Puale'a Floral

Puale'a Floral Offering floral arts workshops and nature-based learning experiences to inspire and empower your life! Aloha!

I'm Julia - the owner, florist and creator of Pua Le`a. I lived on Hawaii Island for 5 years, working and learning pacific agroforestry and effective land stewardship using traditional ecological knowledge and Hawaiian metrics of ecosystem health. Before I knew it, I had fallen head over heels in love with flowers: their seductive role in pollination, their geometric beauty and their place in und

erstanding Hawaiian mythology & story (mo`olelo). I now live in Madison, CT where Pua Le`a Floral is based, sharing the art of lei, the joy of aloha, sensory based nature connection and empowering the feminine (wāhine) through our workshops and services.

Hau’oli Lā Hānau 🎉 Birthday lei for a very special 80th birthday celebration. Red carnation lei poepoe with over 125 flo...
06/10/2025

Hau’oli Lā Hānau 🎉

Birthday lei for a very special 80th birthday celebration. Red carnation lei poepoe with over 125 flowers. This was a special commission for a community member whose family has deep ties to Hawaii.

We're now based in New Haven (not Madison) but can still deliver to Madison, New Haven County and now serving Litchfield County!

A special thank you to for being our partner in lei pick-up ! Check out Kate and her truly inspired floral offerings in Madison.

DM me or visit our website for details!

Link in bio 🌺❤️✨

What an honor to make this 'bombucha' carnation lei a'i poepoe for an uncle in the community with deep ties to Hawaii. ❤...
06/09/2025

What an honor to make this 'bombucha' carnation lei a'i poepoe for an uncle in the community with deep ties to Hawaii. ❤️

Special commissions are available to honor your loved ones for any occasion! Contact us for details.

Now based in New Haven CT with possible delivery around New Haven and Litchfield counties.

Mahalo 🥰

Graduation ti leaf lei with variegated yellow ti leaf. Four strands woven together (4 ply) in honor of four years of col...
05/17/2025

Graduation ti leaf lei with variegated yellow ti leaf. Four strands woven together (4 ply) in honor of four years of college celebrated!

Some sweet little May highlights from the beautifully tended land of  💗
05/17/2025

Some sweet little May highlights from the beautifully tended land of 💗

We collect together 💚A womyns gathering for the spirit. Fire - flowers - weavingherbals  Many thanks dear sisters ✨
05/06/2025

We collect together 💚

A womyns gathering for the spirit. Fire - flowers - weaving
herbals




Many thanks dear sisters ✨

This two part series will teach you everything thing you need to know about selecting, pressing, processing and designin...
05/01/2025

This two part series will teach you everything thing you need to know about selecting, pressing, processing and designing with flowers and foliage!

Courtney at Reloved Designs and I are partnering up where I'll teach the first part and ah'll do the second !

I love pressed floral design because of its longer lasting nature, which I admit, I am guilty of wanting to prolong!

Courtney's studio space in Branford is a creators delight... imagination and creativity are easy to access with her nurturing energy. And if it's nice out, we'll set-up our pop-up tent outside !

Learn more on our website. Link in bio!


Learn more on our website

Our next workshop is up!Saturday evening 5/3 7-8:30PM in Bristol, CT at makers space and art hub The Bristol Bazaar This...
04/24/2025

Our next workshop is up!

Saturday evening 5/3 7-8:30PM in Bristol, CT at makers space and art hub The Bristol Bazaar

This pressed flower workshop will have a special focus on spring blooms from blooming trees (magnolia) to shrubs (laurel) to herbs (dandelions) to everyone's favorites: anemone, violet, and tulips to name just a few!

Sign-up on our website! Only 16 spaces available for this one. We sold out in February at our similar Valentines Day version and we expect to sell out again !

See you soon! 🌸
Julia

*Rescheduled from last week*THIS Saturday April 19th 11am- 5pm!We're excited to be a first-time vendor with  in Branford...
04/07/2025

*Rescheduled from last week*
THIS Saturday April 19th 11am- 5pm!

We're excited to be a first-time vendor with in Branford for the Traveling Bazaar event!

It's our first public event of the season and we're hosting a drop-in pressed flower design workshop - make and take right there - AS WELL AS bunches of the last of our vibrant, mini dried flower arrangements for sale (made by me)!

I'll also have pamphlets and more info about our upcoming nature-based learning workshops, which are in their last planning phase. 🍃

These will be immersive, engaging, and collaborative learning groups on various topics in biomimicry, ecological design and nature's pattern language. More soon!

Come create with us this Saturday, grab a delicious brew (I know I will be) and enjoy this sweet local event. 😊

I'll be there all day 11am - 5pm - drop in anytime to visit us!

Tickets at www.pualeafloral.com

If you’re just tuning in, welcome to our rebrand!We dropped the word ‘floral’ in our name even though we are *STILL* off...
03/19/2025

If you’re just tuning in, welcome to our rebrand!

We dropped the word ‘floral’ in our name even though we are *STILL* offering floral artistry workshops because quite simply, we are NOT a conventional florist.

We are a now primarily an educational organization!

We envision a world where turning to nature for inspiration, innovation and to foster community is the norm, not the exception.

We see resourcing from nature's wisdom teachings every day as a necessity for optimum health and well-being.

How does nature solve a problem? Determine which way to send roots? Or how to grow a new limb after being severed?

Embedded within all living systems are operating instructions, from single celled bacteria to a hundred plus species tropical forest.

These powerful workshops will get you thinking like nature does to uncover novel solutions, and work smarter and more harmoniously in your life.

A natural educator and facilitator, Julia leads a team that thrives on designing transformative educational experiences that expose these essential questions.

Pualea offers informal workshops, such as birthday parties, women’s wellness events, library and garden club presentations, and youth group workshops

as well as

formal presentations, such as our corporate nature-based learning series, business annual meetings and workplace bonding activities.

Floral workshops this spring:
- Design a Pressed Flower Frame
- (Easter-themed) Tissue Paper Flower Eggs
- The Art of Hawaiian Floral Crowns (Lei Po'o)
- Flower Arranging with Wild & Native Plants
- Dried Flower Mini Bouquets

Get in touch to learn more! 🍃

Upcoming Events:
➡️Saturday April 12th 11am - 5pm at Caius Farm Brewery (Branford) with the Traveling Bristol Bazaar!

🌿 Floral Arts CraftWorkshops & Nature’s Pattern Language hands-on activities

➡️ Sat/Sun April 26th - 27th Earth Day Fair at Madison Earth Care

🌿 Nature-based learning workshops for all ages

Address

Madison, CT

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 6pm
Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+18603040912

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