A look back at Art in Bloom

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Enjoy our virtual Art in Bloom gallery, featuring brilliant floral designs from past programs.

Since its launch in 2018, Art In Bloom has become a can’t-miss event for PMA members, art and floral enthusiasts, and visitors throughout the region looking for a bit of color and warmth in the dead of winter. Featuring floral work by designers, artists, farmers, and florists from across southern Maine, the museum comes alive each year with fragrant blooms, extravagant displays, and incredible floral installations of all types—each inspired by an artwork from the museum’s collection. Paired with unique programming and daily tour opportunities, Art In Bloom conjures spring’s glow at the perfect time for Mainers and visitors alike.

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2022

Bad Rabbit Flowers

Inspiration: Target Audience: Pink Helmet by Reggie Burrows Hodges

Designer: Anika Wilson

Alora Carrier, Foraged Farm & Floral

Inspiration: Untitled #185 by David Row

C.M. Skerritt Design Studio

Inspiration: Old Home, Ogunquit, ME by Abraham Walkowitz

Designer: Christopher Skerritt

Materials: Roses, ranunculus, hypericum, delphinium, dianthus, branches, grasses, eucalyptus, ruscus, ferns

Marcia Davis Flowers, Migis Hospitality Group

Inspiration: Raven's Grove by Andrew Wyeth

Materials: Roses, feathers, italian ruscus, pods, clam shells, lichen, moss, branches, preserved mushrooms, craspedia, turkey tail, palms, pampas grass, sea urchins, fern

Electric Flora 

Inspiration: Confidences (Secrets) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Designer: Michelle Rech 

Materials: Orchids, gypsophila, roses, cotton, pearls, ostrich feathers, palm fronds, anthurium, blue delphinium

Farmhouse Floral by Estabrook’s 

Inspiration: The Seine at Vétheuil by Claude Monet

Designer: Ashley Dyer

Materials: Light blue delphinium, blue delphinium, white delphinium, trechilium, blue thistile, pink larkspur, white ginestra, gold brentmore stand, oasis, moss 

Dan Gifford

Inspiration: The Dead Pearl Diver by Benjamin Paul Akers

Materials: Calla lily, gypsophilia, anemone, larkspur

Harmons Floral Company

Inspiration: New York-Paris No. 2 by Stuart Davis

Tanja Van Matre

Inspiration: #24 (Arry's Choice) by Larry Poons

Materials: Sinesis, hydrangea, xlence, gypsophila, thistle, limonium, silver brunia, lavendula, burnt oak bamboo sprays, yarn, tulle, chiffon

Mimi and Mum

Inspiration: Taking an Observation by Winslow Homer

Designers: Meredith and Caroline Davis

Materials: Tulip, anemone, limonium, rose, eucalyptus, daffodil, hyacinth, ranunculus

Petalage

Inspiration: Dog Fountain by Hannah Secord Wade

Materials: Orchids, roses, dyed sweet pea, ranunculus, tulips, carnations, and other accentuating fillers.

Plant Office

Inspiration: When a Third Sun by Lauren Fensterstock

Designer: John Sundling

Materials: Local curly willow & pussy willow, quartz crystals, black plexiglass

Mike Silvia, Harraseeket Inn

Inspiration: Weatherbeaten by Winslow Homer

Designer: Mike Silvia

Materials: Aspidistra, birds nest fern, liriope, fern, bells of Ireland, delphinium, gypsophilia, Queen Anne’s lace, echevaria, tsillandias in a stone/resin composite vessel

Yellow Twist Design

Inspiration: Brook by Lois Dodd

Designer: Lindsay Diminick

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2021

Inspiration: The "Forest at 2:00 a.m." by Elizabeth Hazan

Designer: Alora Carrier
Materials: Scabiosa, tulips, ranunculus, calla lily, rose, spray rose, thistle, delphinium, dubium, gerbera, chrysanthemum, bird of paradise, moss. Flowers sourced by Elishia Townsend of E. Grace Design.

Inspiration: "Snow Flurry III" by Alexander Calder

Designer: Anika Wilson
Organization: Bad Rabbit Flowers
Materials: Dried: Lunaria, straw flower, bunny tail grass, cotton, thistle

Inspiration: "#24 (Arry’s Choice)" by Lawrence Poons

Organization: Bloomers Custom Florals
Designers: The Design Team at Fiddleheads
Materials: Birch, marsh grass, pampas grass, gladiola, frittalaria, protea, mums, pussy willow, preserved ferns, wheat, flowering branches

Inspiration: "Georges Islands, Penobscot Bay, Maine" by Newell Convers Wyeth

Organization: Coco Design Company
Designer: Coco Martin
Materials: Muscari, astilbe, scabiosa, anemone, roses, pampas grass, queen anne’s lace, helleborus, dianthus, moss, grevillea, eucalyptus

