December 24, 2024 • 27 mins
Discover the secret to flawless wedding floral design as I, Marco Buenrostro, welcome the creative genius Megan Riley from Riley and Rose Floral Design to the Tipsy Guest Podcast. We reminisce about the magical moment Megan's floral creations stole the spotlight on TV and explore the whirlwind of Texas wedding seasons, where her team orchestrates multiple weddings over a single weekend. Megan pulls back the curtain on the artistry involved in crafting stunning arrangements, sharing how she coordinates flowers with lighting and linens to transform venues into enchanting wonderlands.
Ever wondered how to source the perfect blooms for a wedding while keeping budgets in check? Megan reveals her clever strategies for seasonal flower sourcing, ensuring brides get their dream arrangements without breaking the bank. By curating visual design boards, she empowers clients to visualize their floral fantasies. Tune in to understand the global logistics and the benefits of leaning on local Texan growers, as well as the hurdles of navigating seasonal availability.
From combating scorching Texas heat to preserving flower freshness, Megan’s innovative techniques are a revelation. She opens up about the ingenious use of a custom-built trailer cooler, which doubles as a floral sanctuary during sweltering setup days. As we wrap up, there’s a genuine appreciation for our listeners and an invitation to share these insights with others, subscribe, and leave a review. Get ready to feel inspired and informed about the vibrant world of floral design in our lively chat with Megan Riley.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the Tipsy Guest Podcast.
I am your host, marcoBuenrostro, and every week I'm
here with the top industryexperts, amazing clients and all
my vendor BFFs to bring you thebest tips, advice and juicy
behind-the-scenes stories tomake wedding and event planning
a breeze.
So grab your favorite drink andlet's get this party started.
(00:26):
Hi guys, welcome back to theTipsy Guest.
I am Marco, your host, andtoday we're going to be talking
floral designs.
Oh my god, this is one of myfavorite parts of the wedding
Because the moment you walk inand you look at the designs, it
is so magical.
And for that I have Megan Rileyfrom Riley and Rose Floral
(00:47):
Design.
Hello, hello.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Hello, how are you?
I am so good, thank you forhaving me.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Of course, I am so happy that you're here.
I feel like the stuff youcreate is so incredible, so
beautiful.
I've known you for a long timenow.
I mean, I don't even rememberhow long I I don't even remember
.
I think the first time that Iworked with you was at an open
house at the Allen farmhouse.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
And that was probably like six, seven years ago maybe
has to be.
I think it's crazy and fun fact.
So I did a TV segment years andyears ago, right after one of
those open houses at the allenfarmhouse, and I needed an
emergency backdrop.
I mean, I was gonna be on tv, Ineeded something amazing and
she happened to have someamazing floral designs at this
(01:35):
open house and she was so kindthat she was like use them, go,
take them to the tv set and justdo whatever you want with it.
So thank you for that you're sowelcome.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Literally every time I think of you, that's one of
the things I think of.
That was right when I thinkboth of us were just really
starting to.
You know, full speed ahead withour businesses.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I still remember that segment and I'm like every time
I see Great DSA.
That's what I think of.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
That's so funny.
I love it.
I like that.
I like those little storieswith my guest.
You know it's so cool that Imean it's we've seen each other
grow so much.
I mean we were just chatting umoff the air about you know how
how wedding season is so crazyand so wild and so busy.
I know I know how many, um, howmany weddings do you do a
(02:21):
weekend normally?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yeah.
So again, kind of with theseasons things really change.
So for us here in Texas andthings like that, busy season
for us is spring and fall.
That's our like bread andbutter wedding season.
So during the fall most of thetime we're doing anywhere
between three to six is kind ofour comfort spot.
Now for us some of those couldbe smaller weddings, not
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necessarily full service.
You know, with weddings withflowers there's a lot of
components into it.
So are we doing hugeinstallations of, you know,
chandeliers and backdrops andarches?
When we're doing those thingsit takes a lot of manpower, lots
of moving pieces and parts.
And so if we have a really bigwedding like that, we normally
(03:05):
will scale things down a littlebit where we're only doing two
or three.
But if we have smaller ones,easier ones, to kind of drop off
, deliver, we can do six, eight.
Really the limit is endless onsome of those.
Right, that's what I was.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's what with me and with the photo booth
business.
That's what I say I'm gonnabook the wedding, I'm going to
book the event and then we'llfigure it out later.
I mean I can do I don't know, Ican do up to, like I don't know
20 events a weekend.
I don't think I've ever done 20events in a weekend, of course.
But, for example, december forus is so busy because we have
weddings and then we also havethe corporate events.
(03:41):
So I mean holiday parties areinsane because those are not
just on the weekend, those arelike every day of the week in
december monday, tuesday,wednesday, yeah, yeah, so it's.
I totally get it.
When you know, when it's like abigger party, a bigger event, I
do try to, like you know, I trynot to get crazy and say yes to
every single event because youknow we want to make sure that
we deliver great service foreach individual event.
(04:03):
So, especially with flowers, Imean you have to handle them
with care and so much setup.
How long does it normally takeyou to set up at a wedding?
Let's say, a mid-size wedding,not something in crazy big
minimum really two hours.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Okay, it's kind of what we like to give ourselves.
Um, now again, depending on thevenue, what our timeline is,
things can be really crazy.
Sometimes we have huge weddingsthat we have, you know, two
hours to have literally everysingle thing done.
Sometimes we have all day at avenue.
It really just depends wherewe're at.
But and how many people I haveon my team also plays a big
(04:40):
factor in that If our timelineis really tight, we bring in a
lot more of our staff to come in, because if I'm trying to do a
ceremony and set candles and setthis, we have to have 10, 12
hands doing that.
So that really plays a bigfactor in how much time and how
many people are there.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I like that.
Yeah, I always see you withyour group of people.
So we always set up the photobooth early in the day so I
always see her when she's uh,when she's setting up, you know
when she's arriving with herstaff and you know it's such a
cool transition.
