Thorn & Petal

10/07/2026

Our October newsletter is here! 🍂🌿

This month, we are celebrating all the little things that make fall so lovely — getting to know the beautifully fragrant freesia, discovering the dramatic Alocasia, and sharing a few tips for bringing your houseplants back indoors as the weather cools.

Plus, a little shop update, Thanksgiving flowers, florist tips, and more from behind the scenes at Thorn & Petal. 🤍

Grab a cup of something warm and have a little read. ☕️🍂

Happy October, flower friends!

10/03/2026

October is probably our busiest month for wedding designing this year. 🤍

Floristry is one of those businesses where the final result shows so little of the story behind it.

The finished flowers are always beautiful, joyful and sometimes incredibly touching. But behind every bouquet and every wedding is so much more than arranging flowers. There is planning, calculating, ordering, conditioning, timing, problem-solving and constantly balancing what is possible with what we want to create.

I always feel like floristry asks you to be rational and artsy at exactly the same time. One side of your brain is calculating stems, quantities, timing and logistics, while the other is thinking about colour, movement, texture and feeling. Finding that balance is hard.

But somehow, after all these years, this is still the work we love. ❤️

And going into one of our busiest months, I am especially grateful for my team. Life does not stop just because wedding season gets busy. We all have important things happening in our own lives, and yet everyone still shows up, jumps in and gets the work done together. That kind of trust and bond means so much to me.

And to all of our flower growers and suppliers — thank you. We could not do any of this without you. Many of the flowers we are designing with right now were planned and planted months ago, cared for through an entire growing season, harvested at just the right moment, sourced, packed and brought to us.

By the time we place that final flower into a bride’s bouquet, so many hands have already been part of its story.

I think that is one of the things I love most about this work. We all get to play a small part in bringing some of nature’s most beautiful creations into one of the most meaningful days of someone’s life. 🤍

09/24/2026

Definitely one of the more unique bouquets from this wedding season. 🤍 We loved seeing the bride’s vision come together so beautifully in the end.

A big thank you to Photographer • Editorial • Cinematic for capturing these beautiful moments and sharing them with us. It is always so special to see our flowers through such a talented lens. 🥰

09/18/2026

One of my favourite bouquets from 2026.

I always feel like a bridal bouquet should carry a little bit of the person it was made for. The colours, the movement, the little unexpected details… this one just felt like you, Jen🧡

09/12/2026

09/03/2026

A little colour, a little movement, and a whole lot of personality! 🍓🌸

We had way too much fun creating these playful pieces for a dance studio, filled with beautifully locally grown blooms from Sycamore Hill 🇨🇦

From oversized dahlias and fuzzy celosia to wispy grasses, pops of yellow and those adorable strawberry pots - we leaned into colour, texture and movement and let the flowers have a little fun.

Proof that flowers have rhythm too. 💃

08/28/2026

What a beautiful sunny day! ☀️ Hope you all had a chance to enjoy the warm sunshine. This is my favourite moment of the day—what’s yours? Happy Friday, everyone! 🧡

08/27/2026

We’ve been here for almost three years now. Time really does fly by in the blink of an eye. This baby has taken even more of my time than my actual kids. It’s so strange—sometimes it feels like it all happened so fast, but when you look back, so, so much has happened.

One thing my team and I all agree on is that there is never a dull day here at work. Some days bring ups, and some bring downs, but we’re all here supporting one another, doing our best, and getting through it together. Today will probably be one of those days we remember and talk about years from now.

“Do you remember that day when our front window was broken?”

I bet by then I’ll just be smiling, maybe even laughing, and shaking my head.

I’m not going to lie—my heart hurt a little when I saw our signature rose had been torn apart. But I have to say, everyone handled today with so much grace. The crew was shocked for a moment, just like I was, but everyone quickly put on their gloves and started helping clean up. The thing I heard most often today was, “I’m so sorry this happened.”

Things happen. We take care of them, and we move on.

And somehow, in the middle of all of this, I received the sweetest message from my daughter. She’s only eight, with very high EI. I’m not completely surprised, because that’s just who she is, but I’m still very touched by how much she cares and how much she understands.

So after a day like today, more than anything, I’m just feeling very loved. ❤️

08/23/2026

Just got a new shipment all the way from the UK from one of our favourite brands, Lisa Angel 🇬🇧✨ Lots of beautiful new pieces have just arrived and are now in the shop. Come have a peek! 🤍