Sustainable floristry is a term often mentioned in the wedding and events industry.  The message is slowly creeping out there to couples and corporates who are looking for something more from their florists.  As a studio-based florist provides the ability to work across all of the Fleurieu – from McLaren Vale to the Adelaide Hills.  More agile, ramping up and down as the events season dictates.  Smarter and less wasteful. 

When speaking to couples and clients, I always share where I do my sourcing – locally grown and if the brief requests it, more widely to Australian grown.  I talk about what I use in my mechanics – how I create bouquets, arbours and table arrangements and what elements of these can be recycled.  I also share what I do with waste and encourage guests to ‘take home at the end of the night’. 

So, when I got the brief – ‘I’d like to use flowers from my garden for our wedding’ by Kat and Jon,  I was excited to craft something so personal.  Creating wedding bouquets, aisle piece, table centre pieces and ceremony meadows which were unique to the couple.  No copies of other florists’ work – just what’s meaningful to the couple.  Could this be the way of the future for sustainable floristry? There is space for this and I’m open to it. It’s both sustainable and scalable. Kat and Jon were super happy with their results.