A winding wooded entrance leads you up to a beautiful French Château with stunning  architectural detail everywhere you look. Impressive gardens encompass the grounds and add to the whimsical natural beauty of the property. The stained-glass windows, stone pathway, and intricate wood door invites you in for one of the best meals and service you’ll ever have.

Nested amongst the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in Ashville, North Carolina, the estate sits on 8,000 acres ready to be explored.

Today marks the 149th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, the fastest 2 minutes and most watched sport, and is also known as the “Run for the Roses”. Obviously, I couldn’t let the day slip by without making some derby flower arrangements, and you can be sure I’ll be enjoying some mint juleps!

I knew from the start that for my wedding I wanted a lot of flowers, and I knew that I wanted to arrange them myself. To be clear, when I say I wanted a lot of flowers, I wanted a LOT of flowers, and I wanted to incorporate things that most people would have never seen before.