Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Local Color Flowers





I love discovering new wedding resources and talent and recently had the pleasure to meet a new (to me) florist. Local Color Flowers, owned by Ellen Frost has a niche market in which they provide floral decor for special events using only fresh, seasonal and sustainable flowers cultivated by local specialty growers.

Think about it: because only Mother Nature knows for sure which flowers will be blooming at a particular time of year, Local Colors isn't able to be very specific about the flowers the bride will have at her wedding. This requires a lot of trust on the part of the bride, but judging from their popularity, Local Colors has come through with amazing floral designs for their clients. Ellen gathers lots of information from the bride about colors, style, venue and size of the event and then uses her creativity and available inventory of flowers to create wonderful wedding florals.

I love the concept of adding this eco-friendly element to a wedding and it was such a pleasure to meet such nice people behind the concept. Be sure to check out their blog for photos of recent weddings.

3 comments:

Lisa said...

Thanks for the tip! I'm sure using local flowers also make for a more manageable floral budget, too! I just checked out their blog and I may be in love...

Dynamite Weddings said...

Local flowers are such a great touch! The colors and how fresh they are plus to cutting costs =)

Ellen said...

Thanks for the post Beth! It was a pleasure working with you a few weeks ago at AVAM. I hope your bride's will consider locally grown flowers for their upcoming weddings!