Vail and Beaver Creek Ski Season Means Fabulous Winter Floral Arrangements

This festive time of year, November and December, is full of celebrations, events and holidays that keep your Vail or Beaver Creek home bustling and your calendar full.  With so many occasions coming up, don’t forget to consider a beautiful floral arrangement to add color and vitality to your home and accent your social engagements.  We love to express the joy of the season through flowers in creative combinations.  Here are some ideas for how to use flowers this season!

Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is right around the corner.  Now is the time to think about a centerpiece for your harvest table that will accent this holiday feast.  One of our favorite ideas is a Thanksgiving Cornucopia.  The cornucopia, or horn of plenty, is a large horn-shaped container filled with flowers, fruits or decorative vegetables and symbolizes nourishment and abundance.  We like to use jewel-toned fall flowers like Mums in garnet burnt umber and orange, paired with colorful gourds signifying the abundant harvest. 

Straight-up floral arrangements are also popular, and the possibilities are endless for creating a fall dinner or Thanksgiving centerpiece with striking combinations Hydrangeas, mums and marigolds echo the colors of fall and have an interesting soft yet structural component that will add vitality to your dining table.  Calla lilies in magenta and deep purples add dram to an arrangement, especially when paired with chartreuse colored flowers and greenery.  Think about placing these types of vibrant arrangements in a modern white container for a contemporary look, or aspen bark container for a rustic edge.  Grouping single colors together for a monochromatic bouquet is another way to set your table ablaze with these textural fall flowers.

Another knockout fall or holiday centerpiece idea is to combine pale blooms together in an interesting container.  Consider a mix of creamy roses, hydrangeas and eucalyptus in the softest shades of blush, white and sliver, all inside a shimmery metallic vessel or a stark porcelain-white vase for a dramatic and sexy effect.  Or place white blooms inside a brightly-hued ceramic container for a fun, pop-modern look.  Herbs are another harvest-friendly display and are as beautiful as they are fragrant.  Sage, thyme, rosemary and chives have beautiful stalks and leaves that will complement flowers in and arrangement, or can be grouped in cachepots as a unique centerpiece.  And for a very minimalist centerpiece that is completely fall-appropriate, try bare branches standing tall en masse inside a gorgeous vase of glass.

Another cool fall centerpiece idea?   A low-lying modern container filled with sophisticated succulents.  Containers and beautiful boxes made of wood, concrete or ceramic make a lovely backdrop for these elegant plants, and the combination will grace your home for as long as you care for them.  Single succulents in elegant goblets or other small containers can be grouped together on a table for a stunning and flexible arrangement.  Succulents not only make a great centerpiece for your own home, but also an incredible fall hostess or housewarming gift as the arrangement will last long after your celebration!

Cedar’s Flower Shop specializes in flower arrangements for special occasions and events, fresh cut flowers, and has a wide variety of houseplants for your home.

Cedar’s Flower Shop – pretty, simple.  Edwards, Colorado’s premier florist for over 15 years.  Our wealth of experience in the floral industry in Vail and Beaver Creek gives us acute knowledge of the Vail Valley.  For more information or to inquire about floral arrangements or fresh flowers, visit www.cedarsflowershop.com or call (970) 926-6566.