Four seasons
March · April · May
The most delicate and the most weather-dependent season we have. A warm fortnight in April can pull a whole crop forward, and a late frost can take it out entirely.
We build spring weddings with a named first choice and a named backup for every element, and we tell you both at proposal stage so nothing is a surprise in week eight.
June · July · August
The widest choice of the year and the shortest vase life. Nearly everything is local, which means it was cut that morning and it will not tolerate a hot van.
So we build late — often the night before — and everything stays in the cold room until the last possible hour.
September · October · November
The richest colour of the year, and the season we would pick if someone let us choose the date. Dahlias hold on until the first hard frost, usually the first fortnight of November.
Arrangements are physically heavier and they last — an October arch will stand happily for two days, which changes what is possible across a weekend of events.
December · January · February
Smaller palette, more texture, and the best time of year to lean on foliage. Winter work is candle-led, built for indoors, and it costs meaningfully less than a June Saturday.
It is also the season where we are most honest about importing: for about six weeks nothing local is cutting, and we will tell you exactly which stems came from where.
Seasonal notes
14 September 2025
Peonies are a two-to-three week crop here, ending in early June. A September peony has flown from the other hemisphere, costs about three times as much, and opens tired. Here is what we use instead, and why it photographs better.
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2 August 2025
The best dahlias we see all year come from two growers in Madison County, in a window somewhere between late August and the first frost. What that means for your date, your colours, and your budget.
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9 February 2025
For about six weeks a year, nothing within ninety minutes of Asheville is cutting. We could stay quiet about it. Instead, here is exactly what we buy in those weeks and where it comes from.
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Eleven growers within ninety minutes — Madison, Buncombe, Haywood and Yancey counties. We will name them on request, and two of them will let you visit if you ask nicely in July.
Late January to early March, plus a handful of stems we cannot grow here at any point — some garden roses, some greenery. It goes on the proposal marked as imported.
The same bouquet is roughly $180 in early October and closer to $260 in April, because spring stems cost more and you need more of them. Peak-season Saturdays also carry a labour premium.
The year
What is cutting, and what a wedding that month tends to look like.
January
Small, textural, candle-heavy. Winter weddings are indoors and we lean on foliage, seed heads and preserved material. The cheapest month of the year to get married.
February
The first flowers that feel alive again. Forced quince and cherry branches do the structural work. Almost nothing local is cutting — this is the honest import month.
March
Bulb season. Colour comes back fast and cheap. Tulips move in a warm room, so we build late and deliver cold.
April
The prettiest month and the most nervous one. A hot week can pull everything forward ten days, so we name a backup for every stem in the proposal.
May
Peak spring, and peonies are here and only here. Our busy Saturdays start in May and do not really stop until November.
June
The month people picture when they picture a wedding. Roses are at their best. Everything is heat-sensitive, so we condition overnight and build in the cold room.
July
Hot and generous. Vase life is short — we build the day before at the latest and nothing goes out in direct sun before 3pm.
August
The widest choice of the year and the shortest vase life. Everything local, almost nothing imported. Colour runs hot unless you ask us to hold it back.
September
Our single best month. Warm days, cool nights, dahlias at their peak, and the light does half the work. Books out first.
October
The richest colour of the year — rust, plum, oxblood, bronze. Heavier arrangements that stand for two days without complaint.
November
The turn. First frost usually ends the dahlias in the first fortnight. After that it is texture, foliage and preserved material, which photographs beautifully indoors.
December
Wreath and garland month. Weddings are small, indoors and candle-led. We run workshops most weekends and keep two Saturdays for weddings.
