Hello and welcome to Weekend Coffee Share #41! I’m glad you’re here. Please come on in, help yourself to a cup of coffee, or tea, or hot chocolate at my coffee station and let’s chat.
It was a week of lovely autumnal weather, with daytime high temperatures ranged from 20C to 22C (68F-72F). I did my best to be outside in it:
- I treated one of my nieces to a belated birthday Sunday brunch. Good food, good conversation.
- I celebrated Thanksgiving Monday on October 11 by going to Toronto Islands with my family in the morning, then met up with my neighbour for a 5K walk in the afternoon, before returning home for a special dinner.
- I did a lot of cycling and walking on the next three days to see various historic sites and public art exhibits.
Last Friday, I shared the first half of my best trip to Niagara Falls which covered the spectacular waterfalls. Today I’m sharing the second half which covers the Fleurs de Villes Niagara Falls floral trail.
About Fleurs de Villes
Fleurs de Villes events are organized in various cities around the world. I was thrilled to attend two of them close to home this year: Fleurs de Villes Rosé in Toronto (August 4-8) and in Niagara Falls, Canada (September 24 – October 3). Both events were free.
Fleurs de Villes Niagara Falls
Fleurs de Villes floral installations in Niagara Falls were spread out along a trail with a short uphill hike. My sister and I picked up a brochure that includes a map and listing of the floral exhibits. Most of them were outdoors and some were indoors.
The weather was perfect for our walk: Sunny, high 21C (70F) and calm wind. We had so much fun chatting, following the trail, discovering, viewing the floral displays up close and taking photos. I hope you enjoy the following photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Floral designs with autumnal and orange hues
Floral designs in other colours
Click on any image to see it in larger size and use the arrows to move through the gallery. Marilyn Monroe starred in the film Niagara in 1953. The mannequin dress was made of red rose petals.
Marilyn Monroe Mannequin 
Marilyn Monroe Mannequin 
Floral Frame of the Falls 
Tree along Floral Pathway 
Floral Mailbox 
Floral Swing 
Floral Heart 
Floral Maple Leaf 
Rainbow Mannequin 
Floral Bench and Basket 
Mannequin at the Corner #1 
Floral Bear 
Bride Mannequin 
Bride Mannequin 
Floral Bench
It was my sister’s first visit to Fleurs de Villes. We both loved the floral trail and enjoyed our trip to Niagara Falls. Thank you for following along virtually.
Linking to #Colour2021: Orange, #FOTD, #LifeThisWeek, #PPAC18, #SundayStills: Orange.
Your turn:
- How was your week?
- Which of the above floral designs are your favourites?
- Do you prefer to scroll or click to view images on my blog?
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Natalie the Explorer 
Oh wow! Those flowers displays are just beautiful!
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I was in awe of the florists’ creativity and skills.
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This post just shows how glorious fall can be.
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Good to hear from you Susan. I hope you’re doing well. Fall is a beautiful season. We had perfect weather on the day we visited Niagara Falls.
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Hi Natalie – what beautiful flower arrangements! I love the mannequin ones the best – making outfits from flowers is just so clever – and they look better than clothes 🙂
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Hi Leanne, I love the floral mannequins, too. They’re beautiful with so many fresh flowers on them.
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What a fabulous floral trail, just the sort of thing I love. Thanks for sharing this with me.
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Jude, I’m glad you liked this floral trail. The florists did an outstanding job. Thank you for hosting #Colour2021.
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Floral arrangements are wonderful 👌🌷🙏and your beautiful article also 👍🏻😊lovely day too 👏🍁🥀
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Thank you, Thattamma. I’m glad you liked the floral displays. Have a great day!
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Thank you so much dear and I like your posts so much 🌷🙏♥️👌
Happy weekend 👏😊
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Wow! Gorgeous arrangements! Thanks for taking us along, Natalie. Enjoy your weekend!
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Thank you Jill for joining me virtually,. The florists did a wonderful job for this event. Have a great weekend!
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This was beautiful! And so creative! I have never heard of Fleus de Villes. I would love to visit something like this in person. Now, I did click on the images to see them larger, but nothing happened. Even so, this post get top marks! I do wonder if the flowers are real. If so, how do they not wilt? Great capture of the floral rainbow with a real rainbow! And I also really like the Three Sisters Indigenous Mannequin. Actually, I like them all! Thanks for sharing!
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Betty, Thank you for your comment. I’m glad you liked this post and photos. The image gallery shows the photos as thumbnails then when I click on any image, the image is bigger, at the size that I saved.
I included a link to the Fleurs de Villes event schedule in my post. It’s happening in New York City Oct 8-17, then in Seattle Dec 17-27. There are dates in Montreal, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne in Australia, Cape Town in South Africa, etc.
Most of the flowers on this trail are real. The florists have techniques to make them last for the event duration (10 days). The floral displays do look better at the start of the event as opposed to the end so I’d suggest to go as soon as possible. Have a great weekend!
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These displays are incredible! Such wonderful artistry. I’ve always wanted to learn how to arrange flowers.
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Janet, The florists did an outstanding job at this event. I think a flower arrangement course is fun and useful.
