Spring is Here!!!

 Incredible that it is already Spring, the days now equally balanced between darkness and light as we charge ahead towards the long daylight hours of Summer. Blooming branches are already mostly blown though we still have dogwood to look forward too. Everywhere I look there are signs of all the green things coming back to life. Daffodils are everywhere, tulips and ranunculus won't be far behind. I can't wait to see what you all are growing! If you are a gardener, even if you're not, I would love to show you how to create stunning arrangements with what you've got growing in your own backyard! Sign up for an Alchemy Academy garden or studio session and we can play together! I love sharing my methods of gathering and creating with nature, opening your eyes to the beauty that is all around you and what you can do with it. So many of my friends whose yards I have foraged in say "I don't think you'll find much to work with..." or "where'd you find THAT?!?!" We are blessed with such botanical abundance it's merely training your eyes to see it and your hands to create with it. After 25 years of doing this work it is so gratifying to share this skill with others! So many of you have AMAZING gardens but don't think to bring a bit of it indoors to enjoy. Flowers and foliage as both medium and muse can be a soothing meditation on the ephemeral nature of, well, nature. A way to truly immerse ourselves in the beauty available to us right now. We need to see and create beauty right now more than ever.