Flowering DC & Baltimore, usually with a daughter in tow. Loving on those wild things | since 2016
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There are cosmic connections woven all over an almost-decade of Darling & Daughters and we are lucky for all of ‘em
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on this mid-Atlantic dustymuggy July morning, a few slivers of studio|garden|human raison d’etre captured by one brilliant .larsen.weaver, well, that’s some lucky cosmic stuff in the here and now, thank you •
We are in wild sweetpea season and glorious fruiting branch season. We are in mystical clematis season and bursting watermelon down the chin season. It’s WINEBERRY season, my guys. We are also in tick season - so mind yourselves out there 🌿
- only the fluffiest going out the door this week 🌬️
Painted palm southwest sky hues heading to the new and beautiful this week •
This commission + earthy mod supper florals for a tree party at + a few glitzy company parties + DEC 2 WREATH WORKSHOP are making for some uniquely festive manic energies (but the good kind?) bopping around the studio •••
Local informs the luxury • shades of a cosmic October sunset for L&S 🎨
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Kellie’s juicy Maytime bouquet crossed the pond & onto the pages of , and it feels all the way right, most especially with those peonies popping properly •
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The way we bid adieu to the season: a new presentation of a bright springtime garden, lush and open and welcoming to frame B&C •
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where fig trees grow like weeds in the cracks of very old places
see you mid July 💚♥️
We get to work with planning teams who consistently blow our minds with the zillion++ hats they wear. That’s a known fact.
A lesser known fact: maybe some of us maybe didn’t think we’d deeply care about other design components as much as we do the flowering kind, but over the years that has wildly shifted because of these brilliant creative planners who invigorate and collaborate along the way. You know who you are, cherished Mutual Appreciation Society lifelong members… but for today, this one pretty setup we loved in August on top of the sunlit Hay-Adams: just a bit of the tonal & textural pairing brilliance our friend showcases in everything she cultivates •
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Let’s go for a sweet valentine look that is sumptuous and unpredictable*, a whole bit blooming and bold, wildly charming and luxe for the occasion, yes?
Temporal beauty, sure, but just about anybody can hang a bouquet upside down for years and find nostalgic comfort in an aged & softened presence. More on that maybe later •
Local delivery options are l i v e on our site-shop for the 13th & 14th & most likely the 15th if a sender wants to overdo it in the best way - you get to do you, beebya •
We're taking orders through Friday, February 10 or until sold out, whichever comes first •
* Okay, re: "unpredictable" • naturally we only mean color palette specifics, because it is February and we stubbornly insist that true & trusting lovers want a dynamic palette that reflects the prettiest, not the typical-est • • •
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Forest green velvet, layers of candlelight, bone whites and luxe fluffy textures for C&J •
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Maybe truly surely one of the most delicately perfectly lovingly captured essence of the ceremony we’ve seen • featured this weekend on
delicate star-shaped summer clematis woven around forest vines and teacup blooms for a look that we really, really loved creating ••
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Shaking up wreaths a bit this season: cut copper, woven grasses, velvet, nothing simple, surprise • available beginning Nov 15 for local delivery •
For our patient friends asking for holiday offerings: pre-order options for everlasting wreaths, fresh conifer wreaths, holiday statement and centerpieces will be listed at the same time early next week •
In the meantime, we are splitting our time between the most beautiful proposal builds and cutting copper because balance is beautiful 🌲
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Only the daintiest (our silene!) for those cloches, only the fluffiest most fragrant Midsommar peonies for Val & her David, and only the absolute heaviest pieces we could’ve possibly made for Whit to style on a piano atop that pretty pool • summer came in hot and proud that day and we’re so happy to relive it again on •
Photographer: Vicki Grafton
Film Lab: Richard Photo Lab
Stylist / Planner: Pamela Barefoot Events
Floral Designer: Darling & Daughters
Ceremony Dress Designer: Galia Lahav
Rentals: Social Supply
Accessories: Janice Tan
Venue: Anderson House Society of the Cincinnati
Cake Designer: Fluffy Thoughts
Hair & Make-up Artist: Caitlyn Meyer
Rentals: White Glove Rentals
Rentals: Revolution Events
Paper Products: Inquisited
Ceremony Music: District Strings
DJ: Washington Talent
Live Piano: John Hall
Catering: Occasions
Reception Dress: Berta
Shoes: Jimmy Choo
Να ζήσετε, Alexi & Abbey 💙
Top to bottom, soup to nuts, nazar + olive to the bougainvillea-adorned duo of goddesses (trio on account of the breathtaking bride). Thank you for letting us run wild for you… and + .co , if I start I won’t stop. Each moment thrilled with that juicy inviting thoughtful magic - which a certain brother-in-law of mine might say the Greeks invented anyway, so that fits - the very best kind to spin together with a team we admire so much for a couple we all felt so connected to.
So it’s decided that we meet up in Crete for the anniversary, no?!
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“Give me the doo-dads, girls.”
