Film and Foliage

29/01/2023

Let’s create a floral scene that brings together your personal style, luxury, mood, your venue, cohesion, an experience for your guests, happy nostalgia, romance and creates those core memories ✨

Then let’s get to capture that magic 📸

Delicate blooms for Heidi and George at the always stunning

24/01/2023

“Create me a fairy meadow aisle for me to walk down to my love”

18/01/2023

3 times you should opt for a Monobloom bouquet 👇🏻

🕊️ When the dress is stealing the show. We all love a statement gown that creates that ✨drama✨ and sometimes the flowers need to be the supporting act. If your threads are the main event, toning down the bouq will tastefully compliment without clashing

🕊️ When you want to evoke Modern Luxe vibes. A minimalist design with the movement of a ribbon is the ultimate way to add a hint of luxury to your aisle entrance

🕊️ When you want something a bit different. A massing of blooms creates a statement and draws the viewer in to notice the finer details. Each ruffled petal and repeated texture creates delicious visual interest and a colour block always makes a strong impact

Double tap if the Monobloom has stolen your heart! 💛💛

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15/01/2023

Choosing Seasonality means you’re also choosing:

✨ Quality

✨ Sustainability

✨ Originality

✨ Intentional

✨ Cohesive

Let’s explore your seasons florals 👉🏼 inquire via the website 🌸

08/01/2023

When we ask our couples why they chose Film and Foliage to be their wedding florist this is what they say:

🦢 "I liked that Ash was familiar with the venue. I loved her style of floristry instantly and her sustainable approach. It was one of the best decisions we made."

🦢 "I became your biggest fan on social media! The obsession was real. I wouldn't say I am a details person so I wanted flowers to be our main point of the day. High impact, space filling, looks great, I wanted somebody else who is talented doing all the work, it was a win for me."

🦢 "Ash’s’ floral style and aesthetic but also because of her ethos around sustainability and supporting locally grown blooms. I love the way she plays with texture and balance whilst still maintaining an element of wild and rawness to her designs."

🦢 "Choosing the right florist for our day was important to us. After speaking with a few other florists she was Scott's number 1 pick! (Yes, Scott made the final decision on our florist - he was very firm that we couldn't have anyone else). Ash was so warm and open to our ideas from the get-go, and always had great ideas to add. We love her sustainable approach, her creative flair and that she was so, so easy to work with. We loved working with you Ash and were absolutely blown away at our flowers on the day. Everyone could not stop talking about how beautiful they were! They really brought (even more) beauty and energy to the day."

We bloody love working with our beautiful, loved-up couples and taking their wedding day to another level with our stress-free, sustainable and creative approach.

If you would like to work with us, inquire via the website ✨

04/01/2023

Slowly cruising back home from a well rested break of sipping wine and ocean swims in South Australia and feeling that delightful creative itch creeping back in.

I am getting incredibly excited about the floral experiences this year has coming for Film and Foliage; Delicious palettes, juicy ingredients, memorable installations, epic vendor teams, a destination wedding or 2 and most importantly the cutest of couples 🥰

Can’t wait to take you all on our flower journey!
Follow along for all of the bloom bts 🌸

27/12/2022

Currently deep in that wavy, limbo timeless phase of the year where you don’t know what day it is 🌼

We are still checking in on inquiries, responding to emails and dreaming up your floral experiences with you so if you’re ready to book in your wedding florals cruise on over to the website to begin the process ✨

14/12/2022

Floral daydreams ✨

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10/12/2022

I’m making an outrageous announcement:

Tree Peonies were the Flower of the Year 🌸🙌🏻

Honestly, they were next level!
Blew my mind 🤯

What do you reckon?👇🏻

23/11/2022

Find the florist who becomes so immersed in your flowers they will intuitively match their threads

somehow always guesses the palette of the week 🍇

22/11/2022

Berry tones welcome Kate and Zach’s guests to a beautiful wedding experience at 🍇🍒🍓

18/11/2022

We are loving a palette of rich berry hues 🍇

Raspberry, plum, boysenberry swirls

Delicious 🍓🫐🍒

15/11/2022

Welcome to my world of flowers 🌸

08/11/2022

Give me those corals, peaches, buttery yellows, those warm sun saturated hues, give me golden afternoons with cocktails and laughter, food and friends, family and loved ones 🌺🌼🌞

06/11/2022

To all the Tree Peonies I’ve loved before 💛

05/11/2022

Working hard on the snippety snips at the always beautiful .
This part of the world, the Hunter Valley, is such a perfect place to get married with so many unique and incredible venues to choose from.
Sometimes I get pretty damn chuffed at the locations I am honoured to work at 🥰

28/10/2022

We’re not afraid of a bit of colour!

Tess’s bouquet filled to the brim with lush local blooms in bold reds, blush and lilacs ♥️

28/10/2022

An explosion of colour to represent Tess and Thomas 🌸♥️🦄

Fun fact: we had these triangle arches built especially for these lovers way back in 2020 but held them in our studio for this day, it felt pretty special to be able to finally create this ceremony 🥰

26/10/2022

Tess and Thomas loved up and making a statement with those blooms!