Inspiration: "Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)" by Franklin B. Simmons

Designer: Dan Gifford
Materials: Dried: Lilies, hydrangea, gypsophila, Gerber’s daisy, and hyacinth

Inspiration: "PEOPLE LIKE US" by Jeffrey Gibson

Organization: Electric Flora
Designer: Michelle Rech
Materials: Monstera leaves, anthurium, banksia, Italian ruscus, pincushion protea, pampas grass, rock candy, cherry tomatoes, pretzel balls, a lime slice, palm fronds, palm spears, gypsophila, pineapples, and orchids.

Inspiration: "Humming at the Gate" by Carrie Moyer

Organization: Farmhouse Floral by Estabrook’s
Designers: Ashley Dyer & Sarah Whiton
Materials: Orange tulips, red ginger, baby’s breath, monstera leaves, wrought iron, chicken wire, glittery gold ornaments, and gold rrns

Inspiration: "October" by Alex Katz

Organization: Harmon’s Floral Company
Designers: Sharon Eblacker, Emily Downer, and Jennifer Miller
Materials: Willow, pampas, dried palms, live lisianthus, hellebore, and clematis, tulips

Inspiration: "Movement in Red, Blue, Green, and Umber" by John Marin

Organization: Lemon & Tulips
Designer: Alexandria Regan
Materials: Orchids, eucalyptus, craspedia, grasses, fan palms, carnations

Inspiration: "A Midsummer Nights Dream" by Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

Organization: Marcia Davis Flowers, Migis Hospitality Group
Designer: Marcia Davis
Materials: Craspedia, dianthus, roses, cymbidium orchids, antherium, sheet moss, galax leaves, chrysanthemums

Inspiration: "Returning from the Spring" by Winslow Homer

Organization: Mimi and Mum
Designers: Meredith and Caroline DavisMeredith and Caroline Davis
Materials: Delphinium, seeded eucalyptus, fontinia, muscari, hellebore, gloriousa lily, ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, narcissus, Fritillaria, faviana, moss, foraged branches, antique pail

Inspiration: "Ellen Sears Amory Anderson Curtis (1868-1952) (Mrs. Charles Pelham Curtis)" by John Singer Sargent

Organization: Plant Office
Designer: John Sundling
Materials: Juliet garden rose, Elaine garden rose, Ariadne butterfly ranunculus, tweedia, delphinium, tulip, peony, ligustrum foliage, Rock Johnsen vase

Inspiration: "Castine Harbor" by Fitz Henry Lane

Organization: St. Mary's Garden Club
Designers: Alora Carrier & Sabrina Warner
Materials: Most of the plant material came from the gardens of St. Mary’s Garden Club members. Anemone, carnation, chrysanthemum, daffodil, fern, geranium, hydrangea, larkspur, lilac, nasturtium, pansy, rose, sage, and stock

Inspiration: "Practice Winter" by Emily Mason

Organization: Yellow Twist Design
Designer: Lindsay Diminick

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2020

Inspiration: "Plate," early 19th century by Maker Unidentified

Designer: Meredith and Caroline Davis Organization: Mimi and Mum
Materials: wood and broken china, agapanthus, tulips, daffodil, hyacinth, wax flower, thistle, roses, green ball dianthus, pussy willow, forsythia, bupleurum, preserved moss 

Inspiration: "Is" by Jean Hans Arp

Designer: John Sundling
Organization: Plant Office 
Materials: curly willow, feather acacia, cremone muks, toffee roses, euonymus, carnation, alstromeria, statice, hypericum berry 

Inspiration: "L’Estaque" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 

Designer: Alora Carrier, Layne Gregory, and Sabrina Warner
Organization: St. Mary’s Garden Club
Materials: protea, harry lauder walking stick, blue delphinium, sweet william ‘green ball’, dianthus 

Inspiration: "Endless Column" by Justin Richel

Designer: Sarah Whiton
Organization: Harmon’s Floral Company 
Materials: calla lilies, button poms, blue thistle, painted ti leaves, carnations, dianthus, matsumoto asters, hypericum berries, bear grass 

Inspiration: "Wreck of the D. T. Sheridan" by Rockwell Kent

Designer: Ashley Dyer & Bernadette Couture Organization: Farmhouse Floral by Estabrook’s Materials: hybrid delphinium (dark blue and light blue), cream/yellow lisianthus, aquarius questar thistle, yellow crespedia, orlaya, black river stones and a newport boat stone pot 

