Floral Feng Shui

Trying to figure out a way to bring some positive energy into your workplace?

Peonies — Peony Arrangement – Give Me Shelter from Starbright

Did you know that many of the flowers and plants offered by Starbright Floral Designs can help to improve your office’s feng shui?

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese system of organizing an environment or space to create harmony with and for the people who are within the space. Many qualities of feng shui are complex and hard to bring into daily life, but other aspects can easily be achieved. Common Western feng shui practices include arranging furniture in a way that creates the most harmonious environment—for instance, placing one’s bed so that it faces the bedroom door, eliminating the anxiety of not being able to see the entrance.

Feng shui is just as important to utilize in a working environment. An office space is more than just a place where work gets done. It’s where many people spend approximately one-third of their days, and therefore, the way the space is designed and laid out does matter. As an employer, it’s incredibly important to think about the feng shui of your office—and flowers are central to these efforts.

According to Rodika Tchi of About.com:

“The universal language of flowers crosses any cultural boundaries, interpretations or meanings. The feng shui use of flower symbols is based on the same universal feeling that flowers evoke in all humans—a feeling of beauty, grace…good luck and numerous blessings”

We’ve talked before about how the smell of flowers can evoke pleasant feelings and improve workplace performance. Along with that, the visual presence of flowers can greatly improve the feng shui of an office, making it a space that inspires feelings of balance, confidence, and success. Here are some specific flowers that create particular emotional responses that would be beneficial to your employees and your overall workplace productivity:

Peonies

In addition to their lovely smell, peonies are lovely flowers that give a look of both strength and delicateness. Considered the “King of Flowers” by the Chinese, the peony adds to an office’s feng shui by boosting feelings of strength and nobility. The Peony Stairway to Heaven bouquet will give a boost of confidence to anyone working around them.

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums are known to provide a feeling of balance to environments. In today’s often hectic workplaces, the use of these flowers can provide a much-needed sense of calm that will provide reassurance that the day’s tasks are within reach. Our Make a Wish bouquet is loaded with beautiful yellow daisy chrysanthemums and will keep the energy in your office focused and controlled.

Lilies

The feng shui value of lilies lies in their promoting of harmony among people. As you know, this is essential to any successful workplace. If your business is to succeed, your employees must be able to work and interact in a positive manner. The presence of the gorgeous white calla lilies in our My Fair Lady will add a clean, simple sense of peace and productivity to your office space.

Designer's Choice arrangement — Designer’s Choice arrangement featuring orange lilies

Money Tree

As the name suggests, the money tree is a great option for offices due to its association with prosperity and good luck. Our Money Tree is elegantly housed in a square black container with deerfoot moss and rocks. This one just screams “Good chi!” And with our simple care tips, these little trees are easy to keep happy and healthy

We can’t tell you enough how much these plants and flowers will help to create the kind of environment you need and want in your workplace. With all the pressure on business owners and managers, leave it to us to make sure your office’s feng shui gets a lift with our Weekly Flowers program. You and your employees will feel the difference flowers can make in no time!

Looking for flowers in New York City? Visit our Event Gallery for inspiration. Or see our daily selection at Starbrightnyc.com.

June’s Flower – The Rose

June is National Rose Month!

We love June here at Starbright Floral Design – not because of the weather changing (though that’s nice) and not because school’s out. We love June because we get to celebrate one of New York’s favorite flowers – the Rose! June is National Rose Month and the rose is the state flower of New York – which makes it doubly important in our books. For the next few weeks we’re going to be shining a light on that thorniest of buds.

Roses are found all around the world – there are over 100 different species. The first rose gardens were cultivated in China over 5,000 years ago. Ancient Rome used rose petals as confetti, and rose hips were among the first perfume ingredients.

In 17th century Europe, roses were in such high demand that both the shrub and rosewater extract were commonly used as legal tender. In fact, many of the heritage rose gardens across Europe and on the island of Britain were founded as banks of a sort, a soil-based savings account.
You probably can’t use any of our NEW! June Arrangements to buy groceries, but they’re sure to be fantastic addition to your home, office, kitchen or bedroom! Don’t forget to save your petals for a luxurious confetti at your next event or special night “in.”

Check out some of the arrangements the shop put together to celebrate roses for this month.

Starbright Arrangement — Lavender Rose Enchantment

Thornless lavender roses say “I loved you at first sight”.

These red and orange tinted flowers express warm admiration, interest, and excitement.

Starbright Floral Design — Falling for you

Orange roses express excitement and overwhelming emotions.

