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Reducing Stress with Art: How to release stress one drawing at a time

February 9, 2018 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Stress is something we all face and we each try to find ways to best manage it. Though there are many ways to go about stress management, I have found these 9 Self Care Tips to Reduce Stress and often find myself reducing stress with art. That’s right, my stress relief is often found one drawing at a time. My best stress management … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alone Time, Flowers, Growth, Hobbies, Leisure, Sketchbook, Slow Home Living, Water Colors, Work Tagged With: drawing, flowers, paper for drawing, stress management, watercolor, watercolor sketchbook

7 DIY Ideas for a Meaningful Wedding

January 23, 2018 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Brides, do you want your wedding to be beautiful and meaningful, and fit your budget? If so, then you're going to have to roll up your sleeves to do some of the work- simple as that. I have 7 DIY Ideas for a Meaningful Wedding to inspire you.    Don't panic it can be fun! To the DIY brides designing their flowers, I Applaud … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Flowers, Uncategorized, Weddings Tagged With: Brides, cutting flowers, DIYWedding, eco events, eco weddings, Event flowers, flowers grown in a garden, flowers to grow for cutting, garden flowers for events, gardening for weddings, grow your own wedding flowers, hudson valley florist, hudson valley flower growers, hudson valley wedding gardener, local florists, sustainable weddings, the wedding gardener, wedding gardener

Why you should sketch every day.

January 19, 2018 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

A sketch every day Not only do I know that sketching every day helps to reduce stress, a sketch every day will also offer you an opportunity to document the things that inspire you. I keep flowers alive during the dull winter months by doing a sketch every day.  A few minutes each day is how I started in December. My focus was to create … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flowers, Gardening, Growth, Hobbies, Leisure, Sketchbook, Slow Home Living, Water Colors, Weddings Tagged With: Art, Sketchbook sketching every day and Illustrated life, wedding flowers, wedding flowers garden florist Hudson valley Florist Hudson valley weddings. Roses Daily sketch watercolor

Florists’ Review: Why Florists are returning to the garden for inspiration.

August 14, 2017 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Florists' Review In the August 2017 – Vol. 208, No. 8 issue of Florists’ Review I share why I grow and use Slow Flowers in my business. One the first day back from our family vacation in the south of Ireland, I settled back into a somewhat melancholy routine of going through the endless stack of mail. That is when I discovered a package had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flowers, Weddings, Work Tagged With: eco flowers, florist, Florist Garden Inspiration, flowers to grow for cutting, garden flowers, garden flowers for events, Gardening, hudson valley florist, slow flowers, wedding flowers, wedding gardener

Spring Gardening: How to Grow Wedding Flowers in the Garden.

June 9, 2017 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Tips to Grow Wedding Flowers in the Garden Learning to grow wedding flowers in the garden for floristry is different to home gardening and flower farming because this type of gardening must produce flowers for business on a smaller scale. Typically in a suburban neighborhood. They should grow harmoniously and practically with interesting varieties … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flowers, Gardening, Slow Home Living, Weddings Tagged With: eco flowers, florist, flowers, flowers grown locally, flowers to grow for cutting, garden, garden flowers, Gardening, grow your own wedding flowers, grow your won cut flowers, huddson valley florist, roses, slow flowers, slow home living, slow living, sustainable gardening, the wedding gardener, wedding gardener

Spring Gardening: 3 Essential Gardening Tools To Get The Job Done

May 6, 2017 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Today, for those of you who may be newer to gardening, I'd like to share with you the three essential gardening tools I use in my suburban cottage cutting garden. And I'd like to encourage you to get gardening.  If you're a beginner thinking of growing something this season, go for it! And, realize that gardening consists of hard work, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flowers, Gardening Tagged With: cutting flowers, eco events, eco flowers, eco weddings, farmhouse, farmhouse garden, garden flowers for events, garden tools, gardener, Gardening, getting started gardening, getting started in the garden, grow your own cutting flowers, grow your own wedding flowers, hudson valley florist, hudson valley gardening, hudson valley wedding, seasonal flowers, seasonal wedding flowers, slow flowers, top tips for spring gardens, wedding flowers, wedding gardener

Spring Gardening: 3 Tips To Get You Started

April 14, 2017 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Spring Gardening -- my Hudson Valley farmhouse garden is in bloom again.

3 Tips To Start Your Own Spring Garden Nothing beats a morning walk in a spring garden or the rush of enthusiasm one gets from a new growing season. I hope you are filled with endless energy and a *nothing can stop me attitude* to tackle the spring gardening season with vigor. For those of you who may be newer to gardening, I'd want to share 3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flowers, Gardening Tagged With: eco flowers, eco weddings, farmhouse garden, flowers for eco weddings, getting started gardening, hudson valley florist, hudson valley flower growers, hudson valley gardening, hudson valley wedding, hudson valley wedding gardener, slow flowers, spring gardening tips, top slow flower gardener, top slow flower wedding gardener, top tips for spring gardens

3 Tips to Grow Flowers from Seeds

March 24, 2017 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

3 tips to grow flowers from seeds TLC Growing flowers from seeds requires TLC. Not enough or too much water and your seedlings waste away. An environment that is too hot or cold requires the temperature to be regulated. This isn't difficult to do, anyone can start flowers in their home, just be mindful about the TLC commitment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flowers, Gardening, Work

A Wedding at Blooming Hill Farm

January 15, 2017 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Romantic wedding on a farm. Blooming Hill Farm, located in the Hudson Valley region of New York, is a romantic wedding destination. You may have even tasted some of their eclectic produce in some of the best restaurants in New York City, New Jersey, and the Hudson Valley. They “grow and forage over 200 varieties of fruits and vegetables on a … [Read more...]

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Nicole and Joseph’s Locust Grove Estate Garden Wedding

January 9, 2017 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

A beautiful garden wedding at the Locust Grove Estate in New York Locust Grove Estate, overlooking the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie New York, was the setting for Nicole and Joseph’s garden wedding. Every bride and groom has their story, their magic, and it is this magic which resonates with me on a deeper level. I know how important it is for … [Read more...]

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