Inspiration: "Miss Florence Leyland" by James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Designer: Rayne Grace Hoke
Organization: Flora’s Muse 
Materials: roses, anemones, carnations, hellebore, vintage ribbon, vintage lace, orchids, vintage glass seed beads; ceramic bowl: sea brick studio; small vases: artist’s personal collection 

Inspiration: "Indian Jungle Scene" by Bernard Langlais

Designer: Dan Gifford 
Materials: yellow croton, green ti leaves, palm fronds, birds of paradise, orange protea, lisianthus 

Inspiration: "Red Yellow Green #2" by Chris Martin

Designer: Amy Maloney
Organization: Pretty Flowers 
Materials: willow twig trellises mounted on fiberstone planter with dried ranuncula, roses, strawflower, craspedia, beech leaves, amaranthus, dune grass, kiwi vine, yellow curly willow twigs, bird’s nests, pheasant feathers, as well as fresh mimosa and french tulips 

Inspiration: "A Constantinople Woodchopper" by William Morris Hunt

Designer: Anika Wilson
Organization: Bad Rabbit Flowers
Materials: roses, orchids, amaranths, lisianthus, asparagus fern, stock 

Inspiration: "Diana of the Sea" by Marguerite Thompson Zorach

Designer: Lindsay Diminick
Organization: Yellow Twist Design 

Inspiration: "Two Boys in a Canoe" by Neil Welliver

Aaron Bowden
Organization: Dodge the Florist 
Materials: leucadendron, curly willow, cattail, galax, bear-grass, fatsia, monstera, palm, yarrow, equsitum, green trick, thistle, calla lillies, hypericum berry, and hanging amaranthus 

Inspiration: "Flying Woman" by Katherine Bradford

Designer: Michelle Rech
Organization: Harmon’s Floral Company 

Inspiration: "Every Soul is a Circus" by Barbara Morgan

Designer: Marcia Davis Organization: Marcia Davis Flowers, Migis Hotel Group 
Materials: dianthus, anthurium, phalaenopsis orchids, galax leaves, monstera leaves, aspidistra leaves, ti leaves, goose feathers 

Inspiration: "Raven’s Grove" by Andrew Wyeth

Designer: Kathe Mickunas
Organization: Ione Floral Design
Materials: dried local ornamental grasses, sea oats, brunnia, sea holly, olive, eucalyptus, calycina, lisianthus, larkspur, chocolate queen anne’s lace, toffee, quicksand & sahara sensation roses, weathered recycled wooden trough 

Inspiration: "The Dead Pearl Diver" by Benjamin Paul Akers

Designer: Bri Bowman and Kelly Sue Rioux
Organization: New Fruit 

"Heart in Bloom" installation in the Great Hall

Designer: John Sundling
Organization: Plant Office

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2019

Inspiration: "Decorative Fruit" by Henri Manguin

Designer: Dan Gifford 
Materials: gourds, yellow button chrysanthemum, white dianthus caryophyllus, orange and yellow floribunda roses, purple and white anemones, sheet miss 

Inspiration: "Number 139" by Leonardo Drew

Designer: Lindsay Dimmick 
Organization: Yellow Twist Design 
Materials: ”brownie” dyed tulips, muscari, fritillaria meleagris, hellebore, agonis, bulbs 

Inspiration: "Circle #3" by Stephen Greene

Designer: Sharon Eblacker 
Organization: Harmon’s Floral Company 

Inspiration: "Untitled (Mont Sainte Victoire)" by Marsden Hartle

Designer: John Sundling 
Organization: Plant Office 
Materials: protea, bromeliad, tuberose, tweedia, ornithogalum, trachellium, gladiola, carnation, delphinium, hypericum berries, spray rose 

Inspiration: "Green Ground" by Adolph Gottlieb

Designer: Alora Carrier, Layne Gregory, Sabrina Warner 
Organization: St. Mary’s Garden Club, Stroudwater District, Garden Club Federation of Maine
Materials: bird of paradise, flax, bamboo, rattan balls, chrysanthemums, moss 

Inspiration: "Icelandic Picnic" by Louisa Matthiasdottir

Designer: Stacy Brenner 
Organization: Broadturn Farm 
Materials: alder, ammobium, chamelaucium, chaenomeles, delphinium, eryngium, forsythia, iris, juniper, lathyrus odoratus, mimosa, muscari, parviflorum, triticum 

Inspiration: "Village of Monhegan, Maine" by Emil James Bisttram

Designer: Amy Maloney
Organization: Pretty Flowers Maine 
Materials: agapanthus, anemone, cotton stems, cyrtomium, eucalyptus, eryngium, fantail willow, wheat 

Inspiration: "Redecode: A Tropical Theme is a Great Way to create a Fresh, Peaceful, Relaxing Atmosphere" by Joiri Minaya

