The ritual of Locally Grown Wedding Flowers in Montana
Yesterday morning started off hard with my kids. I’ve realized that if I intentionally reset after a rough start, the whole day shifts. A brisk walk. A few pages of a book. A few minutes journaling whatever is top of mind. Journaling is what I chose and lately, the word rituals has been top of mind. I don’t know what most people mean by “rituals,” but to me it’s an everyday thing you’ve made joyful by being intentional about it. As a most-of-the-time-at-home mom, life can feel monotonous. There are just things you do every day.
While journaling, I started thinking about how my daily tasks could feel grounded — less like something to “get through,” less like duty, and more like something I’m actually present for. I prompted myself to find ways to delight in the ordinary: music while washing dishes, dance parties while picking up toys, tea when I sit down to work. Honestly, candles all the time. When I add a small serotonin element — candles, dancing, tea — the everyday shifts. It becomes something closer to a ritual than a routine.
I began wondering how that idea translates into my work as a business owner. Inevitably, there are parts of life that feel like you just need to “get through” them. Sometimes for me, that’s bucket-washing. Sometimes it’s the fourteenth bridesmaid bouquet. And sometimes, it’s another day working on the SEO of my website.
And then I thought about my shift to locally grown flowers. There’s something about local flowers that feels like the very essence of being present. They are blooming now. They are the most present thing I can think of — except maybe butterflies. Their beauty is brief, but their existence is essential for pollinators, and by extension, far down the line, for humans to exist. When I arrange flowers grown here, blooming at this exact moment, I honor both their impermanence and the timing of your wedding. Each flower feels almost serendipitous — as though it arrived precisely when it was meant to.
That, to me, is the joy of seasonal design: embracing something fleeting and creating beauty with it while it’s here. Celebrating what is present. Grounded in this place, in this moment.
Local flowers become a ritual of honoring this present moment.
Rituals
I don’t know what most people mean by “rituals,” but to me it’s an everyday thing you’ve made joyful by being intentional about it.