The traditional color of friendship, these roses were designed to communicate a message of support.

New York’s Historic Flower District

1904 flower district postcard — From Ephemeral NewYork blog post New York’s Gilded Age Flower Vendors

One of the things that makes Starbright Floral Design so special is our unique location in New York City’s historic Flower District. The Flower District is located on West 28th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, in the heart of Chelsea, and it stands as one of the most striking blocks in all of Manhattan. A walk down the street gives the passerby an incredible array of sights and smells, with shops and wholesalers lining the sidewalks with an amazing display of plants of all kinds. For the flower shopper, there is no better place to go to find exactly what you’re looking for. As the great blog Scouting New York says:

When people talk about a greener New York, I always think of the lush sidewalks of West 28th Street. Few of Manhattan’s numbered streets have the ability to so transport a pedestrian to what feels like a different world, and it’s always a welcome detour in my scouting travels.

The District’s beginnings can be traced to the early 19th Century, when vendors began congregating on 34th Street, near the docks, to sell flowers that had come from Long Island. As is the case with so many of New York City’s great neighborhoods and industries, the Flower District was a melting pot of immigrants who worked hard to start businesses and lives in America. Many of these early inhabitants of the Flower District were newly arrived from places like Germany, Poland, Greece, and Ireland, and the businesses they started, in many cases, would stay within their families for generations to come.

By the 1890’s, the Flower District had moved away from the Hudson and over to Sixth Avenue. Setting up on the Avenue of Americas, from 26th Street to 29th Street, the sellers gained closer proximity not only to the elegant residences of Fifth Avenue, but to “Ladies’ Mile,” a swath of blocks that was home to many of the day’s most fashionable department stores, including Bergdorf Goodman, Lord and Taylor, B. Altman, and Arnold Constable.

Over the course of the century that followed, the Flower District would grow into one of the world’s premier locations for flower selling. From a 2004 New York Times article:

The flower district soon became entrenched and flourished there… In its heyday, it drew buyers from throughout the metropolitan region and even from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. More tons of flowers changed hands in New York than anywhere in the world except Amsterdam, according to a 1977 newspaper article.

Although the District has shrunk geographically to its current home on West 28th Street, its bustling spirit is still very strong. If a visitor gets to the block at 8 am–after the licensed designers and wholesale merchants have come and gone–he or she will be treated to a shopping experience unlike any other. In fact, that’s one of the best things about New York’s Flower District; unlike Amsterdam’s Bloemenmarkt and the London Flower Borough Market, this Manhattan market is open to the public.

Outside Holiday Flower and Planting Inc in the New York Flower District

Outside of Dutch Flower Line in the New York Flower District

Curlon leaning on the door of Foliage Garden in the New York Flower District

Adam loading the Starbright van — Adam loading the Starbright Van!

And while most of the sellers in the District are strictly wholesale, Starbright Floral Design provides a retail option for those looking to take home fresh, beautiful flowers at a reasonable price. Located on the second floor of 150 West 28th Street, above the delicious Korean HIT Deli, Starbright is an open design studio, meaning you can watch our professionals put together your lovely arrangement while you wait. In addition to custom arrangements, we also offer a wide selection of ready-made designs for your convenience. Some arrangements currently on offer that we highly recommend include the delightfully pink Full of Life, the subtle and elegant Peony Garden Fusion, and for you Beatles lovers, the gorgeous White Album, featuring white lilac, cream roses, white hyacinth, white amaryllis, white hydrangea, and white phaelonopsis bloom, accented with dusty miller and lily grass loops.

150 west 28th street New York — 150 West 28th Street – see us up there on the 2nd floor?

Starbright is truly lucky to call the New York City Flower District our home. With such a deep history and with a community of sellers who are passionate about high-quality flowers, it is one of the most remarkable areas of the city. We invite you to come visit and see the magic of the District for yourself!

Looking for flowers in New York City? Visit our Event Gallery for inspiration. Or see our daily selection at Starbrightnyc.com.

Scent and Memory – There’s More to it Than You “Think”.

It has been proven that our sense of smell is an incredibly powerful tool for invoking memories. There have been several studies that have shown a clear link between smells and the recollection of emotional memories, and these studies were looked at together in a paper from the Oxford journal Chemical Senses. To summarize the studies they look at, the authors state:

“From these data, there is at least preliminary evidence that olfactory stimuli can cue autobiographical memories more effectively than cues from other sensory modalities. Explanations for these effects can be invoked from accepted principles in contemporary cognitive psychology.”

