Seasonal Flower Alliance: August 1

I haven’t been very good at taking the time to step off the to-do list treadmill to make something beautiful from the garden on a regular basis. If we have a workshop or a wedding, no problem. But when it comes to creating, just for myself, I’ve been finding a lot of excuses this season.

Well, this weekend with no pressing plans, I was able to head into the garden for a little soul recharge. I always forget just how relaxing it is to just wander, without an agenda, or a plan, looking to nature for inspiration. If you haven’t done it lately, trust me, it’s worth the extra effort.

This beauty was 100% garden grown and includes: copper beech, zinnias, elderberry foliage and fruit, crabapples, dahlias, roses, foxglove, coreopsis, tomatoes and heuchera foliage and flowers.

Every time we’re shooting, our kitty Phoenix photobombs the shot. I have sooo many pictures of her in the corners of images, it’s not even funny. So I thought I’d pick a a few of my favorite submissions from the past week with critters making a debut along with the bouquets.

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What’s in bloom where you live? Join in the flowery fun by sharing a photo over on Instagram as part of the Seasonal Flower Alliance.  Here’s how it works:

1) Snap.  Take a photo of flowers that are in season in your area, whether it is a fistful of blooms from your garden or a vase full of flowers from your local farmers market–it doesn’t have to be fancy!
2) Tag.  Upload your photo to Instagram with the hashtag #SeasonalFlowerAlliance.
3) Share.  In your photo caption, please share what flower varieties are featured (if you know them) along with your location and/or USDA hardiness zone.

It’s a fun way to see what’s in season both here and abroad!

Not on Instagram but want to see what others are sharing?  Check out the latest posts:

Just about to the darkest day of the year and then

Yesterday the very last plants went into the groun

For the past month we’ve been head down getting

Today we’re planting out the fall sown sweet pea

One of the big projects we tackled in the cutting

When we got the neighboring farm, a good chunk of