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Last update: June 2026

2026/2027 Wedding Season Pending!


Looking for a seasonally-led wedding florist who absolutely loves freedom of expression through colour? Then look no further! The Flower Collective is THE florist for you! Based in Colchester, Essex, Emma specialises in using fresh-from-the-field cut flowers, in a unique twist on wild, ethereal design with colour play and scent being at the forefront of her creativity!

Emma is a sustainable florist, priding herself on working with the best local flower farmers, paving the way for British-grown and unique blooms to be used at any special occasion.

Emma's style of floristry is organic and free-flowing, eclectic and colourful. No two weddings are the same; she allows the seasons to show the flowers available to her, and her imagination runs wild as she creates your dream florals. Limiting herself to 15-20 weddings a year, Emma really loves getting to know her couples and ensuring that her passion for weddings stays intact as the seasons develop. Each year is different, and every wedding is bespoke.

From Elopement packages to FULL installations, the world is your oyster when it comes to florals. Please do reach out to secure a consultation today.

Emma regularly works across Suffolk, Norfolk and Kent as well as her home county, Essex.

Love,
Emma (your colourful, friendly florist!)

  • Woman-owned

Frequently asked questions

What services do you offer?

Bridal bouquet
Ceremony decor
Venue floral decor
Wedding accessories/decorations
Car decor
Buttonholes
Flower head-dress

What is included in the wedding package?

I now tailor my wedding quotes to bespoke ordering based on individual requirements

How far in advance should I contact you?

I am now fully booked for 2026 Weddings. Please do contact me for 2027 & 2028 enquiries! I cap my bookings to 15-20 per year and these do get booked rather quickly. Advisory to make contact quickly!

Do you design personalised bridal bouquets?

Yes

Can you travel?

Yes, essex, Suffolk & Norfolk

Is there a charge for traveling?

Yes, £0.45pm in line with GOV advisory's

What is the charge for national mailing?

I no longer provide this service

Do you have an advice service?

No

Does the advice service have a surcharge?

No

Operating hours:

Sunday & Monday - Closed

What are the forms of payment?

BACS & Paypal In store I also have a card machine

Served in

Essex and Suffolk

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Reviews for The Flower Collective

David
David Sent on 21/07/2026
5 out of 5 rating

More than a florist

Where do we start with The Flower Collective and Emma?

We were not looking for a cookie-cutter wedding florist, but something completely bespoke and somebody open to developing our ideas. This is exactly the service that Emma brought to our wedding planning and wedding day.

Exceedingly bubbly, energetic and passionate for all things flowers and growing, our very first meeting with Emma exceeded our expectations. We were seeking a wildflower meadow inspired theme for our wedding and she totally understood the brief. We already had a list of plants and flowers we wanted to include and she provided even more wonderful additions and ideas on how we could achieve the final look and product. Needless to say we secured our date with Emma straight away, twenty two months ahead of our wedding date. When you know, you know. And we knew!

Emma stayed in contact with us the entire time in the lead up to our wedding, accommodating additional planning calls with us to iron out any creative challenges that we were facing along the way. She managed everything without causing us worry or stress and her professionalism and obvious experience was reassuring.

The flowers for our wedding were incredibly important for us for a number of reasons and Emma was completely sensitive to this. In the week leading up to our wedding she was actively sharing preparation updates, not just from her studio but also from her local grower’s fields as well, where many of our flowers were to come from. We definitely would not have got such a personalised, intimate service from any other florist. She was completely organised and on top of everything!

On the wedding day, Emma conducted the set up in a completely stress-free way. She even went above and beyond coming to visit us in our prep rooms, to bring all the beautiful wildflower buttonholes and reassure us that everything was going to plan and looking beautiful. She was not wrong!

The chapel where our ceremony took place looked absolutely breathtaking with her arrangements adorning the window ledges, floor space and even foliage towering and draping from the stone pillars. Our guests were simply mind-blown by her work and our venue staff even commented their space had never looked so beautiful.

We had built a lovely relationship with Emma throughout our planning and she remained at the venue to see us and share our first-look in our wedding breakfast room. This meant the world to us, was full of emotion and is a moment in our wedding day we will never forget.

Emma also provided beautiful floral arrangements for our Mum’s, in-keeping with our wildflower theme as well as buttonholes for our Dad’s and best men.

Without a doubt she is one of the most impactful suppliers we had the pleasure of working with for our wedding. What you see from her social media stories and posts is exactly what you get. She simply brings joy wherever she goes.

