Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m on Location at Peterkort Roses in Hillsburo Oregon- arranging their locally grown Anemones in chicken wire. I love it when I have the opportunity to arrange flowers on location- and especially when it’s in a 100 year old Flower Family Greenhouse… these Anemones ...

Today on At Home with Flowers I’m creating an arrangement with 3 colors of Eremurus – grown by our Friends at Oregon Flowers. I’m arranging these gorgeous flowers- in flower foam- and adding some foliage from my garden… it’s a wonderful way to enjoy these Peach, Orange and Yellow Eremurus from O...

Today- I’m on Location in the Tulips Fields in Woodland Washington- Planted by my Friend Benno Dobbe… and I’m making a flower crown of Tulips- for my Friend and Life Coach- Nicolette Behrendsen to wear- when I visit her at Nicolette’s Inspirations! I’ll show you my simple technique for creating a...

It’s Tulipomania on Fun with Flowers and J! J Creates a Bouquet using Tulips still on the Bulb and gorgeous Parrot Tulips! J shares little know facts about Tulips… the Flower Origin and Fun Stories that surround this Spring Flower!

J shows us how to create moss inspired wicker and clay event decorations using the Mossy Color Tex from Design Master. This Vintage Meadow-inspired centerpiece is accented with creative accessory vases, and candle holders perfect for a wedding or Special Event…

For Detailed instruction on the Co...

Join J for tips and tricks for using Aspid Ribbon from Reliant Ribbon… J uses it to conceal Arrive Arrive on a bouquet and also under water… to conceal the stems on an Orchid and Peony arrangement… this waterproof ribbon is a great accessory for flower arranging!

Today on Fun with Flowers and J... J just got some tulips from Flowerbud.com and he shows you how to care for them… from box to vase to Beautiful Bouquet in just minutes.

Visit www.Flowerbud.com to order your Tulips or Beautiful flowers or send them to someone special.

This is a fun project- you can do with kids – To decorate your Easter Table. It’s a Bunny Basket- filled with Flowers- and the centerpiece is a Bunny made out of flowers.

We’ll use Chrysanthemums- and Tinted Aspidistra Leaves to create the Bunny Head- and then fill in the basket with flowers- i...

It’s almost May Day- May 1st marks this fun Holiday- ever since I was a little boy- I’ve observed May Day…

Tradition dictates- that you create May Baskets- many kids made them with Candy- but I always made them with Flowers or Plants from the Garden… The concept- was to make a May Basket for a ...

Today’s At Home with Flowers project- is a wonderful Pussy Willow Vase- inspired by my friend Judith Blacklock and Flora Magazine- from the UK… I was looking for something to do with my bountiful harvest of Pussy Willow Branches that come on every year in the garden… and Pussy Willow love to be p...

Peonies are a traditional- and much loved Spring Flower. As a child we had 2 large acres of Peonies- that my Grandpa Carnation Joe would care for, pamper and of course harvest! We always wanted to be sure we had Peonies to offer our customers for Memorial Day…

This meant pampering and caring fo...

It’s Chive Blossom Season- every spring- my perennial Chives -in my organic herb garden come into bloom- and they are so Beautiful! There’s so many things you can do with them- besides arranging- (I do love their little Allium Purple/Pink Spheres in flower arrangements!) – so I thought it would b...

I create arrangements for our Featured Flower Segments- on “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom”… but we decided that those arrangements shouldn’t go to waste- and I can share some of my favorite tips and tricks for arranging flowers- and more about the flowers – if we taped them…
If you don’t mind Lawn ...

This week’s project- is a Lush Low Centerpiece- that I create in a Dollar Tree Bowl- this is an acrylic bowl- that looks like it’s Waterford crystal – and I’ve added some Dollar Tree gem stones- to help hold the short flowers in place.
I’m using one of my favorite techniques for a low bowl- like...

Today on At Home with Flowers- you’re joining me behind the scenes to create an Arrangement- that was seen on Life in Bloom- Episode 307- “Flower for Celebrating Life” - You can watch it here… but you don’t get to see me make this arrangement on Public Television- that’s why I create these fun “B...

Join me on the deck- for this arrangement created for “Life in Bloom” Episode #313- Bloom Happy- where the featured flower is Allium. I create these arrangements for the filming of the flowers- so you don’t get to see them get created on the Public Television Show… so we film them- and the tips a...

Easter is a Perfect Time for Flowers- and thanks to our Friends at Dollar Tree- we can make a Beautiful Easter Centerpiece- featuring Eggs, Carrots, and Sparkle Branches from Dollar Tree. I create this project in a Design Tray from Oasis Floral Products- and fill the center with Crinkle paper- an...

Everyone is in the Mood for Spring- and this week’s Fun Flower Project- is a hidden egg centerpiece with Wheat Grass- and Spring Flowers.

Accent Décor creates these great Ceramic Egg vases- they come in 3 sizes… and I’m filling them with Tulips and Hyacinth from Sun Valley Flower Farms- and Por...

It’s time for Spring- and J creates a wonderful complimentary arrangement using NEW Chrysanthemum varieties from Deliflor Latin America.
Featuring NEW Disbuds, and Yellow Magnum and Yellow Daisy Spray Chrysanthemums.
Using the NEW Midnight foam- in an Accent Décor antique gold pedestal vase- it...

Let’s bring some Spring inside- with Tulips and Iris from Sun Valley Flower Farms! Sun Valley grows the Most Amazing Tulips- and they produce Soil Grown Tulips- 365 Days a year… in Arcata California. Lane Devries selected Arcata for his Tulip and Iris production because it’s the perfect place on ...

Freesia are my favorite flowers! I love Yellow- the best! My friends at Holland America Flowers- are the experts when it comes to Freesia- and we got to visit them at their farm in Santa Maria California- to film a documentary about their Flowers and the History of the Farm.
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Mardi Gras is one heck of a Party- and a Beautiful Arrangement makes the Party even more grand!

Enter Mardi Gras Ribbon from Reliant Ribbons bows and trims… they have an amazing collection of Mardi Gras Themes and Styles… and that was the inspiration for this week’s project…

Creating a Chalice...

I love tulips- and I adore Fancy Tulips from Sun Valley- this is a collection of amazing unusual and unique Tulips- grown by Sun Valley- the colors, shapes, textures, and forms are incredible!

Tulips are easy to arrange- and this week I show how to arrange Red and Orange Parrot Tulips into gold...

Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m arranging Tulips in a Field of Blooming Tulips planted by my Friend Benno- at Holland America Flowers- Last year we visited Benno in Woodland Washington- and the Fields of Tulips were blooming- and my Friend Benno offered me the opportunity to cut some of the Tu...