You know, when we set upearlier in the day and you're
starting to see like littlepieces and then at night it just
looks like a whole differentset, like it's so incredible.
(05:23):
It's, I just think, the wayflowers go, with the lighting in
the venue and the linens andeverything is just so pretty to
see it go from like earlier inthe day to the actual wedding.
It's so pretty yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Even, even candles.
You know, when we leave, mostof the time the candles aren't
lit.
So even sometimes we don't getthat full feeling until we come
back at the end of the night totear down a wedding and I'm like
, oh wow, we killed this.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Once you really see it like the mood is set, the
candles are lit and you're likeokay, yes, it's so funny, Like
when I bring in new girls whowork for us, or I even had some
friends in town this weekend who, like tagged along with me and
just seeing the process of it,Most people have no idea how we
get from like square one to theend.
(06:12):
Finish result they're just likeoh my God, I didn't realize the
production.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yeah, yeah, I know, lately I've been seeing a trend
on TikTok where people just filmthe reaction of guests as they
walk into the venue or like thespace and it's so cool to see it
.
You know, I mean, the couplespends so much money and so much
, they put so much into planningtheir big day.
(06:37):
So when they see reactions ofpeople like it's so, it's so
cool, oh, it's my favorite andit's it's something with me.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
When I'm talking to my brides, you know if I'm
giving a recommendation or kindof trying to figure out certain
things, I am always going to gofrom the guest, you know,
experience, perspective.
I always tell people, you know,when I'm standing at a cocktail
table at a wedding that I'mattending, I don't want this
huge floral arrangement, I wantto be able to put my purse down,
(07:06):
I want to get a drink, I wantto do these things.
So I'm kind of more of like therealist guest experience.
And so you know, when I'mworking with clients, if they
want this big wow factor spot, Iwant that and I want your guest
to have that moment.
I want your guests for the next10, 15, 40 years talking about
that.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
To remember yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Yeah, and you know, if you're going to spend the
money, let's make a bang.
That's kind of how I, you knowapproach things and I love it.
You know it is, while it's acelebration of your marriage,
you're inviting all these peopleto a party and you want them to
enjoy themselves and we wantthem to have that experience and
for me, that's something I loveis seeing the guests' eyes just
(07:48):
light up and you know, I'venever seen said right now you
put it in, you think of theguest experience.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
You know it's, of course, you know the couple
they're going to have, thethey're going to make the
decision, but I'm sure that whenyou explain it to them that way
, they're just like oh my God,yes, like they will love this
and they will love that.
And you know, of course theywant people to talk about it and
to take photos of it and andremember that, so I guess.
(08:27):
So, now that you're talkingabout that, can you walk me
through the process of when youbook a client?
You know, from the moment theyreach out to you to the moment
that you go pick up everythingat the end of the night.
How is that process?
Speaker 2 (08:37):
yeah, really long process.
Actually I think a lot ofpeople don't really understand
how much goes into the floralaspect.
Most of our clients we areworking with full service
planners, things like that, butwe do still work with just
individual brides and groups.
Most of the time they inquirewith us.
First thing is checking theirdate, checking their venue.
(08:58):
Can we fit that wedding in?
Like I told you, I like to takeas many as we can within means.
So a lot of that is just kindof checking with our staff and
making sure like, okay, do wehave enough manpower to add this
one on?
Do we have enough vehicles, dowe have enough inventory to make
this happen?
(09:18):
So that's always kind of myfirst big step.
But then we bring them in and Ilike to hop on a call and
really just hear their ideas.
A lot of it is just themtelling me what they envision
Before I like to get crazy withmy mind and my ideas.
I want to hear what's important.
So a lot of times myquestionnaire and on that call I
(09:40):
ask somewhat kind of sillyquestions.
But I want to know how they met, I want to know what they like
to do, I want to know what'simportant to them.
You know, when they look at awedding, what are your top three
, five most important things ofyour day?
Is it a really cool band?
Are you a foodie?
Do you love food?
Do you want that to be anexperience?
(10:01):
Is it what the room looks like?
Because to me that can kind ofhelp me guide my clients and how
I need to present things tothem.
You know, if I have a bridewhom flowers might not be the
most important thing to them,but they still need flowers and
they still want it to look nice,there's a lot of things that I
might not present because itnecessarily doesn't need to be
(10:25):
in their budget of florals.
So I kind of just vet thatprocess through, go kind of
figure out what they need, whatthey want, and then I put
together a huge design board.
So I'm a visual person.
Most of my clients are.
So, they want to see it.
They want to almost if theycould reach out and touch it.
Yeah, they want to do that.
So we have this big, you know,electronic PDF of here is what
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your bouquets look like.
Here's all the flowers.
We're using color palettes.
I even come in and Photoshoplike here's your backdrop,
here's what I want it to looklike.
So they have the most realisticvision of what we're going to
present to them and to me.
That's a huge part of our kindof client onboarding process is
(11:09):
once they're able to see that.
Most of my clients are like ohmy God, yes, you took my ideas
that I had no clue what I wantedand made it something.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
That's the most fun for me, I think, is bringing
that all together and that'sreally just the beginning.
After that it's sourcing theflowers, ordering the flowers
and again, that's pretty easy.
The work really starts Monday,week of the wedding.
We get flowers in that week andit is conditioning and
processing and prepping andpulling vases and containers and
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candles and everything we needfor that wedding.
We normally start that process,you know, in the summer when
we're slow.
We kind of look at our weddingsfor the fall and we'll say
here's our counts, here's whatwe need for this wedding and
this wedding and this wedding,and we have it typed out and
written out.
So we just grab that paper theweek of the wedding and we're
like, okay, we need 120 of thissize, and we need 150 of this
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size.
And pulling all of those thingsand making sure everything's
there, it's cleaned, it'sprepped, it's ready, and then
packing it and getting ready.
Then we actually get to startdesigning.
