dahlia fields forever

2022, without a doubt the most exuberant dahlia year!

Every week I think the dahlia season is almost over, but yesterday I picked another beautiful bouquet for our kitchen table.

dahlia festival

Flowerday at work in August, the middle of the dahlia season.

splendid zinnias

Look at the splendid color combination of pale orange and lilac. This stunning zinnia is by far my favorite summer flower of the season.

It's the Zinnia elegans Forecast, a mixture of single and double flowers in all kind of exotic colors of purple, pink, lilac, orange, salmon, yellow and vanilla shades.

A few days after picking, the colors fade a bit and the zinnias are even more spectacular.

These ones are growing in the Villa Augustus garden. Note to self; I will definitely sow the seeds in my own garden next year.

summer flowers

Summer flowers from the Villa Augustus garden.

Eversince I started working here 13 years ago, I have been picking so many flowers in this gorgeous garden, to arrange flower bouquets for the restaurant, hotel and limonaia.

Look at this flower field! Whenever I have a 'flowerday', i still get my jollies from picking abundant, colorful garden flowers.

summer flowers

Summer flowers from the garden.

amsterdam east

Sunday 26th of August, Amsterdam East.

Garden park Klein Dantzig. Allotments and inspiring garden sheds.

Park Frankendael, Pure Markt. We visited my friend Dietske and her daughter Floor, creators of the handmade upcycled vintage fabric tote bags, named Trashtote Amsterdam.

A short walk to ATLITW East, where founder and friend Jane invited us for coffee.

At the end of the afternoon we had a drink at Bar Botanique.

Spontaneous afternoon trip to Amsterdam on this late summer Sunday in August.

augustus in august

Thursday 23rd of August.

At work at Villa Augustus. The garden is always at its most beautiful in August.

It's the best harvest month and all flower fields are in bloom.