Happy Friday GPODers!
We’re back in Minneapolis today to see more inspiring designs and captivating color from Arianne Baldomero’s garden. Be sure to check out Part 1, if you missed it yesterday, and keep on scrolling to reenter Arianne’s world of garden abundance.
Our garden is in Minneapolis, MN (zone 4B), making the most of our small urban space. Each winter and early spring, I start most of our annuals from seed. I love crafting container combinations and gathering homegrown flowers for bouquets. Our backyard patio truly becomes an extension of our kitchen in summer, where we cook, dine, and entertain outdoors.
Arianne has an incredible eye for combining plants, particularly as she mixes flowers with foliage that’s already attention-grabbing. As if this wasn’t already impressive, she grows most of these annuals successfully from seed!
Many of these annuals are potted up to create colorful container designs, but others are utilized for extra color around perennials like hostas, pulmonaria, and a ‘Banana Boat’ sedge (Carex siderosticha ‘Banana Boat’, Zone 5–9) in her beds.
One last shot of Arianne’s lush and colorful garden designs before we move on to…
Her incredible cut flower arrangements! Arianne uses her keen eye for stunning plant combinations to craft beautiful bouquets with flowers and foliage cuttings from her garden. This combination of light and dark oranges is a feast of fascinating textures.
This bouquet has a similar color palette as the first, but some more vibrant blooms pack a bit more punch and make for a bolder statement at the center of a table.
This arrangement is a chic composition that plays with light and dark shades. A mix of zinnias and dahlias that I would best describe as “peaches and cream” are contrasted beautifully with dark foliage cuttings.
She’s got a mini flower farm on her hands! I love this shot showing all of the different flowers Arianne harvested, divided up into vases of matching colors. Yet again she shows that you do not need tons of space to create a beautiful and productive garden.
And it looks like some pollinators enjoy Arianne’s as much as she does. An Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) with some wing damage stopped by to sample her zinnias when they were all gathered on her patio table.
Thank you so much for sharing all of your gorgeous photos with us, Arianne! Although your planting space is limited it is clear that you creativity and skill with plants knows no bounds.
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