Designing, honestly, isprobably the least amount of
work I do in a wholefull-service wedding.
You know, we design Wednesday,Thursday, Fridays and we're done
(12:25):
and then we set up on Saturdays.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
So if you, think about it like there's so much
work that goes into it thatdoesn't even involve touching
the flowers.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
That is so crazy.
And where do the flowers?
That is so crazy.
And where do the flowers comefrom?
I mean, I know you have toorder flowers and I guess also
one of my questions was theseasons.
I guess each season is adifferent type of flower, so how
do you discuss that with theclient and what if they want a
specific flower that it's not inseason?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
How do you handle situations like that?
Yeah, yeah, we have this comeup all the time.
The great thing about wherewe're at right now just in the
world in general, we orderflowers all over the world.
I mean Ecuador, holland,belgium, california, Florida.
We even source from our localgrowers here in Texas.
Unfortunately for Texas, wedon't have perfect weather for
growing flowers, but there'ssome that we can, and I love to
(13:23):
buy locally as much as I can,just because it gives us one
best quality, best price.
When we are ordering from, say,holland and Belgium, that's
their bread and butter.
Those flowers are going to begreat.
But by the time they are cut,put in a box, shipped over here
on an airplane, they've been outof water, out of the ground for
sometimes a week before theyactually get to me.
(13:46):
So then we have to rehydrate,reprocess, whereas if I go down
to, you know, winkleman Farms orany of the mead florals, I can
literally pick the flowers outof the ground myself.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Oh my God, I bet that's like a really cool
experience.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Yeah, yeah, it's so fun and it's you're getting the
best quality and you're nothaving to pay for the shipping
and the jet fuel and all thosethings.
So you know, unfortunately forus here in Texas it's very
seasonal.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
So summer, you know know, zinnias, dahlia, some of
those that we love and we seereally more of like a summer
into fall, but then once we hitour first freezes, they're gone
oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Have you ever had a client that goes with you, like,
for example, if you're buyinglocal, like to pick the actual
flowers?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
so when I very, very first started I did.
I've kind of gotten away fromthat, just because I find for
clients that can be veryoverwhelming.
And so that's kind of wherethat design board comes in.
If I show them the actualpictures of the flowers, that's
when they can say like, I lovethis, I don't love that, and
then it kind of lets me, youknow, get to pick and choose for
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them as the professional,because someone might show me a
flower that I'm like I knowthat's not in season, but I can
get another variety that isalmost identical.
The client would never know thedifference, and so instead of
freaking them out and being like, well, you know that's not in
season, I can't get it or it'sgoing to be way too expensive, I
can just be like, okay, great,we'll do that.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
I show them a picture of the other one, and they
would never know the differenceyeah, okay, and right now that
you mentioned, you know when youbuy flowers from overseas that
you know that they've beenwithout I mean, they've been
transported over here withoutwater, and how do you make sure
that the flowers look fresh theday of the wedding and even like
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from the earlier in the day?
When you set up to all night,you know, with the candles and
the lighting and all that stuff?
How do you make sure that theyall look fresh?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Yeah, honestly, one of the most stressful parts of
our jobs Because it is it'sMother Nature, it is a
perishable product.
So a lot of times, especiallyin the summer, is when we stress
the most.
With 110 degree temperatures inTexas, it is hard on flowers,
especially outside.
If we're inside in the airconditioner, normally we don't
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have too much of a problem, butoutside those flowers, I mean,
they are strained.
Biggest thing is making sureour buckets, our processes, we
are cleaning, disinfecting,making sure bacteria is gone.
We don't want any of thatbecause that's going to decrease
the longevity of the flowers.
Making sure we're hydrating,we're cutting, we use different
(16:26):
solutions that will help theflowers drink more, drink less.
Some flowers we put outside tomake them open more.
Some we put them immediatelyinto coolers.
I a huge walking cooler as wellas um.
Our trailer that we transportto weddings is a cooler um.
That, for us, has been thebiggest thing as far as stress
(16:47):
when we put those flowers in thetrailer cooler and we're
driving an hour to a venue I amnot stressing over like, oh my
god, do they have enough water?
Are they getting too hot?
No, they're sitting at you know, 42 degrees, living their best
life in that trailer and thenwhen we get to a venue they're
going right inside to the airconditioning, and so for us
that's a huge, huge piece andthat's also something we kind of
(17:10):
pride ourselves in is a lot offloors don't have that we do,
and that's something that I kindof built and made and I love it
because it eases me, it easesmy clients and I know that when
we drop our product on a tableit's going to last all through
the night.
When I'm picking up the flowersat the end of the night and I'm
giving them to family, I knowthat I can say these are going
(17:33):
to last two, three, five moredays because they are at their
top quality I love that.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Do you ever go and chill in your trailer, like
during the summer, when you knowit's so hot when you're setting
up?
Do you ever just go sit inthere and chill for a second?
Speaker 2 (17:46):
yes, it's so funny.
We, our team, we always kind ofjoke when we're like where's
so-and-so?
And they're like, oh, they wentto the trailer and I'm like
someone is literally cooling offoh my gosh yeah but I mean
sometimes that's literally like.
I mean I know myself like whenI need a moment if something has
gone stressful, something'sgone wrong, if I just need to
like think, you can find me inthat trailer that is so funny
(18:09):
it's dark, it's, I can likethink and I can get away, and
I'm one of those.
I don't like to sweat oh meneither.
I don't ever like to sweat sowhen I am in there I'm cool, I
can like take a breath and I canthink, and then I hop out and
I'm like, okay, here's thesolution that is so funny, but I
love it because, yeah, I I hatesweating, like you know, it
doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Like my house is always cold, my car is always
cold, like it's always, always,always cold, like sometimes,
like today, I'm wearing a hoodie, yeah, and it's because it's
cold inside the house.
