the shop: jardine hansen pop up at high tea with mrs. woo
location: 72b oxford st paddington
contact: jardine 0412 890 841; high tea with mrs woo 02 8065 5345
signature style: fashion meets flora
the florist: jardine
number of years in floristry: 3
best thing about being a florist: being surrounded with treasures everyday that make me smile. sometimes when i leave the market with a full van, i become a little giddy with joy and laugh to myself on the way back. i love how instinctive and accessible floristry is and how it's actually kind of tough and physical but the end result doesn't appear that way.
favourite flower combination: i feel like it changes so much with the turning of the seasons but i will always adore putting brambles, branches, lichen covered sticks, gum nuts or rugged bits in with pretty garden roses. i'm recently smitten with tulips but i think they should just exist on their own so they can do that wonderful wild sweeping thing they do so well.
most memorable event/occasion you have done flowers for: i did an installation in a space that was once a puppet master's shop. it's in a beautiful sandstone building underground so it really feels like a cave. i harvested armfuls of jasmine and with the help of two lovely friends, covered the walls in vines and flowers. we covered the ceiling with old paper maps, linen and lace, tiny paper ships and lights. the installation stayed for two months. i held film nights there and lots of creative people used the space for poetry readings, shadow plays, drawings, etc. it was nice that by the end, everything was dry, nicely preserved but brittle.
you are inspired by: old people at garden shows who know so much about plants and nature and are so happy to share their knowledge.
you are passionate about: plants, specifically at the moment, my expanding collection of begonias ( such colours and textures! i could stare at those leaves endlessly); and my garden roses. and branches and twigs, moss, etc. also travelling and adventures in general.
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| fashion meets flora |
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| pop up, going up |
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| artful suspension |
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| taming the wild |
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| for mums, especially |
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| in a window, in a drawer, a forest and a flower belle |
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| golden layers |
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| enchanting |
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| beautifully tangled |
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| joyful work |
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| nostalgic vignette |
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| fashion and flora |
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| fashion and flora |
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| fashion and flora |
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| fashion and flora |
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| fashion and flora |
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| fashion and flora |
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| fashion and flora |
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| fashion and flora |
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| potted lovelies |
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| sitting pretty |
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| hands that adore the wild |
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| flower belle |