Thank you Emma for creating our dream wedding flowers, we are eternally grateful to you.
N
Natasha Sent on 19/07/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Spectacular, spectacular!

Emma from start to finish has been an absolute legend to work with. From her creativity to her positivity, to her suggestions at the venue. To her being there to support us all day at the venue, double checking on us and making sure everything was going smoothly. My bouquet and the bridesmaids bouquets were absolutely stunning!! Our broken flower arch, Meadow box, button holes and flower girl wands, as well as our bud vases were gorgeous. I would highly recommend using Emma at the Flower Collective! She even did a Flower bar for us in our turnaround which our guests loved!
Thank you so much!
Tash and Chris xx
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Rachel Sent on 23/06/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Stunning bouquets

So so happy with my wedding flowers. I initially wanted something completely different (which I didn’t actually want haha!) and we redesigned something much more me and omg it delivered!

Had so many compliments on how different it was and I was so happy with how it all came together. So much so I’m currently having them preserved and framed (which I wasn’t going to do before!)

Super quick responses and so helpful. Would use again and would 100% recommend flower quality was excellent and the bouquets looked like pieces of art xx
M
Maisie Sent on 19/11/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Emma is incredible

Emma and her beautiful flowers were without a doubt one of the biggest highlights to our day. Her passion and enthusiasm for what she does is exceptional and I knew from the first time I met her that I could trust her to bring our vision to life! Her responses were quick and she kept me updated with little sneak peaks in the lead up to our wedding day which was so special. One of the loveliest, kind and talented people in the business and you would be crazy to not book her for your events to be honest! The pictures speak for themselves (courtesy of dreamcatcherweddings) 😍
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Amy Sent on 23/10/2025
5 out of 5 rating

‘The best flowers I’ve ever seen’

How do we even begin to describe how amazingly, incredibly, perfect our wedding flowers were. Emma your skills and design are truly out of this world.

From the moment we reached out to Emma we knew she was the florist for us. Just a few words on our wedding style and Emma absolutely nailed the mood board and completely got on board with my crazy ideas and Gavin and Stacey themed dream wedding.

We asked for bright, pink, orange with mirror balls and oh boy did she deliver. With little input from us Emma truly created my dream bouquet and the table pieces and centre piece genuinely took our breath away.

You can definitely tell that Emma uses the best quality products, and created such a beautiful and unique arrangement, flowers that I genuinely never even knew existed!

The recurring comment we had from all our guests was how our flowers were so unique and honestly the best flowers they’d ever seen and we completely agree!

Emma is such a lovely and heart warming person, from the video phone call prior to my hen do, to helping me set up my wedding venue the day before the wedding, she genuinely went above and beyond and her happiness and excitement really shines from her and made our flowers feel like such a special part of our day.

We can’t thank Emma enough for genuinely making our wedding day, please please please use Emma for your wedding flowers if you want to have the best, unique and absolutely stunning floral arrangements that will have every one of your guests commenting!!

Just wow!!!

Thank you so much for making our day so special 🩷
Catherine
Catherine Sent on 15/10/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Ahhhmazing!!

We had the best experience with Emma! Our first meeting was bubbly and fun filled with ideas. We refined that idea over the course of a number of calls/texts and video meetings to meet our budget but also what we visualised but Emma bought her own ideas as well which really helped pull everything together (we do not know flowers!!). As it was in October we wanted to lean into the fall but not into Halloween too much and the outcome was just phenomenal - pumpkins, seasonal flowers, dried flowers and pinecones etc just really made everything feel autumnal. Emma is not only a fantastic florist but every interaction we had made us feel a connection with her as well.
Laura
Laura Sent on 05/10/2025
5 out of 5 rating

5 stars just aren’t enough!!

Omg what can I even say!! Emma was EXACTLY who we wanted and needed!! We had absolutely NO idea what we wanted, Emma guided us every step of the way, she told us how to get the most for our money, reusing displays in different areas throughout the day. She was warm, friendly, super quick at responding, hilarious, and I felt like I’d known her for years! On top of all that her work on the day was beyond anything we could’ve imagined! Thanks again you legend xxxx
Amelia
Amelia Sent on 10/09/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The BEST florist - The Flower Collective

If you’re looking for a wedding florist, do yourself a favour and book The Flower Collective! Emma was hands down one of the best suppliers we worked with throughout our entire wedding planning process. I’m beyond grateful for the care, creativity and calm she brought to our day.