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A wonderful set of outings and what glorious weather, Natalie! Love your orange images and everything looks warm, sunny, and inviting. So interesting how the indigenous people cultivated and relied on corns, beans, and squash for their food. You were quite busy with a birthday lunch and Thanksgiving. Toronto always seems to have such interesting and unique art events and it’s great you keep up with it all and eventually share it with your readers! Glad to see your link for Sunday Stills!
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Terri, We’ve had such a mild autumn so far and I take advantage of any nice day I get, to be outside. Toronto is a big supporter of the arts. There are always several art events going on plus great displays by local artists. My phone camera is full of photos, waiting to be shared on my blog. Thank you for hosting Sunday Stills. I like colour challenges. They’re fun to participate.
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Oh this is absolutely stunning 😀 😀
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Thank you, Cee. I’m glad you liked the floral displays.
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Gosh those are amazing! What a wonderful place to visit.
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The florists did an outstanding job. I was glad to see two Fleurs de Villes events in one year, and my sister loved what she saw at Fleurs de Villes Niagara Falls.
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Love the floral tomato truck and the mannequins, Natalie.
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Jo, I love that truck and the mannequins, too. The floral dresses on the mannequins were incredible to see IRL.
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The lady on the swing and the queen are so great! I zoomed in to see the detail of Marilyn Monroe – the petal dress is stunning. What a fabulous excursion! We missed our flower show – lockdown again. (I also couldn’t comment on the post before mine for some reason so I did the one next to it – but I did visit both).
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The mannequins are beautiful to see IRL. I love them all. The Bride Mannequin was incredibly well-designed, too.
I couldn’t comment on Scribble and Scran blog either. I think the comments were accidentally turned off. There is no Contact form for me to notify him. I hope he’s reading the comments here.
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These are wonderful photos, Natalie. It sounds like you had a great time.
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Thank you, Dan. We had beautiful weather and a wonderful time in Niagara Falls.
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Wow, this is wonderful to see. Thanks for sharing Natalie!
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Hurray, Teresa, you can leave comments on my blog now. The Fleurs de Villes floral displays are beautiful IRL. The florists did a fantastic job. Thank you for stopping by.
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Oh yes…just noticed that 👍🏼
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WOW. These are stunning! I wonder how long it takes them to create these. I love the bride one and the bear is cute!
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The Bride mannequin is stunning IRL. The Bear is huge and sits back in the corner. Made me think of a bear hug 🙂
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Those mannequins are particularly striking. Lovely setting for the flowers. And another butterfly of flowers and twigs. Marvelous! Thank you!
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You’re welcome, Lizl. I’m glad you liked these floral designs. The floral mannequins were truly beautiful IRL.
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This floral trail is truly amazing, breathtaking! I prefer to scroll by the photos full size, it enhances the experiences (since your quality of photos are good. On some blogs the quality isn’t the best, and then I prefer smaller images, or having the choice of opening the ones I am particularly interested in.)
Happy belated Thanksgiving!
My week was very good, inspring. I attended a educational day about the importance of exercise for children, held by Carolina Klüft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Klüft. Our school participates in a sports program that she is in charge of. I enjoyed that day very much. I also read som books for school about ways to make school accessible for every student (especially special needs students,) that inspired and motivated me this week. Overall a fabulous week.
Thank you for inviting us for coffee again 🙂
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Thank you Maria for letting me know your preference on scrolling or clicking on images and why. I greatly appreciate this feedback. Thank you also for the pingback and the link to C. Klüft. I was so impressed by her amazing sports achievements. I’m glad you had a fabulous week. It’s always a pleasure to invite you for coffee 🙂
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Natalie, these are some fabulous flower arrangements! My favourites are the swinging mannequin and the butterfly, but all of them are special!
I’ve had a good week with music, work and some photography. I think to see the photos on your blog, because you have a good blog design with large images I prefer to scroll. On blogs with a narrower content area I’d prefer to enter a gallery.
Hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the weekend!
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Susanne, I also love the mannequins and the butterfly on this floral trail. The florists did a fantastic job. Thank you for letting me know your preference to scroll the images on my blog and why. I greatly appreciate your feedback. I’m glad to hear you had a good week. Here’s to a nice weekend!
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Happy Bleated Birthday and a Bleated Thanksgiving.
Those are some amazing flower arrangements. Wow, all of them are beautiful.
Basically, all of your photos this week are amazing.
Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.
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Thank you, Patrick, for your comment. I’m glad you liked the photos. The florists did an amazing job. Have a nice weekend!
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Hi Natalie. I loved this visit to Fleurs de Villes. Thanks for sharing it.
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Thank you, Gary, for your comment. I greatly appreciate it. Have a nice weekend!
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I love the colors of fall! We don’t get much of them here in Jacksonville, Florida. I really enjoyed your photos, as always!
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Thank you, Pam, for your comment. October is usually peak time for Fall colours here. I’m glad you like my photos. Have a nice weekend!
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The floral exhibits are just gorgeous!! Thx for sharing!
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You’re welcome, Ruth. My sister and I loved this floral trail. The florists did an amazing job.
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They sure did!!
