The woman behind the work
I wanted a studio that felt like a love letter and a manifesto at once.

Amara Vale
Founder & floral designer
Black & Bloom began on a kitchen table, with too many garden roses and a refusal to make anything that looked like everyone else's. I wanted work that felt couture and still human — flowers for the woman with a point of view, a full calendar, and no interest in shrinking.
I design as if the bouquet will sit in a room that already has good art. Dark stems. Blush that isn't shy. Scale that takes up space on purpose. Every arrangement is composed by hand in the Brooklyn atelier, usually with a strong coffee and a stronger opinion.
If you are here, you probably already know what you like. I would be honored to make it even more itself.
Fewer, better
I would rather make twelve unforgettable pieces than a hundred that look like a catalog.
The garden leads
Season first. Market second. Ego last. The stems tell me what the week wants to be.
Personal, always
A bouquet should feel like it was made for one woman, in one room, on one particular afternoon.