The Wonderful World and Cost Truths of Wedding Florals: A Conversation with Sir Botanical

01/15/24 • 29 min

Kate is a florist and co-founder of Sir Botanical. A floral design company based in Western Australia. With over six years of experience in the industry, Kate and her team specialise in creating stunning floral arrangements for weddings and events.

In this episode of Cut The Cake, we discuss the world of florals and deep dive into why they cost what they do. Kate also provides tips for couples on how to keep their floral costs down. The types of floral pieces you could include on your wedding day. Upcoming trends and styles that are going to be huge in 2024. And also the importance of open communication with florists in your budget expectations and how florists can work with your budget. So without further ado, here is Kate from Sir Botanical.
About Sir Botanical
Sir Botanical is a floral art studio founded by Kate, Georgia and Gen in 2018. We create unique and high-end florals for all occasions.

With years of experience, as well as a passion for contemporary design we believe this is the perfect recipe for our refined and sophisticated take on floral art.

The Sir Botanical team works on a wide range of projects including weddings, large scale installations, private and corporate events and editorial.

With a studio based in Fremantle the team are available to travel within Western Australia.
Connect with Sir Botanical
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sir_botanical/
Website: https://www.sirbotanical.com/

About Melanie
Mellyrain Creative is a wedding planning and styling company and we specialize in designing luxe countryside weddings across regional Victoria. As the head wedding planner and stylist at Mellyrain Creative, her team continues to grow and assist in styling design as well as wedding day coordination and execution of styling set ups at weddings all over Victoria. Prior to weddings Mel worked in sport and entertainment events in Melbourne and she is obsessed with her golden retriever pup Duncan who you’ll see on the gram from time to time. Mel love's to call country Victoria her happy place so when she's not working, you’ll still find me exploring new places, mostly something with mountains as a backdrop.
instagram.com/mellyraincreative
Contact Mel: mellyrain.com.au/contact
About Tania
Tania is an award nominated, coffee obsessed lover of love, and all round stationery nerd... & that is why she started the Event Wanderer Co. After years wrangling Ballkids at the Australian Open, she stepped into the world of weddings and turned her hand to design, combining a love of stationery with today's modern design and printing techniques to bring her biz baby to life. Tania's speciality is all things stationery and signage and also understanding the stress that event and wedding planning can bring and she's here to help you navigate the chaos of the journey.
instagram.com/eventwandererco/

With years of experience, as well as a passion for contemporary design we believe this is the perfect recipe for our refined and sophisticated take on floral art.

The Sir Botanical team works on a wide range of projects including weddings, large scale installations, private and corporate events and editorial.

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How to Enquire with Wedding Vendors from The Beginning So You Don’t Get Ghosted.

We know a lot of couples get engaged over the Xmas and New Year holidays and with that, comes the start of planning your wedding. When you start planning your wedding, you’ll start getting in contact with vendors.
And here’s the truth bomb. Ghosting is not just prevalent in the dating world, it’s also very common in the wedding industry. We're talking about couples ghosting vendors. And even vendors ghosting couples. We see both sides of this and why this happens. Sometimes it’s because of simple laziness. But most times it’s because couples are not contacting vendors the correct way, and when they do, they’re not providing vendors what they need to quote accurately.
In this episode of Cut The Cake we talk through how to proactively engage with your vendors from the beginning, so there’s no ghosting and you, the couple, essentially get an accurate quote. And us, the vendors, are essentially not wasting time with lots of back and forth with potential clients. So with all of that said, we have broken it down into 4 steps for couples on what you need to be telling your vendors from the get go, and how to communicate with them so everyone is happy.

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Insights from a Seasoned Videographer: A Conversation with Directors Edge

Glen is what we call a seasoned videographer. Meaning he’s not only super talented, but he has got experience! 15 years of experience to be exact. He is the founder of Director's Edge and specializes in creating happy films for couples who want a keepsake of their special day.

In this episode of Cut The Cake, we discuss with Glen his background and experience in videography and how he got started in the wedding industry. The importance of capturing the narrative and storytelling in wedding films. Why you have to have a good working relationship between the videographer and photographer on a wedding day. And most importantly, the value of video in preserving memories and capturing live moments that can be cherished by a couple for years to come. So without further ado, here is Glen from Directors Edge.

About Glen & Directors Edge

There’s no storylines or same-same, because Glen never tells a story twice. Instead, he's filmmaker propelled by you, your love story and all the fun moments in between.

With radiating charisma, Glen and his team at Directors Edge is more than a videographer that shows up, gear in tow. With Glen at the helm, you get a filmmaker, creator and life of the party — also known as the triple threat. Plus, you get a new best friend who’s been known to slay the dance-floor on more than one occasion.

Glen's personalised wedding films capture the momentum of the I Do’s, to the soft hum of human connection, so every time the play button hits, you feel those moments all over again.
Connect with Glen
Website: https://www.directorsedge.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/directorsedge/

About Melanie
Mel is a coffee-loving, too-loud laughing, Melbourne based wedding planner, stylist and coordinator bringing the #skillz approved by Sia to your open-air aisle, outside the city (yes sirly - she has worked with Sia!) Altering managing world-class events in sport and entertainment (think the Australian Open and Sir Paul McCartney), Melanie has rolled that experience in sunshine and hand-delivered it to couples for a personalised dream wedding experience *yes please* Mel's speciality is helping couples across Melbourne & Regional Victoria. She is a couples go-to and wedding day bestie so the whole wedding she-bang doesn’t b