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Hi, Natalie – These floral designs are fabulous and so festive. I tried to choose a favourite but kept on changing my mind. I also LOVED the gorgeous fall colours!
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Hi Donna, This floral trail is truly beautiful and the sunny weather was a big help. I thought of your Three Sisters recipe when I saw the Three Sisters mannequin. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Hi Natalie
Your photos are amazing. Personally I love the swinging mannequin, Queen Victoria and the tomato truck. We loved Niagara Falls when we visited in Dec 2014. One day we will return.
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Thank you, IM, for your compliment about my photos. I’m glad you had a good visit to Niagara Falls. The florists did a fantastic job for this floral trail. Your three favourites are excellent choices.
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Love this tour. I have been to the falls on the American side many times since my husband’s family is from Niagara Falls and both husband and I went to university in Buffalo. Its been a long time since venturing to the Canadian side. Time to make plans. Thanks a bunch.
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So wonderful that you’ve been to Niagara Falls in the US many times. I love Horseshoe Falls and don’t mind going there again when I have an opportunity to go.
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Some really beautiful floral exhibits. Hard to choose a favorite but I like the mannequin in the swing and the old truck.
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Excellent choices! The Swinging mannequin is stunning iRL and the truck is fun to see.
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It sounds like you had a good week especially on Thanksgiving Monday. Thanks also for sharing about Fleurs de Villes. I remember your sharing about the Toronto edition of them too.
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Great memory, Astrid. I was thrilled to see two Fleurs de Villes events in one year and close to home.
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Just stunning Natalie. Thanks for sharing this beautiful display it certainly has brightened my morning. Have a lovely week. #lifethisweek
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You’re welcome, Sue. I hope you’re doing well and feeling better. Have a wonderful week!
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These are exquisite – thank you for the virtual tour! I love them all but I think the tomato truck is my favourite 🙂
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Thank you for joining me on the virtual tour, Sammie. That truck is a classic Studebaker and would be so much fun to drive 🙂
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Hi Natalie,
Once again I was wafting along today, and forget to do my Coffee Share post until tonight. Spent too much time among the flannel flowers, as well as undertaking a 24 hr no screen challenge, which I didn’t exactly fail, but in my typical fashion had a few exceptions.
I really loved your post this week and the breathtaking photos of the Fleurs de Villes Niagara Falls floral trail. They blew me away and thanks so much for sharing. I have a few friends who are florists and I’ll share it with them. They will be over the moon, especially after being in lockdown for 4 months.
Hope you have a good week.
Best wishes,
Rowena
PS Here’s my link: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/
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Hi Rowena, It would be a challenge to blog when you’re undertaking a 24 hr no screen challenge 🙂 The florists did an amazing job for the Fleurs de Villes events, both in Niagara Falls and Toronto. I included the link to the Toronto event in my post. Feel free to share with your florists friends. The flowers and their colours are instant mood lifters.
There is an upcoming Fleurs de Villes event from Nov 12 to 21 in Melbourne, and next year on August 19-28 at the Royal Botanical Garden in Sydney. I hope you and your friends get to see either or both events. Have a wonderful week!
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Thanks so much for letting me know about the Australian Fleurs de Villes events. It will be interesting to see how the Melbourne one goes. They come out of their umpteenth lockdown this Friday although the numbers are still high for us. Queensland and Western Australia aren’t allowed to leave the state. The rest of us are contaminated. I will try to make it to the one in Sydney. It’s stunning.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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I read about Melbourne long lockdown. I hope the reopening goes well without setback. Most of the Fleurs de Villes displays in Toronto and Niagara Falls were outdoors and well spaced out. We also have high vaccination rate and a mask mandate to enter indoor public spaces.
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I looked at the images before I read your text – and was wondering why some of the exhibits looked similar to some of the ones you shared earlier this year at the Fleur de Villes Rose. Now I know. I wonder how many of the same sculptor florists joined again.
So many stunning displays – my favourite has to be the Three Sisters because of the delightful squash. I have a soft spot for pumpkins and all interesting looking squashes!
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According to the two event brochures, some of the florists were in both events but not all. If you like squashes and pumpkins, October is prime season to see them here.
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How interesting to see there are events coming up in Australia too, Natalie. Thanks for that. I admit I do love a massed floral display and with “nothing” happening here (of course, the flowers are coming up) yet thanks to lockdown just finished…I would enjoy a walk to see some of these beauties.
Thanks so much for linking up for #LifeThisWeek. Next week I will publish the second half of the Women of Courage Wrap but the optional prompt is “X Marks the Spot”. Great to have your blog as part of the community here this week. Denyse.
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Hi Denyse, Fleurs de Villes currently schedules an event in the Royal Botanical Garden in Sydney in August 2022. I’m glad to hear your lockdown ended and the Spring flowers are coming up. I hope you get to see your Dad, enjoy a cup of coffee at your favourite coffee shop, and other small pleasures. Have a great week!
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Ah, what a magnificent exhibition. I’d love to stroll there encountering these beauties as well.
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Manja, It was a beautiful floral trail and we lucked out on the sunny weather. Thank you for your comment. Have a great week!
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