The story so far...

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My earliest memory of flowers is an odd one. I was postioned at the bottom of a long flight of stairs in my Dads' florist shop in Grantham, aged six and told to shout "SHOP!" at the top of my voice if a customer came in. Both parents worked upstairs creating the designs, downstairs was filled with masses of fragrant, colourful, beautiful blooms. Even writing this brings a smile as it sounds reminiscent of " Open all Hours" but I remember the feeling of responsibility at this tender age as well as knowing it was place I wanted and loved to be.

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I'm a third generation florist, my grandfather had a large chrysanthemum nursery in Lincolnshire, the centre of the floral world in the 1930's who supplied the old Covent garden market in London.

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Three shops later in Sussex, and my family "persuaded" me to run one of the shops at the unconfident age of eighteen. A little later, after early mornings meeting the refrigerated vans from Holland at 7am, working very long hours, usually very cold and my hands continually red and sore I decided to go back to studying! 

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Interior design degree under my belt and  two children growing up, I found I missed flowers. So I started a fledging wedding flower business working from my garage to start with, alongside part-time hours in the family business and temping for other florists in Sussex. A busy life.

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Competitions intrigued me and I was lucky enough to work with the World president of Interflora who sponsored an exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show. An extremely large and very heavy bonsai tree was created with a few thousand white dendrobium orchids which won a Gold medal. A very happy moment.

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After teaching  at a local FE College, and becoming Head of Floristry, I was privileged to be offered a role working for WorldSkills International, training young floristry students to compete around the world. They were very talented people, and so successful, gaining over 18 Gold medals at Chelsea between them, many of whom have opened their own businesses. I'm incredibly proud of them.

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Internationally I've taught and judged in many countries from Brazil, Canada, Japan and Finland to name a few as well as local  shows. Last year, an amazing  trip to Russia, to help train the Russian Kazan floristry team for their debut onto the world competition stage.

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The wedding flower business has now grown beyond recognition, thanks to all our lovely clients.

Tim is responsible for marketing, promotion and design and as he says, "humping everything around!"

 

We create beautiful designs for lovely couples around Sussex, and bring our expertise when you are planning the most visual and decorative part of your wedding day. 

 

Flowers are definitely growing in our world. 

 Let us create magical floral designs in yours.

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                                                                   Steph and  Tim x  

 

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