AESME

The modern world is fast losing its connection to nature. In our work we are seeking to reconnect with the plants and land that our flowers come from.

Working with nature teaches patience and humility. To watch plants struggle and flourish, their flowers bloom and inevitably decline, is to learn a beautiful lesson - be present, and live in the moment.

LOCAL & SEASONAL

Around 85% of cut flowers bought in the UK are imported.

We grow our flowers on a farm in Hampshire. Expanding into horticulture felt natural, and has established an intimate connection between our work and the produce we use.

We believe that in flower arranging, as in cooking, the quality of ingredients is paramount, that flowers grown locally and naturally are infinitely more beautiful and interesting than those which are mass-produced or chemically enhanced.

As gardener-florists we sow, nurture and harvest thousands of incredibly beautiful flowers each year using organic methods. We want our clients to have the very best. That means fresh, seasonal, scented and above all natural.

DESIGN

We design with a garden in mind.

The most breath-taking gardens carefully balance human cultivation with encroaching wildness. In taking inspiration from the garden where their materials are grown, Aesme designs are textural and intricate - umbels, buttons, spires and stars of flowers layered with pods and feathery grasses, with the addition of surprising elements from weeds to vegetables.

Our approach to colour takes its cues from the changing seasonal landscape - April’s primrose, rust and milky-white, citrine and russet in autumn. We search out and emphasise nuances of colours from stamens to petals, emphasising eye-catching moments of transition - turning or mottled leaves, fronds bleached by the summer sun.

SUSTAINABILITY

Working with nature, not against it.

We are committed to thinking creatively and sustainably about the way in which we grow, source and arrange flowers.

Our key commitments are:

Growing flowers without chemicals or pesticides

Designing without non-biodegradable flower foam

Making every effort possible to source local, organic materials

Celebrating the natural essence of botanical materials

Composting all green waste

CONTACT US

www.aesme.co.uk

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