Wedding Hydrangea Flowers 4 U

Anne Conder Wedding 5-30-09

2009-07-14T09:11:00.000-07:00

Unpacking the hydrangea flowers upon arrival and placing the 300 flower order in storage.

The Hydrangea Flowers placed in a cool location getting hydrated before they are made into the boutonnieres, bouquets and the Pew and Table top arrangements.

Pictures of the bride with hydrangea bridal bouquet.

Bride holding bridal bouquet.

Groom holding bridal bouquet.

Hydrangea bouquets kept in water up to the time of use to keep them fresh, Leave an inch or two of stem exposed to get them into the water w/out getting your ribbon wet.

Looks like they kept the hydrangea boutonnieres in moist baggies up to the time of actual use.

Hydrangea boutonnieres were pieces of the hydrangea flower head assembled together and tied with florist tape.

Hydrangea bouquet in hand ,boutonniere on the lapel and notice the hydrangeas on the ends of the church pews.

2009-03-14T11:00:00.000-07:00

Kacie and Ty Mitchell, November 1st Wedding 2008

Hello Jim,I wanted to touch base with you and send you some pictures of the flowers we received from you for our wedding. We loved them and it made our arrangements absolutely gorgeous. I will tell you one thing, maybe its common knowledge, but it took me about an hour of struggling to figure it out, but you should remind or warn those that are buying the flowers to also purchase cutting sheers. I had scissors at first then a razor blade and finally someone suggested garden sheers. I know it probably makes since to most people, but it would have reduced my time by 1/2 had I had those in the beginning. Other than that, every part of buying the flowers from you was amazing!

Immersing the flowers under water

When the flowers got in they we in need of fluffing and water and once we got them in the tub they looked great.

It was so easy to arrange the flowers and I am so happy with the results of everything. We had an absolutely amazing wedding and everyone commented on how much they loved the decor and the flowers. Thank you again, I hope you enjoy the pictures, Take care,Kacie and Ty Mitchell November 1, 2008 Wedding

finnished centerpieces and Bridal Bouquet

Table set and the Banquet Celebration!

Antonina Wedding 1-03-09

2009-02-07T14:41:00.000-08:00

This wedding proved to us at www.weddinghydrangea.com/ that we could provide our hydrangea blooms to our customers at this time of year. It also showed us that we were able to have the flowers arrive in beautiful condition even in the winter snows.
Antonina was wonderful to send us these pictures of her wedding and for the following testimonial.

Hello Mr. Hipple,
I wanted to thank you for the beautiful hydrangeas. They were the perfect touch to our winter wedding. I know it was the end of the season for you and I so appreciate you going ahead and sending us the order.
We used our pantry to organize the flowers and as instructed cut the hydrangeas under water and soaked them until we were ready to start arranging bouquets. I have had hydrangeas in the house before but never thought to give them a good bath. What a difference that made.
The flowers were amazing and remained fresh and vibrant days after the wedding. Thank you for adding the sparkle to make my dream wedding even more memorable. Regards,Antonina

(preping the flowers to be used in the wedding.)

Hello Mr. Hipple,

I do appreciate you sending the hydrangeas despite the snow. They were so lovely and added the perfect touch to the wedding. We had so many compliments and highly recommended you to our friends.
Thank you again. I can't wait to order hydrangeas from you again.

(Close-Up of one of the bridal bouquets)

Hydrangea used on the ends of the Church Pew

(Close-Up of the Church Pew arrangement)

Hydrangea flowers used to decorate the wedding cake.

The Happy Couple and the Wedding Party

Deepa Dharamrup Wedding 09/14/08

2008-10-18T19:54:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much .The Hydrangea flowers were beautiful. the arrangements were simple and elegant. The planners misted them with color.
Deepa Dharamrup

Divya escorted down the aisle with Her beautiful White Hydrangea Flower Bouquet.

Deepa's Wedding Planners Lightly tinted the White Hydrangea flowers with Pink Design Master Floral paint

Hydrangea Flower centerpieces, table set, and awaiting the wedding reception celebration.

