facet of the Ascension. Easter Holiday and all the commerci… Read More

While I was perusing fashion blogs today I stumbled upon Raf Simon's last fashion show with Jil Sander in Milan last February. What struck me was the way Mr Simon's had conceptualized the ru… Read More

"One can only hope to capture the living moment, to capture it alive and fresh ... " Anais Ninn Read More

A few weeks back we had the honor to spruce up the setting for Conde Nast Achievement Awards, an event we have helped produce for the past three years. In years past the event was held at th… Read More

It's that time again when the remnants of last year's seedling garden are twisted around their stakes with no promise of renewal, unless of course they are torn out and used as props in a fl… Read More