Early autumn in the dahlia block © Zara Staples

Flora Forms

A small scale flower farm and creative studio set on our family farm in the hills above Gisborne

Everyday Florals

Garden style bouquets for your own space or to share and send with thanks and love to your special people

Event Florals

Special occasion creations with all the attention to every detail for your wedding or extra special event

Flora Forms flower feed

The coreopsis was just hitting its peak when the first cyclone struck this season, so I had to chop it right back to recover. Right now it is flowering profusely, on much more useable stems, so I’ll have to keep this in mind for next season. Su

I’ve been watching this lone martagon spire making it’s unseasonal appearance for a few weeks now. I don’t usually have much luck with them in spring, so maybe autumn flowering spring bulbs will be the new normal around here. I&rsqu

My little window into spring, tucked in a slightly shadier side of the field, has been quietly growing and budding up over the last few months. The cooler wet weather seems to have kept them happy at least. I jumped the gun with my spring sowing of s

Re-bloomer from last month. I’m not sure how uncommon four petalled iris are. Maybe it could have been due to the extreme weather we’ve had lately. I like to think it is just a little something special sent to make me smile during a prett

Flower family portraits for the sweetest Easter elopement 🌼

Cute little viola clans from before the rain, slowly spreading their way throughout the flowers, developing a lovely array of self sown beauties. I love finding their faces in little villages around the field.

The field is finally popping out with blooms, just in time for more rain, of course. The dahlia are in full flush and I’m enjoying seeing old and new varieties, mis-labelled, home bred and yet to flower plants. I almost didn’t plant them

A bit of bright fun with my bud vases from the weekend 🧡

Sunday play on a golden autumn day, finally finding some flower flow post cyclone(s). This ingredient combo sums up some of the chaos the weather patterns have been playing out this season, with a bit of spring, summer and autumn all in one. Re-bloom

All the love for the helenium right now. They’ve been my little globes of sunshine through a very grey wet summer season, when we forgot what the sun even was. It feels glorious seeing the sun rise over the flowers today. Maybe we will see a sn

Happy bunches 💕