- the Ms. Barefoot, always
On the power of the artist planner // one unexpected delight from the unexpected journey that is all of this is the gritty but joyful, sometimes maybe a little stressy (see: DC parade routes), absolutely flower-nerdy, big C collaborative mutual appreciation society •
Never not (never not!) thrilled that our musey planner friends want us to flex with the season, trust us to source a very special balance of botanics for any given couple or event, and are completely on board as we do our best to turn more people on to locally grown glory - you know? You know. gets as excited as yours truly about a palette that feel like the season and the textures that make it all such a delicious vibey vibe • ty
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Maytime beauty
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… and this was just the beginning of the day for C&H •
Inspired by our brilliant princess bride + a gorgeous gilded velvet situation a la + the most fluffy sumptuous springtime textures •
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Back on the insta-saddle with much to roll out •soon• and •always• with a whole lot more words than this crowded internet needs, but only half of D&D knows how to be succinct (not this writer, dear reader).
Latest fruits of our labor wouldn't be as sweet without the fine humans we somehow get to work for and with and alongside with everything we do.
Hope you're drinking something icey and stepping onto the nearest porch in awe of a broodily thick summer storm, sweets.
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🌸a few more slots just opened for Sunday local delivery thanks to our fabulous growers coming through despite this cold wet spring
🌸 order inquiries close tonight at 9:00, and then this mama is calling it
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🌸 HMD to all the mothering beings out there, the world couldn’t and wouldn’t run without ya
Morning, glories!
If you’re planning to love on the mamas this year, buying from a local florist and your local sustainable farmers is a radically sweeter way to do it than the greenwashed 1-800bouqsfreshfromwhatfarmguys, promise. Hooray!
This is your annual unsolicited reminder that the American Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870 called on all mothers to unite against all war and violence. Shopping small from florists who buy from sustainable local growers is a small but mighty charge against environmental and labor violence, and you get prettier flowers in her hands, too.
Our online shop is live for Tuesday-Friday (May 3-6) and Sunday May 8
local deliveries to DC • MD • VA
🌈the more you know🌈
We have an unbelievably supportive community and we're stepping off this insta-soapbox with gratitude for every order and the farmers who get us the best of the best local bounty.
- Maria & Whit
For a revamped Ritz and the eye of … we had to throw it down with gusto •
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We maybe decided what the people might need most at this time, and we maybe decided that it was perfectly imperfect locally made derrière planters, in single or trio form. Available now on our online shop along with expanded weekly delivery options 🍑
• crafted by Baltimore’s finest
Still + forever loving on the families who trust our work to illustrate the feel of the day. Thank you, C+J, and to the seamless team led by the master event artist for an incredible weekend •
“Oh, GIRLS. You’ve outdone yourselves.”
The girls in our corner love doing that. It is a most delicious feeling.
Never not beside ourselves with glee when our couples see the space, and especially tickled when their families walk in with so much joy after months of engineering each ingredient and detail •
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A very lovey dovey Valentine’s update: fresh flowers like these ridiculous ranunculus dreamboats jusssst came in, and we reopened the online shop for local delivery until we sell out (again)!
Saturday + Sunday + Monday each have a few more delivery slots for now. Last call, lovers and friends 💌
We’re hiring! A juicy 2022 beckons.
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Green and skilled design freelancers, event lovers, efficient studio curmudgeons, inventory nerds, delivery drivers, luggers - we wanna know ya 🌹
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Contact [email protected] for details with a resume
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“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
- Pablo Neruda
(Had to. Couldn't not.)
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For the lovers and friends out there, you're in pretty pretty good company over the next couple of weeks - and this is us mostly holding back from our annual please-god-anything-but-1-800-flowers-choose-anybody-local-instead post.
So! Some things:
• This year again we are partnering with for all FOUR days of Valentine's weekend - Feb 11-14 : petite lovely bouquets for lovers and friends who want to sup with extra bloomy beauty by their side.
• You can also find our flowers with all of the gorgeous wares Feb 13-14.
• We've opened our online shop up for local delivery pre-orders until February 9 for deliveries Feb 10-14. Link in profile.
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Big ol' love note to and for the fabulous piece this week - honored to be featured with the fine people behind - there is so much to say about flowers and food and the people who are entranced by both. There is so much to process still with the trifling horror that is covid and small business survival with temporal product and a zillion other factors. Really grateful that Laura Hayes writes about this and for all of the supportive cross-industry partnership swirling around this big little pocket of the world.
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MON DIEU. These two. Their wedding is the cover of this month and we're honored, proud, the works •
How oh how we get to work with such collaborative + creative teams and such inspired + sweetest sweet couples is a strong juicy lucky feeling we don't want to shake as we build out another year of incredible events. Happy weekend, lovebirds •
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The times they are massive and overwhelming and thrilling and beautiful and so very trying and also very full of grace from over-extended humans helping each other out despite the collective wild calendar •
So this morning, which happens to be the birthday of the Darling matriarch (mama Robin, ilu), we pause for a quick moment to celebrate this beauty of a day in •
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