M. Atherton Baber Studio-Workshop

M. Atherton Baber Studio-Workshop Antiques, garden floristry, hospitality, and style, supplied and taught, afield and online.

I give you… Le Grand Bucket! If you know Hyacinth, you may appreciate the name. If you like flowers, I hope these thrill...
01/24/2025

I give you… Le Grand Bucket!

If you know Hyacinth, you may appreciate the name. If you like flowers, I hope these thrill you! They do me.

This fragrant 50” tower has a voluptuous 48” diameter, and these 300 stems make magic!

I used powerful concepts of visual art to transform relatively humble ingredients into a rare achievement of beauty, technical skill, and value that’s foam-, wire-, and tape-free too!

This is art. The best florists make art. ART is the quality of floristry I make and teach.

Whether you flower for pleasure or profit, if you want to improve your life or build your career with flowers, you have found the right place—welcome!

Stay tuned. Please follow my account, if you don’t already, and share this post with anyone who may love it too. This is but a foretaste of inspiration and empowerment that await YOU in my 2025 season.

Til then, enjoy the view. Take. it. in. Can you FEEL the rusty bucket and SMELL the eucalyptus?

Happy weekend. Let’s grow! xx

Throw open the draperies, inhale the light, and prepare to begin afresh!At least, that’s what I’m doing, and I’ll share ...
01/16/2025

Throw open the draperies, inhale the light, and prepare to begin afresh!

At least, that’s what I’m doing, and I’ll share updates and announcements in due course.

My new year is already FULL of surprises. I’m sitting down today to begin properly scheduling out my 2025 season, and I look forward to catching up TOGETHER soon—stay tuned!

Ah, January! Like the mythical two faces of its namesake Janus, I pause to look both forward and back and hope you’ll jo...
01/08/2025

Ah, January! Like the mythical two faces of its namesake Janus, I pause to look both forward and back and hope you’ll join me.

To plan my 2025 season, I have cleared my calendar and mind to start fresh, free of assumptions. As I consider what in 2024 succeeded, and should be repeated, and what I may change, or offer differently, this year, please send me YOUR ideas and feedback.

In short, how do YOU want to grow this year, and how can I help you do that?

Here on Instagram, what in my content did you love? What might you like to see me change or provide a bit differently? How about on YouTube?

Across all my platforms, have you found my introduction of food and cooking content interesting and helpful? How about my gardening and floristry content and programming? What about opportunities to connect with me personally, in my Learn Live and Learn Online formats?

I cannot cater to every individual taste, but I also never want to presume on your behalf, dear follower. One of the greatest successes of my 2024 was the consistent genuine engagement with YOU, my audience; for without YOU, and YOUR engagement, I have no business and would, indeed, be shouting into the cold and lonely void of the internet.

Therefore, we must continue growing TOGETHER. Happy, healthy relationships are always a two-way street, so now is YOUR time to share what’s on your mind, any special content requests, and specific skills YOU want to learn from ME this year. Let’s talk!

Happy New Year from Historic Horse and Bourbon Country in ravishing Kentucky, USA! Wherever you are in this wild world, ...
01/01/2025

Happy New Year from Historic Horse and Bourbon Country in ravishing Kentucky, USA!

Wherever you are in this wild world, and whatever your 2024 held, let us look ahead with peace, optimism, and the strength derived from growing forward TOGETHER.

My wise mother often says that to truly ENJOY is to be IN JOY; and though I have many excitements and evolutions planned to share with you in this new year, I wish most that the intersection of YOU and me is JOY.

What JOYS do YOU seek this year?

Me? I am absolutely thrilled at the prospect of all I may LEARN.

See you soon! xx

Happy Monday with YOUR invitation to LEARN with ME!That’s right, friends. Autumn, Fall, call it what you will; it’s my f...
10/28/2024

Happy Monday with YOUR invitation to LEARN with ME!

That’s right, friends. Autumn, Fall, call it what you will; it’s my favorite season for floristry, and I hope you LOVE it too!

