Julep x Babylonstoren this Mother's Day
Nic Rosslee[Note: This post was originally published ahead of Mother’s Day. While these limited-edition hampers are no longer available, you can explore our current seasonal floral collections on our website here].
Julep’s collaboration with Babylonstoren is live, and the products are moving fast.
Gifting can at times feel like a tax or cost of admission that is required of you, but when Jules and I started Julep, we wanted to change that by offering something thoughtful and intentional. Babylonstoren is a brand that we’ve long admired for these qualities, so it’s an honour to be working together with them again this week.
The video below shows me (in a rare speaking role) and Gundula, Babylonstoren’s Master Gardener, unboxing the flowers we chose with their team to speak to this moment. We paired the softness of peony-style roses with bold local stems (carnival proteas, leucadendron, slangbos, celosia, and setaria).
Our flowers are featured across three Babylonstoren hampers this Mother's Day. The numbers are limited, and this particular combination won't come around again.
Whichever way you choose to celebrate an important mom in your life this week, we hope there is a genuine and thoughtful moment for you both.
Gundula (Babylonstoren):
We’re here in our flower room at Babylonstoren. I’m delighted to have Nic here from Julep, and we have invited him to come and add to our Mother’s Day hampers.
Nic Rosslee (Julep):
We are very honored to be collaborating with Babylonstoren this Mother’s Day.
For this arrangement here, we’ve got some carnival proteas.
Gundula:
Just so similar to the creatures we have in the mountain. Brilliant.
Nic:
Yeah, very local. We’ve got the red leucadendron and the slangbos here, giving it some airy textures. And then on the other side of the box, we’ve got what I'd say is the hero flower here—the peony rose, which opens beautifully up like a peony. Then we’ve got the red Setaria and the feathery celosia.
Gundula:
Gorgeous. It really speaks of the season, that kind of mellowing of autumn coming in. And this fynbos is really coming to the fore now.
Excellent. Okay, so we can get started.
Nic:
I think the best place to start is to give each stem a snip. It gives them the best chance of the water coming up the stems and rehydrating them after their journey.
You want to snip them at a variety of heights so that you can get some balance and texture to your arrangement. Where I would start would be the sturdier Leucadendron and then the slangbos.
Gundula:
They make a good foundation. I like being playful around that, and then adding the highlights to it.
Nic:
The important thing to remember while you’re putting it together is that it’s a live product, so don’t be set in your ways. There’s no final draft that’s going off. Give it a snip, and in a few days' time, rearrange them as you see fit.
Gundula:
Oh, is your mother going to be so lucky!
Nic:
I’m sure she is.
