Plant Talk: There's a New Flower Shop in Town - Pistil Design High Atop Queen Anne Hill

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January 30, 2013

There's a New Flower Shop in Town - Pistil Design High Atop Queen Anne Hill

Laurie Gardner has done flowers for weddings and special events for years, but Pistil Design is her first venture into retail. Her brand new shop, where the Counterbalance crests at the top of Queen Anne Ave., is sure to exert a gravitational force on flower lovers. When Met Market on the hill closed a few months ago, taking with it a vibrant flower shop, Laurie decided it was time to open her own shop.

I whipped into an illegal U-turn in the middle of the hill, and circled back around when I first spotted Pistil this week. The place is beautiful, filled with an extravagant and plentiful variety of fresh flowers. A big central table holds vase after vase of flowers and foliage. There's plenty of flower talk going on as friends and neighbors stop by to welcome Laurie to the neighborhood.

You can choose your own flowers (all prices clearly marked on the blackboard) or ask Laurie to pull a bouquet together for you. Pistil delivers if you want to send a bouquet to a loved one, or as a thank you... Better yet, stop in and savor this fragrant, floriferous experience for yourself...

The shop's charm spills out the door....here's the streetside scene

Less than a week open, and look at the assortment of temptations...

See if you can resist circling the table full of roses, garden flowers, exotics... grouped loosely by color....

Orchids, cabbages, and fern fronds...

Vases, urns, bowls of sedums...there are plenty of other temptations if you can see beyond the flowers..

Don't you love the gray wall? A perfect backdrop for orchids...

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How bout an address ?

Posted by: Rick Hundley | January 31, 2013 at 12:38 AM

Hi Rick,
Just click on the live link in the first sentence for all the details...but in case it isn't working for you, Pistil's contact info is:
1422 Queen Anne Ave. N.
(206) 612-0973
info@pistildesign.com

Val

Posted by: valerie Easton | January 31, 2013 at 07:27 AM

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