Deeply Rooted

10/22/2026

Gosh, summer has come to an end, fall has kicked in with the leaves dropping 🍁, the acorns all over the streets and temperatures dropping some but still enjoying beautiful days! ☀️
The last several months have been a blur but one thing I wanted to share with you is a very important person in my life got married 💍 👰‍♀️ 🤵‍♂️!
My best friends youngest daughter got married in September! It was a simple, out in the woods ceremony with just family and close friends.
And I was honored to be asked to create florals for the wedding party ❣️❤️❣️
This isn’t something I take lightly. When asked to make the bouquets, corsages and wristlets, I wanted to make sure it was going to be perfect for Shawna McCullough (Lindemann). I wanted her to feel like she had picked the perfect colors, flowers, and look for her special day!
Creating florals for a wedding isn’t easy or quick!! Takes a lot of time to think through the brides bouquet, how the bridesmaids bouquets will be similar but be unique.
I tried to incorporate the style of flowers Shawna wanted into them (rustic but elegant). I also was so excited to add flowers & 🦌 antlers to the arch!! That was so fun!!
With all that said, I always will be critical
of my work, but think they turned out gorgeous for the bridal party and fit perfectly into this simple, lovely day.

Here are some of the pictures that I get to show you and hope you will enjoy!
I am still a little bit choked up looking at the pictures of this beautiful woman that was a tiny little girl I used to babysit 🩷
Love you Shawna…..I hope your day was incredible and loved the florals as much as I did! 🤗

06/10/2026

It brings me a lot of joy to walk around my backyard in the evening when it’s quiet and peaceful to take a look at my planters and my perennials.
The annuals in my pots are filling in & blooming well! I love seeing the changes week to week & how big they get in a short time!
And my perennials are just starting to bloom or are soooo close to blooming!
From week to week, the changes happen so quickly!
Hope you enjoy my beauties! I’m so excited to watch them pop!
If you’d like to show me some of your flowers, I’d love to take a look 👀!
Drop your pictures below 👇!

Summer is starting! Very excited to see what it brings!

Blessings 🌸

Deeply Rooted LLC
Brenda Swanson
319-249-9093
[email protected]

05/27/2026

Enjoying the product of what I put together every day is one of my favorite things about Deeply Rooted!
I honestly never have a plan for each planter BUT it always works out. I don’t spend a ton of extra time laying out planters for each customer.
And that’s the fun of it for me - being CREATIVE! My trailer full of flowers is the pallet; as if I was painting a picture, I pick the colors and varieties, and like an artist, it falls into place.
I wish it was a “put together” process but it’s how I roll. And it works well so far!

I hope you enjoy the finished artwork!
I love it and really feel passionate about giving the customer something that makes them happy!

Weeks of work shown here…..it takes way more time to buy flowers, unload, fill planters with dirt etc, than to actually plant them because it comes so naturally to me!
They are not perfect and that’s part of the beauty!! Some are matching, some are what I have left over from a different job but they always go together and fit like a piece to a puzzle 🧩!

If I can help bring a little ☀️ to your porch, deck, patio, sidewalk or planter box, let me know! I love this job and I love meeting new customers! 😊

Blessings 🌼

Deeply Rooted LLC
Brenda Swanson
319-249-9093
[email protected]

05/16/2026

In memory of my mom, Kay, my grandma Icel & my mother in law, Kathryn, I used pinks & purples for my front porch planters 🌸🪻

They all cross my mind almost daily -
My mom was kind, generous, loving & not afraid to pray with anyone she met on the street (we have a few stories about that). She always wanted more for my sister and I, and continually encouraged us to try new things and to not be afraid of stepping out of the box. 🩷
My grandma Icel was where my mom got a lot of her qualities. My grandma loved having us around, she loved having meals together, she could always make us laugh & was slightly spicy 🌶️ 🤣. Every visit I made to her little home, she would have butter and saltines waiting for me 🩷
My MIL Kathryn loved me like her daughter. She made me try squash one of the first times I met her (which I hated but did it to try & get in good with her 😉). She always had cookies in the cupboard, which I ate my fair share of, and we had many “day dates” when I’d pick her up and we’d go to Dollar General, or Wendy’s or just for a drive. 🩷

I planted these pots at 9:30 last night and didn’t have a plan at first, but was drawn to the pink Ge**er Daisies, the pink Gaura & the purple Gomphrena and it struck me that those would have been the colors they all would have enjoyed.

