There’s no shortage of great restaurants in downtown New York. New ones pop up nightly like mushrooms in the woods. Cool shops are also ten-a-penny. But hidden away in the light flooded streets of Soho, you’ll find the most perfect combination of the two that you could ever hope for. Take a stroll down Howard St, […]
It’s always fun to draw inspiration for our own business from others, and today, we’re doing exactly that! Across every corner of the world, no matter what language is spoken, what type of cuisine is eaten, or what the way of living is like, flowers are universally beloved. The flower shops shown below inspire florists […]
Curated flower shops are finding a home within clothing and home décor stores—we talk to the designers leading the trend.
For most of my twenties, I dreamed of opening a flower shop. I found myself in my first house, throwing parties, enthralled with my garden and honing my arrangement skills. That lead to catering and floral work for other people's parties and half baked plans to open my own storefront. I kicked around names, knew just what I'd offer my patrons and drew up plans for what the shop would look like inside. As years dragged on, I got into more serious floral design projects- weddings and events with 30-60 individual arrangements and elements per pop... almost exclusively created by myself. Life took unexpected turns and my path lead me further away from my floral shop dreams. The heavy project work eventually lead to burn-out and ultimately I decided if that dream were ever to become a reality, the types of arrangements I'd offer would not be event-facing creations, but would aim to merge my love of gardening with my affection for freshly cut blooms. In the end, I'd focus on making the everyday more beautiful, not necessarily a 5 hour party. Garden, Atlanta Many of the types of floral studios that draw me to their doors these days look like these: rife with potted offerings, flush with multi-hued foliage and gift-ready herbs. I'm particularly fond of those urban storefronts and the way the lush offerings out front seem to contradict the concrete and metal facades that flank them. Christoffers Blommer, Stockholm Lonny Mant, Copenhagen First impressions and front of the house displays are so important for setting the tone. The walk up to Mant in Copenhagen is my ideal version of a floral meets garden haven. Flamant, Paris I surprised myself by how much I love these basket arrangements out in front of this Paris shop. Perhaps because there is uniformity in the type of basket and not a hodge-podge collection, this otherwise rustic set up still appeals to my more modern design tendencies. Blomsterkuret, Copenhagen Blomsterkuret in Copenhagen presents a welcoming array of baskets by the door as well- again, all uniform in color and style. The stained black building with white awning is right up my alley. Matsuki Kousuke Brutto Gusta, Berlin Stoneface Creations Twig, Tetbury England Perhaps this dream will eventually come to fruition through one of the twists and turns on my current path. I still do some floral work on the side and these days funnily enough, much of that has turned back to wedding work. It's funny how life plays out. Mortgage, career, finances and eventual family planning will all play into if, when and how I might make it happen. For now, I like to think I still have one foot in this little dream of mine. It will be interesting to see how experiences between now and then will continue to shape it.
Anemone floral shop brand identity design by paula mayagoitia
Opening a flower shop, like any new business, requires lots of hard work, love, and dedication. And some good information.
Maybe flowers are our truest language. Sunny sprays tied with simple string served from vintage Volkswagen vans, swan vessels laden with mismatched market fresh blooms or arranged in a cover-worthy crimson floral wall, utilize sight and scent to imbue immense joy without a single word. Walking into shops tangled with brambles and botanicals, alight with blooms of every color and covered in floral curiosities is certainly one of life’s simplest, yet greatest pleasures. Here are 25 of the most wild and wonderful floral shops from around the globe. Are greens more your thing? Check out 30 of the Cutest Plant Shops Around the World → Reporter: Katie Bush
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Mayesh, one of our flower wholesalers, recently shared a message about the industry floral shortage. Here's why production has dipped and how it affects you.
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It's been way too long since I last posted an update on the Amsden project. The past month has been nothing but plumbing and HVAC work which is mostly in the ceiling and below the floors, so there's not much to be shown as far as progress! So while
Maybe flowers are our truest language. Sunny sprays tied with simple string served from vintage Volkswagen vans, swan vessels laden with mismatched market fresh blooms or arranged in a cover-worthy crimson floral wall, utilize sight and scent to imbue immense joy without a single word. Walking into shops tangled with brambles and botanicals, alight with blooms of every color and covered in floral curiosities is certainly one of life’s simplest, yet greatest pleasures. Here are 25 of the most wild and wonderful floral shops from around the globe. Are greens more your thing? Check out 30 of the Cutest Plant Shops Around the World → Reporter: Katie Bush
Image 1 of 16 from gallery of ARKA Flower Shop / Maly Krasota Design. Photograph by Dmitriy Sergienko
It's hidden inside a flower shop.
A note from Jo on this season’s install: The visual display team spends months creatively planning each install, and I love collaborating with them on how the feeling of the season translates into each display. It’s one thing to tell inspiring stories and navigate these themes in our magazine, Magnolia Journal, and another thing entirely […]
Maybe flowers are our truest language. Sunny sprays tied with simple string served from vintage Volkswagen vans, swan vessels laden with mismatched market fresh blooms or arranged in a cover-worthy crimson floral wall, utilize sight and scent to imbue immense joy without a single word. Walking into shops tangled with brambles and botanicals, alight with blooms of every color and covered in floral curiosities is certainly one of life’s simplest, yet greatest pleasures. Here are 25 of the most wild and wonderful floral shops from around the globe. Are greens more your thing? Check out 30 of the Cutest Plant Shops Around the World → Reporter: Katie Bush
A flower shop in the heart of the Amsterdam canals, with a beautiful shopfront display.
