About us / (me)
future flora is a sustainability focused floral studio store established by zara nicholls based in peregian beach, qld on gubbi gubbi land.
we deliver curated seasonal aussie grown gestures from Monday to Saturday.
our focus is to bring to you hand selected, best and freshest and most importantly australian grown flowers to send to your loved ones, besties, family, friends or yourself!
this is not your ordinary florist. its better. its the future.
zara has been in the flower game for over a decade, running a busy lil wedding florist biz in country vic and melbourne before returning north after a decade in the southern state older and wiser and on a mission to centre her business around making things better not worse. Zara has been with the team at Maple Flowers & Decor in Coolum Beach for the past 3 years and has helped create countless memorable events, weddings and serving the community their daily blooms and make beautiful arrangements delivered daily.
a bit about flowers.
did you know that a majority of the flowers you buy from your local florist or grocery store are imported from Africa, South America and Asia and treated with a huge amount of chemicals on export and arrival into Australia. Not to mention the air miles they have racked up, just to get you the wow blooms and long lasting stems. We think there’s PLENTY of wow blooms grown by Aussie flower growers in this wide brown land, it’s varied and beautiful and we 100% believe in supporting Aussie farmers.
that’s why we will only ever bring to you Australian grown flowers, and will always support local growers and micro farmers. I’m sorry but that means no Colombian roses and no imported orchids but who cares!!! How amazing can our own Aussie grown flowers be. I hope we can change the perspective.
a bit about wrapping.
all of our signature wrapping is compostable or recyclable. No cellophanes, no plastic sheeting, no plastic shiny ribbons. Although all these things are pretty, they are terrible for the environment as they all go directly to landfil, who wants that?! NOT US.
help us make your flower experience leave less of a footprint on our precious earth by treading lightly with us.
a bit about floral foam.
floral foam is a toxic carcinogenic plastic used to soak up water so us florists can make flowers stick out of it in a variety of ways. we love it but we hate it and we have vowed to never use it!
Its non reusable, non recyclable and once its used its heavy yucky bricks go straight to landfill and fill the water with terrible microplactics F THAT. Its not necessary and we wont be having it!
There are some great resources to educate yourself on the impact of floristry and benefits of going green.
@nofloralfoam
@sustainablefloristry
