Festive Florals

At Petals and The Flower Café,

we believe that trends should inspire and evoke change. They’re not something everyone could or would want to shout from the rooftops, but they can authenticate your life and trigger a lightbulb moment for someone else.

For us we cannot ignore the grounding impact that all things botanical have had on our lives. Thus, our unique take on this festive season, would be to stop, pause and allow yourself the time to let creativity unlock the door to your soul.

The mesmerising concept of florigraphy – the Victorian Language of Flowers - is woven into our DNA and we want to infuse it into all whom we encounter! One magical floral masterclass at a time, in our special Woodstock Workshop, will entice you to dig deeper into the meaning of all flowers, taking you down the rabbit hole into a unique world of sincerity and appreciation from this seemingly simple yet complex concept.

Petals & The Flower Café

www.flowercafe.co.za

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Fancy meeting your festive stems?

• A few daffodils to signal ‘new beginnings,’ and some daisies for ‘innocence.’ • Rosemary for ‘fond remembrance,’ and red tulips to symbolize ‘passion.’ • Pink carnations to tell you that ‘I will never forget you.’ • Or a bunch of Irises symbolizing 'faith, trust, wisdom and hope,' just in time for Christmas.

We feel that this festive season needs to awaken all of your senses with bold imperfectly perfect statement floral designs, that not only have a unique personality and form, but tell a unique secret story – while also smelling and tasting fantastic too!

We are leaning into bold and beautiful statement festive pieces using unsuspecting elements – the ultimate florist finds, and we find ourselves obsessed with using what is often considered ‘throw away botanicals.’

We’re all about magical finds, like bold yet whimsical yellow fennel flowers, curling and cascading orange and yellow nasturtium edibles, and armfuls of freshly cut lavender and rosemary. A fallen branch, or two or three will always find a home, even if it’s hung from the roof and embellished with foraged foliage’s and botanicals, and a garingboom (or 10!) can be thrown in for good measure too, wrapped in fabric and guised as an art-piece extraordinaire!

‘More is more’ is our theme for rounding off 2021. Go big and go bold – but more importantly be uniquely you!

Reflecting on a year that was, to a year that will be - is a challenge for one and all. Delve deeper into the meaning of flowers, herbs, plants and botanicals and allow this to not only infuse your homes and festive décor and design – but to percolate through your messages to those dear to you.

Now more than ever the feeling and need for sincerity and authenticity is the key to the 22nd year of the new Millennium!

From our Petals Group & Flower Café home to yours – may everyone have an apple blossom 2022! (Note: These radiant flowers symbolise fruitfulness and peace.)