As Summer’s bounty whithers to cooler nights and Winter winds, this is the ideal moment to think ahead and start LEARNING for next year.

Because they are still SO spectacular now, EVEN—and more so—with a few crispy edges, why not start with my popular class on Hydrangeas?

It’s not terribly long or expensive. You can watch it on-demand, from the comfort of home. In it, I teach you everything you need to know to successfully and RELIABLY cut and condition hydrangeas, whether you buy or grow your own, with a few indications on arranging them for impact and longevity too!

Whether you’re an experienced pro, eager to remedy frequent hydrangea fears and uncertainties with REAL knowledge, or a beginner, keen to start learning floristry on the right foot, this accessible, straightforward class is for YOU!

Simply follow link in bio to visit my website. From the main menu select Learn Online, and there you’ll find all my currently available courses to download, including Cutting & Conditioning Hydrangeas.

I’ll see YOU there—ENJOY!

A million thanks to Scott Hagerman and the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer newspaper for this dynamite FRONT PAGE feature!A...
10/25/2024

A million thanks to Scott Hagerman and the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer newspaper for this dynamite FRONT PAGE feature!

And thank you, thank you to EVERY ONE who’s read the article and expressed SUCH generous, heartfelt support AND EVERY ONE who helps me succeed.

Whether you send words of encouragement, mentor my business, help edit my content, take my classes, watch me on social media, and on, and on, YOU are MANY; and I literally could not do what I do without EACH of YOU! 🙏

We grow TOGETHER, don’t we, friends?

Happy weekend! Why not DO something that makes YOUR heart sing? xx

Particularly if the only floristry you’ve yet known derives from some clapped out shop, come with me because there’s a v...
10/18/2024

Particularly if the only floristry you’ve yet known derives from some clapped out shop, come with me because there’s a vast world more to find.

When we get it right, great floristry is one of the universe’s perfect poems, held in our hands, beheld by our senses, indeed inhaled to animate and change our very minds and bodies.

When I went into the garden yesterday, I was exhausted, and should’ve been working at my desk, but I needed to fill an order. Frost had already claimed most of my choicest materials. My hands and feet were cracked and bleeding, my whole person lumbering under the hectic season’s heft and duration.

But, stem by stem, a snip of the secateurs, a pull of the knife, mining unexpected bits and pieces, I thought, “Trust the garden.” And, leaf by bloom, the magic began…

By the time I harvested every viable morsel, I had a powerful portrait of season and place, and I hope you enjoy seeing it, here, as much as I delight in sharing it with you.

In fact, if this resonates with you, please give it a like, share it with a friend, and be sure you follow my account, if you don’t already.

Whether you’re an experienced hand, brand new to gardening, or watch for inspiration and community, you are most welcome here. Let’s grow together!

Winter is coming, and it’s a fine time to settle in and learn something new. Meanwhile, I hope you’ll join me in looking around to LOVE what’s great NOW, wherever you are in the world. It’s fun, free, and the very stuff of LIFE!

Happy Fall. Happy weekend. I’ll see you soon, friends. xx

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New Film on YouTube!
New Film on YouTube!

With that, I’m off to collect some interesting foliage for a class I’m teaching soon. I’ll see YOU at mathertonbaber on YouTube! #ondemand #learnonline #lifelonglearning #lifelonglearner #themoreyouknow #letsgrow #floristry #floristsofinstagram #foamfree #foamfreeflowers #flowerschool #learnfloristry #protips #toptips #howto #entertaining #hospitality #southern #graciousliving #hostwiththemost #home #design #easy #nofail #diy #youcandoit #letsdothis

JOY is for NOW!
JOY is for NOW!