Designer: Sandra Leonard and Lisa Freeman Organization: Medomak District Garden Club 
Materials: ti, monstera, spathiphyllum, orchids 

Inspiration: "Moose [Where the Grey Goose Goes]" by Matt Blackwell

Designer: Aaron Bowden 
Organization: Dodge the Florist 
Materials: pin cushion and other protea, dianthus “green trick”, bird of paradise, variety of foliage, curly willow branches, twigs, grasses, and horsetail reed

Inspiration: "Mount Katahdin from Millinocket Camp" by Frederic Edwin Church

Designer: Lani Toscano and Jill Thomas Organization: Lani Toscano Design 
Materials: garden roses, tulips, butterfly ranunculous, native pine, native grasses, japanese sweet pea, ranunculous, thistle, scabiaosa, blue muscari , ming fern, chocolate cosmos 

Inspiration: "Plate" Maker Unidentified

Designer: Sandy Riley
Materials: hydrangea, ming fern, spray roses, variegated pittosporum, iris, tulips, oncidium orchids 

Inspiration: "Twilight at Stroudwater" by Charles Frederick Kimball

Designer: Brianna Bowman and Kelly Rioux Organization: New Fruit
Materials: agonis, amaranthus, baccarra rose, bell short grass, brunia, calla lily, foxtail millet, plume reed grass, phylica, ranunculus, scabiosa 

Inspiration: "Yellow Slice" by Trudy Benson

Designer: Michelle Reche
Organization: Harmon’s Floral Company
Materials: lagurus, heliconia, craspedia, anthirium, ranunculus, leucospermum, amaranthus, yearming desert cream, gypsophila, straw flower, mitsumata flocked red, aarlia iron man 

Inspiration: "Play Sculpture" by Isamu Noguchi

Designer: John Sundling
Organization: Plant Office
Materials: pussywillow, dogwood, boxwood, anthurium, leucodendron, cymbidium orchid, forsythia, bromeliad, eucalyptus, myrtle 

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2018

Inspiration: "Weatherbeaten" by Winslow Homer

Designer: Aaron Bowden
Organization: Dodge the Florist
Materials: artemisia, bear grass,blue thistle, silver brunia,mini white calla lilies, river stones and pebbles, coarse sand,driftwood, moss, midollino sticks

Inspiration: "Snow Flurry III" by Alexander Calder

Designers: Stacy Brenner, Angela Fields, and John Bliss
Organization: Broadturn Farm
Materials: anenome, ranunculus,sweet peas, allium, tulip, beech,grasses, lichen, alder, fennel,artichoke, catalpa, tansy, nigella,maple and birds nest

Inspiration: "Eureka" by Tom Burckhardt

Designer: John Sundling
Organization: John Sundling Design
Materials: carnations, ti leaves,crysanthemum, hypericum berry,aster roses, calla lily, salidago,limoneum, dianthus, monsteraleaf, silver brunia

Inspiration: "Rose Mist Seaform with White Lip Wraps" by Dale Chihuly

Designer: Deborah Gray
Organization: Longfellow Garden Club
Materials: tulips, eucalyptus, sea fans, and peonies

Inspiration: "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" by Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

Designer: Sharon Eblacker
Organization: Harmon’s Floral Company
Materials: oasis, ranunculus, crespedia, allium, aneomones,scabiosa, trick dianthus

Inspiration: "Human Structures (24 Figures connected)" by Jonathan Borofsky

Designers: Hilda (Soctomah, Bridges) Lewis
Organization: Cape Elizabeth Garden Club
Materials: liatris, safari sunset,bells of ireland, iris, yellowsnapdragon, equisetum, protea,burgundy snapdragon, spiralleaf eucalyptus

Inspiration: "Ellen Sears Amory Anderson Curtis (1868–1952) (Mrs. Charles Pelham Curtis)" by John Singer Sargent

Designer: Diane Walden
Organization: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Materials: maine-harvested dried flowers, seedheads, arborvitae, hellebore, hemlock, juniper, pine, yew, mountain cabbage tree, echeveria, english shrub rose, lisianthus, persian buttercup, pincushion flower, rice flower, seeded eucalyptus, stock

Inspiration: "Early Morning" by Max Pechstein

Designer: Dan Gifford
Materials: birds of paradise, protea, light blue delphinium, yellow alstroemeria, ming fern,orange alstroemeria, horsetail

Inspiration: "Pine and Moon" by David Driskell

Designers: Linda Frinsko and Carole Brown
Organization: Gorham Garden Club
Materials: white pine, cocculus,ornithogalum (star of bethlehem),eryngium (sea holly), lisianthus,dianthus “green trick,” veronica,assorted greenery, mums