The Beauty of Herbs: Flower Arranging with Locally Grown Flowers and Herbs with Marisa Mender-Franklin
Join us at 6:30 pm for herbal appetizers before Marisa’s program! Members free. Guests $5.
Herbs aren’t just delicious, they are also beautiful! Come learn about designing vase arrangements that feature locally grown herbs. Local flower farmer and florist, Marisa Mender-Franklin, will discuss her favorite herbs to use in flower arrangements and will demonstrate as she creates a vase arrangement that features herbs grown on her midtown-based farm.
Bio: Marisa Mender-Franklin is the flower farmer and florist behind Midtown Bramble and Bloom, an urban farm based in Midtown, Memphis. Midtown Bramble grows flowers, herbs and native plants in 9 yards and empty lots in the neighborhood and sells them at the farmers market and in their florist shop located in Cooper Young. Midtown Bramble is a full service florist, offering everything from deliveries to full service weddings. Marisa and her husband, Corey, live in Cooper Young with their senior pup, Miles, and many, many plants.