Triple Bloom

Today my friend linda and I drove to Warren, PA, a nearby town about an hour away to attend the Warren Garden Club's ninth biennial seminar Triple Bloom.

It was a beautiful fall day. Even though it's only an hour west their leaves were still on the trees and the day was warm.

 

When we arrived at the Holiday Inn there were tables full of sweets and coffe and tea to enjoy while we waited for the first session to begin.

We spent some of our time, and money on the great gifts at the Chinese auction. Unfortunately we didn't come home with any prizes.

Our first speaker was Dan Van Gogh, a local florist who made many arrangements using fall flowers that were raffled off afterwards.

He even made some Christmas ones.

But the one I liked best was this basket arrangements using some delphinium.

Next was a little change of pace as a memory expert from Philadelphia delighted us with memory tricks and encouraged us to keep our brains active. We adjourned for lunch next and enjoyed chicken and broccoli in a pastry shell over wild rice with apple pie for dessert.

Since our speaker for the afternoon hadn't arrived we filled the time with raffle drawings and flower giveaways. Soon our guest arrived, a short, good looking man who immediately captured our attention with his impressive resume. He owns a florist shop in Pittsburgh and caters to the rich and famous there. His approach was different and extremely creative as he made five wonderful arrangements.

 

It was an absolutely delightful day. It made me want to run out and buy flowers to arrange.

 

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