Today we are in conversation with Millie Richardson, founder of Millie Richardson flowers, who specialises in wedding, events and private party flowers in The Cotswolds

We find out about Millie's journey into flowers from a London based corporate event background and how her love for production and transforming spaces moved her into a career in floristry

We speak about Millie's love of British flowers and foliages and how they inspired her work
We talk about sustainable mechanics but also how we understand the difficulties this can sometimes bring

We chat about the importance of team and how important it is to  have great creatives around you to pull the look together

We also cover the pandemic and the difficulties this has bought to our industry (and heaps more!)

Huge thanks to Millie for such a wonderful conversation xx

To find out more about Millie then please head over to hear website
https://www.millierichardsonflowers.com

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https://www.instagram.com/mill.rich.flowers/












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This week we are in conversation with Caroline Redpath, founder of Fleur Provocateur and her daughter Antonia who mostly manages the business and logistical moving parts of the business

 "Fleur Provocateur is a wedding and event florist based on the Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire border. Specialising in sustainable designs and taking pride with high-quality and fun service. Caroline leads a small team of floral fairies, we love large-scale design with colour and impact. Teamwork is key, we love working with all suppliers and collaborating with couples."

To find out more about Fleur Provocateur and their incredibly beautiful work please head over to
https://fleurprovocateur.co.uk
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https://www.instagram.com/fleur_provocateur/ 

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Caroline & Antonia of Fleur Provocateur

This week we are in conversation with Lucy Vail of Lucy Vail Floristry

'Lucy is an award-winning luxury floral design studio specialising in weddings, events and installations. Renowned for ‘bringing the outside in’ and their bold use of colour, they can transform any environment into an immersive botanical wonderland. All of their projects are seasonable, sustainable and most are made from solely British grown flowers'

To find out more about Lucy and her beautiful work please head over to 
https://lucyvailfloristry.com

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https://www.instagram.com/lucyvailfloristry/


 

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Lucy Vail of Lucy Vail Floristry

Featherstone’s English Flower Co. is a flower farm and florist, growing a wonderful range of British flowers and foliage in a three-acre field in the rolling Hampshire hills, and offering a fullfloristry service, events and workshops from a breath-taking fifteenth century tithe barn.
 
Co-founders Jess Roberts and Katie Stone have brought together a wealth of professional knowledge and years of experience in floriculture to create their dream business, growing handpicked flowers for retail and wholesale from March-December. They are united in their passion for seasonal British flowers, ethical floristry and caring for the environment.
  Sustainability is at the heart of Featherstone’s English Flower Co. In the field, promoting biodiversity is key, by using no-dig methods and adding composts and mulches to the soil surface.
No pesticides or herbicides, and no heat or peat, are used in production. In the barn, this means only natural, compostable and reusable methods are used for all floristry (not a trace of floral foam!), harnessing methods from the past with a modern twist to create beautiful arrangementswith an organic style. 
Featherstone’s English Flower Co. is a member of ‘Flowers from the Farm’ and ‘The Sustainable Wedding Alliance’.

To find out more about Featherstone's English Flower Co please head over to
https://www.featherstoneflowers.co.uk

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Katie Stone + Jessica Roberts of Featherstone's English Flower Co

In standard fashion, Jess and Vic have a bit of a chat about how crazy last year was and a few exciting changes happening on the podcast moving forward
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Season 7 Jess and Vic ramble

This week we chat to Marianne & Camila, founders of Wolves Lane Flower Company who grow & create with their beautiful sustainable blooms in a  40 metre glasshouse in North London 
We hear all about their beginnings and what drove them to begin their business successful partnership and how they have grown their wonderful business into what it is today
Such an insightful and inspiring conversation

The VERY exciting news this week is that these lovely ladies have written a book and its available to pre-order RIGHT NOW so we have this lovely chat to coincide with their book launch and find out all about "How to grow the flowers-a sustainable approach to enjoying flowers through the seasons"
We know this is going to be a must have for every book shelf!

Huge thanks to Marianne & Camila, we wish you every success with your new book ladies!

To pre-order your copy please head over to
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1911682016/?tag=pavibook-21

To find out more about Wolves Lane Flower Company please head to
https://www.wolveslaneflowercompany.com

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