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- [Announcer] J Schwanke's Life
In Bloom

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is brought to you by:

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Albertsons Companies

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with additional support from
the following companies:

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The Ball Horticultural Company

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Golden Flowers

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- This episode in Life in Bloom

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takes an artful turn with
a flower filled event

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at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

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We'll visit with P. Allen Smith,

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and tour the gardens
at Moss Mountain Farm.

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Plus I'll show you my
take on flower artistry.

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I'm J Schwanke.

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Welcome to Life In Bloom.

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I decided that if I could paint
that flower in a huge scale,

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you could not ignore its beauty.

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We talk a lot on Life In Bloom

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about the scientifically
documented benefits

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of having flowers in our daily
lives.

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It's true, flowers make us
happier people.

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It's also noteworthy that
flowers
inspire and influence art,

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and are present in our everyday
lives

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on a large and small scale.

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Whether it's that beautiful
floral touch on your cappuccino,

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or a stunning painting
of lilies and carnations,

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flowers have found endless
ways to make us smile

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both in and out of the garden.

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Join us today on Life In Bloom

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as we explore the many ways
flowers have inspired others,

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and let flower art inspire you.

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Flower arranging is a time when
your creativity can expand,

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and making an artistic
centerpiece

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that can be used at a party or
an event

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is a fun way to engage
with your creativity,

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and, of course, flowers.

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So today we'll be making an
arrangement in this container

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using some found objects.

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I've got some driftwood that
I've collected over the years.

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I've got different kinds of
rocks,

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and I have a succulent and a
tillandsia.

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Also, when you're looking
for design elements

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it's a great idea to look
to the professional florist,

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or a craft store.

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Either place may carry
interesting things.

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Flower foam, for example.

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We'll be using a sphere of
soaked flower foam today

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to place our flowers.

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A sphere of foam is
something you can pick up

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at the professional
florist, or a craft store.

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Remember them as a resource
for tools, containers,

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or just inspiration for
looking at the different types

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of flowers and foliage we can
use in a creative arrangement.

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So let's get started and
create something artful

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with this container and these
objects.

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Everyone's arrangement
is going to be different

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based on the materials
that you're going to use.

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Selecting unusual things

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that might be used in
unexpected ways is helpful.

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Placing a succulent or a
tillandsia on a piece of
driftwood

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is unexpected, and the contrast
in textures is exciting.

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Using different types of
foliages, flowers, and branches

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can also add interest to your
arrangement.

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I like to find something
unexpected.

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For example, this brunia.

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It's an interesting member
of the protea family.

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The silver core of the berries
almost look like a flower.

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Whenever I'm working on an art
piece

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I try and remember my color
palette.

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The interesting blues and sea
foam colors

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are activated by the vibrant
blue iris.

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So much art starts in the
garden.

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Whenever I think about an artful
garden,

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I think of my friend P. Allen
Smith.

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He does everything with
an eye towards art.

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I recently had the pleasure
of visiting with him

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at his Moss Mountain
Farm in Roland, Arkansas.

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So, Allen, it is always
wonderful to come to the farm.

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- We love having you J.

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We love your creativity and your
talent.

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You're always welcome here.

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- Well, thank you, I've
always admired how art

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plays such a big part in what
you do.

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- Well, thanks, I think art
really leads

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what we've done here
at the farm, actually.

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I think landscape design is an
art.

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This farm is a large canvas to
paint on.

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We've been painting on it
now for about 10 years.

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The farm is really a ferme
ornée or ornamented farm.

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Mr. Jefferson, our third
president

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applied those principles of
Monticello,

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and essentially what you're
trying to do

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is create something that is
functional,

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but you want to make it
beautiful.

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This very levee we're walking
on I think is a good example

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because five years ago
if we were standing here

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we'd be in a ravine.
- Oh, wow.

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- Yeah, so what we created
was a 65 foot levee

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that span across here and it
created this beautiful pond,

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which is an attractive
feature to the farm,

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but really more importantly
it stores the water,

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which allows us to irrigate
the vegetable garden,

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and all the flower gardens.

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- [J] Wow, so function and art.

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- Function and art,

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function and aesthetics working
together.

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Hey, why don't we head
down to the rose garden.

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- Great.

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- J, you can see even here in
fall we've got some flowers,

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roses still blooming.
- Right.

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- But we're very much at
the end of the season,

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but, of course, you remember it
in May.

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- Yeah, it's one of my
favorite parts of the farm.

