🌿 Sustainable floral arrangements: emotion, beauty, and respect for nature

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Aug 23
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Sustainable marriage: a possible choice, but not for everyone

When talking about sustainable floral arrangements , we must start from an awareness: it is not a proposal to be offered to every couple, but a shared choice , born from common values.

Like every project at Bottega dei Fiori , even the “green” ones are born from deep listening and the desire to create something authentically personalized .

Ricevimento nel giardino di una Villa Toscana

Sustainability in weddings: a real challenge

There's a lot of talk about sustainability these days, but applying it to flowers isn't so simple. Here are some factors to consider:

Wedding season (late spring, summer) often calls for delicate flowers, which are not always easy to source locally or manage in the heat.
High temperatures put even the hardiest flowers to the test.
The location , especially outdoors, influences stylistic choices and floral varieties.
The couple's tastes and aesthetic expectations must interact with the logic of "less waste, more value".

Our sustainable approach: optimize, recover, excite

Our method? Optimize flower yield , choose seasonal varieties, preferably local, and plan every detail so that each flower has a second life .

One of the most beautiful aspects is when, at the end of the event, guests can take home a flower , literally. Not a "leftover" but a piece of the celebration .

A concrete example: the wedding in the Italian garden

I recently had the fortune of working with a wonderful couple, sensitive to the theme of sustainability , who requested a green setup for a reception in a classic Italian garden, among box hedges and lemon trees.

For this special occasion, I proposed something that I have held dear for years: the creative use of antique crystals .

Grandma's crystals become precious vases

Bottles, carafes, water glasses, wine glasses, and even Vin Santo glasses: all carefully selected objects found at markets that tell stories of family lunches and distant celebrations.

We used over 20 meters of table decorated with these crystals, each transformed into a vase for fresh seasonal flowers , white and bright as the bride wanted.

The result? An elegant, waste-free atmosphere.

The final composition was light, fresh, poetic , with reflections that shone in the light of the candles lit at dusk.

But the real magic came after the cake cutting: the guests "picked" the flowers , taking them away from the crystals of the party. No waste, just memories that will blossom again.