J reintroduces a time honored design technique- Chicken Wire! This historical method for flower arranging is “New Again” and J shares tips and techniques for using Chicken Wire… and create an American Grown Foliage Bouquet… using different types of greenery from all across the USA!

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J creates an All Green arrangement featuring Woven TeePee Foliage… along with other Green Colored Flowers that can be dried… It’s a Texture-riffic Foliage Project on Fun with Flowers and J!

Get Ready for a Fun Project with FernTrust Foliage. J shows how to create a “rose” using Case Iron Plant Leaves from FernTrust. Creating several “roses”…and adding Fabulous Foliage from FernTrust… he creates an Awesome Foliage focused-Bouquet!

J creates a Discovery Arrangement featuring Fabulous Fern (aka Leatherleaf) from FernTrust. Using this Popular Foliage as the focal emphasis of the arrangement J brings the Fern to the Forefront and uses flowers as the background!

J shares the NEW Frosted Foliages from Wm F. Puckett… and creates Special Event Centerpieces featuring the NEW Vue-2 and Battery Operated Sphere Candles from Garcia Group. He even has a few tricks that will allow you to change up the way you think about combining centerpieces for Special Events!

Want to make Professional Vase Arrangements? Want to make them Fast… and make it Simple and Easy? J shares 2 of his “trade secrets”… FlorGlas vases from Garcia Group… and Fabulous Foliage Bouquets from FernTrust… both of these Professional “tools” will help you develop “Mad Design Skills”… in no...

Using Creative Techniques to create Aspidistra “roses”… J creates an All Foliage Casket Spray as a Sympathy Tribute. Featuring Florida Fresh Foliages from FernTrust and CA Grown Foliages from Mellano & Company… J creates a final tribute using only American Grown Foliages!

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J creates a elegant Christmas Centerpiece – quickly and easily with the Wm F Puckett Majesty Collection… these pre-made centerpieces are the Secret! Using Protea, Lilies, Tulips and a Satin Mist® Chimney… J shows you the tricks to making your Holidays Happy and Bright!

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J shows how easy it is to create beautiful Foliage Garlands… the Secret is FernTrust and their Customized Garlands…

You choose the length, foliage and density of your garland and FernTrust creates them for you… to your specifications…

It’s the EASY Way… and the garlands are Gorgeous…

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J creates an All Foliage arrangement from the vast assortment of greens available from the NEW Continental Floral Greens. This arrangement is fresh, unique and textural… and will last for weeks! With Foliage from all around the globe, the NEW Continental Floral Greens delivers unique foliage quic...

It’s time to dress up your home for the Holidays… and J shares two Unique Square Boxwood Wreaths from Wm F Puckett. Frosted and Gilded… J shows tips for hanging and accenting these Wreaths with Beautiful Reliant Ribbon!

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Description J shares one his favorite tricks for creating a gold leaf technique on Foliage and Flowers- with the NEW Design Master Rose Gold Paint. Using a water relief technique J shows how easy it is to create this spectacular effect with for your next arrangement or event. J creates an arrange...

Description J creates an all foliage casket spray using an assortment of greens and foliage from all over the globe. The New Continental Floral Greens grows different types of greens in locations all over the USA and also the world… allowing them to offer a vast selection of textures and varietie...

Here’s a great resource for the professional florist from the Foliage Folks at Alpha Fern- Pre-Greened Containers. This ingenious idea- saves time, and precious resources and allows you to create arrangements in minutes. It’s as easy as adding the flowers.

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I’m so excited to share this Fabulous Innovation for Foliage- from our Friends at FernTrust: Greens to Go!
Greens to Go- are just that- Greens that are ready to go- for your next Flower or Foliage Project. Fabulous Foliage selections from FernTrust- are bundled and slipped inside a special cello...

Permanent Flowers- can provide many of the health and wellness benefits of flowers- without any effort- at the same time- we may not want anyone to know- the flowers are permanent! A terrific solution- to making permanent flowers look more realistic- is pairing them with Fresh foliage! Foliage li...

J Makes Wedding and Special Event EASY with Pre-made Pew Markers from FernTrust. These Elegant (and customizable) Pre-made Pew Decorations make decorating for weddings and special events a breeze. This episode is recommended for the Professional Florist.

J shows off the Latest from the FernTrust ColorFresh Line... NEW ColorFresh SHINE... a Colorful Foliage Product that adds impact, texture and an infustion of color to your Fresh Flower Arrangements, Corsages, Bouts and More! Join J as he used the Pink ColorFresh to create a Fun PINK Themed Baby...

I Love an All Foliage Arrangement- it’s unexpected- and at the same time- it also provides unique health and wellness benefits! A bouquet of all cut foliage- will take in CO2 and transpire Oxygen- just like a plant- add to that- the long lasting ability of Foliage- and all the different shapes, c...

Today on At Home with Flowers- it’s time for us to Relax with Flowers… I know that some of you- are a little intimidated when it comes to arranging flowers- but today- we’re going to focus on creating a relaxing experience- pleasing yourself- with your flower arranging.
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It’s time to go behind the bloom again for an All Foliage Arrangement that is featured in the opening to Episode #304- Plants and Flowers for a Happy Home- of “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom! I’ve provided a link – so you can watch it! This arrangements is created with a mix of Foliage from my cuttin...

Sympathy Wreaths, Cross and Hearts are beautiful tributes but sometimes very time consuming to create. “ “Simply Sympathy” pre-greened set pieces from Alpha Fern Company are the perfect solution. You simply add flowers or accessories and your personalized sympathy set piece is complete!

I’m delighted to share this NEW Rainbow Color Foliage Bunch from our Friends at FernTrust! They are creating these Foliage Bunches featuring ColorFresh Foliage in Rainbow Colors- there are two different bouquets- one with Ming, Plumosa and Tree Fern- and one that is All Tree Fern. I’ll be using t...

This week’s Video Blog- is about Foliage Garlands- One of the Most Popular Trends for Weddings and Special Events.
I learned long ago- that making garlands is difficult, time consuming and labor intensive- AND I found the perfect solution. My Friends at FernTrust create Custom Garlands- any styl...