Broadway Floral, Home & Garden Blog

It’s rainy and chilly today in Portland so I thought I’d warm your and my spirits with beautiful photos of Tammy Wise and Sean O’Leary’s wedding from August 22nd, 2009.  Sean and Tammy were married on a sunny day at McMeniman’s Edgefield.

Their wedding was inspired by peacock feathers, which informed the color palette of the bouquets and personal flowers that we created. Peacock feathers also made their way into the bride and bridesmaid bouquets as well as hair combs worn by the ladies in the bridal party. Photos by Ashton Photography and Design.

One of our shippers sent us this photograph of the tulips fields in Holland. The photo almost looks airbrushed!

The fields of northern Holland explode into a colourful springtime display. Their dazzling colours are thanks to the years in the 17th century when Tulipmania swept the globe and the most eye-catching specimens changed hands for a small fortune. But like a rainbow, this colourful landscape is a short-lived phenomenon. When the flowers are gone, the land will be cultivated for a rather more mundane crop of vegetables.

We at Broadway Floral are fortunate to have tulips year round. Yellows, oranges and reds in the fall, white and red during December and a full spectrum of colors in the spring. Summertime we see more white and pink for weddings. All locally grown (Oregon, Washington, northern California).

To ensure a beautiful and diverse floral selection here at Broadway Floral we receive a weekly tropical shipment from Kaumana Flowers, a nursery located on the big island of Hawaii. We receive a mixed box of tropical cut flowers including red and green anthurium, pin-cushion protea, yellow oncidium orchids, multi hued mokara orchids, birds of paradise, dendrobium orchids and an everchanging selection of tropical greenery.

Displayed in clear glass vases inside the shop our tropical section always attracts shoppers with its vibrant colors and unsusual textures. These flowers can be arranged to create a beautiful tropical confection or added to local and seasonal cut flowers in a bouquet or vase arrangement.

Stop in Broadway Floral and visit the tropics!

Below are photos of some of our tropical cut flower selection, and a photo of a stow-away in the tropical shipping box.

Clustering, also known as grouping flowers by type, is a beautiful way of reinventing the vase arrangement. A fresh take on floral design, clustered arrangements showcase each season’s most beautiful offerings. Clustering flowers such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinth, lilies and hydrangeas ( just to name a few) create a modern presentation for the sophisticated flower lover.

This type of arrangement can either be monochromatic or shown with blocks of color. Single colored or monochromatic arrangements exude simplicity and elegance. Colorfully clustered vase arrangements are joyful and casual.

Typically three to five different flowers are used in each presentation and are often arranged in shorter vases to create a more compact design. Shown here are beautiful examples of Broadway Floral’s clustered arrangements.  Any of our talented designers can also create a custom clustered vase arrangement with your favorite flowers.