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- Well, thank you, it's a joy
for me because roses, well,

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they're one of my favorite
category of plants,

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and what we've tried to do here
is collect

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the first class of American
roses called the Noisette class,

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and they were developed around,

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well, the first quarter
of the 19th century.

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There's about 38 varieties
of Noisettes in here,

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but, actually, the
Noisettes are the beginning,

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and then we go all the way up
to current hybrids of roses.

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We have over 200 years of
American rose hybridization

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right here in this garden.

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- It's a magnificent collection.

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I just love the view from the
top,

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but also from down here.

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Any way that you look at it's
just a beautiful piece of art.

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- Well, thank you, I mean,
that's the way

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you try to think of these things

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is to look at every
angle and every season,

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and, hopefully, you create
something intriguing.

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- So let's talk about
the flower gardens, too,

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the cut flower gardens.

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- Well, yes, the terrace
gardens were the first gardens

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that were made here.

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In fact, the terracing was done
before the house was built.

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So we have the upper and
lower terrace gardens,

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and at the centerpoint

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you see these four great vitex
trees,

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and in June they're the glory of
the farm.

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Those gardens we grow all
kinds of flowers in there,

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and espalier trees and
hedges create garden rooms.

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- [J] Nothing better than
a flower filled room.

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- Well, I agree with you
except when I get hungry

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I started thinking about
the vegetable garden.

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- Exactly, exactly.

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- We have an acre of vegetables

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of which you're well acquainted
with.

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We plant about 75 to
80 different varieties

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of vegetables a year,

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and they're trialing them
seeing how they perform,

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and also their flavor is
important too.

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We use that as a place to
demonstrate

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the importance of diversity.

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We're trying to attract
pollinators,

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and beneficial insects

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because we're all organic here,

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so we don't use any harmful
sprays or chemicals.

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- Wonderful, so, Allen,

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there's one more piece of art
here at Moss Mountain Farm

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I want to share with our
viewers,

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so can we take a look at that?

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- Absolutely, let's go.

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So is this the place you had in
mind, J?

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- Absolutely, as a working farm

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you've got this amazing
livestock with the poultry.

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- Well, the poultry, yes,

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we've kept heritage
poultry here for 10 years.

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This is actually a Silver
Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben

09:52.966 --> 09:54.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
a heritage breed from
Switzerland.

09:55.100 --> 09:56.433 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
- I like the hair.

09:56.566 --> 09:59.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
- Little crest, yeah,
that's why I chose her.

09:59.466 --> 10:01.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
I thought there's a kindred
spirit here for you.

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- [J] Absolutely.

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- Yeah.

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In the 19th century poultry,
particularly, chickens

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were often called the
flowers of the barnyard,

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so I thought this would be
perfect to share with you.

10:15.300 --> 10:17.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
- Absolutely, I was
fascinated when I saw them

10:17.900 --> 10:20.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
because they're little pieces of
art.

10:20.900 --> 10:22.333 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
- They are.
- So beautiful.

10:22.466 --> 10:25.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
- Indeed they are, they've
shown up in paintings,

10:26.800 --> 10:29.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
and mosaics for millennia, yeah.

10:29.766 --> 10:32.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
- Well, thank you, Allen,
it is, it's always a treat.

10:33.000 --> 10:34.433 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:77.5%
I have admired you for so long.

10:34.566 --> 10:35.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
I'm so proud to call you my
friend.

10:36.066 --> 10:38.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
- Well, absolutely, I feel
the same way, and I hope

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you'll make many trips
back to Moss Mountain Farm.

10:41.466 --> 10:42.333 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
- [J] Thank you.

10:42.466 --> 10:43.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
- So how about let's go gather
some eggs.

10:44.000 --> 10:45.466 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:77.5%
- All right, that sounds great.

10:47.133 --> 10:50.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
- [Allen] Did you get
teary-eyed, choked up?

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(soft music)

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- Flowers can provide
an amazing inspiration.

11:10.266 --> 11:11.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
It can be in the garden,

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or it can be when we're
making an arrangement,

11:13.833 --> 11:16.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
but another opportunity is to
use flowers

11:16.233 --> 11:17.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
as an inspiration for art.

11:17.966 --> 11:20.366 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(soft music)

12:31.666 --> 12:34.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Taking some time to paint
flowers or draw flowers

12:34.766 --> 12:37.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
can allow you to create
a personal piece of art

12:37.466 --> 12:39.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
that can be used as a greeting
card,

12:39.266 --> 12:41.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
or hung on a wall, or given as a
gift.