Andrea Bat Mitzvah 09/06/08

2008-10-18T13:42:00.000-07:00

Hi Jim,
The Bat Mitzvah is over and the room looked beautiful with the hydrangea arrangement. On Friday morning, 2 boxes of flowers arrived, the ones you sent Thursday pm and the box that was lost over Indianapolis for 24 hours! To be honest, once they were opened, you couldn't tell the difference. The flowers in the delayed box looked good, so the extra time in transit did no harm.
The flowers that arrived on Thurs am, hydrated overnight in pails (see pictures). On Friday morning, while we waited for the other shipment, we started to make the arrangements with the ones we had. When the other arrived we unpacked, cut and put them in the pails and misted them heavily.
We only had time to let them hydrate for 4 hours before we made the remaining arrangements. Everyone commented on how beautiful they were (pictures of the room and arrangements attached).
Thanks so much for your wonderful customer service. I'm sure you could hear the panic in my voice on Thursday when only one box arrived. I had visions of driving around the neighborhoods in the dark of night stealing hydrangeas off of everyone's shrubs!! You were very generous to rush out another box.
In the end, we had a lovely day and the flowers gave the room an elegant and sophisticated look.
Thanks again, Andrea

The girl of honor,Isabel, posing with the hydrangea flowers after they were unpacked.

After a 1 day delay the flowers are hydrated in buckets and ready for arranging.

Individual finished Hydrangea Bouquet
arranged beautifully in a white pail.

Hydrangea bouquets as Centerpieces on Saturday. Picked on Tuesday, hydrated overnight in the 39 degree cooler and shipped FedEx overnight from CA to Massachusetts on Wednesday to arrive on Thursday.

Hydrangea Flower Centerpieces, ready for

the guests to arrive.

Emily Wedding 07/19/08

2008-10-18T11:47:00.000-07:00

Jim,

I just wanted to thank you so much for making my wedding unique and beautiful with the help of your hydrangeas. The flowers were perfect. The colors were exactly what I wanted and they made great arrangements and bouquets. I will definitely recommend anyone to purchase hydrangeas from you. The price was very affordable and a lot more reasonable than buying from a local flower shop even with me being in Tennessee and your hydrangea farm in California. The quality, size, and color was better than what I saw at any flower shop and I was able to use the money saved on other wedding expenses. Thank you again and may God bless you and your family. Emily Winfree, TN

Emily, dressed in Beatles attire and ready to Arrange!

Hydrangea Flowers unpacked,
put in buckets and ready
for arranging.

Emily becoming quite the artist!
Putting the final touches to a Hydrangea Arrangement.

Emily with a finished Hydrangea Table Centerpiece.

Notice the use of Marbles.

Finished Hydrangea Bouquets
for table Centerpieces.

Small Bowl Hydrangea Arrangement

Emily's Finished Hydrangea arrangement

Proud Mom!

Hydrangea Flower decorated Cake and Arrangements.

The Beautiful Bride!

Traditional cake feeding.

Wedding Party

Heather's Wedding

2008-07-30T20:50:00.000-07:00

I ordered my wedding flowers from you for our June 28th wedding and I just wanted to tell you thank you sooooo much. they were beautiful. I was a little leary since Colorado is so dry and hydrangeas seem to be a very touchy flower. Anyway they turned out beautiful, here's a pic of the boquets that were made from them.
Heather

Laura & Nate Wedding June 26, 2008

2008-07-27T15:25:00.000-07:00

Jim,
I can't begin to tell you how pleased we were when opening our boxes upon delivery. The flowers looked amazing and stayed beautiful until the day of our wedding. The colors were extraordinary and they were exactly what we had hoped for. The pictures can't do justice for how brilliant they were.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.Laura & Nate Connell
Ann Arbor MI

Unpacking the Hydrangea flowers immediately after arrival.

Cutting the Stems under water.

Unpacking the Hydrangea bunches.

Soaking the Hydrangea bunches under water in the tub.

( Only do this step if you feel the blooms are slightly wilted, though Laura & Nate performed this and their flowers held up well thru the wedding.)

Finished arrangements.

Large Arrangements.

Hydrangea Week 7-21-08

2008-07-21T22:19:00.000-07:00

.Three quarters of the way thru July and you’re already hearing about “Back to School” sales in the stores. Don’t let my daughters or her friends hear about going back because they are having too much fun going to the beach each day after work.
It’s been fun seeing my girls grow up and to be able to help “Dear Ol’ Dad” out before they up and completely fly out of the nest. But as these hydrangea flowers start out as tender buds and are nurtured into full bloom; they eventually need to leave and bring happiness to many others. (Can’t keep them to myself).

Nicky, Natalie and Emily, Such Happy little Workers.

Multi Colored Antique

Blue antiquing More fully to Green

Blue starting to antique.

Lavender Antique , Bronzing.

Pink Antique

Dark Blue

Sky Blue

Lavender

Pink

Purple

Marcia O'Hern Wedding

2008-07-19T19:31:00.000-07:00

Marcia was so wonderful to send me these photos of the Hydrangeas we sent to her on 07/09/08 of her Wedding event. She also included these comments of how she performed her art of creating this beautiful wedding hydrangea event you see pictured below.