It's been way too long since I last posted an update on the Amsden project. The past month has been nothing but plumbing and HVAC work which is mostly in the ceiling and below the floors, so there's not much to be shown as far as progress! So while
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Just in time for the holidays, Terrain has opened a new outpost in Silicon Valley. We got a sneak peek at the 1,000-square-foot shop and the café the day b
Lush foliage, tiny succulents, cacti and sansevieria galore. Walk into any one of these flower or plant shops and leave with a new friend or two. The charm lies in the unique selection of each beautiful storefront. All of these botanical boutiques will help fill your home with an abundance of greenery. After all, plants are our home's best friends. What better way to decorate and landscape than with the help of the world's horticulture artists? Plant enthusiasts beware: These 30 boutiques will have you making room for just one more fiddle leaf fig friend. Reporter: Scout
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City garden image source Hello, March! This time of year we're always itching to start planting seeds and get outside in the garden (plus, reading about all the plants you're excited to grow this season in the comments section of Tuesday's post has only intensified the feeling). Since the weather has been significantly cooler in our area and we've been out of town for long stretches, we're planning to get started a little later than we have in the past (March instead of February) — so today we thought it would be fun to round up some of our favorite garden themed images from across the web as inspiration for getting a little dirty when we return home. Because we have limited outdoor space, we're always trying to think of creative ways to make use of vertical space and love experimenting with a wide variety of edible landscaping. I'd say we're looking forward to planting many of our old favorites (greens, peas, tomatoes, herbs and all sorts of peppers) but are most excited to try out a few new plants like hungarian peppers, cucumbers, lavender and perhaps a fruit or olive tree. We're also looking forward to cultivating the return of our perennial plants like strawberries, grapes, horseradish and turmeric roots. So! Here's what we've been thinking about this year, with all the beautiful garden inspiration images we could only dream of cultivating in our own space... Rain barrel image source We've talked for years about getting or better yet, making a rain barrel — hopefully this will be the season we make good on all our chatter. We love the way this brick enclosure above feels like a bit of a secret garden and the rain barrel fits in seamlessly. It's no secret we're big fans of container gardening. With limited ground space and good soil, we've tried our hands at growing everything from herbs to vegetables and fruits in different containers year-round. I love the look and feel of the galvanized planters and all the variated plants in different sized planters lining the steps below: Garden planters: staircase container garden, galvanized tub planters, vintage zinc barrels. Creative uses for repurposing containers otherwise headed for the landfill are also a favorite gardening challenge for us. We've made planters from metal oatmeal and olive oil tins, an old colander, tired paint buckets and more. I love the creative use of baskets, cans and bins below: Recycled planters: upcycled can planters, galvanized planters, basket planters. We've always had fun starting spring peas and experimenting with ways to grow them vertically in our limited space. We've tried bamboo teepees and even flipped tomato cages upside down to create a similar effect. Don't the natural trellises and teepees below just look dreamy? We're looking forward to getting creative with pea supports again this year, something we'll probably tackle in the next couple of weeks. Vertical pea supports: sweet pea supports, courtyard obelisk, planting cage, vine obelisks. Supports are so great for using up vertical space and have worked really well for us in the past — plus they just add a bit of an alluring architectural element to garden spaces we love. Natural supports: garden salvage wigwam, bean arbor, bamboo container obelisks, branch teepee supports. Speaking of supports, we'd love to try growing cucumbers this year, but lack the space for a vining plant. Looking at the supports and contained planters for cucumbers below gives us the needed inspiration to take a stab at cukes of our own this year. If you'd tried it with success, we'd love to hear your tips! Vertical cucumber supports: raised bed teepees, garden bed dome, cucumber trellis. I can definitely relate to the images below and feel like they depict much more beautiful representations of the haphazard cups and jars that pop up all over the place when I'm trying to sprout new plants from cuttings. I can't wait to plant some of the successful cuttings we've been nurturing over the winter and try to take new ones from other various plants. We'd also love to cultivate the beginnings of a large, bushy rosemary plant in our front yard this year: Growing herbs: propagating plants, rosemary topiary. We had roses at our old house, but have yet to plant many flowers around our new house. I love the idea of climbing roses against a brick wall like these pictured below — definitely something I'd love to look into for the corner of our brick garage this season: Climbing roses: white roses, pink roses. While we're talking about plants climbing the walls, fruit trees are something we'd love to venture into with our garden. Our neighbor has a large fig tree in her yard that we have access to each year, but we'd love to mix things up with more fruit bearing trees. We'd never seen the vertical "flat" growing method for fruit trees below — isn't it fascinating to see how a plant as strong as a tree can be trained to grow in any sort of space? Wall Trees: espaliered apple tree, fan espalier tree, pear cordon fruit tree. And finally, how about a little color? Some of our favorite flowers are about to come in bloom soon. We have jonquils, lilacs, and hydrangeas we'd love to bring into to areas of our space to add a little cheerfulness: Spring Flowers: potted daffodils, hydrangeas, lilacs, daffodil buds. We'd love to know — what are you excited to plant this growing season and do you have any go-to growing tips for small or vertical spaces? Keep up with more of our garden inspiration by following our "In the Garden" Pinterest board. 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Image 15 of 16 from gallery of ARKA Flower Shop / Maly Krasota Design. Photograph by Dmitriy Sergienko
Maybe flowers are our truest language. Sunny sprays tied with simple string served from vintage Volkswagen vans, swan vessels laden with mismatched market fresh blooms or arranged in a cover-worthy crimson floral wall, utilize sight and scent to imbue immense joy without a single word. Walking into shops tangled with brambles and botanicals, alight with blooms of every color and covered in floral curiosities is certainly one of life’s simplest, yet greatest pleasures. Here are 25 of the most wild and wonderful floral shops from around the globe. Are greens more your thing? Check out 30 of the Cutest Plant Shops Around the World → Reporter: Katie Bush
