Gardening | Weddingbee

Mrs. Cheese, Knoxville Age and Occupation: 29, Engineering Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, CAD Designer Engagement Date: July 31, 2008 Wedding Date: May, 2009 Blogging Since: October 16, 2008 Venue: Our home and the two acres it sits on About Me: I’m an emotional girl who loves sentimental things, parenthetical asides, and trying to do things herself. I can cook, sew, am a whiz at planning, terrible at delegating, and totally in love with my fiancé (who will be my second husband but first love of the rest of my life). For our home/ garden/ DIY wedding, we’ll be moonlighting as interior designers, home improvers, and gardeners with the help of our fabulous friends and neighbors. We can’t wait to be married, and are learning how fun getting married can be.

Growing My Own Bouquet

October 23rd, 2008 @ 5:03 pm by Mrs. Cheese

As mentioned previously, we live in a house once owned (for four decades!) by a Master Gardener in a perfect part of the country for growing things. We’re getting married in late May.

In keeping with my sentimental nature, I want a bouquet made of flowers plucked from our neighbors’ yards. I want to anoint our space with flowers cut from our own property. I want the green backdrop of our trees and grass and foliage to be enough “decoration.” Oh, yea, and I don’t want to spend a bunch of money on flowers that will die.

We don’t know a thing about gardening. Let the research begin.

My plan is to use all white for everything else — linens, chairs, napkins. Because I don’t know enough yet about what kinds of flowers we’ll pull from the garden, white is safest.

But, what flowers can we grow and count on in late May? I started with my favorite flowers, then narrowed down the list to those that will bloom at the right time.
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