What’s more, the link between smell and memory goes beyond nostalgia. In another study published in the journal Science and reported on in the New York Times, researchers discovered that exposing people to scents as they studied and later, while they slept, helped them recall details better the next day. This points to the possibility that smells can not only bring back memories from long ago, but that they can help us retain information in the short term. According to the Times the “Olfactory sensing pathways in the brain lead more directly to the hippocampus than do visual and auditory ones.”

The hippocampus is a little area curled deep in our brains. This area is a “convergence point for information arriving from all over the rest of the cortex. Neuroscientists have identified the hippocampus as crucial for creating new memories for events.” Because of the olfactory bulb’s proximity to this memory generation and storage center, biology supports that the two, scent and memory are closely linked.

For an employer, this information speaks highly to the benefits of having aromatic flowers in the workplace. Based on everything we know about scent and memory, flowers in a work environment could not only make employees recall pleasant memories from the past, improving morale, but they could help workers retain information they learn in the short term. Aromatic flowers are an easy, natural way to make your workplace a happier, more productive environment.

Now that spring is fully in bloom, Starbright has many aromatic options available as part of our Weekly Flowers subscription service. Here are some beautiful springtime smellies that will brighten up your office and bring a smile to the face of anyone who gets a whiff of them:

Peonies are one of our favorites right now. Our beautiful Pink Peony Perfection bouquet will give your workplace a lovely rosy, citrusy scent that will enliven anyone and bring back memories of perfect May mornings. Or there’s our vibrant So Stylish bouquet, which pairs those fragrant peonies with pink roses and lilies, purple orchids, green hydrangea, and more.

With a thick smell that’s equal parts rose, vanilla, and almond, lilacs leave a lasting impression on everyone who has had the pleasure to be entranced by them. One of our most fragrant bouquets, Aromatic Spring Amore, features purple lilacs along with white amaryllis, green viburnum, hot pink garden roses, and pink ranunculus. With this collection, spring will truly be in the air in any workspace.

The smell of sweet pea brings one thing to mind: romance. With a sensuous smell that is used often in perfumes, this floral carries a sweet springtime aroma. Sweet pea pairs wonderfully with other aromatics like roses, lilies, and stock, and this Isn’t It Romantic bouquet will make every day at your office feel special.

Freesias smell is sweet and light, while also being strong. Native to South Africa, these lovelies will only grow more pleasantly fragrant as spring warms up and moves into summer. White freesia gives some of the strongest smells, and in our Spring Rapture bouquet, these light bulbs are bundled with pink cymbidium orchid blooms, pink tulips and pink hydrangea, making for a bright reminder of perfect picnics or that great smell of the soap at your grandmother’s home.

Stock have a wonderful sweet, almost clove-like scent that will travel throughout any space and awaken the senses with thoughts of a dewy field. This bouquet, full of hot pink stock along with lavender roses, purple tulips, hot pink mokara orchids, truly lives up to its name—it’s full of life, and great for a workplace.

Starbright’s Weekly Flowers subscription service is a sure bet for making your space happier, healthier, and more productive. Whether these aromatics bring back long forgotten memories, jog something from yesterday’s meeting prep, or just provide a spot of life for the surroundings, fresh flowers will make your workplace an environment in which people want to spend time.

Looking for flowers in New York City? Visit our Event Gallery for inspiration. Or see our daily selection at Starbrightnyc.com.

Got the morning grumps? Let flowers turn your frown upside down.

It’s cold, it’s dark, and a single digit number glows back on the alarm as ear-piercing beeps cut the silence.

A full ten percent of the population actually enjoy this experience. For the other 90 percent, a mandatory 7:00am alarm is less than desirable.

Society, work, or familial pressures keep us bouncing – very few people have the luxury of subscribing to their preferred sleeping patterns. In fact, instead of maintaining a natural sleep schedule, many people stay awake later and wake up earlier than their body would like.

What do we get for pulling extra hours? In a study of young employees, lower amounts of sleep caused an increase in tension, nervousness, and irritability. These symptoms were especially present in the morning hours and tended to naturally wear off as the day progressed.

Good news for the habitually groggy!

“The morning blahs, it turns out, is a real phenomenon, with positive moods — happiness, friendliness, and warmth for example — manifesting much later in the day,” says lead researcher Nancy Etcoff, Ph.D. Doctor Etcoff is referring to her research that confirms

“flowers might be the perfect pick-me-up for millions of Americans who do not consider themselves “morning people.”