It's not cold outside yet, butit's cold inside the house, so I
just like to feel comfortableand I love to be cold because
then I can just grab a blanketor a sweater or a hoodie or a
jacket, whatever.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
It is so good yes, and I always say like in our
studio we keep it very coldbecause even when we're
designing, we don't want it likein the winter when it's 30
outside.
We don't want heat blowing onthese flowers.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
So even for me, I am in leggings and hoodies and
jackets, and when we're in thestudio, it's there's no turning
a heater on.
It's like put more clothes onbecause that's the flowers are
happy, we don't care about us,it's all about the flowers are
happy, we don't care about us,and it's all about the flowers.
So I think it works well for me, because I love being cold.
So this is the perfect job.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
For me, it's like I love it walking into a meat
market.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
It's the same right, yeah so what would you say?
Speaker 1 (19:27):
are your top three most requested flowers?
Speaker 2 (19:32):
oh, in terms of like types of designs or actual
flowers, I would say type offlower.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Everyone loves a peony.
I feel like that is just, youknow, prime.
A lot of people get deterredaway because they think they're
expensive and they can be, whenthey're not in season, very
expensive.
But like a coral charm ordifferent things, they're so big
and lush and pretty that Idon't have to use tin in a
centerpiece, I can use one andit make a huge difference love
(20:02):
it um, honestly, I'm finding ahuge shift into some of those
local grown flowers like thezinnias and the dahlias.
this is my like shout out tocarrington with the farmer and I
and winkleman flowers.
They grow the best dahlias andthe best zinnias ever.
I grow them in my own backyardand I was stole by from them
(20:23):
because theirs are the best.
They have a lot of texture, abig petal count, they come in a
lot of colors and so I thinkwhen girls see that that's what
they're drawn to.
So I'm finding dahlias andzinnias have been one of the
most requested in probably thepast two years.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Also with the shift of color.
We've seen so much more colorin the last two years and so I
think with that you get thosemore colorful florals and then a
rose, whether it's standard orgarden.
Riley and Rose is my businessname and I always joke when I do
a wedding without roses.
I feel weird.
It's kind of a staple for me.
(21:01):
And again, I think people getdeterred by, like you know, the
really tight, like funeralflower or like the red rose
Valentine's Day arrangement.
That's not what we're doing.
We're big, beautiful, open,full bloomed roses.
Most people are like what isthat?
And I'm like, oh, it's a rose.
And they're like what?
(21:22):
It's so big, it's so fluffy.
Blaze this weekend was lookingat one of them and was like it
has zero imperfections.
I've never seen a flower that'sjust so perfect.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
I bet you, that makes you so happy.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
I'm like, oh my gosh, I love it, especially when you
know flowers come in and theymight not be the exact tone that
they normally are.
That's something with flowersthat's crazy.
We can order the same flowerevery single week and after you
know, week five, it'll be acomplete different shade.
It's the same variety, samestyle, everything, same farm,
(21:57):
and it's just different shade,wow, yeah.
And so sometimes I will likestress out, I like get the best
of me.
I'm like, oh my gosh, thisbride is expecting this to be
two shades lighter, and I'm likeshe's never going to know the
difference.
She will never know, but youwill know, but I know, yeah.
And so I stress out over it.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
And so something like that.
I'm like, okay, it's great,like it's fine, that is so funny
, but that's nature, speaking ofnature, so are there any eco
friendly options for couplesthat want to reduce their
environmental impact?
I mean, nowadays, you know,everybody's trying to be very,
you know, thoughtful of thingslike this.
Are there any options out there?
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Yeah, tons of options actually, and we're seeing this
really big movement in thefloral industry, which I love.
I love that we're kind oftaking it seriously and, you
know, trying to help our clientsdo that.
So one of the biggest things istrying to reduce floral foam.
So when you look atcenterpieces, most of the time
we're going to have a piece offloral foam in there.
(22:57):
Those things don't disintegratewhen they go to landfills, when
they do things years and yearsand years.
Even the fibers that are inthem they're not even great to
breathe.
You know there's research thatshowed like having them in the
studio is it's not good for youto be around it.
And so a lot of times we'retrying to move to containers,
vessels that we can fill withwater.
(23:19):
Versus having to have thatfloral foam, we'll use chicken
wire instead.
The floral foam is great toinsert stems and keep them there
.
It keeps the arrangementperfect.
Well, if we use chicken wirewith water, the chicken wire
holds those stems, so it kind ofdoes what the floral foam does
without having to throw it awayat the end of the night, and
(23:43):
then that chicken wire we canreuse.
You know, floral foam it's aone-time use.
There's and now there are somethings we just can't.
You know, when we're attachingflowers on, you know, structures
and arches, sometimes we haveto.
But for our team we've reallytried to say like, okay, do we
need to use foam on this or dowe not?
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And that's a really big thingfor us is trying to just
decrease that use of it.
There are some companies thatare making, you know, like moss
pillows, so it's made ofbiodegradable plastic with moss
inside that you soak.
So again, instead of that foam,you're using those to really
just try to decrease the amountof one-time use in plastics and
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things like that.
And for us, we try to compostas much as we can.
We have so much trash, so much.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Oh yeah, I bet.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
The boxes that our flowers come through.
We recycle them every singleweek.
Luckily, I partner with a localelementary school.
They have a recycling dumpsterthat gives money back to the
school when people recycle papercardboard.
So we take all of our boxes, webreak them down and they go to
that school and get recycled andso for us that's great because
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we're not putting in a dumpsterto trash.
We're at least recycling.
And then, you know, same thingswe try to reuse.
If we get boxes that have, youknow, bouquet holders, we will
reuse from wedding to weddingand try to only use once.
If we can like, we want tobreak down the one-time use of
things.
If I can use a box 15 timesversus once, we're gonna do it I
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like that.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Well, there you go.
There you have it guys.
This is megan riley from rileyand rose floral design.
I again, I love everything thatyou do, so for our listeners,
if you, if they want to checkout all your work, they can
definitely see you all oversocial media, all over social
media.
