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Incline Village, NV · by appointment
(530) 557-7689 · @goldenflowersfloraldesign

Our Story

The team you want when it has to be right.

Golden Flowers is a professional floral studio led by Brittany, an artist and an agronomist, and built around a team of the region's most creative designers.

Brittany of Golden Flowers arranging a floral installation at an outdoor wedding
What we're really for

A wedding day happens once. There is no do-over.

Golden Flowers exists to take that on: to plan for everything that can go wrong with cut flowers, and to make your design feel effortless. Our studio believes that the way flowers are designed are just as important as they way those same flowers are selected and grown, and we design in a way that honors both.

Brittany founded and leads the studio. She is an artist and an agronomist, and she'll tell you the two were never separate: art is a science, and science is an art. Her background runs deep on both sides, with a master's degree in agronomy, more than a decade in sustainable agriculture across Europe, North and South America and New Zealand, and formal European floral design training. As an agronomist, she worked with Whole Foods to bring new fruit and veggies to market, focusing on new varieties that provided novel colors, textures and flavors. As a floral designer she draws upon her experience working with agronomy to embody each flower's uniqueness and ability to contribute to the overall vision.

We're based Incline Village and we design for the couples who marry in Lake Tahoe. The flowers are grown close by, the team is local and seasoned, and the standards don't move.


Brittany of Golden Flowers with a large floral installation
Our one rule

Fewer weddings, more time on yours

We take a limited number of weddings per date because of what it lets us give the couple whose date it is: every hour of that day and every hand on our team, focused on bringing one vision to life.


Why it matters

What you're really choosing is certainty.

Cut flowers are delicate. Stems wilt, blooms open early or refuse to, a shipment falls through, the heat turns, something breaks in transit. On an ordinary day that's a nuisance. On a wedding day it's a crisis, unless the people handling it have seen it before and planned for it.

That's the expertise you're selecting. We engineer the sourcing, timing, and mechanics so the predictable problems never reach you, and we have the depth and the calm to solve the unpredictable ones in the moment, while the day keeps moving. The science background helps here too: knowing how a stem takes water, how a structure holds without foam, and how a flower will perform from setup through the last dance.

Planned in advance

Sourcing, timing, and logistics are mapped months in advance, with backups in place for everything that matters.

Calm under pressure

When the inevitable happens, an experienced team solves it on-site without it becoming your problem.

Built to hold

Foam-free construction and an agronomist's understanding of how every stem performs across a full day.

Grown close by

Our own California farm and trusted regional growers: short supply chains and fresh stems, cut days before your wedding.


The team

We work alongside the best designers in the region, and beyond.

Golden Flowers is a collective of accomplished florists, several of whom run their own studios and flower farms: seasoned designers we're privileged to build with, chosen for each wedding around its scale, style, and venue.

The team that designs your flowers is the team that shows up to set them, adjusts them in the room, and breaks everything down when the night ends.

Seasonal availability

What's growing for your wedding.

California's seasons produce dramatically different palettes. Here's what we can source at its peak across the year.

SpringMarch – May
  • Ranunculus (peak)
  • Anemone
  • Peony
  • Tulip, parrot & standard
  • Lilac & sweet pea
  • Early peonies (May)
  • Hellebore
  • Muscari & fritillaria
  • Dianthus
  • Snapdragons

The most romantic palette of the year: rich jewel tones and soft pastels. Peak for Lush & Romantic.

SummerJune – August
  • Garden rose (peak)
  • Dahlia (mid–late)
  • Peony (early June)
  • Delphinium & larkspur
  • Native wildflowers
  • Sunflower & marigold
  • Lisianthus & cosmos
  • Hydrangea
  • Dianthus
  • Snapdragons

Peak Lake Tahoe wedding season. Abundant, warm, and beautiful, ideal for all three aesthetics.

FallSeptember – November
  • Dahlia (peak)
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Autumn-foliage branches
  • Zinnia
  • Hydrangea
  • Amaranth, celosia
  • Lisianthus
  • Dried & preserved stems
  • Persimmon & pyracantha
  • Squash & gourd accents

Dramatic harvest tones: the richest palette of the year for Lush & Romantic and Wildflower Modern.

WinterDecember – February
  • Hellebore & anemone
  • Camellia & paperwhite
  • Evergreen branch & berry
  • Early forced tulip
  • Amaryllis
  • Dried & architectural stems
  • Moss, lichen & forage

Quieter availability means intentional design. Winter florals lean into structure, texture, and restraint.

Availability varies by year and growing conditions. Your proposal will reflect what's actually at peak in your specific season.


Philosophy

The principles behind the work.

Grown with intention

We work with what California produces at its peak, in the season you're getting married, and we let the design respond to the land.

Designed as art

To us, every wedding is a unique piece of art, curated around its venue, season, and vision. There are no packages. Brittany designs each proposal as if it's the only one she's ever working on.

Sustainable at the root

Foam-free construction, California-grown sourcing, and farm practices that treat soil health as a long-term investment. The environmental ethic runs through the whole operation.


Sustainability

Grown here, and grown responsibly.

The commitments that shape how we design, source, and grow, from vase return to composting the harvest, are written down, in public, on their own page.

Read our sustainability pledge
Work with us

Start with a conversation.

Reach out with your date and venue. We'll let you know if we're available.

Schedule a consultation