-Nancy Etcoff, PH.D.

The study, done at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital studied the effects of flowers on the emotions of participants. These participants noted that they generally felt least positive in the morning but reported being happier and more energetic after looking at flowers first thing in the morning.

Doctor Etcoff continues “By starting the day in a more positive mood, you are likely to transfer those happier feelings to others — it’s called a mood contagion.” We’re thinking of it as an emotional domino effect and it’s wild – check out more info on the Wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_contagion

The best part? Flowers don’t discriminate – the positive effects work for women, men, and even children and adolescents.

Want to try it out? Our reading suggest that the effects are strongest when flowers are located in communal areas or in the immediate surroundings. Some ideas from starbrightnyc.com :

Marcela — From Starbright’s table to yours

For the bedroom :

Try a posy of something sweet and aromatic. Lilies, lilacs, stock, sweet peas, and freesia are examples of scented flowers to look for.

For the kitchen :

Whether in a home or an office, families and friends tend to come together in kitchen spaces – try something bigger and brighter for this room. We also love simple and colorful. A bundle of tulips maybe?

For the desk :

Something elegant, contained, and unlikely to spill might be best. Check out these callas as an option or these orchids.

For the office :

When you’ve got a bit more space, a flowering orchid plant will help keep you company. While white orchids are always elegant, this purple Phaleonopsis orchid is a great way to include Pantone’s 2014 Color of the Year – Radiant Orchid in your space.

With Starbright’s subscription service, you can have seasonal flowers in your home or office fresh weekly. Give us a call to find out more.

Looking for flowers in New York City? Visit our Event Gallery for inspiration. Or see our daily selection at Starbrightnyc.com.

The Succulent Tradition

My very first day interning at Starbright Floral Design – Nic, the owner, basically said “see you tomorrow, grab some flowers on your way out!”

Nervous and totally thinking, “what is this test” I went to the cooler. A big cooler like the new one we have at Starbright is a large, walk-in, very cold, metal hut lined with shelves and filled with buckets after buckets of flowers.

So back on that day, the cooler which was half the size of the one that we’re now riding with was filled with literally every flower I could name and at least half as many again that I couldn’t. There were arrangements ready on the shelves, made for walk in clients in a hurry. They were all beautiful. To me, they were all works of art I couldn’t figure out how to replicate. No joke – I walked out with three cuts and raw hands – I’d destroyed a number of flowers and made a mess out of a couple things my supervisor had to fix. It just didn’t seem a fair trade to take one home.

After five awkward minutes of deliberation I remembered a succulent suspended in a glass on one of the shelves. The curiously shaped and dusty colored little cactus flower looking plant was growing roots. Succulents are not a flower. The little airplants, even the cut-off ones are alive – with a little effort and know-how it’s not hard to get them to grow roots.

I accepted the succulent and carried it home in paper bag – during a polar vortex. Figuring it was a goner, I put a couple of drops of water in a little glass chai cup and placed the succulent on top of it. Despite seeing a couple of the bottom lobes wither away after three weeks, I kept my fingers crossed. Fast forward to Valentine’s Day – a holiday crazy on it’s own right and extra special this past year in NYC for having occurred during a snow storm. Starbright’s stellar performance landed the shop on the cover and a great feature in the Society of American Florists industry periodical – Floral Management. I had made it into the shop every day, created a shocking number of arrangements in red vases, and was smiling the majority of the time. Sometime during that craziness – that’s when the succulent sprouted it’s roots.

A couple weeks later, I gave it a new home. It sits there in my kitchen and reminds me to keep growing. Beginning a new career, making new business relationships – for me, their more like succulents than flowers. They aren’t flashy, but with patience and a couple adjustments, they grow and become vibrant.

Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Starbright sent out over a thousand arrangements to lucky lady’s all over the city. And during this busy holiday, Nic walks me to the door and says “It’s been awhile since you’ve taken home flowers”.

I didn’t hesitate to ask for a succulent.

Looking for flowers in New York City? Visit our Event Gallery for inspiration. Or see our daily selection at Starbrightnyc.com.

Spring Flowers

No more excuses. Pack away you’re wool sweaters and boots. Spring has shaken off it’s last chill and flowers are filling the air with sweet smells and spots of color. From the blossoming trees, to the planters on the street, and in the 1,700(+) parks, playgrounds and recreation facilities in New York City, Spring has sprung.