Hi Jim,
Thanks so much for the great hydrangeas. The colors were fabulous and as these pictures show the hydrangeas were lovely.
The flowers arrived just before 10a.m. as your e-mail stated. I submersed them in water and then began to untie and separate the hydrangeas. Using a diagonal cut under water I then put them into buckets over night and kept them very cool.
On Friday, using oasis I arranged 3 hydrangeas in 4x4x4 glass vases and then using a glue gun I put cream ribbon around the glass vase.
For the bridal party bouquets I added pink wax flowers and seeded eucalyptus because the bride wanted a feeling of wild flowers as opposed to a sophisticated bouquet. On Friday I wrapped the bridal party bouquets with florist tape and Saturday 2 hours before the ceremony I wrapped the green floral tape using cream ribbon. I left enough of the stem at the bottom so that the bouquets could be put in a vase with cold water until they were to be used.
I used vials for 16 flowers in order to use them on the wooden railings at the restaurant. Two hours before the ceremony we cut the wax flowers and hydrangeas to be used on the different levels of the fountain and added greenery. The flowers were so fresh when they arrived that I didn't even need to submerse all of them in water.
Again, thank you for your great communication and for the very fresh flowers. They looked gorgeous.
I look forward to using you again.
Marcia O'Hern

Creating the beautiful Bouquets

The finished Product.

The table Centerpieces; 3 Hydrangea blooms inserted in a square vase with oasis foam.

The Bridal Bouquets w/ wax flower and seeded eucalyptus a less sophisticated look

Beautiful Girls and Bouquets to match!

Brides Maids and Flower Girls in waiting.

She cleverly used vials inserted onto these Hydrangea blooms and tied then to the rails.

Bridal Party.

Table Centerpieces at the Reception.

Hydrangea Blooms floating in the fountain.

First Time Back 2008

2008-07-19T18:44:00.001-07:00

This is my first post to the Blog in 2008. Customers to our web site www.weddinghydrangea.com have been inquiring as to why I haven't posted anything this year 08. No excuses just occupied with so many things.

Anyways here is a great reason to submit a post.

Meghan Kerr purchased some hydrangea flowers from us that we shipped to her on June 25th this year for her wedding. She sent me these great photos of her wedding and this following comment.

Hi Jim,Sorry it took me so long to respond, but unfortunately life doesn't getting any less busy after a wedding! The flowers we received were absolutely beautiful! Putting together my own centerpieces and bouquets was very therapeutic with all the wedding hustle and bustle, and the fact the flowers were absolutely gorgeous made it more memorable and special! The colors were so vivid, and all of the stems arrived in great shape. Thank you so much for the care you put into my order! I've attached some pictures I took (my mother in law and my aunt helped me- I'm the one in the gray shirt),

Thank you again!~Meghan Kerr

Mother In Law & Aunt helping Meghan with the arrangements.

Finished arrangement , very creative.

Tables set up with the arrangements, all set to Go!

Cut pieces of Hydrangea Blooms decorating Meghan's Wedding Cake.

Brides Maids Meghan & the Groom with the Hydrangea Bouquets they made!

Congratulations for such a beautiful Hydrangea Wedding Flower Event and for your Wedding!

AUGUST , Summer Vacation Almost Gone!

2007-07-31T16:59:00.000-07:00

Here we are, August, and the last few weeks before the kids head back to school. Hector and his son are off on vacation for 2 weeks and 2 of my daughters are pitching in to help us get these hydrangea blooms out to you. (It helps knowing they are being paid!)
We still have good supplies of all colors, head size is big and the stems are long. The plants also are still producing a lot new flowers, so we should have a good supply well into October.

Hydrangea Week 7-23-07

2007-07-23T11:16:00.000-07:00

Another week into this Hydrangea shipping season and the flowers are blooming out very nicely.

Blues; As you can see we still have a lot of blooms still developing.
We will have flowers well into October.

View down flower beds.

Hector Irma and Juan

Antique Jewel tones.

SUMMER TIME !!!

2007-07-09T11:07:00.000-07:00

SUMMER TIME!!!, And I’ve been able to have one of my daughters Ellie, and a son of an employee, Hector, help with the work since they are off school this summer. Saving up and gaining work experience is welcomed by some of our youth, Praise the Lord!!! So there still is hope for this next generation.
We had a very busy week last week, shipping out large numbers of these Hydrangea blooms due to the demand for wedding flowers on Saturday 07-07-07. Either those to be wed felt it would be a lucky day for them or that the groom would never have an excuse to forget an anniversary on that date.