Are you on Instagram?
Tiktok?
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Yes we're on everything you can be on at this
point Instagram, just Riley andRose.
Facebook, riley and Rose,tiktok, riley and Rose Threads.
We're getting into that, we'reworking it.
So, yeah, check us out.
Our website is justwwwrileyandrosecom.
Um.
I always tell people, if you'reinterested in learning more
about us, tons of information onthe website.
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You can order holiday flowers.
You can do things like that onour website.
Um.
You can also inquire on ourwebsite.
So check that out perfect.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
So we'll have all of her information in the show
notes.
Make sure you check it out, andwe again thank you so much for
being with us today.
We are running out of time now,but um, I'll see you at events,
I mean I feel like I see you atleast like once or twice a
month I know.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
I like we're probably gonna be together this weekend
and we'll see each other and belike, oh my gosh, I didn't even
know you were gonna be here verytrue.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
all right, guys.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
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Hi guys, welcome back to theTipsy Guest.
I am Marco, your host, andtoday we're going to be talking
floral designs.
Oh my god, this is one of myfavorite parts of the wedding
Because the moment you walk inand you look at the designs, it
is so magical.
And for that I have Megan Rileyfrom Riley and Rose Floral
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Design.
Hello, hello.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Hello, how are you?
I am so good, thank you forhaving me.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Of course, I am so happy that you're here.
I feel like the stuff youcreate is so incredible, so
beautiful.
I've known you for a long timenow.
I mean, I don't even rememberhow long I I don't even remember
.
I think the first time that Iworked with you was at an open
house at the Allen farmhouse.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
And that was probably like six, seven years ago maybe
has to be.
I think it's crazy and fun fact.
So I did a TV segment years andyears ago, right after one of
those open houses at the allenfarmhouse, and I needed an
emergency backdrop.
I mean, I was gonna be on tv, Ineeded something amazing and
she happened to have someamazing floral designs at this
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open house and she was so kindthat she was like use them, go,
take them to the tv set and justdo whatever you want with it.
So thank you for that you're sowelcome.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Literally every time I think of you, that's one of
the things I think of.
That was right when I thinkboth of us were just really
starting to.
You know, full speed ahead withour businesses.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I still remember that segment and I'm like every time
I see Great DSA.
That's what I think of.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
That's so funny.
I love it.
I like that.
I like those little storieswith my guest.
You know it's so cool that Imean it's we've seen each other
grow so much.
I mean we were just chatting umoff the air about you know how
how wedding season is so crazyand so wild and so busy.
I know I know how many, um, howmany weddings do you do a
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weekend normally?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yeah.
So again, kind of with theseasons things really change.
So for us here in Texas andthings like that, busy season
for us is spring and fall.
That's our like bread andbutter wedding season.
So during the fall most of thetime we're doing anywhere
between three to six is kind ofour comfort spot.
Now for us some of those couldbe smaller weddings, not
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necessarily full service.
You know, with weddings withflowers there's a lot of
components into it.
So are we doing hugeinstallations of, you know,
chandeliers and backdrops andarches?
When we're doing those thingsit takes a lot of manpower, lots
of moving pieces and parts.
And so if we have a really bigwedding like that, we normally
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will scale things down a littlebit where we're only doing two
or three.
But if we have smaller ones,easier ones, to kind of drop off
, deliver, we can do six, eight.
Really the limit is endless onsome of those.
Right, that's what I was.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's what with me and with the photo booth
business.
That's what I say I'm gonnabook the wedding, I'm going to
book the event and then we'llfigure it out later.
I mean I can do I don't know, Ican do up to, like I don't know
20 events a weekend.
I don't think I've ever done 20events in a weekend, of course.
But, for example, december forus is so busy because we have
weddings and then we also havethe corporate events.
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So I mean holiday parties areinsane because those are not
just on the weekend, those arelike every day of the week in
december monday, tuesday,wednesday, yeah, yeah, so it's.
I totally get it.
When you know, when it's like abigger party, a bigger event, I
do try to, like you know, I trynot to get crazy and say yes to
every single event because youknow we want to make sure that
we deliver great service foreach individual event.
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So, especially with flowers, Imean you have to handle them
with care and so much setup.
How long does it normally takeyou to set up at a wedding?
Let's say, a mid-size wedding,not something in crazy big
minimum really two hours.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Okay, it's kind of what we like to give ourselves.
Um, now again, depending on thevenue, what our timeline is,
things can be really crazy.
Sometimes we have huge weddingsthat we have, you know, two
hours to have literally everysingle thing done.
Sometimes we have all day at avenue.
It really just depends wherewe're at.
But and how many people I haveon my team also plays a big
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factor in that If our timelineis really tight, we bring in a
lot more of our staff to come in, because if I'm trying to do a
ceremony and set candles and setthis, we have to have 10, 12
hands doing that.
So that really plays a bigfactor in how much time and how
many people are there.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I like that.
Yeah, I always see you withyour group of people.
So we always set up the photobooth early in the day so I
always see her when she's uh,when she's setting up, you know
when she's arriving with herstaff and you know it's such a
cool transition.
You know, when we set upearlier in the day and you're
starting to see like littlepieces and then at night it just
looks like a whole differentset, like it's so incredible.
(05:23):
It's, I just think, the wayflowers go, with the lighting in
the venue and the linens andeverything is just so pretty to
see it go from like earlier inthe day to the actual wedding.
It's so pretty yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Even, even candles.
You know, when we leave, mostof the time the candles aren't
lit.
So even sometimes we don't getthat full feeling until we come
back at the end of the night totear down a wedding and I'm like
, oh wow, we killed this.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Once you really see it like the mood is set, the
candles are lit and you're likeokay, yes, it's so funny, Like
when I bring in new girls whowork for us, or I even had some
friends in town this weekend who, like tagged along with me and
just seeing the process of it,Most people have no idea how we
get from like square one to theend.
