July Flower Photos

DIY flowers

DIY flowers

Old and new photos from July plus an updated list. The Weather continues to change dates on us, so these are best guesses from past experience.

Mountain Mint green and silver

Dusty Miller Silver

Lambs Ear Silver

Yarrow purple, lilac, white, yellow/gold, reds, pastel shades 

Pink Yarrow pink

Penstemon purple, soft pink/lavender

Larkspur blue/ purple/ white pink early July only

Snapdragon orange, reds, mix, purple. white, yellow, pink

Dianthus Neon green/ pinks

Dianthus Sweet White, coral, red

Summer Sun gold

Diablo -ninebark chocolate

Butterfly Bush mostly blues/ purples, some white

Peony white/pink/red must be reserved ahead

Alostromeria gold

Sweet Pea

Perennial Sweet Pea pink and some white, foliage vines as well

Astilbe white/red/ taller purple

Zinnia all colors 

Blue salvia blue and dark blue

Sunflowers gold and lighter yellow, white

Filpendula Queen of the prairie pink/white

Foxglove purple/ white, cream, peach

Hydrangea Oakleaf white

Hydrangea Annabelle white

Honeysuckle native red with yellow

Drumstick Allium maroon purple

Allium soft Yellow spray

Cosmos pink/white/dark pink

Phlox paniculata pinks/ white,  purple/blue

Pearl yarrow white mid July

Rosemary foliage

Feverfew white daisy

Burgundy amaranth burgundy spike

Astrantia red/ white limited

Lavender light blue/dark blue- limited

Bee Balm red, purple

Indian Summer black-eyed susan

Shasta Becky white daisy

Purple coneflower Echinacea pink- limited

Dahlia -starting the season

Queen Annes Lace white

Veronica blues/pink/ white limited

Deca dbl. gold sunflower

Annual Grasses  Wheat, millet and pan grass- green

Ironweed -fuchsia 

Gladiolus mixed with red, pinks, soft yellow, white

Diablo -ninebark chocolate

Scabiosa Pincushion flower medium blue, white, raspberry, blackberry, lavender

Viburnum blue berries dates vary quite a bit in July

Viburnum blush red

Annual Scabiosa blues, white, dark maroon, some pink, red

Bachelor Button blue, white, pink, larger bright yellow

Salvia

Calendula

DIY flowers

DIY flowers

DIY flowers

Early July Wedding

Buckets

perennial Sweet Pea

Bridal bouquet

Allium, Echinacea

midnight moon dahlia

market flowers

 

Crocosmia, mountain mint, hydrangea

bouquet

Blue Paradise Phlox

viburnum berries

Deca- perennial sunflower

Burgundy Amaranth

close-up of  July petals

Simple petals and vases @ Eagle's Nest

Little Lamb Hydrangea mid-late July

Locally grown Alstroemeria 

Cosmos

pastel mix

Clematis

Allium flava - yellow fireworks

Butterfly bush

Bachelor Buttons

Shasta Daisy

French Floral Vase @ Eagle's Nest 

Echinops

My favorite bridal bouquet of 2011

Golden Winged Warbler Field Day -Sunday April 28th, 2019

Golden Winged Warbler Field Day  -Sunday April 28th 2019- 

 Shady Grove Gardens is celebrating the return spring migration of Neotropical songbirds with a Field Day for bird lovers and photographers. 

The 76 acre farm on the NC Birding Trail, its located on the slopes of 'The Peak', in the Amphibolite Mountains of Ashe County. Open meadows, early succession forest, numerous streams & mountain bogs provide excellent habitat many types of birds as well as great long range views.

 Birding watching is open to everyone. Admission for a self-guided walk is $5. Trails are moderate. Most anyone will enjoy the combination open meadow, farm roads and rich cove forest. With luck, everyone will be able to see the Golden Winged Warbler, a species of special concern.  Birders can stay as long as they want, however birding and photography is best very early in the morning.  We will open the gate at 8:00AM Call 828-297-4098. Day of: 828-964-1956 for information and directions.

Come see how Brent and Susan maintain their land for wildlife conservation.

Here's a link to Cornell for more information about the Golden Winged Warbler. The photo is from Cornell as well. 

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golden-winged_Warbler/lifehistory

Now Flower Shares from Shady Grove Gardens

Flower Shares - Our Subscription of Flower Bouquets- just for you

Once a long long time ago we had a CSA flower subscription. Now we have some new ideas on how to make it happen for everyone. So here we go. It's like a vegetable CSA or community supported agriculture. What that means for you, is you pay ahead.  But unlike a gym membership, you're going to love seeing us every week. 

For either Tuesday 4-7pm pickup in Boone, NC or Thursday pickup here at the Zionville nursery we have several choices of bouquets and buckets of flowers to choose from. 

(Those of you willing to come to us on Thursday 4-7pm, for your weekly flowers, you get a discount)

When you sign up, you choose  the number of months you'd like.
For each type of Flower Share we have a set number of subscriptions available. Sign up early. The deadline for 'The Spring Share' is mid-April.  You will receive and introduction with a few more details as well as a reminder email each week, before pickup. 

FLOWER SHARE TYPES:

DAHLIA SHARE:

6 Weeks of fifteen- twenty beautiful mixed dahlias, for $126/6 weeks or $108 for pickup at our nursery in Zionville, NC 10 miles from Boone. These all dahlia bouquets.

SPRING SHARE:

4 Weeks of farm direct spring flowers, lilac, tulips, anemone, ranunculus, viburnum and maybe peony. These are single variety bunches. $ 84/4 weeks of Boone delivered bouquets or @$72/4 weeks of pickup at our Zionville NC nursery. Starting April 24th through mid- May including Mother's Day week. This weekly choice includes a selection of several spring flowers for you to arrange. (our photos show arranged flowers)

FULL BUCKET OF FLOWERS SHARE

These fun mixed buckets of flowers are 70 stems of our best flowers for you to arrange. We supply a mixture of focal, filler and line flowers each week. These are the same volume as our bridal DIY buckets @ the discounted price of $70 per bucket. Pickups @ our Nursery in Zionville are less @ $65 per bucket.  To order more than one months subscription, add more to your cart. If you want more than one per week, please call us or place two separate orders. Our Bucket share starts June 5. 

SUMMER FLOWER MIXED BOUQUETS:

• A large  mixed bouquet of our finest flowers, sleeved and ready for the trip home.
• Order 1 month at a time. 
• Flowered are delivered the 1st  four weeks of each summer month, June -September.
• For months with 5 weeks we will take a 1 week break. 
• You may order more than one month at a time. 
• Tuesday afternoon pickups in Boone, @$120/4 weeks. 
• Or you may choose the nursery for a Thursday afternoon pickups the same, large mixed bouquet, of freshly cut flowers @$108/ 4 weeks. A $3/week discount. 

• Please choose one location when signing up. These bouquets are 20-25 stem arrangements, so you may choose to make smaller bouquets with them. Each of these bouquets will include a careful mixture of filler and line flowers, greenery and focal flowers such as dahlias and lisianthus. If you are looking for more than one bouquet per week, please place two separate orders or call us. 

Photos of our mixes and buckets of loose flowers from previous years. See our storefront to sign up: _Share-_flower_subscription.html

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Nikki and Ryan's Wedding August 2016

This lovely wedding used jewel tones for the reception and softer whites and pinks for the ceremony.

Revival Photography for all the watermarked photos, see this wedding in the High South Wedding Magazine fall 2016. Elizabeth Ashley Events wedding planner.