Hello and happy new week, friends, at a time in our country and world when certainty and safety feel thin and frail. Yes, we carry on, and I hope you’ll spend the few seconds it takes to watch this whole message, because it speaks to the beating heart of how we can meaningfully respond to circumstances far beyond our control and grow forward together. Indeed, when we take care of each other, the chandeliers and frothy bouquets fade away to reveal THE POINT of it all. Now’s the time for THAT. So, I hope YOU’ll join me in making and sharing REAL JOY NOW! #community #care #selfcare #joy #sharejoy #spreadjoy #randomactsofkindness #kindness #sharethelove #payitforward #lovethyself #lovethyneighbor #actsofkindness #dogood

New Online Class AND YouTube Film for YOU!
New Online Class AND YouTube Film for YOU!

HYDRANGEAS! They’re many people’s favorite blooms, and I’ve just released an online masterclass teaching YOU everything you need to know to succeed with these infamously persnickety blooms as cut flowers. Click link in bio to visit my website, select Learn Online, and you can take the class on-demand, whenever it suits you. I’ve ALSO given you an inspiring new YouTube film, which you can find there at mathertonbaber, in which I teach you how to use a few strategic ingredients to make easy, elegant, high-impact designs. On these sweltering Summer days, let’s learn ONLINE together! I’ll see YOU there.

New Online Class Available!
New Online Class Available!

I’ve added a brand new class to my website. It’s one of my Foundations of Floristry, that I’m creating for YOU to take on-demand, to start you on the right foot for a whole lifetime of fabulous, reliable floristry without fear. mathertonbaber.com/learn-online or just click link in bio, select Learn Online from the main menu, and we’ll be off to the races! I’ll see YOU in class!

New Film on YouTube!
New Film on YouTube!

Matthew on Hospitality: Share a Little Somethin’ Watch at mathertonbaber on YouTube, and I hope you’ll take my challenge in real life because together, one #littlesomethin at a time, we WILL make OUR world the kind of place WE want to live in! Join me.

mathertonbaber.com/learn-online I’ll see YOU in class!

Join me in my first-ever online floristry classes!
Join me in my first-ever online floristry classes!

Only at mathertonbaber.com/learn-online I’ll see YOU in class!

Learn with me online—COMING SOON!

Online Classes Coming Soon!
Online Classes Coming Soon!

Wherever you are in the world, this is YOUR chance to join ME online for THE BEST educational courses I can give you (and among the very best you’ll find anywhere)! Learn in the comfort of your own home, on the convenience of YOUR schedule, at a tremendous VALUE for the knowledge, skills, and EMPOWERMENT you’ll gain to do more, and more beautifully, efficiently, and elegantly, FOR YOURSELF and your loved ones, all the rest of your days! How’s THAT for return on your investment!?! I could not be more thrilled to launch these classes SOON, so I hope you’ll share my enthusiasm, stay tuned, and JOIN ME!

Let’s Go Shopping!
Let’s Go Shopping!

I can never resist a quick pop through every thrift shop and antiques mall I pass (look how well I did on this Brilliant Cut tray today, by the way, and for mere pennies at that!), and my eagle-eyed collecting is so successful it’s become a cottage industry! In fact, I’ve supplied highly desirable pieces to well-known buyers and even several of the world’s real powerhouse collectors—imagine that, from little old Owensboro, but it’s true! For YEARS, people have asked me to take them antiquing with me, to show them HOW I buy AMAZING treasures at INCREDIBLE bargain prices. So, now’s your chance to join me. I’m even currently discounting my upcoming dates in Louisville and Nashville for a limited time! Click link in bio to visit my website. Select Go Antiquing, and book your day now. We’ll soon be sharing my homemade chicken salad sandwiches and lemon bars as a delightful picnic lunch (that’s just an example of my delicious mid-day menus for your salivating anticipation, always included with the day) on the old stone steps of one of my most trusted and, til now, best-kept secret sources. Whether you browse or buy, for pleasure or profit, you’ll find a more enjoyable, footloose-and-fancy-free day out NOWHERE (and you’ll have fun learning A LOT too)! DM me with any questions, and I’ll see YOU in the shops!

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