12:42.333 --> 12:45.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
It's an opportunity to
combine flowers and art.

12:50.866 --> 12:53.600 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(cheerful music)

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So today I wanted to create
this beautiful arrangement

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in blue and lavender hues.

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We'll start with our softer
stemmed flowers first

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while there's plenty of room in
the foam.

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Hyacinth are the ones that
I think about first of all

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because those hyacinths have a
soft stem.

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You'll notice the technique that
I use.

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I'll take that flower, and I'll
push it in

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from the bottom of the stem

13:30.200 --> 13:32.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
rather than trying to
push it from the top.

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That would break the stem,

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so we just inch it into the
foam.

13:39.566 --> 13:42.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
Next I'll define the shape
and form of the arrangement.

13:43.933 --> 13:46.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
That's gonna be determined
by this lilac branch

13:46.566 --> 13:48.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
because it's a bigger
piece that I'm gonna use.

13:55.466 --> 13:58.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
We're gonna take that in all in
one piece

13:58.766 --> 14:00.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
to keep it very natural looking.

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If I trim those pieces apart

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it starts to get a more arranged
look,

14:05.600 --> 14:08.166 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65%
and I want this to be more
natural because we've got so
many

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cool flower varieties that we're
using.

14:11.033 --> 14:12.600 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5%
This stick looks great too.

14:14.666 --> 14:15.766 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
You can just have that hanging
off

14:15.900 --> 14:17.700 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5%
the front of the container.

14:17.833 --> 14:19.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:77.5%
Use a couple of the hydrangeas.

14:21.200 --> 14:24.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
I'm leaving them with a longer
length.

14:30.400 --> 14:33.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
These little tendril pieces
those are gonna be great.

14:38.466 --> 14:41.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
One more we'll bring it back it.

14:48.200 --> 14:50.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
You'll notice that sometimes
I bring a flower in,

14:51.100 --> 14:53.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
and I might look at where I want
it to go,

14:53.400 --> 14:57.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
and decide if it's better
there, or maybe on another side,

14:58.000 --> 15:00.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
but I'll sometimes try them out.

15:00.300 --> 15:02.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
The one thing that you
always want to remember

15:02.466 --> 15:04.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
when you're dealing with floral
foam

15:04.333 --> 15:06.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
is you always want to create a
new hole

15:06.933 --> 15:08.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
if you change positions.

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If you go back into the same
hole

15:10.033 --> 15:12.000 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:77.5%
you can create a chamber of air

15:12.133 --> 15:15.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
between the end of the
stem and the foam itself.

15:16.133 --> 15:18.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
Next we'll add our iris.

15:21.833 --> 15:26.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
We're gonna bring the iris out
in here.

15:29.666 --> 15:31.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
These are gonna be great
because this blossom

15:32.066 --> 15:34.166 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:77.5%
is gonna open as well as those.

15:36.566 --> 15:41.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Those iris all kind of have a
similar natural curve to them,

15:41.800 --> 15:44.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
so we're grouping them
together in one spot.

15:45.500 --> 15:48.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
Now you'll notice when
I processed the Veronica

15:48.466 --> 15:51.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
the ends of them started to curl
around.

15:51.433 --> 15:52.800 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
We bring them in a grouping,

15:52.933 --> 15:56.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
and have all those going
different directions.

15:56.533 --> 15:58.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
It seems kind of random
and they don't make sense.

15:58.500 --> 16:00.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
I'm gonna try and keep them
together,

16:00.333 --> 16:02.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
so that they're all heading
in the same direction.

16:04.200 --> 16:09.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
So I'm taking notes of how
those curves are lining up,

16:10.766 --> 16:14.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
and we're gonna place those
in a grouping together.

16:14.466 --> 16:16.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
The signature style of
a flower arrangement

16:16.800 --> 16:19.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
generally is different for
everyone.

16:19.366 --> 16:22.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
My signature I think is pretty
flowers.

16:23.066 --> 16:25.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
I don't ever like to do
anything to the flowers

16:25.233 --> 16:28.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
that would make them seem less
natural.

16:28.566 --> 16:31.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
I like it when flowers look
natural,

16:31.266 --> 16:33.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
and I like it when they're
pretty.

16:33.966 --> 16:37.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
Having a color palette that goes
together

16:37.833 --> 16:40.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
I start to be able to blend
textures

16:40.666 --> 16:43.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:62.5%
together with the colors,

16:43.200 --> 16:45.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
and I think it's more impressive

16:45.466 --> 16:50.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
because it creates impact
for the arrangement in color.

