Elisabetta Cardani

Elisabetta Cardani grew up in a family flower shop in Dalmine that had been trading since 1959. In 2000 she founded the laboratory that bears her name, leaving general retail behind to concentrate on flower design and, in time, on directing the events those flowers are made for.

The studio does not repeat a house style from one wedding to the next. Each design starts from a conversation about who the couple are, their palette, their proportions and the character of the venue, and the arrangements are meant to tell that story. The work ranges from a single bridal bouquet to full ceremony and reception design: arches, pew ends, urn and pedestal arrangements, tablescapes and centrepieces.

“Un fiore è innanzitutto l'espressione di un messaggio. A flower is, above all, the expression of a message.”

Elisabetta Cardani, Founder and Flower Designer

Arrangements are composed at the Dalmine laboratory and delivered to the venue by climate-controlled transport, or built on site where the distance requires it. Seasonal flowers are favoured where possible, and composing centrally keeps waste on site to a minimum.

When a couple wants one point of contact, the studio also designs and directs the whole event, coordinating the location, catering, furnishings, lighting, photography, music and performers around the flowers. An optional Art Flower Show adds a live floral-design moment to the celebration for guests to watch.

Weddings have taken place at castles and villas including Castello di Malpaga, Castello di Paderna, Villa Rusconi Clerici on Lake Maggiore, Villa Castelbarco, Villa Giannone and Palazzo Visconti in Milan. The studio's compositions have appeared three times in Vogue Sposa and in Vanity Fair Italia, Gardenia and Io Donna's Wedding Book, and it built four floral panels of 1,500 flowers each for the Sanremo Festival party.