And ok, we know we’re all busy, but by now, hopefully, we’ve all remembered that Sunday, May 11th, is Mother’s Day. The weather report – sunny with a high of 77 degrees – makes it perfect weather to get outside. One of the things we’re excited about is seeing native flora as it grows in the “wild” of the parks scattered across the boroughs. We used NYC Parks Bloom Guide to see what’s in bloom where. For May, the list includes locations to see a variety of blossoming trees, hyacinths, tulips, and crocuses. They’re oh-so beautiful after such a long and cold winter. And part of that beauty is in that they exist in public spaces.

We have your back. It’s looking like an amped up garden over here at Starbright Floral Design. Each week is bringing exciting new shapes and colors; the cooler is smelling especially sweet. To celebrate the season and our mother’s who taught us so much we’d like to share a few of the photos from our new category – Flower Files (a floral information reference).

Hyacinth on the Starbright design table — Hyacinth

If you’d like more information about each of these flowers and more, check out our Flower Files pages for weekly additions to our growing floral encyclopedia. Have a flower you’d like us to add? we encourage requests!

Looking for flowers in New York City? Visit our Event Gallery for inspiration. Or see our daily selection at Starbrightnyc.com.

Flowers and the 14th Annual Monte Cristo Award

Starbright Floral Design was totally psyched to be “named the Official Florist for the 2014 Monte Cristo Award honoring Meryl Streep.”

“A lesson I learned in drama school: the teacher asks, how do you be the queen? And everybody says, ‘Oh it’s about posture and authority.’ And the teacher said, no, it’s about how the air in the room shifts when you walk in.” – Meryl Streep

The air in New York City will shift on April 21, 2014 when theater, film, and television legend Meryl Streep is honored by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center with the 14th Annual Monte Cristo Award. One of the most distinguished achievement awards for an actor to receive, the Monte Cristo Award celebrates a theater artist who exemplifies the great playwright Eugene O’Neill’s pioneering spirit, his unceasing artistic commitment to excellence, and accomplishment.

Over here at SFD, we’e finding ourselves extra inspired from working on this event. The team, lead by Barbara Mele, put together and setup stunning arrangements of pink garden roses, green orchids, eucalyptus, and folded aspidistra leaves and curly willow branches in the vase .

The modern arrangement was designed specifically with Ms. Streep in mind. Vibrant garden roses were selected to represent Ms. Streep’s incredibly rich and full talent. The green cymbidium orchids, traditionally a symbol of royalty, remind us of Ms. Streep’s commitment to excellence and all of her achievements. On a bed of seeded eucalyptus, the arrangement sits in a rectangle vase lined with twisted willow branches to create a sense of whimsy and a hint of untamed nature.

Nothing could’ve been more fun than helping to set the scene for Meryl Streep to sparkle in!

Congratulations on taking home the 14th Annual Monte Cristo Award! And many thanks to The O’Neill for including Starbright Floral Design when planning this lovely night!

Looking for flowers in New York City? Visit our Event Gallery for inspiration. Or see our daily selection at Starbrightnyc.com.

A bouquet En Plein-Air

Karl Albert Buehr - The Parasol — Karl Albert Buehr – The Parasol

Karl Albert Beuher was one of the early Chicago painters to adopt Impressionism. He joined other American artists in Giverny, France, to paint en plein-air in the commune established by Claude Monet. These impressionists developed a style that required quickness in order to finish a piece before the sun moved and the light changed. They wanted to capture their subjects, which were generally natural scenes, as the eye might see them. Instead of hard lines and lots of detail, Bueher’s brush delivered bursts of color and light that seem to illustrate a fleeting moment in time. He wants us to see ripples in the leaves instead of the angles in the bark. He wants us to see a sea of long grasses and field flowers instead of individual blades of grass and carefully represented blooms.

The art of floral arrangement is as varied as any art form. Last week, we showed you our Georgia O’Keefe inspired arrangements and how color and line can be used to suggest energy and emotions. This week we’re looking at another bouquet – this one designed on the same principles as Bueher’s early works.

Wedding bouquets

We’re focusing on the impression of these flowers as a whole, instead of on any one individual “wow” flower. There is a lightness represented in Beuher’s work that we wanted to capture. In regards to the design above, we wanted to create something genuine, unfettered, and at one with the scene. Something that would be memorable for the occasion, but serve to enhance the impression of the overall, rather than draw attention to itself.

Take a look at Beuher’s painting below and the flowers we selected to make up this arrangement. For our “plein-air” bouquet, we want to create a light and feathery texture similar to that of Beuher’s brush strokes. The vibrance of the colors in the artwork are also important. We love how shadows are created with vibrant shades of green and the pink – they create contrast we might describe as “lightness” instead of “brightness”.

