Day: December 17, 2020

Melbourne has a wonderfully vibrant and creative floristry community, and many of these florists are people without an actual florist shop! MOST of them, like Gina Lasker of Georgie Boy, specialise in events and creative installations – and these florists, like everyone else working in the events industry, have a spent a large portion of 2020 severely affected by lockdown restrictions.

But when the pandemic side-lined Gina’s business earlier this year… she found an opportunity. A simple request from a former client to provide delivered flowers, turned into Buy a Bunch – a hugely successful flower subscription and delivery service, speedily launched during lockdown with a Squarespace website and online store.  This simple offering saw Gina and her partner delivering small but ridiculously beautiful bunches of colourful blooms all over Melbourne on a weekly basis, and it really took off!

In our latest podcast episode, I spoke with Gina

FIVE / Hilary Green

Hilary Green is a new Melbourne maker we’ve had our eyes on recently. The artist creates kooky ceramic sculptures that almost look like barnacled treasures, dredged up from the bottom of the ocean! The ultimate compliment to her gnarled candelabras are these witchy candles in a range of pastels and fluros, hand dipped by Hilary and made with a soy/beeswax blend.

Price: Candles from $10 – $25. Candle holders from $150 – $250. Available from Hilary Green.

SIX / Lex Pott

Were these the candles that started the trend in 2020? The double-ended Twist candle by Dutch designer Lex Pott have been a HUGE hit this year, popping up in the homes of design savvy people all over the world. They’re pretty much Instagram famous at this point. Doubling as a design objet, these candles give you real bang for your buck!

Price: Candles $89.