(06:12):
Finish result they're just likeoh my God, I didn't realize the
production.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yeah, yeah, I know, lately I've been seeing a trend
on TikTok where people just filmthe reaction of guests as they
walk into the venue or like thespace and it's so cool to see it
.
You know, I mean, the couplespends so much money and so much
, they put so much into planningtheir big day.
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So when they see reactions ofpeople like it's so, it's so
cool, oh, it's my favorite andit's it's something with me.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
When I'm talking to my brides, you know if I'm
giving a recommendation or kindof trying to figure out certain
things, I am always going to gofrom the guest, you know,
experience, perspective.
I always tell people, you know,when I'm standing at a cocktail
table at a wedding that I'mattending, I don't want this
huge floral arrangement, I wantto be able to put my purse down,
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I want to get a drink, I wantto do these things.
So I'm kind of more of like therealist guest experience.
And so you know, when I'mworking with clients, if they
want this big wow factor spot, Iwant that and I want your guest
to have that moment.
I want your guests for the next10, 15, 40 years talking about
that.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
To remember yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Yeah, and you know, if you're going to spend the
money, let's make a bang.
That's kind of how I, you knowapproach things and I love it.
You know it is, while it's acelebration of your marriage,
you're inviting all these peopleto a party and you want them to
enjoy themselves and we wantthem to have that experience and
for me, that's something I loveis seeing the guests' eyes just
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light up and you know, I'venever seen said right now you
put it in, you think of theguest experience.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
You know it's, of course, you know the couple
they're going to have, thethey're going to make the
decision, but I'm sure that whenyou explain it to them that way
, they're just like oh my God,yes, like they will love this
and they will love that.
And you know, of course theywant people to talk about it and
to take photos of it and andremember that, so I guess.
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So, now that you're talkingabout that, can you walk me
through the process of when youbook a client?
You know, from the moment theyreach out to you to the moment
that you go pick up everythingat the end of the night.
How is that process?
Speaker 2 (08:37):
yeah, really long process.
Actually I think a lot ofpeople don't really understand
how much goes into the floralaspect.
Most of our clients we areworking with full service
planners, things like that, butwe do still work with just
individual brides and groups.
Most of the time they inquirewith us.
First thing is checking theirdate, checking their venue.
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Can we fit that wedding in?
Like I told you, I like to takeas many as we can within means.
So a lot of that is just kindof checking with our staff and
making sure like, okay, do wehave enough manpower to add this
one on?
Do we have enough vehicles, dowe have enough inventory to make
this happen?
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So that's always kind of myfirst big step.
But then we bring them in and Ilike to hop on a call and
really just hear their ideas.
A lot of it is just themtelling me what they envision
Before I like to get crazy withmy mind and my ideas.
I want to hear what's important.
So a lot of times myquestionnaire and on that call I
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ask somewhat kind of sillyquestions.
But I want to know how they met, I want to know what they like
to do, I want to know what'simportant to them.
You know, when they look at awedding, what are your top three
, five most important things ofyour day?
Is it a really cool band?
Are you a foodie?
Do you love food?
Do you want that to be anexperience?
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Is it what the room looks like?
Because to me that can kind ofhelp me guide my clients and how
I need to present things tothem.
You know, if I have a bridewhom flowers might not be the
most important thing to them,but they still need flowers and
they still want it to look nice,there's a lot of things that I
might not present because itnecessarily doesn't need to be
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in their budget of florals.
So I kind of just vet thatprocess through, go kind of
figure out what they need, whatthey want, and then I put
together a huge design board.
So I'm a visual person.
Most of my clients are.
So, they want to see it.
They want to almost if theycould reach out and touch it.
Yeah, they want to do that.
So we have this big, you know,electronic PDF of here is what
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your bouquets look like.
Here's all the flowers.
We're using color palettes.
I even come in and Photoshoplike here's your backdrop,
here's what I want it to looklike.
So they have the most realisticvision of what we're going to
present to them and to me.
That's a huge part of our kindof client onboarding process is
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once they're able to see that.
Most of my clients are like ohmy God, yes, you took my ideas
that I had no clue what I wantedand made it something.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
That's the most fun for me, I think, is bringing
that all together and that'sreally just the beginning.
After that it's sourcing theflowers, ordering the flowers
and again, that's pretty easy.
The work really starts Monday,week of the wedding.
We get flowers in that week andit is conditioning and
processing and prepping andpulling vases and containers and
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candles and everything we needfor that wedding.
We normally start that process,you know, in the summer when
we're slow.
We kind of look at our weddingsfor the fall and we'll say
here's our counts, here's whatwe need for this wedding and
this wedding and this wedding,and we have it typed out and
written out.
So we just grab that paper theweek of the wedding and we're
like, okay, we need 120 of thissize, and we need 150 of this
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size.
And pulling all of those thingsand making sure everything's
there, it's cleaned, it'sprepped, it's ready, and then
packing it and getting ready.
Then we actually get to startdesigning.
Designing, honestly, isprobably the least amount of
work I do in a wholefull-service wedding.
You know, we design Wednesday,Thursday, Fridays and we're done
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and then we set up on Saturdays.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
So if you, think about it like there's so much
work that goes into it thatdoesn't even involve touching
the flowers.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
That is so crazy.
And where do the flowers?
That is so crazy.
And where do the flowers comefrom?
I mean, I know you have toorder flowers and I guess also
one of my questions was theseasons.
I guess each season is adifferent type of flower, so how
do you discuss that with theclient and what if they want a
specific flower that it's not inseason?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
How do you handle situations like that?
Yeah, yeah, we have this comeup all the time.
The great thing about wherewe're at right now just in the
world in general, we orderflowers all over the world.
I mean Ecuador, holland,belgium, california, Florida.
We even source from our localgrowers here in Texas.
Unfortunately for Texas, wedon't have perfect weather for
growing flowers, but there'ssome that we can, and I love to
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buy locally as much as I can,just because it gives us one
best quality, best price.
