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Studio Choo is the floral methodology of two best friends, Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo, who share a love for things natural and wild.
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Now operating on both coasts in San Francisco, CA and Newport, RI! Jill and Alethea create mixed-garden compositions with local flowers, plants and foraged natural treasures in a style that can be characterized as unconventional, sculptural, and beautiful. Co-authors of "The Flower Recipe Book" and "Branches and Blooms" (formerly "The Wreath Recipe Book"), their work has been featured in renown pu

blications and blogs such as Martha Stewart Weddings, Real Simple, Veranda and Sunset. Studio Choo travel across the country flowering weddings, speaking at lecture engagements and teaching floral design classes. WHY IS YOUR NAME CHOO? Studio Choo started with a sneeze. Jill's tiny sneeze, to be exact. It was so small Alethea remarked upon this tiny sneeze and thus "Choo" became a shared nickname between the two. They remained friends when Alethea left the Bay Area and dreamed of starting a business together one day. Upon Alethea's return in early 2009, they took the plunge, opened their floral studio and the eponymous Studio Choo was born. BEGINNINGS
After running the business out of Jill's kitchen, Alethea's Honda Element, and a garage in South San Francisco for a year, they were ready for a new home base. In January 2010, Studio Choo joined forces with Magpie & Rye to form Prairie Collective. They opened a small studio/showroom in San Francisco's NOPA neighborhood featuring unique displays of plants and blooms, jewelry and home accessories. With a focus on seasonal local flowers, Studio Choo created arrangements for deliveries, restaurants and weekly clients, weddings and events, and taught workshops and classes all over the SF Bay Area. The women also penned/photographed a floral column on the New York design blog, Design*Sponge and became known across the country for their floral stylings. The tiny shop became a popular spot for locals to get their flower fix as well as a destination for out of town visitors. After a few years it was clear that the wedding portion of the business needed room to grow and the women sought a larger space outside the city. Their first book, The Flower Recipe Book, was released and with it the need for an expanded classroom. In March of 2013, Studio Choo opened the beautiful new space of their dreams in South San Francisco...designed to be a flexible workshop with moveable tables and displays, and a home to all kinds of classes and events. CHOO NOW
Jill has relocated to Newport, RI and is running Studio Choo East (taking on weddings, events, and weekly clients for 2018). Alethea is heading up Studio Choo West and has a new workshop in San Francisco with YONDER SF. She will continue to take on floral projects and events all over the SF Bay Area. Both of the Choos teach workshops and classes and they have a few joint events in the works for next year.

25/03/2022

12/03/2022

Spring arrangement with hellebore, ranunculus, tulip, anemone and forsythia in a narrow rectangle vase- making for interesting lines above and below the rim.

10/03/2022

Yippee! The Little Flower Recipe Book is available to pre-order on Jill’s website now! Link in profile🌿 Can’t wait for you to see all these tiny treasures😍

15/01/2022

Missing my favorite place to be in our south city space. 🤍🌾🪶

11/11/2021

We need help! Email us for info.

18/09/2021

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16/09/2021

Lavender and coral easing the way into Autumn! Jill’s weekly bouquets in Rhode Island are back after an August break🌿💜

05/09/2021

Summer flowers about to blend into autumn splendor in New England…it happens fast!

14/08/2021

Anyone else remember this April 2012 event? We created Spring bunches for a beautiful gathering at The Heirloom Cafe in SF. Very memorable because I actually attended and got to sit with and 😍.

13/08/2021

And we’re back🥴. Our Instagram got hacked and we were able to get our name back thanks to the help of our publisher ! All our images were deleted but thought this would be a good time to walk down memory lane. We started Studio Choo in 2009 but I only have photos from 2012 so we’ll start there. Would love if you commented and said hi as we have also lost all the friends we follow😲. This is from one of my favorite weddings in 2012! Still good! Thank you for all your support over the years, love Jill and Alethea

04/08/2021

Hello! Sadly our Instagram account was hacked and deleted. We’ll create a new one and start over but is there anything we can do about it?! PLEASE HELP US Instagram and Facebook! Below is what our old account () was changed to by the hackers morning. First they tried to get us to call a what’s app phone number and sent threatening messages to our friends from our account. NEVER CLICK LINKS!

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