Love you Mom, Grandma & Kathryn.
These are for you 🩷💜

Blessings 🌺

Deeply Rooted LLC
Brenda Swanson
319-249-9093
[email protected]

05/13/2026

Ahhh, the beautiful days with sun & breezes! I am SOOO happy winter has said it’s goodbyes 👋🏻!

Planting is in full swing! 👍
Every year, I am reminded how much I love getting my hands in the dirt, picking out flowers for customers, making gorgeous planters and seeing people 😃!

I would love to help you with your planters or plant for someone you know!

A sweet story…..a customer contacted me to have me plant pots for her friend who had just been through major surgery!
What a kind gift and a lovely story of friendship! 🩷

Contact me soon to be added to my schedule!

Blessings 🌸

Deeply Rooted LLC
Brenda Swanson
319-249-9093
[email protected]

05/12/2026

I’m Soooo Excited for next week!
It’s the annual Spring Planting event!

This is a fun time! We get out hands dirty, we plant beautiful flowers to enjoy at home, we chat with old friends and new, we have a drink to celebrate a fun night, we have the best snacks AND we get to enjoy a nice early summer evening!!

There is so much to love about this night and the connections we create!
The lovely Lauren Chalupsky-Cannon from the The Secret Cellar will tell us about her shop and all the EXCITING things going on there, my long time friend Carla Boeckenstedt-Werning with Carla Werning, Licensed Realtor at Ruhl & Ruhl Realtors will tell you how awesome the market is right now for real estate and how we really love doing these events together!

Come join us! We sincerely love seeing the faces of those who join us each event AND meeting great new people from our community!

And I am genuinely grateful for time to do what I LOVE to do - planting!

We have lots of space and lots of room for more friends! Bring a pot you already have and fill it for $50 OR you’ll be provided a new pot to fill for $60.

All I can say now is SIGN UP!
Let’s plant! 🌺🌸🌾🪻🌻

Blessings 🩷

Deeply Rooted LLC
Brenda Swanson
319-249-9093
[email protected]

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The Secret Cellar May 20th, 6:00-8:00 PM

04/11/2026

Reminders of spring all around me!!!
Summer IS coming 😊 and that makes me so happy! The warm sun, flowers galore, playing in the dirt. It’s calming, & I love the peace that being outside brings me.

If you are looking for help with your landscape beds - maybe you don’t know where to start or you don’t know quite enough about plants or shrubs or trees - give me a call ☎️.

I love designing landscaping for customers!
I will come talk with you, figure out what you need for your spaces and give you a reasonably priced estimate. There is a lot of competition in landscaping currently, but you need to have someone who knows plants, sun exposure, deer resistance, soil issues, how to trim plants etc!

I have been a plant lover since I was a kid, helping my parents on our property.
I grew to love working with my husband in the yard, trying new plants, watching it grow (or not grow 🙃), and finding what I loved to do later in life!

I have worked at a local nursery for 13 years now, & gained a ton of knowledge.
My business is 8 years old and I still love finding new flower varieties, helping people choose what to add to their planters or gardens, and just getting to know people and their needs. Customers are really important to me and I have a great base of people that trust me and continue to request me coming back to their homes.

If you are just getting started or needing to add to your beds, reach out and we can chat!

I will start filling planters with annuals just after the first part of May! If you’d like an estimate on this service, I’d love to help you! 🌺 🌾🌼🌻🪻

Many blessings as spring appears everywhere 🩷

Deeply Rooted LLC
Brenda Swanson
319-249-9093
[email protected]