When we are ordering from, say,holland and Belgium, that's
their bread and butter.
Those flowers are going to begreat.
But by the time they are cut,put in a box, shipped over here
on an airplane, they've been outof water, out of the ground for
sometimes a week before theyactually get to me.
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So then we have to rehydrate,reprocess, whereas if I go down
to, you know, winkleman Farms orany of the mead florals, I can
literally pick the flowers outof the ground myself.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Oh my God, I bet that's like a really cool
experience.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Yeah, yeah, it's so fun and it's you're getting the
best quality and you're nothaving to pay for the shipping
and the jet fuel and all thosethings.
So you know, unfortunately forus here in Texas it's very
seasonal.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
So summer, you know know, zinnias, dahlia, some of
those that we love and we seereally more of like a summer
into fall, but then once we hitour first freezes, they're gone
oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Have you ever had a client that goes with you, like,
for example, if you're buyinglocal, like to pick the actual
flowers?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
so when I very, very first started I did.
I've kind of gotten away fromthat, just because I find for
clients that can be veryoverwhelming.
And so that's kind of wherethat design board comes in.
If I show them the actualpictures of the flowers, that's
when they can say like, I lovethis, I don't love that, and
then it kind of lets me, youknow, get to pick and choose for
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them as the professional,because someone might show me a
flower that I'm like I knowthat's not in season, but I can
get another variety that isalmost identical.
The client would never know thedifference, and so instead of
freaking them out and being like, well, you know that's not in
season, I can't get it or it'sgoing to be way too expensive, I
can just be like, okay, great,we'll do that.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
I show them a picture of the other one, and they
would never know the differenceyeah, okay, and right now that
you mentioned, you know when youbuy flowers from overseas that
you know that they've beenwithout I mean, they've been
transported over here withoutwater, and how do you make sure
that the flowers look fresh theday of the wedding and even like
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from the earlier in the day?
When you set up to all night,you know, with the candles and
the lighting and all that stuff?
How do you make sure that theyall look fresh?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Yeah, honestly, one of the most stressful parts of
our jobs Because it is it'sMother Nature, it is a
perishable product.
So a lot of times, especiallyin the summer, is when we stress
the most.
With 110 degree temperatures inTexas, it is hard on flowers,
especially outside.
If we're inside in the airconditioner, normally we don't
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have too much of a problem, butoutside those flowers, I mean,
they are strained.
Biggest thing is making sureour buckets, our processes, we
are cleaning, disinfecting,making sure bacteria is gone.
We don't want any of thatbecause that's going to decrease
the longevity of the flowers.
Making sure we're hydrating,we're cutting, we use different
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solutions that will help theflowers drink more, drink less.
Some flowers we put outside tomake them open more.
Some we put them immediatelyinto coolers.
I a huge walking cooler as wellas um.
Our trailer that we transportto weddings is a cooler um.
That, for us, has been thebiggest thing as far as stress
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when we put those flowers in thetrailer cooler and we're
driving an hour to a venue I amnot stressing over like, oh my
god, do they have enough water?
Are they getting too hot?
No, they're sitting at you know, 42 degrees, living their best
life in that trailer and thenwhen we get to a venue they're
going right inside to the airconditioning, and so for us
that's a huge, huge piece andthat's also something we kind of
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pride ourselves in is a lot offloors don't have that we do,
and that's something that I kindof built and made and I love it
because it eases me, it easesmy clients and I know that when
we drop our product on a tableit's going to last all through
the night.
When I'm picking up the flowersat the end of the night and I'm
giving them to family, I knowthat I can say these are going
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to last two, three, five moredays because they are at their
top quality I love that.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Do you ever go and chill in your trailer, like
during the summer, when you knowit's so hot when you're setting
up?
Do you ever just go sit inthere and chill for a second?
Speaker 2 (17:46):
yes, it's so funny.
We, our team, we always kind ofjoke when we're like where's
so-and-so?
And they're like, oh, they wentto the trailer and I'm like
someone is literally cooling offoh my gosh yeah but I mean
sometimes that's literally like.
I mean I know myself like whenI need a moment if something has
gone stressful, something'sgone wrong, if I just need to
like think, you can find me inthat trailer that is so funny
(18:09):
it's dark, it's, I can likethink and I can get away, and
I'm one of those.
I don't like to sweat oh meneither.
I don't ever like to sweat sowhen I am in there I'm cool, I
can like take a breath and I canthink, and then I hop out and
I'm like, okay, here's thesolution that is so funny, but I
love it because, yeah, I I hatesweating, like you know, it
doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Like my house is always cold, my car is always
cold, like it's always, always,always cold, like sometimes,
like today, I'm wearing a hoodie, yeah, and it's because it's
cold inside the house.
It's not cold outside yet, butit's cold inside the house, so I
just like to feel comfortableand I love to be cold because
then I can just grab a blanketor a sweater or a hoodie or a
jacket, whatever.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
It is so good yes, and I always say like in our
studio we keep it very coldbecause even when we're
designing, we don't want it likein the winter when it's 30
outside.
We don't want heat blowing onthese flowers.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
So even for me, I am in leggings and hoodies and
jackets, and when we're in thestudio, it's there's no turning
a heater on.
It's like put more clothes onbecause that's the flowers are
happy, we don't care about us,it's all about the flowers are
happy, we don't care about us,and it's all about the flowers.
So I think it works well for me, because I love being cold.
So this is the perfect job.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
For me, it's like I love it walking into a meat
market.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
It's the same right, yeah so what would you say?
Speaker 1 (19:27):
are your top three most requested flowers?
Speaker 2 (19:32):
oh, in terms of like types of designs or actual
flowers, I would say type offlower.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Everyone loves a peony.
I feel like that is just, youknow, prime.
A lot of people get deterredaway because they think they're
expensive and they can be, whenthey're not in season, very
expensive.
