Wedding at Lost Antler Ranch, Estes Park

August is here, and find ourselves well into wedding season. The weather has been beautiful and with all of the recent rain, things are looking especially lush.

This is a photo of Shannon setting up our Aspen Chuppa at a new venue- Lost Antler Ranch out in Estes Park. It is beautiful, and the staff there are a joy to work with!

Stephanie chose all locally-grown wildflowers for her wedding. They suited the venue just perfectly.



The below images are courtesy of Susan Pacek Photography. Thanks, Susan!

Eco-Cycling

Well, it seems that we are proud, new owners not only of a brand spankin’ new blog, but of a super shiny frame made of aluminum cans as well!

Boulder Blooms proudly accepted EcoCycle’s “Zero Waste Business of the Year” award in the category of “High Organic Processors” on Earth Day. We’re in good company, too; other businesses that took home awards include REI and Boulder Valley Credit Union.

Boulder Blooms’ history with EcoCycle goes back about five years. We are lucky enough to participate in their business composting Pilot program; they haul off more than 250 gallons of compost for us each WEEK! Yuck.After we were selected as finalists, Erin from EcoCycle came over to the shop to take some photos and learn a bit about us. We had two photo sessions with the folks from EcoCycle and a few interviews. After that, they posted the resulting video on their site for the general public to vote.



While we the votes were being counted, Amanda Long from the Society of American Florists picked up the story and ran an article in their magazine, Floral Management. By entering your name and email address, you can see the article here. We think this is a great way to reach out to an industry that’s been slow to jump on the green bandwagon.

The awards event kicked off a little before 4:00 on April 22nd- Earth Day. Spice of Life hosted the event at their beautiful Event Center. If you’ve never had the pleasure of sampling food prepared by Spice, you’re really missing out. Teresa and I agreed that the Wild Mushroom Bread Pudding hors d’oeuvre was the true unsung hero of the night. We did get down to business eventually, though. We heard some terrific speakers and learned so much- did you know that there is a market for more than 80% of the things we (as Americans) throw away? Someone will actually PAY for that stuff!

After a few awards were presented, it became painfully clear that if we were to win, Teresa and I would have to actually go up to the stage and give a speech. We hadn’t planned quite that far ahead. Fortunately, Teresa accepted our award far more eloquently than I would have- excited as I was!

Next time you're in the area, pop by and see our prize!

Springtime in Boulder!

Last Monday, Memorial Day, the Boulder Blooms crew got motivated and joined the thousands and thousands of people who participated in the Bolder Boulder 10K road race. We're not a terribly athletic bunch, and decided to walk the race... with large floral structures attached to our heads, of course.


We were psyched to learn that we'd be walking in the same wave as a group of "Leapfroggers"- an ambitious bunch who decided to- yup, you guessed it- leapfrog the length of the Bolder Boulder course. We're not sure how far they made it, but they were a fun crew!

Shannon's arrangement was dubbed the 'Veil of Illusion'. I'm fairly certain she'll hold a grudge against me for a while for making her wear twigs in her face.

Claire rocked a fun piece with electric-purple feathers, purple dendrobium orchid florets, bright green Fuji mums, and a spikey palm frond that gained her about a foot in height.

I stabbed myself in the skull repeatedly trying to put my arrangement together, but liked the look in the end.

Thankfully, the rain held out for us until the walk home. Thanks for cheering us on!