we hosted a sweet little community potluck at the shop last night and over 40 of our neighbors showed up to meet each other and mingle. we laughed alot and drank too much wine...it was so great! there were also two dogs that had so much fun running around the garden.

thanks everyone for coming!

rain in la... happy day!

c + c marriage factory

our very dear friends, chris and cammie, got married at greystone mansion this weekend - they looked absolutely amazing, didn't they?!? we were given the honor of arranging their florals. i have to say that my favorite moments were pinning the groom's boutonniere on (i was totally crying), cammie's vows (let's do this!), and chris' father's silly "toast to the french and the melba"... ha ha!

the bride and groom wanted arrangements that would last for time to come, so we opted for planted centerpieces of phormium, coleus, heuchera, helichrysum, dusty miller, and succulents. we also planted individual succulents in white ceramic with black glass topping as a take home. the bridal bouquets included agonis flexuousa 'after dark', fiddle head fern, calla lillies, echeveria nodulosa, chocolate cosmos and dusty miller.

they are off on their honeymoon now through the beautiful wine country... congratulations you guys, we love you!!

i think that my post this weekend calling in autumn worked! it is all about fall now and the air is cool and crisp, even chilly at night. we have added a beautiful selection of heirloom pumpkins grown on a local family farm to the shop (hand picked by yours truly). i'm in love with all the bumps and warts and colors. the white and the squatty cinderellas are my favorites. while i was selecting our stash, my farm helper kept laughing because i would say "ooh, that one is weird... i'll take it!"

look what i did this weekend! i got our new woolly garden pockets up and planted them. i used a blue-green and purple color pallette for our planted wall, but there is so much opportunity in the planting design of them. i can't wait to see the wall fill out over time.

come and see them in action... we're carrying all sizes and colors of wall pockets as well as smaller pockets that can act as mini-gardens here at zee shop.

we have the BEST CLIENTS EVER!

seriously. we love you too!

even though los angeles is still quite warm, i'm planning to layer up this weekend, drink a fall latte, and pick up my knitting to call in fall already.

we just got these velvet pumpkins into the shop and they are beyond gorgeous. handmade from lush colorful velvets and real pumpkin tops, they will make great autumn event centerpieces and gifts. give a call or stop into the shop to see their beauty in person.