16:51.533 --> 16:53.666 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
We're tucking those delphinium
blossoms

16:53.800 --> 16:56.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
in towards the center of the
bouquet.

16:56.733 --> 16:59.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
Because this is probably
the most dominant color

17:00.133 --> 17:03.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
I want to make sure that it's
tucked towards the center.

17:03.766 --> 17:07.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
We had it when I was a
little kid the greenhouse.

17:08.100 --> 17:10.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
We just had an open field
where we'd grow them,

17:10.933 --> 17:13.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
so I think about the way the
plant looks

17:13.966 --> 17:17.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
when I'm putting them into an
arrangement.

17:19.000 --> 17:21.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
So we've got taller spikes in
the center,

17:21.533 --> 17:24.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
and then the shorter
spikes towards the outside.

17:25.200 --> 17:26.200 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5%
Look it, it's natural

17:26.333 --> 17:28.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
when it comes right to
the edge of the container.

17:29.633 --> 17:31.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
So now we've got the passion
vine.

17:32.733 --> 17:34.266 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:77.5%
I'm just gonna strip that back,

17:35.466 --> 17:38.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
and go into our last area of
foam.

17:41.466 --> 17:45.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
That leaves those passion
flowers right there

17:47.900 --> 17:48.933 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:32.5%
at the front.

17:53.166 --> 17:56.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
It's definitely a different
style of arrangement

17:56.600 --> 17:59.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
because it was inspired by the
flowers.

17:59.766 --> 18:02.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Seeing beautiful flowers like
that

18:02.266 --> 18:05.466 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
makes me create an arrangement
that's befitting them.

18:05.600 --> 18:08.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Looking at the way they might
be growing towards the light,

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or the idiosyncrasies of the
stem itself.

18:11.000 --> 18:12.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
It's very natural.

18:12.466 --> 18:15.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
It's almost as if we've lifted
a portion of the garden,

18:15.233 --> 18:17.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
and placed it inside our
container.

18:17.666 --> 18:20.400 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(cheerful music)

18:39.600 --> 18:41.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
So I'm here with Dana
Friis-Hansen,

18:41.200 --> 18:43.266 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:47.5%
the director of the
Grand Rapids Arts Museum.

18:43.400 --> 18:48.066 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:77.5%
This is an amazing flower world
project.

18:48.200 --> 18:51.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
- I've just been walking
around the exhibition space.

18:51.366 --> 18:52.400 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5%
It's so impressive.

18:52.533 --> 18:55.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
It's like people just
don't get it until they see

18:55.533 --> 18:58.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
what flower artists are doing
today.

18:58.166 --> 19:00.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
If you can see a familiar
work with fresh eyes

19:00.700 --> 19:03.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
that's a gift that many of these
artists

19:03.266 --> 19:06.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
the 19 flower artists
that have made works here

19:06.966 --> 19:09.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
are giving to our community.

19:09.200 --> 19:14.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
It pushes the boundaries of
what people think of flowers,

19:14.400 --> 19:17.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
and, also, of art and it
brings the two together.

19:17.766 --> 19:20.166 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(soft music)

19:28.900 --> 19:31.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
- [J] So what was the
first flower or foliage

19:31.333 --> 19:33.066 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
that came to your mind when you
saw it?

19:33.200 --> 19:36.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5%
- Definitely, I've been
playing around lately

19:36.133 --> 19:37.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5%
with composite flowers,

19:37.933 --> 19:40.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
so a composite flower was the
first thing that came to mind,

19:40.500 --> 19:42.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
and then succulents were
kind of like a secondary.

19:43.066 --> 19:44.300 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:77.5%
- [J] They're so hot right now.

19:44.433 --> 19:46.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
- [Rueben] Yeah, I mean, very
trendy.

19:46.433 --> 19:48.833 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(soft music)

19:50.433 --> 19:51.833 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:52.5%
- What was your first
reaction when they gave you

19:51.966 --> 19:54.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:35%
this painting?
- Relief.

19:56.666 --> 19:57.800 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:17.5%
- Okay.

19:57.933 --> 20:02.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
- Last year's painting was
very structural, very boxlike.

20:04.500 --> 20:05.500 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5%
- Black and gray.

20:05.633 --> 20:08.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
- Black and gray with one orange
square,

20:08.566 --> 20:12.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:72.5%
so this, I was like, oh, wow.

20:12.400 --> 20:13.466 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
- [J] Right.

