Spring Garden Arrangement Workshop for the Alexandria Committee of the Colonial Dames!

What a wonderful day I had on Friday, March 1 with the women of the Alexandria Committee of the Colonial Dames at Gunston Hall! About 35 women were there for my demonstration of a Spring Garden arrangement.  A group of the ladies stayed after lunch to create their own Spring Gardens in a workshop.  We used larkspur, tulips, alstroemeria, daisy mums, baker's fern and galax leaves, as well as moss, pinecones, bark, butterflies and Easter eggs, to create mini-garden arrangements in a long, low herb garden container. Everyone did a beautiful job!  See Spring Garden Arrangement Recipe at the end.

              Betsy's Spring Garden.  To see photos from the Dames' Workshop, click on link below.

Flowers for St. George's, February 2013.

Three arrangements I've done for St. George's in February.

                                                                                                                                                 All Photos by Ann Tebbutt

Altar flowers, Sunday, February 10, 2013. Coral lillies at an angle create a slice of color!

Betsy's Pop-Up Flower School Launch, January 31, 2013!

I launched Betsy's Pop-Up Flower School with 2 workshops on January 31 and February 2.  I demonstrated a layered winter arrangement.  I chose this design because it is suitable for beginners to advanced, is long-lasting, and is a design that is appropriate for many places in the home.  It's perfect  for winter, because of the use of greens and branches. The pedestal style container gives a lift to the branches, as they reach to the sky in a burst of energy.  Below is my arrangement with magnolia, larkspur and pussy willow. 

                                                                  All photos by Caroline Natvig, Kathy Wirtala, Kelly Johnson, Khaki Valentine, and Betsy Valentine.

Arrangement by Betsy Valentine

To see photos from the workshop, click on link below.