About

Overview & Vibe

Petal Smith is a floral studio and art gallery on Greville Street in Prahran, run by master florist Ken Yeong. Ken has twelve years of floral design behind him across Australia and South East Asia and a background as an art curator, and the two sit together deliberately - the studio hangs exhibitions by emerging Melbourne artists alongside the flowers. It is a queer-owned business that says so plainly, welcoming people of all backgrounds, identities, abilities and experiences.

Style & Signature Blooms

Contemporary, sculptural and unmistakably composed: spiral-technique hand-ties, single strong gestures, and arrangements approached as compositions of colour, texture and balance. The daily range runs from soft garden mixes to bold amaranth and banksia forms, wrapped in plain paper against a flat blue ground. Flowers are the florist’s choice, taken from the day’s best at local farms and markets, and the studio’s wedding work has run to a medley of orchids for one couple and a burgundy-and-blush reception table for another.

Ideal For

Couples marrying anywhere across Melbourne who want their flowers to say something particular rather than follow a template. The studio asks whether your story is fun and funky, classic and elegant, or a little left of centre, and designs to the answer. Recent weddings include a church ceremony in Canterbury and a summer reception at a Yarra Valley winery estate, so it travels beyond the inner south-east.

The Need-to-Knows

Begin with the wedding enquiry - it asks for your date, both venues, guest numbers, which of nine floral items you want quoted, and a budget range, and you can attach a Pinterest or mood board. Ideas come back before you meet, and the meeting itself is a casual studio visit in Prahran. There is no minimum spend and no set package; every wedding is quoted. The studio is open Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5.30pm and Saturday 11am to 3pm.

Standout Feature

Petal Smith publishes the single most useful number a couple can be given at the enquiry stage: allow roughly $75 to $100 a guest for your wedding flowers. No other florist in this directory prices per head. It turns an unanswerable question into arithmetic you can do before you send a single email - and it sits above four budget bands, so you can see where your own number lands before the first conversation.

Appointment Policy

Start with the wedding enquiry, which asks for your date, both venues, guest numbers and which of the nine floral items you want quoted.
You are invited to give a budget range and to share a Pinterest or mood board, and a file can be uploaded with the enquiry.
After you enquire the studio replies with ideas and considerations before you meet.
The meeting itself is a casual studio visit in Prahran, where the detail is worked through.
You are asked to think first about the story you want the flowers to tell - whether it is fun and funky, classic and elegant, or a little left of centre.
For everything else the studio takes contact by phone, email or in person, and asks for patience on email while deliveries are out.
The studio is open Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5.30pm and Saturday 11am to 3pm, closed Sunday and Monday.

Areas Serviced

Melbourne - the studio is on Greville Street in Prahran and delivers across the city.
Inner-eastern Melbourne, including Canterbury, where the studio has flowered a church ceremony.
The Yarra Valley - the studio has flowered a wedding at a winery estate in the region.
Pickup from the Prahran studio is available alongside delivery.

Delivery & Setup

Delivery runs Melbourne-wide, with pickup from the Prahran studio also available.
Delivery is by courier, and the charge is added to the price of the flowers.
Give a complete and accurate delivery address including the recipient's name - the studio is not liable for flowers sent to a wrong address given in error.
Delivery does not run on weekends or public holidays.
Wedding delivery and set-up are quoted as part of the wedding proposal.

Floral Styles

modern
sculptural
seasonal
textural
sustainable
minimalist

Flowers & Blooms

Orchid

Hire Items

No details available.

Minimum Spend

No details available.

Nearby Landmarks

Greville Street, Prahran - the shopping strip the studio sits on, a block from Chapel Street.
Prahran, Melbourne - inner-south-east, on the Chapel Street retail spine.
Belong Church, Canterbury - an inner-eastern church the studio has flowered for a summer wedding.
Levantine Hill - a Yarra Valley winery estate the studio has flowered for a summer wedding.

Price Notes

The studio publishes a per-guest guide for wedding flowers: allow roughly $75 to $100 a guest.
Wedding budgets are discussed in four bands - under $5,000, $5,000 to $10,000, $10,000 to $20,000, and over $20,000.
There is no minimum spend, and the studio invites enquiries at any size or scale.
The six bouquets in the daily range are each named for their price, from $75 to $450.
Services booked through the site are paid in full at the time of ordering.
Delivery is charged on top of the price of the flowers.
Flower selection in the daily range is the florist's choice, drawn from the best of that day's local market.

Services Offered

Wedding Flowers
Event Florals
Corporate Events
Engagement Parties
Birthday Celebrations
Announcement And Occasion Flowers
Daily Bouquets With Melbourne Delivery
Floral Workshops
Gift Cards
Original Artwork And Objects
In-Studio Exhibitions For Emerging Melbourne Artists

Wedding Flower Packages

Bride's bouquet. Price: Quoted. Description: Personal flowers are designed to the couple's own story rather than to a set menu.
Bridesmaid's bouquet. Price: Quoted. Description: Costed alongside the bridal bouquet in a single proposal.
Buttonholes. Price: Quoted. Description: Pinned on the day where the studio is delivering.
Corsages and hairpins. Price: Quoted. Description: Wearables for the wedding party and both families.
Ceremony florals. Price: Quoted. Description: Altar, aisle and backdrop pieces built for the ceremony space.
Reception florals. Price: Quoted. Description: Table and room florals designed to the venue.
Signage florals. Price: Quoted. Description: Floral treatments for welcome and seating signs.
Petal cones. Price: Quoted. Description: For the confetti moment after the ceremony.
Cake florals. Price: Quoted. Description: Fresh blooms dressed onto the cake.
Hand-tied bouquet from the daily range. Price: $75.00. Description: The smallest of six bouquet sizes, each named for its price.
Hand-tied bouquet from the daily range. Price: $120.00. Description: A step up in size on the same florist's-choice basis.
Hand-tied bouquet from the daily range. Price: $180.00. Description: Mid-size bouquet from the daily range.
Hand-tied bouquet from the daily range. Price: $250.00. Description: A generous bouquet for a gift or a small ceremony.
Hand-tied bouquet from the daily range. Price: $350.00. Description: A large statement bouquet.
Hand-tied bouquet from the daily range. Price: $450.00. Description: The largest of the six.

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Contact

Website: petalsmith.com.au
Phone: 0458 031 201
Address: 2A/127 Greville Street, Prahran

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