Antique - Jewel Tone Hydrangea Flowers ALREADY!!!

2007-06-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures I took this evening, 5:45pm (6-27-07), of the antique hydrangea blooms at our nursery. Some are just beginning to turn so they are not quite as intense as they will become in a couple of more weeks. I wanted you to see these pictures so you will know what is coming along.

Local Wedding; (Cody Floral Design) Our White Hydrangeas

2007-06-24T16:23:00.000-07:00

One of my wonderful customers Laura Sangas of Cody Floral Design sent me some pictures of a wedding she did this week-end, (All White Hydrangeas). It is always great to see how the Hydrangea wedding flowers that we grow are used in the brides bouquet and to decorate the tables with Hydrangea flower centerpieces. Thought you may enjoy these.

Fathers Day

2007-06-17T19:02:00.001-07:00

Happy Fathers Day!
Sharing a few pictures of us Sunday, with family celebrating Fathers Day at the Ranch.
Always an advantage to have such a beautiful background of the Hydrangeas in bloom. Not all of Dad's 6 kids were here physically but they were with us in spirit. We Love you Dad!!!

2007-06-12T20:47:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe we are almost half way through June already, and as you can see our hydrangea blooms are really progressing! Getting some very great colors this year and good quantities of each of the colors with this crop. Let your customers know that you have this great resource available to you, I’m sure we will be able to back you up with what you need.

First Week nof June 07

2007-06-04T11:05:00.000-07:00

Well this is the first week of June and our Hydrangea flowers are coming along nicely. I took these pictures this morning as we are processing the orders for today. Get in touch with me and let me know how we can fill your orders for these beautiful Hydrangea flowers.
Jim Hipple of http://www.weddinghydrangea.com
Cell 805-729-2624 Fax 805-684-5305

Ellie's Prom Date

2007-06-02T21:12:00.000-07:00

Well it's that time of year "Prom Time"and my kids are growing up. I have my gun locked and loaded, now waiting for Ellie to get home on time."Ha Ha" Such a fine young man.
Where did my little girls go?

2007-05-29T17:07:00.000-07:00

Well here we go, ending May and launching into June. So far this looks like one of the best crops of these beautiful hydrangea flowers that we've grown. If you are interested in purchasing any of these flowers for a wedding or any special event, go to our web site at www.weddinghydrangea.com or e-mail me at jim@weddinghydrangea.com

Memorial & Birthdays

2007-05-28T22:58:00.000-07:00

Family fun this Memorial Day,we had 23 of us up here at the Ranch this year. We celebrated the following birthdays; Paul Sr. 69, Ellie 17 , Stephanie 16 and Andrew 8 years old.

The day started out foggy but fortunately we were able to experience the warmth of the sun by 3pm until dusk .

5-25 Bloom Colors

2007-05-25T19:57:00.000-07:00

Here are the colors of hydrangea blooms that we cut for orders today. As you can see we already have quite a good color range available, even white and green which are not pictured.

5-25 Flowers and shipping

2007-05-25T19:51:00.000-07:00

The start of another hydrangea flower season, and we are busy getting the orders picked,
processed, and packed.

5-24 42nd Street

2007-05-25T19:40:00.000-07:00

Here's Ellie, my middle daughter, performing as Peggy Sawyer in our H.S. production of 42nd Street. Not just bragging as a Dad but everyone who saw her perform thought she was GREAT!

5-22 Hydrangea Crop

2007-05-25T19:26:00.000-07:00

As we near the end of May, our hydrangea crop is developing very nicely. We are going to have a great crop of beautiful blooms this year!

Tamara & Brandon's Wedding 5-20

2007-05-25T19:00:00.000-07:00

Congratulations, to Tamara and Brandon MONTAG!

Sara and I were so happy to be at your wedding.

We were also happy to have been able to provide you with something God gave me, these hydrangea flowers, to be used in your wedding.

Fall Colors in Hydrangea Blooms

2006-08-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

Juan is seen here taking care at packing a customers order. This shipment is destined for Dallas TX but we ship anywhere in the USA from coast to coast.

Shipping More Hydrangea Flowers for Weddings

2006-08-07T12:54:00.000-07:00

After we had that couple of extremely Hot weeks for California we have had many overcast days. Still sightly humid but we rarely are getting out of the 70's daytime temperature and the sun doesn't break through the high clouds till late afternoon. We are having a lot of fun picking and shipping these hydrangea flowers out and as you can see we do a fair amount of Blue and lavender shades.

