Shopping at Blossom and Vine is like visiting a special friend. The bright boutique is welcoming, warm, and inspiring. The exposed brick, sparkling chandeliers, and curvy wood cabinets provide a lovely stage for the home goods, live plants, and fresh flowers, all carefully curated by owner Amy Rider and her team.
Amy has always loved flowers and enjoyed arranging them to share with friends. She wanted to open a flower shop that would feel like a small get-a-way each time you enter the store. “A place to relax and enjoy the moment…a place to learn and spark creativity,” she says. We caught up with Amy as she was catching her breath after a busy holiday and New Year’s season.
City Lifestyle: We love red roses for Valentine's Day, but love this arrangement even more, with the poppies and variety of greens. For people who want something other than traditional roses, what flowers are fresh and wonderful alternatives?
Amy Rider: We specialize in an airy, garden-style floristry. While we are happy to arrange a dozen or more roses, we enjoy mixing various blooms that feel like they have been gathered from a summer garden. Lisianthus, stock, anemone, ranunculus, tulips, Queen Anne’s lace, and astrantia are some of our favorites. Drawing from a variety of blossoms in a red and pink palette can create a beautiful Valentine’s bouquet.
CL: Tell us about your team of magic-makers at Blossom and Vine.
AR: Drew Anthony is our assistant manager and also a very talented floral designer. Kelly Wright is a floral designer with 30 years of experience who has been an invaluable resource as we prepared to open Blossom & Vine. Kathy Schieltz, Jana Mock, and Elena Liutikova are a part of our floral design team. Our team is rounded out with Tara Thompson, who helps us with inventory management and Laura McDonald, our photographer.
CL: Flowers aren't just for special occasions. What buds, greens, and blooms are you excited about for 2025's most glorious arrangements?
AR: I’m excited about the variety of blooms that we will be able to utilize over the course of the next year. While we will continue to incorporate many of our favorites (spray roses, Queen Anne’s lace, larkspur, Bells of Ireland, etc.) we look forward to working with some of our Georgia growers to feature flowers grown right here in our state such as dahlias, poppies, hellebores, and zinnias.
Look for classes at Blossom and Vine, from basic to advanced floral arrangements, seasonal wreath making, pressed flower art, terrarium building, and botanical drawing and painting.
770.694.2206
5950 State Bridge Rd Suite 100 Johns Creek
1 -This $60 arrangement features white spray roses, a red rose, dark pink veronica, pepper grass, pink Astrantia, red hypericum berries, white stock, and a variety of greens in a simple glass vase.
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This $150 arrangement is composed in a large pale pink fluted vase and features red and pink roses, pink anemone, silver dollar and seeded eucalyptus, pale pink Queen Anne’s lace, pink Astrantia, white veronica, and striking bells of Ireland.
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This $125 arrangement features a dozen red roses, silver dollar and seeded eucalyptus, and pepper grass arranged in a stunning cut glass vase.