Discovering the beauty of landscape and lifestyle
in the wine country of Northern California
Summer 2021
Flowers & Grapes Summer Issue
Rest among rose arbors and grapevines at Russian River Rose Company
Frozen Champagne Poptial
Cool Summer Treat Fresh Fruit in a Champagne Popsicle
Iris on display at Russian River Rose Company
All of the ingredients to make poptials with farmers market fruit, edible flowers and Korbel bubbly
Tea time in the garden. But where are the garden faries?
Beautiful fountian looking out to vineyard at Ferrari-Carano Winery in Healdsburg
Garden friends with Poppy
Culinary Garden at Ferrari-Carano Winery in Healdsburg
Rose arbor at Russian River Rose Company
Mirror Ball in the Secret Garden at Ferrari-Carano Winery
Cool Summer: Poptails and Mocksicles
Garden Magic
Poptails in the Garden
Fruit Press at Ferrari-Carano Winery
Summer Flowers
Rose allee at Russian River Rose Company
So delicate!
Summer garden rose bouquet
Summer garden
Rooftop lunch at Restoration Hardware in Corte Madera
View of Mt Tam from roof top of Restoration Hardware Resturant
Summer fun at the Van Gogh Immersive Experience in San Francisco
Love my garden strawberries
Summer fun at the Van Gogh Immersive experince
Rose arbor into the potager garden
In full bloom!
Hurrary! You can find us at the Wine Country Garden Center in Sonoma
Pink!
Lunch in the garden
Our first promotional booth at the Clucktown Collective at The Happy Dahlia Farm
Summer garden
Clucktown Collective
Early Summer Garden
Getting the word out at the Clucktown Collective at the Happy Dahlia Farm in Petaluma
Tubers for sale at The Happy Dahlia Farm in Petaluma
Chateau Sonoma
Rose garden on the Square
Cocktails Anyone?
So orange!
Garden Bouquet for Ribbon-Cutting
Poppy in the Garden Studio
Las Gallinas Ponds in San Rafael
Garden Dahlia
Happy Fourth!
Garden Sunflower
Garden Studio
Cherry Pie
Poppy ready to celebrate!
Quiet Celebration with Friends
Celebrating the 4th with Music and Neighbors at Big Rock Cafe
Not so sure about this?
Music and Flowers on the 4th
Garden sunflower
Garden tomato tart
Good old-fashion Toll House cookies
Summer
9oth Birthday Garden Celebration for Dad
Matija Poppy Love
Chocolate Yellow Cake!
Always!
Yellow roses from the garden
Yum!
Summer nights in Tiburon
Views of the Golden Gate Bridge from Tiburon
View of Mt Tam at Sunset
Ready to make a few late summer arrangements
Summer fun at Stinson Beach
Supporting ocean health with Sea Trees a nonprofit that supports ocean health
Finding flowers everywhere
Stinson Beach
Summer fun at Stinson
You will always be in our hearts
On our way to Colorado
In memory of a beautiful soul
In Prayer
The spirit continues
Cosmo in the garden
Ready to become a butterfly at the Hallberg Butterfly Garden in Sonoma
Hallberg Butterfly Garden in Sonoma
Hallberg Butterfly Garden in Sonoma
Summer fun at Bouquet to Art at the De Young Museum
Fire in my neighborhood
Mandatory evacuation for most of us in Lucas Valley
Evacuation for all
Smoky skies of Summer
Bees 'N Blooms in Santa Rosa CA
Lavender Labyrinth at Bees "N Blooms in Santa Rosa, CA
Buzz, buzz.
Lavender Daze at Bees 'N Blooms in Santa Rosa
Flowers and grapes for our promotional booth at The Happy Dahlia Farm
Keep it simple and enjoy!
Olivia and Poppy await arrival of fabulous friends and garden fairies for afternoon of tea in the garden
Dahlia love
U-Pick Sunflower Field at the Andreotti Family Farm in Half Moon Bay
Peony magic in the garden
Black and White Angel Cake with Edible Flowers
Garden bouquet
You can now find us in stores near you
Perfume fields at Russian River Rose Company
Tulips announce the coming of spring at Ferrari-Carano Winery
Turret and pollinator garden at the Russian River Rose Company
Even in 100 degree heat of summer this place brims with Christmas Cheer!
To early? Holiday Sneak Peek at Grandma Buddies Christmast Tree farm in Sebastopol
Cocktails time with friends!
Even the grapes are escaping this heat!
Tiburon
Floral Crown for the Queen!
