Bloom Banter Wedding Flowers Podcast

Bloom Banter the wedding flowers Podcast is wrapping up season 1, what a journey this year has been, it’s been a roller coaster past 5 months or so, that’s for sure, and we have been privileged to have had the opportunity to create this podcast, we hope the first season have been helpful and inspirational with your wedding flowers planning, there’s some big things in the pipeline at Mondo HQ, and today we are excited to tell you all about it! For more information on wedding flowers, Real Wedd...

Surprisingly not every flower is available at anytime throughout the year, yes there are seasons and while some flowers will be available broadly throughout a whole year, and some flowers will cross over into multiple seasons, there are certainly a collection of flowers that have limited availability and some that might seem confusing to fully understand in terms of when they flower and when they can be accessed! So it’s really important to do a little bit of research to find out if your drea...

Reception floral designs are ever-changing and we have recently seen a new direction for blooms designed in a uniquely modern way to make impact and stamp your personal style on this space, there are so many new floral styles to consider for your wedding floral reception concept, and so many different ways to deliver that bloom beauty to the table, and in today’s episode we chat about what’s hot and what’s trending in reception table floral designs. We chat about reception floral styling...

Are you looking at investing a large part of your floral budget into the ceremony space AND would like to look at options to then re-purpose this statement floral design? Is it possible to re-use a ceremony design at reception and if so, what are the boundaries and framework to allow this to happen successfully! In today’s episode we chat about how to get more bloom bang for your floral buck – and ways to facilitate the repositioning of ceremony flowers.Where the ceremony flowers can go at re...

If you have been keeping a watchful eye in the world of blooms you have may have noticed the latest botanical craze of ‘Preserved Foliage and Flowers’ pulling ranks in the flower industry. This new in vogue botanical offering is commanding attention with a contemporary and unique style of bleached, preserved and dyed textural leaves, flowers, and fillers, allowing an everlasting and ecological flower story, and we are happy to say we are in LOVE. In today's episode we talk about the new cool ...

So are corsages and buttonhole florals for weddings today still a thing, and what is a corsage and what is a buttonhole bloom? In today’s episode I discuss these floral traditions, a bit of background regarding their origin and whether they still have a place in today's modern wedding. We talk about how they originally became a wedding tradition and whether you still need to include these traditional floral designs into your wedding concept. For more information on wedding flowers, Real ...

Wedding Venue Episode Information Searching for the right wedding venue to host your wedding celebrations can be a daunting experience, and here in South East Queensland we are completely spoilt for choice, so the task seems even more challenging, for those looking for a hinterland offering you wouldn’t be alone if you considered one of the Sunshine Coast’s most well regarded and leading wedding venues - Maleny Manor - situated on a picturesque 30 acre estate, offering exclusivity ...

Colour palette chaos…. it can make your head spin, the choices available are daunting, and for those searching for the right blend of colours to not only suit their unique personal style but to make a statement for their wedding concept, it can be a pretty intimidating thought. So how do we achieve the right colour accents to make an impact, and what colours not only work well for your style but partner with a location and will make the right impression for your design vision, and what colour...

Are you wedding planning and starting to consider the flower options for you, you wouldn't be alone if you completely dismissed roses taking a part in your floral concept. I have to admit that roses were never that interesting to me, and to be honest I avoided them like the plague! Roses were deemed as traditional, classic flower choices and a little bit boring, and I have to say that until quite recently roses were DEAD to me! Until the REFLEX arrived. In today’s episode we chat about the ro...

A marriage celebrant – the manager of words for your ceremony and that person who becomes your advocate for the formalities of your wedding day, so what exactly is their role, what processes and time-lines do they oversee and is their a rule book for saying those ‘I Do’s’ in today’s episode I interview marriage celebrant Ange Anderson.Ange is a marriage celebrant who is warm, relaxed and a brilliant storyteller. She has a passion for genuinely getting to know couples who choose her, so ...