TheFlowry Happy Valentine's Day Teresa Sabankaya Sustainable Florist Sweet Heart Posy

Hey, Sweetheart. I Love You More Than Roses.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Love comes in all forms. From lust to devotion to admiration, the ways to express loving feelings towards another run the gamut. However, not everyone has the words. Enter: The Sweet Heart Posy by Teresa Sabankaya, a Santa Cruz-based floral designer, author of The Posy Book and owner and creative director of Bonny Doon Garden Company. Quite literally, it’s a small …

Next Time You Send Flowers, Say ‘No Thanks’ to Floral Foam

You know that green, squishy stuff at the bottom of most floral arrangements? That’s floral foam! Conventional florists like it because it’s convenient, supports complex floral designs, holds up to 50 times its weight in water, and is an inexpensive way to prolong the life of an arrangement. The structure of floral foam is similar to the cellular structure of …

Whimsical arrangement of spring flowers tulips, pink, yellow and coral colored daffodils and ranunculus, in a coral compote, perched on a book with falling petals.

I Stopped and Smelled The Flowers, A Business Idea Bloomed

The Flowry is a Sustainable Floral Design Hub and Marketplace  I founded The Flowry, a sustainable floral design hub and marketplace, to introduce people who love and gift flowers to the unmistakable difference of sustainable floral design—while supporting flower-inspired, values-driven, small businesses. My idea was to improve access to those florists prioritizing seasonal and American grown flowers, eco-friendly design mechanics, and responsible business practices from soil to …