Peaseblossoms Flowers

09/09/2025

I am sure you have heard at one point in your life or another that life satisfaction or happiness comes from the simple things in life. Perhaps one of the biggest reasons why I adore flowers. They work hard, look good, smell better and help release positive hormones in your bloodstream by just being in close proximity to them. How’s that for perfect function and design. I also love how accessible and simple they are to incorporate into your daily life. Living art. Don’t just take my word on it. Harvard did a study! As we hedge into the next season, I cannot help be excited for the flowers coming. What’s your favorite?

08/30/2025

Each vendor chose their favorite item in their offerings today. So many delightful treasures to be found. Here til 4 today. Come on down!

08/30/2025

08/26/2025

What a perfect way to end the month, hanging out with friends in the garden finding all sorts of goodies. Turns out I have lots of really great vendor pals! So this is post one about this weekend. We are giving the bee friendly pollinator garden a weekend in the limelight. A work in progress but a very good reason to have an event! 4-8 pm friday evening and 11-4 sat you will find the ever talented Kris Twyman with her oh so charming paintings, the always effervescent Sandra with her magical Decks and intuitive readings, the bee-uitful Lisa from , the ever keen eyed Coralie with vintage jewelry from , and some tasty summer time treats from the talented Daniela . Oh! And us of course🍄. Wildflower seed packets will be given out to guests and we will have fresh, dried on hand as well as a seriously sweet deal on tinted pampus grass. And a few other things up my sleeve. I will be making wreaths on site and the company does not get better than this. Message or call the shop for the studio address. What are you up to this glorious long weekend of summer?

08/16/2025

I am in the shop and the sound of the equipment and stench of paving right outside my door is making me pine for the garden at studio. Work like this should never happen on weekends in front of small businesses as these are the days we do the bulk of our sales. There have been some wild comments on our posts- a couple notes. Discounting someone's experience as invalid because you don't want to believe it does not make it less true- that's gaslighting. It has no place in healthy respectful discussion. Empathy, good listening skills and being open minded are all hallmarks of emotional intelligence. I will always listen to your opinion respectfully whether I agree or not. I should expect the same. Small businesses are in fact impacted by this stuff- that's real. Ask any business in this community or marda loop. If businesses were not impacted- well I would be just chatting about community stuff and my garden, my pets, family, etc. Businesses do not make up stuff just for fun, we have too much other stuff to contend with. Looking for a silver lining today. 2 weekends from now we will host our first garden-vintage market at studio- to take a break and just be with friends and clients in a peaceful space. Aug 29 4-8 pm, sat 11-4pm. If you would like to attend- please contact us for address!!! Will be super fun!

08/15/2025

Over the many years I have worked with flowers, I have come to theorize that anything you need to learn about a good life can be learned from a flower. Somehow today this feels more relevant than ever. So while I am working on my book of this theme, I would like to share a couple things that sunflowers have taught me. All parts of a sunflower are useful. They have the capability to amend soil, feed bees, birds, humans. They are safe for all animals. When they are young, they look to the sun and follow it. When they are mature, they stay still-steadfast facing east greeting the morning sun. When there is little to no sun, they are said to face each other. They are resilient. So what can we learn from this humble blossom? Toxic places can be amended when we grow our roots, when it seems like there is no light-turn to your community for support. What we offer of ourselves can support others to grow. When we find our empathy and grow into ourselves, we do not need to be influenced by others to know what it right. Simply greet each day with steadfast knowledge that our very being contributes. We are tougher than we think. The past post brought up a great deal of interesting aspects of where we are at as a community. One thing is for certain, there is a whole lot of room for healthy discussion and perhaps more empathy. For all the toxic comments, there were so many more filled with care and kindness. So many of you showed up today in various ways of support. So like a field of sunflowers, you chose to be the sun when it felt like there was so little of it. Thank you

08/13/2025

I wish this was a happy post- sadly it is not. What it is rather is a very real post, and a very heartfelt one. If you have been in the shop over the past decades- you would have experienced how neighborhood the shop is. Where people actually bump into each other from this community and others. The shop to me is a place of safety, it smells amazing and the heritage nature of our building makes it scaled for human- therefore leading to very down to earth human interactions. Our family bought the shop in 2006 after I had been there 6 years because I wanted to create and be part of something very much community oriented. So yes- no flowers today but something very much more important. We aren't just a string of businesses that sell stuff. We are what makes space for people to connect, feel grounded in this big City. What makes for real stories in our day to day existence. I am not a politician, I would rather be at ground level connected to the street. To be the person who helps others get the help or connections they need. Now I truly need your help. After 4 years of losses due to bikelanes out front- the city is marching on with more, and for us- it's not urgent. The city crushed 17th ave for years, now marda Loop and in a different but just as impact way- 11th street. We no longer have anything left to cover business expenses, it has been whittled away for the past 4 years. This is numbers, not cognitive dissonance. I do my homework. We will not survive this. So for all who hold integrity left in this world and who believe that our government should be help accountable to their consistuents- please help us send a message. This project must stop. NOW.

08/01/2025

Summer time should be filled w sun and flowers. Can't get to us? If you manage to get down to the shop- I can assure you the flowers on hand will be worth the effort. Tomorrow Erika will have a basket of market bouquets at cspace and I can be found sunday . A month of bikelane expansion has put an inordinate amount of pressure on our business. So if supporting local means anything- this is the weekend to shop our nifty block.

06/21/2025

Saturday is not only summer solstice but also Neighbor Day. Being in an urban area means that community of various kinds surround us. It's truly why we are here, why we are not in an industrial park or garage- we are fiercely proud of being a bricks & mortar on 11th street. Every day we are eyes on the street and ear to the ground- the place where neighbors run into each other and talk about the comings and goings of the hood. Ever since my last encounter w City Hall, I can't help but ruminate on what community is and can be. Is it being the same? Always agreeing? Having the same perspective? Nope- not in the least. Is it an opportunity to choose to listen to different experiences? A chance to encounter people w radically differing experiences to our own? A way to build our EQ and learn better listening skills and tolerance? 100%
Putting my money where my mouth is- starting tomorrow, we are going to have "coffee with neighbors" at the shop before we open. Come for a coffee, some engaging adult conversation and meet some amazing neighborhood folk. There will be fresh Good Earth coffee and some homemade old fashioned cookies. We will spill the tea, dish the dirt and hopefully learn a little more about what makes for a great community. Happy Neighbor Day!!!

06/07/2025

Never thought I would be making this post but oh man- Go Oilers Go, Canada has your back

05/30/2025

So what happens when you get invited to dinner with the most fabulous group of ladies to one of Calgary's newest and most fabulous bright spots in one of my favorite buildings in my old stomping grounds?! MAGIC!!! One of the best meals I have had in an epically long time. I cannot wait to go back. Welcome Bodega- what took you so long to come to Calgary....

05/12/2025

For all the mum's- we love you, we see you and we appreciate you. We need a new word for thank you that expresses more adequately what you do because the list is too deep for such small words. My mum has dementia and never have I realized how poignantly how our time with our families are so borrowed, but hey! She called me twice today because she didn't remember calling me the first time! May this serve as a reminder that while it's wonderful to spoil your mum today- make it a regular habit. On that note- thank you all who supported our wee business this week. So appreciated. Peace