These cuties were postponed from way back and when we finally got to give Tess her bouquet we hugged real hard 🥰

There’s something really special about getting to deliver our blooms to our couples who have had to push back their wedding days so many times. It kinda feels like we’ve all been through something crazy together and we’ve finally made it to the party at the end!

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25/10/2022

A bold pop of colour to make a striking visual impact ♥️🌸

Are you a fan of a bright colour palette or prefer keeping it refined with neutrals? 👇🏻

18/10/2022

Your vision + the vibe of the venue + the flowers in season + our design style + that feeling you want to capture = a unique and intentional floral experience that is perfectly you 🌸

17/10/2022

It’s important that you know I am a full time floral dreamer.
At all times my mind is filled with ideas, inspiration, impossible floral sculptures and ethereal floralscapes.
I love the experience of being engulfed by nature, enveloped by blooms. It began from a young age of being obsessed with Fairies, The Secret Garden, The Magical Far Away Tree and any book that captured the enchantment and allure that nature holds for me.
As I began my career in Floristry I was immediately drawn to weddings as they allowed me to create an entire scene, feeling and experience for my clients filled with weightless hanging installations, cascading centrepieces and overgrown, tumbling ceremony features giving my clients the chance to escape into their own Wonderland for one magical day ✨

16/10/2022

Have you noticed this while comparing your fave floral accounts?

There are no reflexed and imported roses in our designs, no tutorials on how to flip a rose petal, & no whinging posts about how long it takes to open up all of our roses by hand

There’s a reason for this. Actually, there are many:

🥀 We proudly use Aus-grown blooms, supporting our local farmers

🥀 We primarily work seasonally, choosing to use flowers that are blooming naturally & are of the best quality

🥀 We make it a priority to minimise our footprint. Importing flowers from across the world creates huge amounts of pollution through air emissions. As well as that the flowers come packaged in EXCESSIVE cardboard & plastics

🥀 We choose not to expose ourselves & our clients to nasty chemicals. Not only are the roses sprayed with toxic chemicals that cause horrendous health effects & infertility on the workers (+ destroy their local ecosystems) but the flowers are then sprayed during quarantine coming into Australia which means the “beautiful” blooms we are handling & smelling are potentially causing a lot of harm

🥀 We don’t want to risk our precious ecosystem. Australia has the huge advantage of being an island & that means we can protect our flora & fauna from disease & dangerous bugs found overseas. However, each time a plant, seed, or flower is imported it adds to the probability that something will slip in & destroy our unique ecosystems (we just saw this happen with the bees on the East Coast 🐝😭)

🥀 Local roses are better priced, open naturally, don’t require manipulation & smell bloody beautiful (why try to fake it when you can just have the real thing for better value?)

🥀 Reflexed roses are a trend. The trend has been around since before 2020. This means the fun/new ‘trendy’ phase is over and it’s now in the oversaturated soon-to-be dated & tacky phase. We like to stay ahead of the trends to ensure your wedding is unique & fresh

So, if you’re looking for reflexed imported roses maybe scroll on…
This business celebrates naturally opened, locally grown, better value, sweeter smelling, less toxic, less bruised & non-manipulated roses & we're proud of it 😊

09/10/2022

Dates to avoid to get the best value out of your wedding flowers:

🌸 Flower heavy holidays - Valentines Day, Mother's Day, Anzac Day, Easter, Christmas.
Flower prices are not set in stone. They go up or down according to supply and demand. This means that high demand around these dates results in around a 30% increase in prices. Same flowers, higher costs.
This applies for the week before and after the actual date.

🌸 The middle of Summer - While it's a really fun time for a party, the high temps we experience in Australia means that the quality of your blooms is likely to be affected by the heat. Regardless of the freshness of the blooms and the care we put in. 30 degrees + can lead to wilted and even crispy petals.

🌸 Public Holidays - Perfect for a long weekend celebration but floral set-ups require a team of amazing florists and Public Holidays demand a higher wage for those staff. You'll need to account for the increase of labour in your floral quote.

🌸 New Years/Early Jan - Basically everyone is on holidays, including our flower growers. This is the one time of the year when our growers actually take a break (literally). You're going to struggle to find the range of blooms you desire to create your dream floral vision.

Save this post for when you're choosing your date!

07/10/2022

Is this even real?! 🌸

Brie and Lee said their vows surrounded by abundant garden style blooms at their Tuscan inspired wedding.

Honestly, it was a fairytale day that came together so magically 🌸

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07/10/2022

06/10/2022

Springtime = Blossom party

04/10/2022

Creating floral magic in front of the pink walls at 🌸

28/09/2022

Lush Aussie grown roses, dahlias, ranuncula, daisies and grasses for Alex’s bouquet. The perfect blend of romantic and whimsical 🌼

19/09/2022

Magnolia

Do I need to say anything more?