Virginia Robinson Gardens 2019: Our First Garden Tour

Sepideh Mianaby's first room at the Virginia Robinson Gardens Garden Tour in Beverly Hills, May 2019. On the estate's sunlit patio she created an inviting outdoor salon: lush arrangements of garden roses, peonies, hydrangea and delphinium in pinks, magentas and lavender, spilling from a carved wood centerpiece, the window boxes and the vintage sconces around soft linen seating. This first showcase began a tradition that has brought Ivory Floral Events back to the Gardens year after year.

About the design: we wanted guests to feel as if they had wandered into an English garden at its peak. Vibrant pink and magenta roses, peonies and delphinium were massed in generous, loose arrangements, then softened with lavender tones and trailing greenery. Flowers spilled from the window boxes, framed the doorway and filled vintage vessels around the room, so every corner offered a new detail. The Virginia Robinson Gardens Garden Tour supports the preservation of this historic Beverly Hills estate, and taking part in it in 2019 was the beginning of a much-loved tradition for our studio.