It`s here! Well, almost. Daffodils are bravely emerging and the plum trees are gorgeously showering those pale pink petals all over the local sidewalks. Our beehives are a flurry of activity - lots of baby bees on the way and the forager bees are intent on finding those early blooms. It promises to be an exciting spring - starting with Angela and Dave`s wedding - an explosion of pinks and greens in my cooler!

This past weekend I participated in a wedding workshop with Rene van Rems, a fabulous Dutch designer. In addition to Euro-style hand-tie bouquets, we created the latest trend in wedding flowers - cascading bouquets. These are not the stiff, unyielding bouquets of our grandparents’ era, but natural, flowing flowers with lots of movement. To be honest, there were a few moments of unbridled panic when trying to design a two-foot long waterfall bouquet and realizing I really only had two hands.

In May I’m off to Chalk Hills Farm in California for a Master Floral Class with Ariella Chezar. She’s known for arrangements done with lush, whimsical, garden-inspired style. (Martha Stewart, Oprah, Modern Bride…again, these are not your mother’s flowers!) I hope an iota of her talent rubs off - I think this style will be lovely for some of our local venues; we are, after all, the ‘City of Gardens’.

It just doesn't get any better in my world.