The Fertile Burb

09/20/2026

Homecoming flowers. Here’s the lowdown.

Yes, I’m doing them!

Wrist corsages + boutonnières are available to order online. Boutonnières come in both traditional pin-on and pocket styles.

Wrist corsages:
https://www.thefertileburb.com/product-page/floral-corsage

Boutonnières:
https://www.thefertileburb.com/product-page/boutonniere

Want to step up your homecoming flower game? I’m also making homecoming bouquets.

Those aren’t on the website, so text me at 571-306-3466 to order.

Once you’ve ordered, send me a photo of the dress and let me know the color of the suit. Then let me design. I’ll choose the best-looking local, seasonal blooms and the colors I think will work best.

Give me some direction, then let me do my thing.

I may tell you no if you ask for all white 😂 Just sayin’!

All homecoming flowers are PICKUP ONLY and need to be ordered at least TWO WEEKS before your homecoming.

09/18/2026

It’s always an honor to be featured, but there’s something especially lovely about a local one. I’m so grateful to be featured in ’s Rising Stars series.

So many of these features begin because someone in your own community recommends your work. I don’t know who put my name forward for this one, but that might actually be my favorite part.

To know that one of the artists, planners, photographers, growers, or other incredible people I get to work alongside thought enough of what I do to say, “You should talk to her” means more than the feature itself.

Because I sooo value the people I get to work with.

We talked about where The Fertile Burb came from, how much it’s grown, and maybe most importantly, where I hope it goes from here. There are some pretty big ideas in there about what locally grown flowers can be, and I’m excited to finally start saying some of them out loud.

And to whoever said my name in a room I wasn’t in, thank you. That one means a lot.

Read the full feature here:

https://voyagevirginia.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-anna-beall-of-virginia

09/15/2026

08/30/2026

The best accessories are grown, not bought.

Your bouquet in your hands. A boutonnière pinned to a lapel. The flowers you choose are some of the only pieces of your wedding that you actually wear all day.

And when they’re going to be that close to you, do you think it matters where they came from? Ours are grown locally, without chemical sprays, and cut for you right here in Northern Virginia.

Turns out the best part of the outfit might be alive.

08/27/2026

And because March doesn’t get to have all the fun… February.

Tulips, ranunculus, anemones, muscari, narcissus and whatever else we can coax into blooming while it’s freezing outside.

Still local. Still seasonal. Still grown for you.

Winter weddings are absolutely on the table. You just have to be willing to let winter be winter.

08/25/2026

So what does 100% locally grown look like when you get married in March?

It does not mean we start importing flowers. It means we grow differently.

For our winter couples, we force bulbs indoors, tulips, daffodils, muscari, and depending on timing, ranunculus and anemones. As we move toward spring, flowering branches start entering the picture too, bringing in all that texture and movement that feels so completely connected to the season. This winter I’m even growing amaryllis to experiment with for bridal bouquets, because apparently I needed another winter growing project.

These photos are from a March wedding, and every flower was still locally grown. We can grow for weddings and events throughout the winter, from December straight through March. The flowers will simply look different than they do during our main growing season, and that’s really the point. You have to be willing to let winter look like winter instead of asking it to look like June.

So if bringing the outside in during the coldest months of the year sounds more interesting to you than trying to recreate another season, reach out. We’re happy to grow for you.

08/23/2026

I think some part of us never stops looking for the secret door in the woods.

There was something about these images I wasn’t expecting. Something darker and stranger. Like we’d stumbled into a world that was already there and were only being allowed to see a little bit of it.

And I think that’s what I love most about them.

Because maybe this is what we’re actually reaching for when we talk about fairies and enchanted forests and all the strange little worlds humans have been inventing for centuries.

Not because we really believe there are tiny people with wings hiding behind the trees.

But because we want there to be something we haven’t figured out yet.

We want the woods to still hold a little mystery. We want flowers to be more than something pretty we put on a table. We want to believe there are places where the world is still wild enough that we don’t completely understand the rules.

Maybe that’s why we keep making stories about people who belong to the forest.

Maybe that’s why, even as adults, we still stop when the light comes through the trees just right.

There is something wonderful about not explaining everything.

Sometimes you just get to wander into the woods wearing a dress made of flowers and see what happens.

08/22/2026

Your wedding flowers don’t have to match.

At least, not in the way you might think.

For this spring wedding, we kept the personal flowers softer and quieter. They needed to work with what everyone was wearing and feel right carried down the aisle.

Then we got to the reception and turned the volume way up.

More color. More movement. More energy.

They still belonged to the same wedding. They just didn’t need to say the exact same thing.

Same story. Different volume.

Taylor | Photographer
Rust Manor House
Tara | Lead Planner/Owner of Clover Hill Events

08/19/2026

For the record, spring grown in Northern Virginia looks like this.

08/18/2026

Why make a headpiece when apparently August needed a whole dress?

Made entirely from what the season gave me.

Fading, flowering, a little wild and completely of this moment.

Exactly as August should be.