Nothing was ever too much trouble, and she knew exactly how to ease the nerves of a stressed-out bride. Not to mention the fact that Emma is insanely talented and clearly loves what she does. She went above and beyond, and everything she created was even more beautiful than I imagined.
If you’ve got a creative vision, Emma will absolutely nail it (and exceed it). An absolute gem of a florist!
Rhiannon
Rhiannon Sent on 01/09/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Simply stunning

Emma well and truly understood the brief of what I wanted for our florals.

I wanted COLOUR COLOUR COLOUR. Emma was so excited for us. She explained the process thoroughly and was on hand constantly to answer any questions we had. She was so down to earth it was like talking to a friend. She guided us throughout our planning keeping us to date with photos, videos and excited updates!

The end result was absolutely stunning and I’m so grateful. Emma is truly passionate about what she does and oozes positivity and that really shows in her work.

Elle
Elle Sent on 01/09/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Emma is incredible!

Emma is so great at what she does, shes so so creative! I loved what she created for our day, she really listened and understood what I wanted and the vibe I was going for.
Emma is so enthusiastic about what she does and it’s so lovely having a supplier who truly loves what they do.

She’s so likeable, bubbly and funny but still very professional in how she conducts herself. From booking with her until the big day Emma kept in contact keeping me in the loop with the process and arranging a final flower meeting to go over it all. She gave us so many ideas and suggestions and made the whole process so stress free.

I 100% recommend her to any brides and grooms looking for a florist! She’s amazing!
J
Jasmine Sent on 17/08/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Flawless flower collective

We booked Emma for our wedding 12.07.2025. working with Emma has been amazing from the start, everything was very relaxed and seamless throughout. Communication was great Emma listened to exactly what we wanted and that’s what we got. Emma and Mr flower collective arrived promptly on our day and worked their magic Emma made time to present all our bouquets to us and even took the time to tie and memorial brooch into the bridal bouquets. All of our flowers where stunning thank you again
I
Isla Sent on 16/08/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Isla & Jamie’s wedding

Emma is the most genuine and lovely person, she cares so much about your wedding and ensuring you have a beautiful day, we couldn’t have been happier with our wedding flowers. Emma went above and beyond to make sure we had exactly what we wanted and I would highly recommend her to everyone!
Louise
Louise Sent on 09/08/2025
5 out of 5 rating

A truly special florist!

Emma was nothing short of incredible from start to finish!

From our first conversation, I knew I was in safe hands. I described my vision, and she instantly got it. She sent over the most stunning mood board that captured everything I’d been imagining and more. It was like she plucked the ideas straight from my head and brought them beautifully to life.

Emma is not only an expert in her field but also clearly so passionate about what she does. Her communication, updates, and suggestions made the whole process feel collaborative and stress-free.

On the day, Emma arrived on time, had everything perfectly organised for transport to the venue, and brought with her a warm, bubbly presence that made such a difference to a busy (and slightly stressful!) morning.

Emma, the flowers were everything I had dreamed of and more. I'm so glad I found you, thank you so much x
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Ellie-Maria Sent on 02/08/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Emma was everything and more!

Emma was so wonderful to work with! She become a friend throughout the whole process, not only helping us with our beautiful flowers, but supporting us through other issues that occured in the build up.
She understood everything we wanted, and worked with our colour schemes perfectly. We had spring flowers to represent new beginnings and spring bulbs for the centre pieces.
We were overwhelmed with the beautiful pieces.
I also wanted 3 symbolic flowers in my bridal bouquet to represent family members who are no longer with us. Emma wasn't able to get them as they were out of season, but she went above and beyond to find amazing silk replicas, which she doesn't usually use and she made them fit so seamlessly into the bouquet! The whole arrangement was absolutely spectacular.
She put both our dads at ease and Josh, who will never admit it, but they were nervous, but Emma's bubbly bright personality and kindness, helped ease the mood.
Even after our wedding, Emma checked in with us and was able to suggest another amazing artist who is now pressing and framing my Bouquet.
We will forever be grateful for Emma being part of our special day ❤️
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Expensiveredhair202 Sent on 27/07/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Florist from the heart

What can I say? Emma went above and beyond for us to make sure we had the most beautiful flowers on our budget for our special day. Emma's talent and imagination shines through in her work and honestly we were blessed that Emma was our florist. Always keeping in touch and just as excited about our special day as we were!
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