20:13.600 --> 20:15.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
- [Gary] There's a lot you can
do here.

20:15.933 --> 20:17.600 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
- [J] What was the first flower
or foliage

20:17.733 --> 20:19.066 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
that came to your mind when you
saw it?

20:19.200 --> 20:22.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
- I thought about the Juliet
garden rose

20:22.200 --> 20:24.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
because that picks up the
peaches,

20:24.600 --> 20:26.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
and stuff that's within the
painting,

20:27.000 --> 20:28.633 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:77.5%
and it opens up so beautifully,

20:28.766 --> 20:30.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
and it has such a nice
fragrance,

20:30.500 --> 20:32.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
and I thought fragrance and the
art museum

20:32.866 --> 20:34.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
that would be a good deal.

20:34.800 --> 20:37.233 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(soft music)

20:45.900 --> 20:49.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75%
- You are here at Art in Bloom
in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

20:49.500 --> 20:50.466 align:start position:10% line:10% size:32.5%
- Yes, again.

20:50.600 --> 20:52.133 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70%
- So how many times have you
done this?

20:52.266 --> 20:55.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
- They've had it four times,
and I've been in it four times.

20:55.200 --> 20:56.500 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5%
- So what was your reaction

20:56.633 --> 20:58.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
when you saw the painting
for the first time?

20:58.300 --> 21:01.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
- Oh, I fell in love with
it because I'm a nature boy.

21:01.433 --> 21:03.433 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5%
This was right up my alley.

21:03.566 --> 21:05.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
- [J] So what was the
first flower or foliage

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that you thought of?

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- Oh, moss, all the
different varieties of moss,

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so it's really marvelous, I
mean,

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I could just picture myself
walking through this painting,

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and just feeling the mosses,
and looking at the rocks.

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- And I can imagine myself being
this big,

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and climbing through your ...

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I got lost in it when I
went up, it's wonderful.

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(soft music)

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When you saw your painting
for the first time

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what did you think?

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- The first time I saw it I
thought what am I gonna do

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because everything was teal,

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and there's no real flowers in
teal except your succulents,

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so I started concentrating on
the rocks,

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and the structure first,

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and then went to the flowers
after that,

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so I was limited to my flower
selection.

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That's why I went with the
browns

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that would be more complimentary
to it.

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(soft music)

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- [J] How many times
have you been involved

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with Art in Bloom?

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- This will be my third
time participating.

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- So when you saw your
painting for the first time

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what was your reaction?

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- I was, hey, great, I mean,
I know Rockwell Kent as well.

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It's an American landscape
quite well-renowned,

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so I was very pleased with the
piece,

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and the colors alone I
just thought was fantastic.

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I mean, there's blues and
purples,

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and I immediately thought of
delphinium,

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and stock in layers to
represent the hills.

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Then I also saw deep down
in front this heavy green.

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I saw the artichokes and I
thought of the carnations,

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and just layers.

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- [J] The texture.

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- [James] The texture, yeah.

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- [J] That portion of it is
amazing.

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- [James] Yeah, that was a lot
of fun,

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and then the lily grass

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just 'cause you can you got
to kick it out a little bit.

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- [J] Exactly, just dancing.

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Dancing around the arrangement.

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- Exactly, used the whole space.

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(soft music)

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- [J] As you can see,
flowers enhance our life,

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and our creativity in
and out of the garden.

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For Life In Bloom, I'm J
Schwanke, see you next time.

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Why do you think flowers are
important?

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- Well flowers are important
for lots of reasons,

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but, I mean, I think they
bring just joy to people.

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- Because it's beauty
and art that's natural.

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- For me it's just my whole life

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because I've done it ever since
I was 18

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right out of high school.

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It just happened at a
job and a man trained me,

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and made me wash plastic
flowers in a basement

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for a whole summer and then
said,

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if you can do that I'm gonna
train you.

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- I have two sisters and a
brother, and we were in 4-H,

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and they took in their
animals, I took in my flowers.

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I always get the blue ribbons,

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so flowers have been my life.

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- That's awesome, well, thank
you so much.

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I appreciate it.

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- You're very, very welcome,
thank you.

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- [J] J Schwanke's Life In Bloom

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is filmed in Grand Rapids,
Michigan.

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- [Announcer] J Schwanke's Life
in Bloom

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is brought to you by:

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Albertsons Companies

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with additional support from
the following companies:

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Cal Flowers

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And TheRibbonRoll.com

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(soft music)

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Closed caption funding
provided by Chrysal.

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