Slow Flowers August 2019 Inspiration: Summer Dahlias

Design detail from floral designer Kirsten Gordon's colorful layered flower quilt in a bowl. It's a design twist inspired by her favorite modern designer in Chicago and she says the arrangement lasted more than 10! The vessel is a glass bowl, about 8 inches wide with 4 inch high walls; Inside, she added 3 stems curly Daisy Miller from Bloom Magic Weddings' cutting garden (Highland Park, Ill.) 2 stems pale yellow stock from LD trading Northbrook IL, sourced from California Growers Cooperative 10 stems (or sections of stems) Euphorbia foliage and flowers from Twin Gardens farm, Harvard IL 6 blue Bachelors Buttons from BMW Cutting garden 2 stems ageratum from Twin Gardens farm, Harvard IL 2 stems yellow tansy from Twin Gardens farm, Harvard IL 3 stems zinnia elegans from BMW cutting garden 1 green, 2 yellow - Johnny's Seeds 2 stems eryngium thistle blue globe from LD Trading in Northbrook IL - Wisconsin grown 3 stems of basil purple ruffles - BMW cutting garden - Johnny's seeds 3 cosmos orange bright lights - BMW cutting garden Johnny's seeds 2 stems French marigold - BMW cutting garden 3 stems mango orange dahlias from LD Trading in Northbrook IL, sourced from bay area east California farm Photography: Bloom Magic Weddings