Wedding Bouquets Featured by Floral Reef Designs: Photographed by Stacey Stewart Photography

Well it’s been a little while since I featured an awesome local business on my blog, but here I am today to let you in on one of North Gowers Best kept secrets…..Floral Reef Designs, owned and operated by Breanna Deveau.

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Breanna’s eclectic gift and flower shop has been open for almost 2 years now in the community of North Gower, ON. I first noticed it advertised outside on a sandwich board while passing through the main street. I took mental note of it because I wanted access to a local floral shop I could use for my styled bridal shoots. I called Breanna one day and asked her if she could make me an affordable spring wedding bouquet for a shoot I was doing. I asked for tulips and gave no other instruction. When I arrived to pick them up I was delighted at the intricate details and the beautiful colours she had selected. It was perfect.

Once I entered the shop I realized she was more than just a florist. She had an array of beautiful gifts, knick knacks, and stationary perfect for every occasion. The store is bright and cheery with an aroma of fresh flowers, and scented candles to greet you as you walk in. Her mother often helps out behind the counter and probably does other awesome things that moms do to help out. (Mom’s are good that way)

When I spoke with Breanna I found out she graduated from the florist program at Algonquin College and always dreamed of having her own shop. She worked for other florists for a while, but longed for the creative freedom to produce the arrangements she invisioned and wanted the ability to make her own decisions, a common characteristic which drives most entrepreneurs.

I asked her what was her favorite things to create were and without hessitation she said “Wedding bouquets.” She produces wonderful arrangements for all occasions: Weddings, funerals, birth’s, parties and even “sniff” pets passing on, but wedding bouquets are top of the list.
When I was there she was creating a beautiful unstructured (which is apparently all the rage recently in the flower world) bouquet of blue hydrangeas, white roses, white calla lillies, blue delphinium and lavendar lisianthus. Yes, she had to tell me those names, because I had no clue. My thumb is rarely ever green.
An unstructured bouquet is one that has a look more like a wild flower bouquet rather than the traditional type which is usually tightly bound in a uniform shape. (Something else I learned from Breanna). I can attest to this trend, seeing it more and more in weddings and wedding photography. Other trends right now (and Breanna is on top of them all) are burlap accents for wrapping stems, rustic garden themes and mason jars for decor. I was in LOVE with the wedding bouquets she was creating while I visited.

Floral Reef designs also plays a part in creating fun and creative activities for folks in the North Gower community. Each season Breanna holds a series of different floral arranging workshops, so you too can learn to make beautiful bouqets and arrangements.
If anyone is interested in attending these workshops the next one begins on Saturday December 14th at 3:00 pm, through to December 22nd. If you are interested please contact Breanna at 613-489-3342, floral.reef@yahoo.ca or www.floralreefdesigns.com Spots fill up quickly, so get in touch soon….December is not that far away!

For those of you who have never been to Floral Reef Designs, They are also holding a Christmas open house on Saturday November 16, 2013 and Saturday November 30th, 2013, there will be Christmas decor, giftware, snacks and bevvies, giveaways and draws! So why not get out and support a small local business and get some Christmas shopping done at the same time.

 

Owner and operator of Floral Reef Designs: Breanna Deveau
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Some Happy customers!

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The finished products
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Floral Reef Designs is located at 2333 Church Street, North Gower ON. 

Phone # 613-489-3342 

www.floralreefdesigns.com

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