Early this morning I sent my wife Sara off to see two of my girls, Ellie & Jessica, as they are finishing up their singing tours this week in the mid west. It will be good to have all three girls back home again this Thursday after being gone for 6 weeks touring.

Natalie's Tour Group 7-31-06

2006-08-01T21:51:00.000-07:00

On July 31st My daughter Natalie and the Young Continental singing group that she has been touring around the country with for the past 4 & 1/2 weeks put on a concert in our town of Carpinteria. She (age 13) is the youngest of my 3 daughters who are on 3 separate tours w/ the Continentals this summer. They have all had a wonderful time with their differant tour groups which you can see from these photos. They will all be finishing up in another 9 days, it will be nice to have them back home again.

Our 28th Wedding Anniversery

2006-07-28T14:19:00.000-07:00

I am a little late posting this occasion which occured on July 15.
It will be more difficult for me to now forget the date of our anniversery since Sara and I spent that special day at a wedding for one of our college friends.

2006-07-28T12:56:00.000-07:00

Not a usual site behind our hills here on the coast of southern California. Because of our higher than normal temperatures we have seen these beautiful thunderhead clouds form in the afternoons. Much more typical in other parts of our United States of America

2006-07-28T12:20:00.000-07:00

At the nursery we take care processing each order of wedding flowers. When I receive the orders I post the night before what our employees are to pick for packing and shipping out that day. Depending on the wedding or special event the employees go out and pick to the desired color of hydrangea blooms and spend time cleaning and bunching the hydrangea blooms into five stem bunches. As you can see the hydrangea flowers range in color. We can provide the hydrangea wedding flowers in shades of blue, lavender, purple, shades of pink, white, green and the antique jewel tones. Contact us so we can be your supplier of these beautiful wedding hydrangea flowers.

Antique, Jewel tone, hydrangea blooms

2006-07-12T10:17:00.000-07:00

Walking through our hydrangea plants yesterday I noticed we are starting to get some of the antique jewel tone shades.
If interested in getting some of these, let me know. At this stage of flower maturity the hydrangea blooms dry very easily and retain much of their color.

Good Morning 7/12/06 NO FOG!!!!

2006-07-12T07:50:00.000-07:00

Today has started out beautiful, no fog. The last few days have started out very foggy not getting sunny until around 10am. I guess it keeps us cool though while out there picking the hydrangeas to get the orders out for the day.
This is the view I have from our home looking out over our valley here in southern California, a great place to LIVE!!!

Also included a scarry shot my youngest daughter took of herself before she and her sisters left for their singing across the country. Great to be a Dad of such fun girls.

Another Beautiful Day At The Ranch

2006-07-10T10:41:00.000-07:00

Well today started out cool (in the 50's) and foggy, but now it is sunny and will probably make it up to the low 80's.
We are picking and packing our orders, so I took this shot of one of my employees Juan bunching the flowers before we box and ship. Enjoy your day.

Let me know if we can be of service to you or if you would like a shipment of these beautiful hydrangeas fresh from our ranch. Jim Hipple

2006-07-06T13:21:00.000-07:00

Some more pictures of our growing and God's handiwork.
I made a delivery today to one of the large estates near us in Montecito Ca.
These are some of our plants planted a month ago.
Also added a shot of one of the many blooms we grow here.

2006-07-05T09:13:00.000-07:00

This is me,Jim Hipple, seeing two of my girls off from LAX last Saturday,7-1-06.
They along with their older sister will be traveling around this country of ours for six weeks. They are part of the Continental Singers which perform at churches sharing Christ's gospel message in song and dance.

2006-07-04T20:32:00.000-07:00

My employee Hector Pictured here takes care picking and packing our customers hydrangea.

One of the final steps before we close the box is to insert gel ice to keep the flowers cool on their trip across the country.

2006-07-04T20:24:00.000-07:00

We pack in two differant size boxes.

the one will hold 15 to 20 bunches and the smaller box will hold 6 to 10 bunches

2006-07-04T20:18:00.000-07:00

Each of the 5 stem hydrangea bunch has been carefully packed in the box after a bag with ftg (flower transport gel) is inserted over the cut stems. This way they have sufficient moisture to make the shipment into your hands without wilting.

2006-07-04T19:52:00.000-07:00

Here at the Ranch we pack our flowers to order, 5 stems per bunch.

We start picking at 7am and let the flowers soak up a special preservative for a couple of hours before we start packing in the boxes.