November/December 2019 News

Flower Duet Designs for 2019 Sunset Idea House

Flower Duet Flowers Sunset Idea House

Flower Duet’s entry­way flow­ers for the 2019 Sun­set Idea House in San­ta Mon­i­ca. Pho­to by Flower Duet.

Flower Duet was asked to be the flo­ral design team for the annu­al Sun­set Idea House. The sto­ried mag­a­zine was spon­sor­ing a house design in San­ta Mon­i­ca this year so we we delight­ed to work with the tal­ent­ed group of edi­tors and inte­ri­or design firm so close to our stu­dio in Los Angeles.

After a tele­con­fer­ence call, we met with the team when the house was almost com­plete to get a feel for the scale of the rooms, then we worked on a mood board with vas­es, con­tain­ers, flow­ers and plants to present to the team.

On the day of the pho­to shoot for the mag­a­zine, Kit was on-hand to help add to or offer new designs for each room. It was impor­tant that we brought all of the designs pre-made for the team to place the day before the shoot…then be on-hand for the entire shoot.

See the entire arti­cle online at Sunset.com

Flower Book Recommendation: Floral Color Palette: Innovative Color Combinations for Flower Arranging

A book ded­i­cat­ed to col­or com­bi­na­tions in flo­ral design.
Flo­ral Col­or Palette: Col­or Com­bi­na­tions for Flower Arrange­ments presents col­or com­bi­na­tion ideas togeth­er with flow­ers in cor­re­spond­ing col­ors. The col­or schemes are based in four pri­ma­ry tones: Pas­tel, Vivid, Smokey and Dark. In addi­tion to intro­duc­to­ry pages high­light­ing fun­da­men­tal col­or the­o­ry, each scheme is accom­pa­nied with beau­ti­ful full-col­or pho­tographs. Flo­ral design begin­ners and flower lovers of all kinds will enjoy pour­ing through the pages.

Flower Tool: Cell Phone App to ID Flowers

Ever see a flower or plant and won­der what it is?

This app can help you iden­ti­fy lots of dif­fer­ent flora!

It’s called PlantSnap and we use it all the time. Iden­ti­fy 90% of all known species of plants and trees. 600,000+ plants in our search­able data­base. Get instan­ta­neous, accu­rate results. PlantSnap works any­where on Earth and is trans­lat­ed into 37 lan­guages. Recon­nect with nature, share pho­tos and thoughts with PlantSnap­pers around the world, and learn about the plants and trees you encounter every day.

The app works on iPhones and Android phones. You can learn more about it on their web­site at Plantsnap.com.

As Ama­zon Asso­ciates, we receive com­mis­sions from prod­ucts pur­chased via links in our blog and newslet­ter arti­cles. See our florist tool rec­om­men­da­tions and flo­ral book rec­om­men­da­tions on our cre­ator page.

Each month, we cov­er a cur­rent event in the flo­ral trade, flo­rals from real wed­dings, our lat­est flower adven­tures and endeav­ors, design tips, cur­rent flo­ral trends, flo­ral design class­es and work­shops, book rec­om­men­da­tions and flo­ral tool tips.

Since 2010, we’ve cre­at­ed a hot list of what’s on for flo­ral design in and beyond South­ern Cal­i­for­nia. As guest speak­ers inside and out­side of Cal­i­for­nia, we know what clients need in the wed­ding and event indus­try. We are your trust­ed resource for flo­ral design tips and tech­niques for all lev­els of the flower enthusiast.

We are Kit Wertz and Casey Schwartz, the sis­ter design team of Flower Duet. We are com­mit­ted to edu­cat­ing our stu­dents and fans since we start­ed our flo­ral design busi­ness in 1999.

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