Best of the Season – At Market Right Now June 1st through 7th

Posted on June 8, 2014 by dandelionranch

Dahlias and peonies are the stars of the show this time of year. They took over the market this week and we picked up some beauties – including dinner plate dahlias as big as your head!

Here is what is best at the market this week…

Dahlia

Peonies

Pink Yarrow

Coffee Bean

Alstroemeria

Lisianthus

Dahlias, Peonies, Pink Cottage Yarrow, Lisianthus, Coffee Bean, and Alstroemeria

Greens Wall

Kangaroo Paw

Olive Leaf, Geranium, Thistle, Artichoke, Bupleurum, Oregonia, Ruscus, Viburnum, Verigated Ivy, Huck, Myrtle, Acacia, Lambs Ear and Kangaroo Paw

And here are some of the arrangements we created with this weeks ingredients…

Stop; Hammer Time!

Posted on October 26, 2013 by dandelionranch

Fall means Hammer Time here at the Ranch….No, we’re not talking about our dance moves, we’re talking about Hammer Museum’s annual Gala in the Garden, of course.

This year it was all about purple. We used over 2,000 hard-to-find purple dahlias to create this years modern look for sponsor, Bottega Veneta — that’s over 176 arrangements — oceans of purple!

This was no easy feat, at the end of purple dahlia season. We contacted every dahlia grower on the west coast, endlessly searching for the perfect color, “purple fire.” Due to late September weather changes however, this particular dahlia was on it’s way out! We were left in the hands of Mother Nature.

Here’s a step-by-step glimpse at how we got the look!

On site design

Diane adding to arrangements

Rhiannon doing final touches

Scott placing arrangemnets

We sincerely apologize to any floral designers that were in need of purple this week, as we shamelessly took all that were cut in Southern California! We were seeing purple in our sleep for a few days after the event.

areal view

green pave

The event wouldn’t be complete without the trees of eucalyptus we create each year on the bars. Silver dollar eucalyptus, when perfectly sculpted, can truly look beautiful and refreshing.

Hammer Large Bar

Many of Hollywood’s elite came to celebrate this years amazing guests of honor, playwright Tony Kushner and artist Robert Gober. We hope they had a fabulous time!