Each flower was carefully selected for it’s size, color, and texture. Our wind-swept bouquet of wildflowers is purely fantastical – few of these flowers are native to any one common region. Luckily, here at Starbright, we had no problem getting the flowers we wanted. Our selection included :

1/ Dusty Miller – The quaint name isn’t the only thing we love about this hardy foliage. With it’s silver-white color and soft texture, this leaf adds a wistful element to any arrangement.

2/ Stock – Noted for it’s heady, clove-like scent. This example of the variety, with double flowers, adds texture to our arrangement. Stock also is a symbol of a happy life and a contented existence.

3/ Astilbe – These remind us of wildflowers. The feathery stalks seem to float in this arrangement.

4/ Lisianthus – Native to equatorial areas of the American continents. This delicate, long-lasting, prairie flower has ruffled petals. They represent warmth and geniality.

5/ Dahlia – Sometimes called the “Queen of the Autumn Garden”, the dahlia belongs to the Asteraceae family which is noted for their star-shaped blooms and includes flowers lie the daisy and sunflower. Traditionally these flowers symbolize hope for an everlasting union.

6/ Freesia – Sweetly, citrus-scented and long-lasting, these graceful flowers are perfect for a bouquet. Each wiry stem can have up to 10 flowers.

7/ Ranunculus – The fine layers of petals give this weighty flower a delicate appearance.

8/ Muscari – Small and fragrant, the shape of these flowers is reminiscent of little bells.

Looking for flowers in New York City? Visit our Event Gallery for inspiration. Or see our daily selection at Starbrightnyc.com.

Georgia O’Keeffe and a Colorful Bouquet

Georgia O’Keeffe was inspired by what she saw in nature – over here at Starbright, we’re inspired by her perception and the images she shared.

The painting above is Ms. O’Keeffe’s Music, Pink and Blue No. 2. This abstract expression of music has an informal balance that gently flows across the canvas to create a soothing rhythm. The pattern, created by repeating circular lines and colors creates the impression of layers. Even the color harmonies mimic music. The deep pools of concentrated color create a base (or bass!) for the sweeping mid-values to stand out against. The orange and white splashes, which are only partially visible in the above image, add focus – like lyrics, they sit slightly towards the foreground of the painting and give the eye something to pivot around.

Armed with inspiration, it’s easy to interpret O’Keeffe’s interpretation back into the natural. The medium – flowers.

The bouquet in the above image was composed of the following flowers:

1/ Ranunculus : These bright orange flowers have crepe-paper thin petals. We’re reminded of the layered feel of the pattern in Music. The bright color is creating bright points of focus in these arrangements. Ranunculus come in a brilliant variety of colors. Giving a ranunculus says “I am dazzled by your charms”.

2/ Calla Lily : These undeniably elegant flowers mimic the central shape in Music. The washed pink color also reminds us of the calming shades of pink in the painting. These flowers represent abundance and beauty.

3/ Sweet Pea : These richly colored, sweet-smelling flowers come in a variety of colors and represent blissful pleasure. The flowers themselves are about one inch big and resemble butterflies with folded wings. We chose a purple shade.

4/ Rose : This rose variety has a color gradation effect in its petals – the outer petals are light pink and get darker near the center. According to The Language of Flowers, a pink rose represents perfect happiness.

5/ Cornflower : These brilliant blue flowers are often called bachelor’s buttons. The name comes from an old folk tradition that claims if worn by a young man in love the flower can divine the feelings of his beloved. Because of this tradition, the cornflower has come to represent hope in love. We’re going to use these in the groom’s boutonniere.

6/ Hypericum Berries : These smooth peach colored berries add another texture to our arrangement. We especially like how clean they look against all the ruffled petals.

7/ Thistle : Ok, these are a little out there for the inspiration, but the rich blue/purple color and spiky prickles add great color and texture. The thistle is also a Scottish symbol of noble character – which we think is pretty fitting for a wedding.

The inspiration can be seen throughout the bridal parties pieces. Below is the groom’s and groomsmen’s boutonnieres.

We had a lot of fun making these colorful pieces!

Congratulations and best wishes to the happy couple!

Starbright Floral Design began as a husband and wife team who had a passion for hard work and floral artistry. Over twenty years later, we continue to stand by these founding principles. Looking for flowers in New York City? visit our Event Gallery for inspiration. Or see our daily selection at Starbrightnyc.com

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