We’re so excited to announce Bloom Battle: LoCoFlo’s annual amateur floral design competition! If you’ve ever taken a class at Local Color Flowers or you love dabbling in design at home, this is the perfect opportunity to show off your skills and creativity.
How it Works!
Bloom Battle is a two day event:
Apr 12 2024 - Design and Instagram Famous voting
Apr 13 2024 - Public display, public voting, celebrity judging and glory
Be an online fan: Enter your Likes among the three Instagram Famous finalists April 12 2024 from 10:30PM to April 13 2024 11:30AM.
Be a fan in person: View all arrangements at our studio on April 13 2024 8:00AM - 12:00PM and vote for your favorite. Most votes wins People’s Choice prize. Stick around for the announcement of winners.
Prizes
Instagram Famous: LoCoFlo staff will select three centerpieces for online voting! Online voting is open between 10:30PM on Apr 12 2024 and 11:30AM on Apr 13 2024. Most likes wins.
People’s Choice: The centerpiece that receives the most votes by visitors to the studio (three votes per visitor) on Saturday Apr 13 2024 8:00AM-12:00PM wins!
Judges Selections Celebrity judges will evaluate entries based on vessel choice, use of color, texture and composition. 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
All contestants take home their arrangements at the end of the event. (everyone wins!)
The Rules
All centerpieces must be created at Local Color Flowers’ Studio on Friday night, April 12 2024 between 7:00PM and 9:00PM.
All centerpieces must be created using the flowers/foliage/branches provided by Local Color Flowers. The use of other flowers gathered from outside the studio whether forged or bought is not permitted.
The use of floral foam or Oasis is prohibited.
No wagering.
Amateurs only! No professional or former professional designers permitted.
Only registered contestants will be permitted in the studio for Friday night’s design night.
Vase opening may not be larger than five inches in diameter. Contestants are encouraged to use their own vases, Vases are available for purchase. All vases must be approved for entry.
The Celebrity Judges
Chris Vaeth - T. Rowe by day, aspiring floral designer, culinary explorer & creator.
Dave Dowling - Flower OG. Seed slinger for Ball Seed Company.
Saturdays at LoCoFlo has become our favorite event. It's the bomb. We get to talk about flowers, show off our weekly local display from the farms and our dope shop, hang out with friends, meet new people, have kid and animal visitors.
What is it?
Sat@LoCoFlo is our weekly flower hang out. Bring your Blacksauce. Build a bouquet. Design an arrangement. Pick up your order. Sat@LoCoFlo is scheduled 8:00AM-12:00PM.
How it Works
Just drop in. We're only a half-block from the farmers market. We display all of our flowers to you to pick out by the stem. We'll also have some pre-mades. Use our order form and we will have your flowers ready to pick up (give us a couple of days notice). Chat with our knowledgeable team about the varieties, the farms and design. It's the place to be.
We offer flower orders for pick up at our shop on Saturday mornings. Fill out our order form. We will email a confirmation and invoice to you for online payment.
All of the flowers we use are locally grown by our farmer friends, and custom designed in our studio.
Wrapped bouquets are designed and ready for a vase. They are wrapped in brown craft paper which can be recycled or reused. We can also provide an eco-wrap to keep your flowers hydrated if needed.
Our dedication to sustainability and exclusively sourcing local flowers determines how we work. The arrangement is made with the best stuff we have at the time of the design. We don't always know in advance what flowers will be in your arrangement. We do know they will be awesome!
It's weird. We know our model isn't for everyone, but you know who you are if it is, and we want to be your florist.
Hey, did you know all of our flowers are locally grown. We do our best to buy flowers grown as close to the shop as we can. Here is a list of our farmers, how far away they are from us and some amusing anecdotes:
Hillen Homestead - 3 miles Maya is the man, and one of our main growers.
Florxeight - 4 milesCut garden roses grown in Baltimore WHAT!
Juniper Farm - 11 miles Sarah grows a unique mix of flowers, foliage and branches. She's been a friend and client for many years and now she's a supplier!
We offer flower orders for pick up at our shop on Saturday mornings. Fill out our order form. We will email a confirmation and invoice to you for online payment.
Sample Arrangements
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All of the flowers we use are locally grown by our farmer friends, and custom designed in our studio.
Our dedication to sustainability and exclusively sourcing local flowers determines how we work. The arrangement is made with the best stuff we have at the time of the design. We don't always know in advance what flowers will be in your arrangement. We do know they will be awesome!
It's weird. We know our model isn't for everyone, but you know who you are if it is, and we want to be your florist.