About

Overview & Vibe

Urban Antidote is a Melbourne floral design studio founded in 2020 by Anastasia Botica, who left a career in law to do it. The work is modern, playful and unmistakably contemporary - drawn, in her own words, from a love of colour, art, fashion, pop culture and the natural world. It is a studio rather than a shopfront, working across Melbourne and Victoria for weddings, elopements, parties, corporate events and brand activations, and it has been featured in Hello May, Ivory Tribe and Together Journal.

Style & Signature Blooms

Sculptural and confident. The bridal signature is luxe stems - calla lilies, anthuriums and orchids - finished with crinkle ribbon, and bridesmaids often carry en masse bouquets where a single bloom type is massed for effect. Elsewhere the palette runs to roses, dahlias and hydrangeas chosen for the venue. Expect a single green anthurium held against a sheer sleeve as readily as a magenta orchid column, a clifftop aisle lined with blooms, or a pastel meadow built at the foot of a plinth.

Ideal For

Couples marrying anywhere across Melbourne and Victoria who want florals that look designed rather than arranged. The studio publishes its own guides to wedding venues in seven regions and has flowered at The Gardens House, Higher Ground, Zonzo Estate, Hubert Estate, Fergusson Winery and Jackalope, so it arrives knowing the room. Equally suited to an elopement, a party, or a full-scale installation.

The Need-to-Knows

Ask for the wedding and elopement information pack first - it carries the services and price guide and comes by email. Then use the contact form; a reply follows within three business days, covering your vision and whether your date is free, with a deposit invoice attached. A 30 per cent deposit secures the booking and no date is held until it is paid; the remaining 70 per cent is due two weeks out. A mood board comes next, then a site visit or a Google Meet to finalise. The studio works Tuesday to Saturday.

Standout Feature

Most florists tell you which regions they cover. This one has written a guide to the best wedding venues in each of them - Melbourne CBD and suburbs, the Yarra Valley, the Mornington Peninsula, Geelong and the Bellarine, the Great Ocean Road, and Daylesford through to Ballarat - naming five or so venues apiece and saying, venue by venue, what florals actually suit the space. Rustic elegance at Basil’s Farm, floating floral clouds at Jack Rabbit, architectural urns at Terindah. If you have not chosen a venue yet, it is a genuinely useful thing to read; if you have, it tells you whether this studio has thought about your room.

Appointment Policy

Start with the contact form on the studio's own site.
Expect a reply within three business days.
That first conversation covers your vision and confirms whether your date is available, and a deposit invoice follows.
A 30 per cent deposit confirms the booking - no date is held until it is paid.
Next comes a mood board showing your colour palette and the specific flowers chosen for you, and you can be as involved in the design as you like.
A site visit or a final meeting over Google Meet is scheduled to review everything before the day.
The studio works Tuesday to Saturday.
Sign up for the wedding and elopement information pack to get the services and price guide by email before you enquire.

Areas Serviced

Melbourne - the studio is Melbourne-based and works across the city and its suburbs.
Victoria-wide for weddings and events.
Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula - the studio describes itself as a wedding florist servicing the region.
The Yarra Valley - the studio describes itself as a Yarra Valley wedding florist and has flowered weddings across the region.
The Mornington Peninsula, the Great Ocean Road, and Daylesford, Macedon and Ballarat are all regions the studio publishes venue guides for and has worked in.

Delivery & Setup

On the day the studio installs and styles so the couple can step back from it entirely.
A site visit, or a final meeting over Google Meet, is scheduled to lock down the details before the day.
The studio travels across Victoria for weddings and events, and works to venues throughout Melbourne, the Yarra Valley, the Mornington Peninsula, Geelong and the Bellarine, the Great Ocean Road and the Daylesford, Macedon and Ballarat region.
Delivery and installation are quoted inside the wedding proposal rather than charged at a published rate.

Floral Styles

modern
sculptural
textural
lush
seasonal
whimsical
minimalist

Flowers & Blooms

Calla Lily
Anthurium
Orchid
Rose
Dahlia
Hydrangea

Hire Items

No details available.

Minimum Spend

No details available.

Nearby Landmarks

Melbourne - the studio is Melbourne-based and works city-wide rather than from a shopfront.
The Gardens House, Royal Botanic Gardens - a Melbourne venue the studio has flowered.
Higher Ground, Melbourne CBD - a city venue the studio has flowered.
Zonzo Estate, Yarra Valley - a winery venue the studio has flowered.
Hubert Estate, Yarra Valley - a vineyard venue the studio has flowered.
Fergusson Winery, Yarra Valley - a venue the studio has flowered.
Jackalope, Mornington Peninsula - a design hotel the studio has flowered.
Basil's Farm and Jack Rabbit Vineyard, Swan Bay - Bellarine venues the studio names among those it loves designing for.

Price Notes

A services and price guide is sent by email on request - ask for it before you enquire so you have the numbers first.
A 30 per cent deposit secures the date, and no date is held until it is paid.
The remaining 70 per cent falls due two weeks before the wedding.
The deposit invoice is issued at the consultation stage, once availability is confirmed.
The studio is booking the 2026-2027 event season.

Services Offered

Wedding Flowers
Elopement Florals
Party And Celebration Florals
Corporate Events
Brand Activations And Pop-Ups
Floral Workshops
Corporate Workshops
Beginner And Intermediate Floristry Classes
Curated Gift And Homeware Edits

Wedding Flower Packages

Bridal bouquet. Price: Quoted. Description: Built around luxe stems - sculptural calla lilies, dancing anthuriums and striking orchids - and finished with crinkle ribbon.
Bridesmaid bouquets. Price: Quoted. Description: Often designed en masse, a single bloom type massed for a bold, uniform statement.
Ceremony installations. Price: Quoted. Description: Arches, plinth florals, ground meadows and aisle treatments designed to the venue.
Reception and tablescapes. Price: Quoted. Description: Sculptural centrepieces, urns, bud vases and long-table styling.
Statement wall and hanging installations. Price: Quoted. Description: Suspended and wall-mounted florals, a signature of the studio's contemporary work.
Elopement florals. Price: Quoted. Description: The studio takes elopements alongside full weddings.
Wedding and elopement information pack. Price: Free on request. Description: A services and price guide sent to your inbox when you sign up.

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Contact

Website: urbanantidote.com.au
Phone: 0414 902 447

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