{The Wedding Standard}: Lori Boe {Wedding Floral Design}

Lori Boe is an amazing young florist located in Arroyo Grande. She has been doing flowers since she was a bright eyed school girl. I have very much enjoyed working with her on the occasional wedding over the past few years since she launched her floral business. Her approach to arranging flowers is personal, artistic, with respect to the unique beauty and power that each different flower can bring to a bride on her wedding day.

We met up with Lori at her design headquarters to ask her a few questions about her world of flowers. Ben Potter from Cana Video Productions made this awesome video so that you can not only read some of her interview, but also experience why Lori is so sweet in person! Ben filmed Lori creating a bouquet for a wedding that she had the very next day. It was fun to have a behind the scenes peek into how it all comes together. Enjoy!

Music by Adam Pasion.

Lori at work.

This is the same bouquet that Lori created before our eyes at Adam and Brittany’s wedding the next day. Adam actually provided the soundtrack for the interview. Thanks to my good friend Joshua Caine for the images.

When you were a little girl what did you want to be?
Probably an artist or a fashion designer. Growing up I colored, sketched and painted all of the time. Most of the paintings in my parents house are mine. In high school I got a couple of jobs painting murals, but I realized I liked it better as a hobby.

Would you say your ability to arrange flowers is a learned skill or God given gift?
That’s tough. I think it’s probably a good mixture of both because there has always been some amount of talent. It wasn’t hard for me. I never actually went to school for it. A lot of florists do go to school and learn techniques. I’ve always gone off of what my eye thinks looks good.

What is your most favorite flower in the universe?
Renunculas. Some people think they look rose like. They have lots of petals and are small. They are a springtime flower; that’s why Andy and I had to get married in May.

What are the purpose of flowers at weddings?
For looks! They add color and texture. Weddings can often have a sterile look until you add flowers. There is always lots of white and black, then POP you have color!

What was your favorite wedding this year?
Mike and Jen’s wedding; just because of the bouquets. I was so excited to get her flowers in because they were almost out of season. They were these amazing hot pink peonies that I never thought I could get my hands on. {Check them out below}