Bede’s Blooms + Co.

A little glimpse into an ordinary morning before work. 🤎

Fresh dahlias from the garden.
Coffee made at home.
A curious three-year-old beside me.
A walk through the flowers before the day really begins.

Nothing extraordinary — and somehow, these are the parts of life I know I’ll miss the most.

I’m learning to notice the beauty while I’m still living it. To romanticize the ordinary, document the little things, and let a full life also be a beautiful one.

This is the layered life. 🌿

It’s been a while since I’ve properly introduced myself around here—and with quite a few new faces joining us lately, it felt like time. 🤎

Hi, I’m AlexAndria—the grower + designer behind Bede’s Blooms + Co.

I’m a wife, mama + stepmama, flower grower, florist, garden designer, writer, avid learner and insatiably curious human. By day, I’m a corporate professional—and somehow, I still feel most like myself with my hands in the dirt and something growing nearby.

Bede’s Blooms began with flowers, but five growing seasons later, it has become so much more.

I grow flowers + food, design florals for weddings and gatherings, and spend an unreasonable amount of time experimenting in the garden—learning what thrives, what doesn’t and why. Now, I’m taking that love beyond my own backyard through garden design + consulting, locally in Michigan and virtually.

If there’s one thread running through almost everything I do, it’s curiosity.

I want to know how things grow. How to create gardens that are beautiful AND useful. How flowers can transform a table or room. How our homes and gardens change when we slow down long enough to notice them.

I’m forever learning, researching, experimenting, creating—and then wanting to tell someone what I discovered. 😂

Which is probably why writing has found its way back into my life, too. Petals & Prose is where I’m sharing the longer stories—the things I’m growing, learning + noticing when an Instagram caption simply isn’t enough.

I don’t have it all figured out, and I don’t want this space to pretend that I do.

I’d rather invite you into the process—the experiments, successes, complete flops, flowers, food, weddings, gardens, stories + beauty hidden in ordinary days.

Because the older I get, the more I believe a beautiful life isn’t something we simply stumble upon.

It’s something we cultivate.

Slowly. Intentionally. Season by season. 🌿

I’m so glad you’re here. 🤎
What are you growing, creating or learning lately?

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The garden has never been particularly sentimental about endings.

Flowers bloom. Seeds form. Leaves fall. Beds are cleared. And somewhere beneath it all, another season is already beginning.

Maybe there’s something to learn from that.

We don’t have to hold onto something simply because it was once beautiful. Sometimes honoring a season means allowing it to end. 🌿

Words in Bloom | No. 01

We’re very excited to have our flowers at Honey Badger Bakehouse ‘s Grand Opening this weekend! 🥐💐✨

Flower stand is stocked! 🇺🇸

📍507 N. Eifert Rd • Mason

🇺🇸 Fresh flowers for your Fourth of July weekend! 🇺🇸

The flower stand will be fully stocked this Friday with fresh-cut bouquets grown right here on our little farm. ✨

Whether you’re headed to a cookout, hosting family, visiting a friend, or just want fresh flowers on your kitchen table, we’d love to be part of your holiday weekend.

🎆Open Friday from 9 AM until dusk (or sold out!)
💸 Cash • Venmo • Credit Card link via QR code
📍 507 N. Eifert Rd • Mason
💐Pre-orders are available if you’d like to reserve a bouquet.

There’s nothing quite like locally grown flowers in the summertime. ❤️🤍💙