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Capture the beauty of the season with this romantic bouquet, created by floral designer Erin Benzakein. Follow Erin’s step-by-step instructions on how to assemble this lovely summertime arrangement. Materials: Scented geraniums Lemon verbena Love in a puff vines Seven-son flowers ‘Platinum Blonde’ dahlias ‘Café au Lait’ dahlias ‘Kathryn Morley’ roses ‘Scabiosa Yellow’ zinnias Collarette dahlias

A study in rose hips. I’ve been collecting roses (mostly heirloom varieties and retired David Austin’s) for some years now and have quite a… | Instagram

Erin Benzakein - Floret (@floretflower) • Instagram photos and videos

Erin Benzakein - Floret on Instagram: "Yesterday we finished filming the very last video in a new course we’re working on all about flower arranging and now I can turn my attention back to the farm. Here’s a walkthrough of 5 years worth of progress in a blush selection of @dawncreekfarm zinnias. #zinniabreeding #floretseeds"

Floret founder Erin Benzakein holds an armload of Cafe au Lait Dahlias for her Week 35-36 A Year in Flowers Blog post series.

You know spring has sprung when the grass turns green and your favorite flowers start to bloom. It is also the perfect time to start thinking about how to use and arrange those beautiful spring flowers. Here are some of our favorite spring flower arrangements that you can recreate at home.

Learn to grow great dahlias from Erin Benzakein, founder of Floret and author of the award-winning book, Cut Flower Garden. #growfloret

Erin Benzakein - Floret on Instagram: "It’s hard to believe that after 7 long years of work, we’re less than 2 short weeks away from finally releasing the Floret Originals and @dawncreekfarm seed varieties out into the world! There’s a link in my profile to preview all of the magical treasures that we’ll have available on February 6, 9am PST. Thank you @scheid0 and @robfinch for making this beautiful piece and @copterchris for capturing it all. #floretseed"

Erin Benzakein of Floret Farm talks about her dahlia collection | House & Garden

Erin Benzakein - Floret on Instagram: “I took a few hours today to wander the farm and take in all of the progress we’ve made this season. So much has changed this year, that it…”

Erin Benzakein - Floret on Instagram: "Alpenglow in all her glory and finally ready for the first harvest of seed. It’s been such a crazy year for growing and after all that we’ve gone through for these beauties, every single seed head is worth celebrating! #floretseeds #growingfloret"

Learn how to grow Iceland Poppies, Shirley Poppies, Breadseed Poppies and California poppies in this complete poppy primer from Floret.

Erin Benzakein from Floret flower farm. (photo: Georgianna Lane)

My new favorite dinner-plate Dahlia 'Sherwood's Peach', getting her turn in front of the camera tonight. This epic photo was captured by…

Erin Benzakein - Floret on Instagram: "This week @farmerhands new book Designing with Dried Flowers was released and it’s absolutely fantastic! The flower world has needed this book for a very long time and it’s going to be a game changer for so many people! It’s packed with beautiful stories, stunning photographs by @mdecoudreaux, and so many helpful tutorials and inspiring creations. Definitely add it to your library! @wreathroom 💫"

One of my main goals in writing this blog is to save you time and money by learning from my mistakes. To say that I learned about succession planting the hard way would be putting it mildly! The first year I grew flowers to sell, I was served a big ol’ slice of humble pie. […]