Drinking our vegetables
Summer Birthday Fun at Sam's in Tiburon
Cheers to the Queen!
Garden Zinnia
Garden Sculpture at Fat Pilgrim in Sonoma
Glazed Black and White Angel Food Cake with Edible Daisies
You can now find us in retail stores near you
Black and White Angel Cake with Edible Flowers
Garden Tomatoe
At Jupiter in Berkeley
Beautiful display for Flowers & Grapes promotional booth at The Happy Dahlia Farm in Petaluma
Spring 2021
Sping is here!
Protect The Nest
Spring flowers in a vintage silver basket.
Vintage fruit press filled with spring flowers at Pacheco Ranch Winery
Cover photo shoot at Pacheco Ranch Winery
Spirea
So proud of our first issue!
Garden studio with spring flowers
Spring Color!
Spring inspiration
Daffodils
Our cover photo shoot at Pacheco Ranch Winer
Poppy's Easter Eggs
Pacheco Ranch Winery
Spring Bouquet
Orchards and Sorrel at Pacheco Ranch Winery
Chocolate Eggs
Hard at work on our first cover photo shoot
From field to vase
Orange and White
Garden Brunch
Easter celebration in the garden
Cocktails Anyone? Boragre topper on Raymond Fizz
Sorrel carpet illuminates dormant cabernet vines at Pacheco Ranch Winery
California Poppies
Spring Seedlings!
Spring arrangement on my potting bench
Earthquake Trail in West Marin
Study in green
Spring Flowers at the Marin Farmers Market
Iris from the spring photoshoot at Russian River Rose Company
Beautiful garden bouquet!
Poppy on the Earthquake Trail
Happy Earth Day!
Beautiful Iris
Snowballs in spring!
Shooting Cover for Summer Issue at Russian River Rose Company
Pansies topping chocolate layer cake
Starting seedlings in my garden studio
The most beautiful sweepeas in my garden from Floret Flower Farm
Spring view in the garden
Pop of orange in the garden.
Vineyard grapes at Russian River Rose Company
Snowball at their peak
Loveliest peony this season
Grazing goats in Lucas Valley as fire prevention
Poppy in the California poppies!
Las Gallinas Sanctuary
First Cosmo in the garden
Duck family at the Las Gallinas Ponds in Marin
Flowers in the garden studio
Fall & Winter 2020
My first floral arrangement created for Todays Bouquet
In my garden
Sonoma Wine Country
Flowers from my garden presented in a vintage honey can.
Happy Dalihia Farm, Petaluma
Lit Garden Party
Happy Dahlia Farm, Petaluma
Sunset in my Garden
Wine Country Fires 2020
Cornerstone Gardens Sonoma
Cornerstone Sonoma
Bouquet To Art Arrangenment created for their annual event hosted virtually in 2020
Pop-Up Flower Shop by Today's Bouquet Celebrating Summer and the 4th of July
Pop-Up Flower Shop by Today's Bouquet Spring was my retail venture launched in 2013
Valentine's Day at Pop-Up Flower Shop by Today's Bouquet, my sustainable boutique floral design studio
Pop-Up Flower Shop by Today's Bouquet store front promotions
Valentine's Day with Pop-Up Flower Shop by Today's Bouquet, my retail venture launched in 2013
Whimsical Winter with Pop-Up Flower Shop by Today's Bouquet, a retail venture created from my sustainable floral design studio in 2015
Harvest Celebration at Pop-Up Flower Shop by Today's Bouquet in 2014
Sometimes I like to use fruit instead of flowers to mix it up and celebrate abundance
My garden in November 2020
Fall favorites from my garden including zinnias, marigolds, coreopsis in November 2020
Pumpkins along fence onHighway 12, Sonoma CA
Lord Howe Wedding Lily is that you in my garden?
Poppy with some home grown jack-o-lanterns.
Fall Favorites from my garden October 2020
Lucas Valley October 2020
My new potting bench and tiny greenhouse
Roses and Jack O'Lanterns Nov 2020
Social Distance Gathering November 2020
Entertaining in my backyard in September 2020
Pumpkin party in my backyard October 2020
Apple Tart and Pear Fig November 2020
Prepping our outdoor Normand Fir to celebrate the holidays in our backyard with small gatherings of family and a couple of friends from our pod
Fall light in my garden 2020
Adding magic to my garden for holiday gatherings during the pandemic
Finishing touches on our wornderful Christmas tree
Nothing like candlelight
Another obsession, ribbon.
Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow. Our first causal holiday supper with friends and their son home from college
Deck the Halls
Beguiling light at Filoli Gardens
Topiaries add a festive formality
Climate confused roses adding an unexpected pop of color to my winter garden
Foraged for the holidays
Birds and birdhouses two of my favorite things
Sonoma Style Vintage
Seasonal details of my garden gathering place for the holidays
Socially distant garden gatherings
Grand Christmas tree at Filoli Gardens
Can't get enough during the holidays
Vintage mood
Topiaries at winecountrygardencenter in Sonoma
Let it glow!
Enchanted with birdhouses
Christmas in my garden
Love variegated carnations
Just the four of us this year
My foraged centerpiece all dressed up with sparkle
Not going to let Covid 19 take take the sparkle away from Christmas
Taking in the holiday lights at Filoli Gardens
Winter woodland garden of lights at Filoli Gardents
Well hello there! Lily of the Valley in my December garden
Pepper Tree berries in my neighborhood
Snowmen helpling decorate the Christmas tree at Cornerstone Sonoma
My winter kitchen garden complete with confused red zinnias, pomegranate tree, and a view into to the open space behind my house
Azaleas and faded hydrangeas for from my garden to make this sweet seasonal nosegay
Holly sprig topiary from Filoli Garden
Foraged from my garden
Snowmen decorating Christmas tree at Cornerstone Gardens in Sonoma
Our Holiday Table until Christmas Eve
Topiary add formality to my outdoor tablescape for holiday entertaining during the pandemic
Let it snow! Sweetie Pie bakery in Main Stree in Napa
Making my garden room merry for the holidays
My first holiday supper in my garden
Exploring many paths at Filoli
Getting ready safe socially distanced holiday celebrations in my garden
Detail of Christmas Eve Table Scape
Love vintage look as it is a plastic ornament perfect for outdoor holiday trees
Baby it is cold outside!
Seating arrange for social distance holiday visits with friends and family
Zinnias celebrating the holidays in my garden
My garden will be lit for the holidays
Foraged centerpiece for Christmas Eve Dinner with faded hydrangeas, azaleas, and evergreens
Poppy wishing everyone a Merry Christmas
Love the bird theme woven into my holiday décor
Candy canes and nutcrackers
Love the variegated carnations
Love candlelight during the holidays
Candy Cane Tapers <3
Ready for poppers and a wonderful Christmas Eve Dinner
Silver sparkly reindeer at Target find
Who still uses their wedding china? : )
Adding sparkle to our quiet family holiday
Same foraged centerpiece used in new Christmas Eve tablescape
More is more...
Lemon cheese cake topped with raspberries and bubbly for NYE family celebration in my garden
Hoping 2021 will be a bright New Year!
Happy New Year!
Lemon Cheesecake with candied raspberries on top
Happy New Year with colorful carnations
Giving the nutcrackers a well deserved night off to party!
Nutcrackers donning New Years Hats!
Before dark
Nothing like a firepit to add warmth to the evening
Beautiful evening and full of love and warmth to ring in the New Year
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from my garden to yours!
Happy New Year from my garden to yours <3
Colorful carnations to celebrate the New Year
Our Table for New Years!
New Year's Eve in my garden
NYE Garden Celebration with family
Late Afternoon light at Sonoma Garden Park
An intimate spot to enjoy field crops at Sonoma Garden Park
Well hello there! January welcomes Narcissus bulbs in Sonoma Garden Park
Entrance into Community Garden Plots at Sonoma Garden Park
Raised Beds looking toward greenhouses
Walking path through Sonoma Garden Park
Purple cabbage
Poppy enjoying Sonoma Garden Park
Each Valentine birthday my parents gave me antique Valentine cards
Flower Valentines from my Pop-Up Flower Shop with Today's Bouquet in 2013
Bulbs and blooms on my potting bench this January 2021.
Wild Thing, I think I love you?
Flower Valentine workshop in my garden room
I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.” ― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
Love the sweetness of vintage Valentines
More is more in using ribbon to make a flower Valentine
My love cannot be contained
Romance
Make your Valentines bloom
Flower Valentine
Can never have enough ribbon on a Valentine in bloom
Love Flower Valentines
Ribbon is the glitter of flower valentines
Vintage Love
Ideal Love
More is more esthetic
Just add ribbon to make flowers into Valentines
Feeling the love on my potting bench
The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.” ― Jane Austen, Love and Friendship
Valentine flowers
Valentine shrine
Simple kind of love
Sharing the love with friends