Handpicked Ethical Floristry
based in Castlemaine on Djaara Country.
Established in 2021, Handpicked is the creative expression of floral designer Ali Troup.
Ali is a qualified florist with over 20 years experience in the floral industry. She trained in Melbourne and has practiced floristry in Melbourne, London, and across Central Victoria.
Ali’s designs are intentional, intuitive, organic and unique.
FLORAL SERVICES
Online florist shop
Pre order for delivery to the Castlemaine and surrounding area or collect from the Handpicked studio at The Mill Castlemaine, Tuesday to Friday except public holidays and occasional annual leave.
Weddings - Events - Floral installations
Sustainable floral design by a professional floral team, available across Victoria, Southern NSW and Illawarra areas.
Corporates and venues - Floral subscriptions
Floral designs for your unique business or venue delivered and installed, and floral subscriptions for home, servicing the Sunbury, Macedon, Kyneton, Castlemaine and Bendigo areas.
Funerals and Memorials
Heartfelt floral design, plastic free and home compostable displays, to help you say goodbye to your loved one.
Workshops - Vintage Vase Club
Floral design workshops available on request and held in the Handpicked studio at The Mill Castlemaine or at a location of your choosing. Workshops are a wonderful activity to celebrate a birthday or hens day.
Join Vintage Vase Club, the regular meeting of vintage and flower lovers to explore composition, design, and floral arranging via monthly sessions at The Handpicked studio.
I practice connection with nature and design as an intermediary between my clients and the natural world. This encourages an honest, organic and true way to present the customer’s unique personality in their floral displays.
Ali Troup, floral designer and business owner
Environmental sustainability is at the heart of Ali’s practice:
Designs with seasonal florals,
Works with local growers,
Avoids imported flowers and limits flowers grown interstate,
Wraps with compostable elements,
Avoids floral foam and other single use plastics,
Naturally dries own florals for dried work and excludes chemically treated/bleached and synthetically dyed florals,
Green waste is composted locally,
Donates left over flowers to local public aged care facilities.
