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Caterina de Medici sposa a Firenze Florence as a Natural Stage for Your “Yes” Planning a wedding in Florence does not just mean choosing a beautiful venue; it means entering into dialogue with a city that has lived on art, theatre and memorable celebrations for centuries. Here, every stone tells a fragment of history, from the Medici courts to the grand Renaissance festivities. If Lorenzo the Magnificent left us words that invite us to live beauty without postponing it, it

Beyond the Discount: What Truly Lies Inside a Floral Arrangement In my work at La Bottega dei Fiori in Florence I often find myself talking about quotes and figures, especially with couples planning a wedding in Tuscany. It is natural to compare prices, but the risk is to focus only on the final number and forget everything that builds it: design time, the choice of living materials, logistics, responsibility. In a bespoke floral design project the value is never just “how m

Beyond the Quote: What I Look For in the Relationship With Those Who Choose Me In thirty years of work between Florence and Tuscany I have learned that no two clients are alike: each brings a different idea of beauty, a character, a rhythm. And yet, more and more often, I find myself meeting a gaze that stops only at the quote, as if the value of a project could be reduced to a figure. In my Bottega dei Fiori in Florence I work differently: the centre is the relationship of

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Fiori di stagione per la promessa di Matrimonio An Intimate Moment That Deserves a Beautiful Frame For many, the engagement promise is “just” a bureaucratic step. In reality, it is the first official yes to a life together, shared with witnesses and the people closest to you. It is a more intimate day than the wedding itself and, precisely for this reason, often a more authentic one – less filtered by the emotion of the big event. In my work as a floral designer in Florence

Botanical Festoons: A Bridge Between Renaissance Art and Today’s Weddings Often, walking through Florentine courtyards or looking up in historic Tuscan villas, we encounter painted or sculpted festoons and almost take them for granted. For many couples arriving for a wedding in Tuscany, they are love at first sight: garlands of flowers, foliage and fruit that still seem alive.Derived from the Latin festus – “day of celebration” – festoons are natural architectures that speak