The Todd/Lynch Wedding

On the weekend of September 29th the Village of Pinehurst surrendered to the wedding party for Amanda Claire Todd and Remmington Barclay Lynch. Festivities included a golf tournament, rehearsal dinner, after dinner drinks, a bridesmaid's luncheon and a Sunday brunch...and, oh yeah, and somewhere in all that two people got married.

That part actually took part at 5:00 on the afternoon of September 29th at the stately Village Chapel of Pinehurst. The Former Miss. Todd carried a bouquet of white orchid sprays and gardenia blooms.

The bridesmaids dressed suspiciously like the lovely woman above (either a bridesmaid or the best wedding crasher I've ever seen) carried bouquets of white parrot tulips, esperance roses, white nerine lilies, freesia and boxwood.

Here's a real courtesy for a destination wedding. Guests leaving the wedding and unsure of how to get to the reception needed only to follow the sound of bagpipes.

The reception was held at The Country Club of North Carolina. Maggie provided centerpieces and floral accents that were a feast for the eyes. Betty Ferguson, The Cake Lady, and Chef Joseph Diprima provided...well, a feast.

It would seem like a lot to do the all floral design and to coordinate a weekend with so many events and so much activity - and it might be for a mere mortal. For me it was a joy to watch Maggie doing what she loves...and for people she was happy to be doing it for. Our best wishes go out to Amanda and Barclay and our sincerest thanks to Joanie Todd and Becky Lynch for allowing us to help.

Tom McCall photographed the wedding so you can see real photographs here.

More of our images from the event can be found at our portfolio page.

Dinner For The Nasher Museum

On the rainy evening of September 20th (remember rain?) Marilyn Arthur hosted a party to introduce local people to The Nasher Museum on the campus of Duke University in Durham, NC. The event was held at Mrs. Arthur's lovely Pinehurst home and Margaret was happy to help with planning and coordination as well as providing flowers. Chef Joseph DiPrima and his staff from The Country Club of North Carolina served a creative hors doeuvres to prospective patrons to the museum.

We encourage you to learn more about The Nasher Museum of Art by visiting their website here.

Why Be Uncoordinated?

Weddings are a big deal. They're half pageant and half party. They're a production in which things need to proceed in a timely fashion. There are venues, chefs or caterers, florists, entertainers, photographers, videographers, transportation, rentals, bridesmaids, groomsmen two families and friends to contend with.

Maybe you you thrive under that kind of pressure but is that really the best use of your time? Because it's true that weddings are pageants, parties and productions, but most of all, they're celebrations. They celebrate the joining of two lives, two destinies, two families and the creation of a new family. Whether you're bride or the mother of the bride, you should be a celebrant. Better by far to let a professional, someone who's helped with hundreds of weddings, sweat the details.

Maggie and her assistants were happy to provide that service for the wedding of Jolin Elise Henry to Mathew Scott Conine on September 15th. They were married at The Cypress Presbyterian Church In Vass, NC and the Reception was held at the clubhouse in Woodlake.

More recently, Maggie's Farm was pleased to assist with the wedding of Constance Louise Flemming and Andrew McNaughton Wright. The Ceremony was held at Community Presbyterian Church in Pinehurst, NC at 5:30 on the afternoon of October 13th.

The reception was held at The Country Club of North Carolina and featured music by the Black and Blue Band.

Maggie's Farm was built on Margaret's original floral designs and we continue to take great pride in that, but we've always been about service as well. Even if you choose another florist, we'll still put that same pride, professionalism and experience into making your wedding or event the absolute best it can be.

Pollworth/Rector at Country Club of North Carolina

The Terrace of The Country Club of North Carolina proved and ideal backdrop for the wedding of Lani Pollworth to Dustin Rector on the afternoon of September 22nd. This was a destination for the young couple who hail from Minnetonka, Minnesota. Maggie was happy to provide flowers for the event.

More images from the Pollworth/Rector wedding are available at our portfolio page.

Long Time Gone

It has been almost two months since I've updated this blog and that is inexcusable. The whole idea behind current events is to keep current, to give clients a quick recap of events that are important to them. I apologize for not getting that done.

The time I would ordinarily have put into the blog went into rebuilding the website, http://www.maggiesfarm4flowers.com/. Margaret always thought the old site was too big and hard to navigate. I didn't like that the gallery section was slow and I didn't care for the magnification and scrolling versus simply enlarging. Finally, as much as we might have enjoyed the music, there was no guarantee that you would. Maggie thought the music player wasn't intuitive enough. On the new site you have to click on the music player on the top right of the site to play music and you have your choice of three songs.

Anyhow, I think we've corrected the problems and streamlined the site. We're happy with it. We hope it will be useful to you, as well.