dahlias

photograph by rinne allen

dyeing with flowers

photographs and words by kristen bach

3 porch flower social

our friends mandy and steve invited a great group out to their farm last week, to help harvest the last of their flowers before the first frost arrives...

they had set up little work stations for each of us to do some flower arranging, on old bee boxes...buckets of flowers lined the greenhouse that we used as our work area, with more flowers spilling in from outside...

some of our favorite folks came along too: ginny branch, megan fowler of brown parcel press, and susan hable from hable construction. and to make the day even better, it was rebecca's birthday...a great way to spend the day...surrounded by friends, flowers, and creativity!

we all brought vases from our collections to use:

rebecca takes pictures inside the dogtrot:

mandy and steve arrange side by side...

the light inside the greenhouse was a amazing, and rebecca and mandy had also set up different backdrops around the property: a dark one, a blue one, a white one, one with pattern...plus there was a ton of texture from the barn and outbuildings themselves...

afterwards, we shared a great potluck meal and visited as we lunched...it was a great day!

thanks, too, to our friends at Terrain, for writing a little bit about this party in their bulletin!

words and photographs by rinne allen

foraged flower collaboration with mandy

this week, mandy and i did another collaboration for terrain. i have worked with terrain since they began many years ago, and this is the second time mandy and i done an arrangement for them; in the spring we did an arrangement with spring flowers and this week we did one with flowers that mandy had harvested earlier in the fall and dried...once again, mandy created some serious beauty! enjoy!

feather and hay

photograph by rinne allen

local cotton

mandy and steve at 3 porch farm planted a crop of organic cotton this year. they planted a few white varieties, but also a brown one. both were beautiful, in the field and out. mandy said it was a fairly easy crop to tend...they planted it and let it be. i have learned more about organic cotton than i ever thought i would (see here and here) and love seeing it growing so close to home.

words & photographs by rinne allen

fall field

photograph by rinne allen

still lives, at mandy's

i was recently at mandy's for a new little collaboration (more on that soon). i love wandering around their land and photographing things growing in their fields. i also love wandering close to mandy's flower shack...there are always little still lives here and there, arranged just for beauty. enjoy.

words & photographs by rinne allen

3 porch farm's pepper drying

i was out at 3 porch farm earlier this week. i wandered into one of their greenhouses and smiled when i saw all of their peppers hanging up to dry. enjoy!

words & photographs by rinne allen

summer purple

photograph by rinne allen

strawberry fields forever

my daughter and i just made a farm visit to 3 porch farm.  we got to help them harvest strawberries for a couple of hours.  we tested plenty of them out while we were picking, not too bad!

photos and words by kristen bach

seedlings

photograph by rinne allen

moonflower

mandy has officially launched her new flower business...and with a bang! one of her arrangements was featured this week on terrain's website...take a peek at moonflower design for beautiful seasonal flower arrangements, with most of the ingredients coming from mandy & steve's farm in comer, georgia, not far from athens...

words & photographs by rinne allen

anemones from mandy

for this seasonal bloom, we are featuring anemones that just bloomed last week, in mandy & steve's hoop house. their hoop houses allow them to have veggies and flowers in almost every season. their hard work is paying off and soon mandy will launch her sister business that is totally devoted to flowers…we can't wait!

words and photographs by rinne allen

a little gift basket

the other day we were asked to create a gift guide for a friend's blog, arrowhead vintage.  it was a fun task....and hard to narrow down.

1.  Autumn Print by Hope Hilton available at

Double Dutch Press

2. Arrow Print by Megan Fowler available at

Arrow

3.  Cine gift card available at

Cine

4.  3 Porch Farm goodies  available at the farmers market and at

3 Porch Farm

5.  Our Book Beauty Everyday by Rinne Allen, Kristen Bach, and Rebecca Wood available at Avid,

R.Wood Studio

, and

TREEHOUSE kid and craft

6.  Take Root Calendar by Brown Parcel Press available at

TREEHOUSE kid and craft

7.  Homemade Catering gift card  available at

Homemade 

8.  Red Mule grits available at

Red Mule Grits

and the farmers market

r.wood at mandy's

rebecca went out to mandy's recently to do some flower arranging, and whoa! look how pretty...