But like a coral charm ordifferent things, they're so big
and lush and pretty that Idon't have to use tin in a
centerpiece, I can use one andit make a huge difference love
(20:02):
it um, honestly, I'm finding ahuge shift into some of those
local grown flowers like thezinnias and the dahlias.
this is my like shout out tocarrington with the farmer and I
and winkleman flowers.
They grow the best dahlias andthe best zinnias ever.
I grow them in my own backyardand I was stole by from them
(20:23):
because theirs are the best.
They have a lot of texture, abig petal count, they come in a
lot of colors and so I thinkwhen girls see that that's what
they're drawn to.
So I'm finding dahlias andzinnias have been one of the
most requested in probably thepast two years.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Also with the shift of color.
We've seen so much more colorin the last two years and so I
think with that you get thosemore colorful florals and then a
rose, whether it's standard orgarden.
Riley and Rose is my businessname and I always joke when I do
a wedding without roses.
I feel weird.
It's kind of a staple for me.
(21:01):
And again, I think people getdeterred by, like you know, the
really tight, like funeralflower or like the red rose
Valentine's Day arrangement.
That's not what we're doing.
We're big, beautiful, open,full bloomed roses.
Most people are like what isthat?
And I'm like, oh, it's a rose.
And they're like what?
(21:22):
It's so big, it's so fluffy.
Blaze this weekend was lookingat one of them and was like it
has zero imperfections.
I've never seen a flower that'sjust so perfect.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
I bet you, that makes you so happy.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
I'm like, oh my gosh, I love it, especially when you
know flowers come in and theymight not be the exact tone that
they normally are.
That's something with flowersthat's crazy.
We can order the same flowerevery single week and after you
know, week five, it'll be acomplete different shade.
It's the same variety, samestyle, everything, same farm,
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and it's just different shade,wow, yeah.
And so sometimes I will likestress out, I like get the best
of me.
I'm like, oh my gosh, thisbride is expecting this to be
two shades lighter, and I'm likeshe's never going to know the
difference.
She will never know, but youwill know, but I know, yeah.
And so I stress out over it.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
And so something like that.
I'm like, okay, it's great,like it's fine, that is so funny
, but that's nature, speaking ofnature, so are there any eco
friendly options for couplesthat want to reduce their
environmental impact?
I mean, nowadays, you know,everybody's trying to be very,
you know, thoughtful of thingslike this.
Are there any options out there?
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Yeah, tons of options actually, and we're seeing this
really big movement in thefloral industry, which I love.
I love that we're kind oftaking it seriously and, you
know, trying to help our clientsdo that.
So one of the biggest things istrying to reduce floral foam.
So when you look atcenterpieces, most of the time
we're going to have a piece offloral foam in there.
(22:57):
Those things don't disintegratewhen they go to landfills, when
they do things years and yearsand years.
Even the fibers that are inthem they're not even great to
breathe.
You know there's research thatshowed like having them in the
studio is it's not good for youto be around it.
And so a lot of times we'retrying to move to containers,
vessels that we can fill withwater.
(23:19):
Versus having to have thatfloral foam, we'll use chicken
wire instead.
The floral foam is great toinsert stems and keep them there
.
It keeps the arrangementperfect.
Well, if we use chicken wirewith water, the chicken wire
holds those stems, so it kind ofdoes what the floral foam does
without having to throw it awayat the end of the night, and
(23:43):
then that chicken wire we canreuse.
You know, floral foam it's aone-time use.
There's and now there are somethings we just can't.
You know, when we're attachingflowers on, you know, structures
and arches, sometimes we haveto.
But for our team we've reallytried to say like, okay, do we
need to use foam on this or dowe not?
(24:03):
And that's a really big thingfor us is trying to just
decrease that use of it.
There are some companies thatare making, you know, like moss
pillows, so it's made ofbiodegradable plastic with moss
inside that you soak.
So again, instead of that foam,you're using those to really
just try to decrease the amountof one-time use in plastics and
(24:29):
things like that.
And for us, we try to compostas much as we can.
We have so much trash, so much.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Oh yeah, I bet.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
The boxes that our flowers come through.
We recycle them every singleweek.
Luckily, I partner with a localelementary school.
They have a recycling dumpsterthat gives money back to the
school when people recycle papercardboard.
So we take all of our boxes, webreak them down and they go to
that school and get recycled andso for us that's great because
(25:00):
we're not putting in a dumpsterto trash.
We're at least recycling.
And then, you know, same thingswe try to reuse.
If we get boxes that have, youknow, bouquet holders, we will
reuse from wedding to weddingand try to only use once.
If we can like, we want tobreak down the one-time use of
things.
If I can use a box 15 timesversus once, we're gonna do it I
(25:23):
like that.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Well, there you go.
There you have it guys.
This is megan riley from rileyand rose floral design.
I again, I love everything thatyou do, so for our listeners,
if you, if they want to checkout all your work, they can
definitely see you all oversocial media, all over social
media.
Are you on Instagram?
Tiktok?
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Yes we're on everything you can be on at this
point Instagram, just Riley andRose.
Facebook, riley and Rose,tiktok, riley and Rose Threads.
We're getting into that, we'reworking it.
So, yeah, check us out.
Our website is justwwwrileyandrosecom.
Um.
I always tell people, if you'reinterested in learning more
about us, tons of information onthe website.
(26:05):
You can order holiday flowers.
You can do things like that onour website.
Um.
You can also inquire on ourwebsite.
So check that out perfect.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
So we'll have all of her information in the show
notes.
Make sure you check it out, andwe again thank you so much for
being with us today.
We are running out of time now,but um, I'll see you at events,
I mean I feel like I see you atleast like once or twice a
month I know.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
I like we're probably gonna be together this weekend
and we'll see each other and belike, oh my gosh, I didn't even
know you were gonna be here verytrue.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
all right, guys.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
We'll catch catch you next week, cheers, cheers.
Thanks for having me, thanksfor listening to the Tipsy Guest
Podcast.
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