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"Diptych With Scenes of the Passion and Afterlife of Christ" was the inspiration for an "Art in Bloom" arrangement by Jessica Douglass, Carly Meyer and Sarah Trone of Flowers & Weeds in 2019. Ken Mahne of Petal Pushers STL sets up his "Art in Bloom" design Feb. 28, 2019, in Gallery 216 at the St. Louis Art Museum. He didn’t realize his own resemblance to the painting "Self-Portrait" (1950) by Max Beckmann. It’s time to stop and smell the roses on the St. Louis Art Museum’s busiest weekend. For the annual “Art in Bloom” show, 30 arrangements designed by St. Louis florists and inspired by pieces of artwork will fill the museum’s galleries. With so much beauty already on display, this show gilds the lily. Carly Meyer, a partner at Flowers & Weeds, a St. Louis floral studio, urban flower grower and greenhouse, says the event is a rare but fun opportunity for so many of the region’s florists to get together. Everything came up roses last year for her team, which won first place in the competition. Instead of competing again this year, the Cherokee Street-based team takes its expertise to the stage. Flowers & Weeds founder Jessica Douglass will give a presentation Saturday on locally grown cut flowers, titled “Know Where It’s Grown: Hyperlocal Arrangements and Décor.” Lucy Willis of Lucy Willis Interiors puts the finishing touches Feb. 28, 2019, on her "Art in Bloom" design, inspired by "Mary, Lady Guildford," by Hans Holbein the Younger. Douglass and Meyer often use flowers grown right in their own garden. “When it comes to local flowers, the thing that is so wonderful about working with them is that you get to work seasonable,” Meyer says. She says Missouri’s constantly changing weather keeps things fresh. Each season brings something new for the garden at Flowers & Weeds.

Source: www.stltoday.com