fall dahlias and garden roses with tillandsia

I forgot to show you this fall wedding at Green Pastures... gorgeous oranges and burgundy dahlias with succulents, tillandsia and garden roses.

pollen on the cooking channel website

We created some flowers for Camille Styles and the Cooking Channel a few months back, and it's been so hard to not show you these gorgeous arrangements... the full post is up now, so go take a look at all the yummy food and sophisticated drinks that Camille's team put together. Here's a few images I took before the shoot...

 And here are a few Melanie Grizzell of She-N-He Photography took.

red, aqua and feathers at the blanton

tillandsia, peonies, fern and vine

A centerpiece for a creative ladies' lunch. Lots of unusual textures - I love it when the requested
palette is green.

wreath with cinnamon, kalanchoe, and banksia

pink and peach peonies and garden roses

tillandsia and bromeliad wreaths

This is terribly short notice, but I'll be doing a demo tomorrow (Sunday) at 1pm at Sabia on how to make non-traditional wreaths using natural items like tillandsia plants. It's free, so if you're downtown stop by and catch the 30 minute demonstration and shop the wreaths I'll have on sale - and of course pick up some great gifts at Sabia!

The 24" tillandsia wreath shown in the top three images is $145, and the 12" shown below is $95. Tillandsias do wonderfully outside here in Austin - you may have to give them a squirt with the hose in the summer a few times, and bring them in when it freezes, but otherwise they are pretty low-maintenance.