The long arcade full of beautiful bouquets and local flower vendors is one of my favorite parts of Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA but our wet winter days mean these farmers need to be creative if they want to fill their shelves year round. Once the fall flower season has passed most booths transition to fragrant greens and dried flowers and the prices can’t be beat with large arrangements starting as low as $10.00. Early tulips will be here before we know it and if you’re in Seattle on the first day of Spring I hope you’ll get a chance to join the fun as market volunteers and community members pass out 10,000 daffodils to lucky people around the Downtown core.
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Can’t beat that price!
The first day of spring tulip handout sounds fantastic! What a great way to usher in the season.
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It’s a lot of fun to see so many people carrying flowers through town. 🙂
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Can’t believe the selection of flowers even in winter!!! And the prices — to die for! Thanks for sharing.
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The prices are fantastic, Rusha. 🙂
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the tulip share sounds great – and I like the maroon/orange/tan hues in the flowers you give us here.. so nice 🙂
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Thanks, Yvette!
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🙂
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Makes me want to buy them all!!
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It was hard to keep walking, D’Arcy. 🙂
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I enjoy your street photography and how you captured the vendor standing in the background. Do you ask before taking the photos or do you just take them? I wish I could be in Seattle to get a daffodil. One day, I’ll make it to Seattle.
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If I’m close to the person I’ll ask if I can take their picture but in the case of this flower vendor I was focusing on the long run of flowers and it wasn’t until I cropped the photo that I noticed how prominent she was. She’s my favorite part of the image now and I wish we had a chance to talk…maybe next time. If you make it up to Seattle let me know and we’ll meet at the market. 🙂
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I like her presence in the photo, too. It would be fun to meet at the market. Thanks, Lisa 🙂
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Beautiful flowers, and as low as $10, what a bargain. I bet they smell nice too. Maybe the whole block smells of flowers 🙂
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You’re right, Mabel some days the whole area smells like fresh flowers. It’s wonderful. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing a shoot from one of my all-time favorite locations. 😉
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You’re welcome, Eric! Thanks for visiting with us today.
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Bouquets of beautiful dried flowers are inspirational. Really like your perspective, especially the longer shot. Best wishes for joyful and peaceful days ahead. Happy Photo Challenge.
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Thanks so much, Sally.
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I agree with Sally about the perspective. I haven’t been to Pike Place Market, or Seattle, for too many years. What gorgeous flowers and what amazing prices!
janet
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The prices are wonderful, Janet and I can’t help but think about how hard these farmers work for each bundle of flowers. Their results are always pretty and last at home for much longer than grocery store flowers.
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How glorious to live so close to flower markets – one can only dream {sigh} 🙂
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Now if I could get to the market when I had a place to store some flowers before driving home… 🙂
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The flower market in Seattle is amazingly beautiful! Great images, Lisa!
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I’m glad you like the view, Amy!
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Such lovely winter displays ! – no wonder you love it so, Lisa !
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Thanks, M-R. It’s so nice to walk through blooming flowers and fresh produce in the middle of a gray winter day. 🙂
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What a beautiful selection of flowers, Lisa. I wish there was such a market close to where we live. 🙂
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Thanks, Sylvia! Do you still have flowers blooming in January? We’re pretty bare here until some brave crocus and hellebore start to flower.
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Oh yes, we do have flowers blooming in the gardens here. The stores where I shop don’t seem to have a great variety of cut flowers though.
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It’s almost tulip season. 🙂
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One of the many reasons I am bummed that I will be moving from Seattle home office to Lynnwood is the loss of being able to walk down to Pike place any lunch I want to
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Oh wow, that is going to be a big change, Tony. Your commute will be shorter but food options are pretty bland. 😦
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And fewer bike miles 😦
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True. 😦 My husband really misses his Sounder Train/Bike commute to Kent. The connections were close but the view and exercise were fantastic. Now he’s in a carpool and logs a lot of freeway miles…
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did the sounder to renton many times, loved it! when there weren’t mudslides…
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Yeah, the slides are a pain but all part of the price for such a beautiful water view the rest of the time…
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One of my favorite places!
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Nice! I’ll post more photos from this day over the next few weeks. 🙂
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I think I saw your photos from the same market before. Lush!
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Good eye, Paula yes you’ve seen my photos from this market before. 🙂 When it’s too cold to go out hiking or walk the beach I wander the market looking for inspiration. 🙂
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A cool idea!
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