Cissy is the founder of @_wildstems_, the School of Sustainable Floristry,  and co-curator of Flowers on the Edge. All of her work is rooted in the idea that local, seasonal flowers offer something industrial floristry can’t.

“My approach to floristry has always been driven by working with locally grown flowers, by the visceral experience of connecting to nature that I think can only be achieved by flowers that are grown of the time and of the place. I think connecting people to nature through flowers sounds small and unimportant, but if more people in the world were connected to nature, we would have fewer environmental problems; people would feel more keenly the beauty and the importance of our natural environment, and would work harder to protect it.”

Her concept for the collaborative installation was a departure from her usual naturalistic style. She took advantage of being in a stark white gallery space to explore a more abstract style of floral design: a large, sculptural form built from just three materials—metal mesh, blue cornflowers, and blue delphiniums.

“The mesh, crumpled and twisted, felt like water to me. I wanted the whole thing to read like a cresting wave from a distance, but when you get up close, each stem holds its own individual beauty. The mechanics were also intentionally left visible to spark discussion around sustainable ‘#nofloralfoam’ design.”

For Cissy, floristry is an instinctive process. Not over-planned or over-polished. Just responding to what’s available and what it’s asking to become. “Flowers don’t last that long, so you can’t over engineer a design. It’s of the moment, and that’s what makes it beautiful.”

This is season-led floristry: present, creative, and rooted in connection.