Rose & Ammi Flowers

Flowers here look gathered rather than assembled — loose, seasonal, faintly wild. The important practical fact comes first: Rose & Ammi no longer keep a shop window. The Tollcross shop closed and the whole business moved into a studio in Leith, so this is a place you order from, not one you wander into.

What people come here for

Weddings are the backbone. The studio has been dressing Scottish venues since 2012 and is named as a preferred supplier at Mansfield Traquair, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Cambo House and Newhall Estate — the kind of list that says the staff have carried ladders through those doors before. Bookings are being taken for the next two seasons, and there is a ready-to-wear wedding collection for elopements and small weddings, which spares you a full design process when the guest list is twelve people.

The second strand is events, described concretely rather than vaguely: full venue styling, ceremony archways, tablescapes, brand launches, corporate dinners and award ceremonies. They have done a Kate Spade store opening and a cocktail competition on a Lothian estate, so a request to dress a room is normal work, not a favour.

Everything else is made to order: a birthday, a thank-you, a new baby, an apology that needs to arrive today. Funeral tributes are made bespoke rather than picked from a catalogue. Owner Lydia Cywinski runs the design side, and the studio asks for a little notice on anything unusual — that notice is what lets them source the stems the design actually needs.

Delivery and urgency

Same-day is possible: order before midday and it can go out that day, though the studio asks you to ring first and check what is standing in the buckets. Deliveries run on weekdays, which is the detail worth planning around — a Saturday morning realisation is a Monday delivery unless you collect.

Central Edinburgh postcodes are covered as standard and anything further out is arranged by conversation. Collection from the studio is free and often the fastest route. What they will not do is promise a time slot: the driver’s route decides, and they say so plainly instead of pretending otherwise.

Highlights

• A studio, not a shop. Access is by appointment, with occasional open days announced on their social channels — worth following if you like choosing by eye.
• Thirteen years of Scottish weddings. Since 2012, with a venue list that reads like a wedding-planner’s shortlist.
• Ready-to-wear wedding collection. A short route for elopements and small ceremonies, without a full consultation process.
• No floral foam. An environmental choice they state themselves, and one that changes how arrangements are built.
• Objects as well as stems. Planters, vases, vessels and dried arrangements, chosen to outlast the week.
• Workshops through the year. Seasonal classes, some run jointly with other local makers.

Where the flowers come from

No market, no named growers, no supply chain published — what they do commit to is seasonal buying and locally grown stems wherever the season allows, plus working without floral foam. Expect the bouquet to differ from the website photograph: the images are a guide to style and colour, and the studio says outright that the contents follow what is good that week.

The studio, the service and what else they sell

The working space sits inside a converted studio block shared with other makers, which is why it feels closer to a workroom than a retail unit. Consultations happen there by arrangement; wedding and event enquiries start with an email and a conversation about the venue.

Beyond fresh flowers there is a small, deliberately edited range: planters, vases and vessels, dried arrangements. The workshop programme is the other reason people come through the door — it is one of the few ways to see the studio without ordering anything.

When to come and how to find it

Leith, a short walk from the Shore and easily reached from Leith Walk. Contact first — an unannounced visit to a by-appointment studio ends at a locked door.

The city’s pressure points are the usual ones: Valentine’s Day, Mothering Sunday and the run-up to Christmas, when studios everywhere fill their order books early. Wedding dates for the coming summers go months ahead, and in August, when the Fringe swallows the centre, allow more time for anything crossing town.

Questions and answers

Can I just walk in and buy a bouquet?

No. The studio works by appointment, with occasional open days announced on social media — those are the days to browse.

Can I get flowers delivered today?

Yes, if you order before midday on a weekday and they have the stems. Phone first rather than assume.

Do they deliver across the whole city?

Central postcodes are covered as standard; addresses beyond that are arranged case by case, so ask before you promise anyone anything.

Can I collect instead?

Yes, collection from the studio is free — agree a time when you order.

How far ahead should I book wedding flowers?

Months, not weeks: they are taking dates for the next two seasons. For a small wedding or elopement, the ready-to-wear collection moves faster.

Do they do flowers for a business event?

Yes — installations, tablescapes, launches and award ceremonies, and they are a preferred supplier at several Edinburgh venues.

Will the bouquet look like the picture?

Not exactly, and that is stated up front: the photographs show style and colour, the contents follow the season.

What is the catch?

No window, no weekend deliveries and no fixed time slots. If you need flowers in your hand within the hour on a Sunday, this is not the place.

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