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Emily Avenson

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  • Flower designer
  • Dalhem, Belgium
  • Master Artisan
Emily Avenson Flower designer
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Farmer florist

  • • Emily moved from California to rural Belgium to grow her flowers
  • • Growing her own flowers is the most exciting part of her job
  • • She recently moved her studio to a beautiful château in the countryside

If you have to choose one single word to describe flower designer Emily Avenson, it would definitely be enthusiastic. Born and raised in the outskirts of San Francisco, she moved to rural Belgium in the early 2000s, after falling in love with a Dutch guy. She still feels the same excitement as she did the very first day she arrived. "Belgian countryside is so lush and green – a completely different world compared to dry California. I’ve always been fascinated by flowers, but this is where I began working with them." The occasion was her wedding. She had already started growing fruits and vegetables in her in-laws vegetable garden, but when she decided to get married, she was determined to do her own flowers, starting from seeds. "I chose the most basic and easy ones: cosmos, sweet peas and nigellas. I enjoyed the process so much that from then on, I was hooked!"

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Forysthia branches and various varieties of narcissus are designed within an antique urn. Still life styling includes lemons, books and a naturally dyed ribbon, dyed with pomegranate peels and walnut skins.

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Clematis montana (Rubens) and a large variety of romantic bearded irises are designed within an antique urn. Still life styling includes a foraged bird's nest, eggs, books, and naturally dyed ribbons, dyed with madder root.

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A luxurious, romantic bouquet of hops vines, dahlias, "Sally Holmes" roses, perennial chrysanthemums, spiraea foliage, heuchera "caramel" leaves and "Limelight" hydrangeas. Still life styling includes a pumpkin and pears.

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A natural-style bouquet of hellebores, fritillaria imperialis, Dryopteris erythrosora fern, pansies, spiraea thunbergii and narcissus “Replete". Still life styling includes apples and naturally dyed silk.

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Fennel, cherry tomatoes, lily leichtlinii, phlox drummondii “Isabellina”, dahlia “Small World”, dahlia seedling blooms, scabiosa “Fata Morgana” and coreopsis arranged within a small ceramic bowl.

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