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An all butter arrangement: ranunculus, craspedia, mimosa, tulips, yellow garden roses

No. 01 · Butter · Ojai, April

All butter.

Ranunculus, craspedia, mimosa, tulips, yellow garden roses, and the vases, the ribbon and the candles.

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An all oxblood arrangement: dahlias, amaranthus, smoke bush, calla, black-red ranunculus

No. 02 · Oxblood · Topanga, October

All oxblood.

Dahlias, amaranthus, smoke bush, calla, black-red ranunculus, and the vases, the ribbon and the candles.

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An all bone arrangement: ranunculus, sweet pea, phalaenopsis, garden roses, white lilac

No. 03 · Bone · Malibu, May

All bone.

Ranunculus, sweet pea, phalaenopsis, garden roses, white lilac, and the vases, the ribbon and the candles.

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An all tangerine arrangement: ranunculus, iceland poppies, kumquat branches, tulips, marigolds

No. 04 · Tangerine · Mount Washington, March

All tangerine.

Ranunculus, Iceland poppies, kumquat branches, tulips, marigolds, and the vases, the ribbon and the candles.

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An all lilac arrangement: lilac, sweet pea, lisianthus, clematis, tulips

No. 05 · Lilac · Downtown, a rooftop, April

All lilac.

Lilac, sweet pea, lisianthus, clematis, tulips, and the vases, the ribbon and the candles.

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An all moss arrangement: green hydrangea, hellebores, button mums, bells of ireland, anthurium

No. 06 · Moss · Arts District, September

All moss.

Green hydrangea, hellebores, button mums, bells of Ireland, anthurium, and the vases, the ribbon and the candles.

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One color per wedding. All the way down.

Wedding flowers in Los Angeles by Val and a crew of three, from the studio in Frogtown.

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01 · The idea

You pick one color. We take it all the way down.

Every flower, every stem, the bouquet and the boutonnieres, the aisle, the tables and the arch. Then the parts nobody else colors: the vases, the ribbon, the candles, the napkins if you let us.

It sounds strict. It feels generous. A room in one color looks like it was always meant to be, and your photos look like nobody else’s, because nobody else did yours.

  • 1color per wedding, never two
  • 31colors done since 2020
  • 0dyed or painted flowers
  • 212weddings across Los Angeles

02 · Shades

One color is never one shade.

A one-color wedding only works if it has depth. We build it in seven steps: pale up high, where the light is and people hold things, and deep at the floor, the way light falls in a room.

Pick a color at the top of the page and watch it change.

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  1. The ribbonSilk, hand-dyed to the palest step
  2. BoutonnieresSmall, so a shade lighter
  3. Her bouquetThe color itself, held at the heart
  4. The aisleThe color at full strength
  5. The tablesA step deeper, under candlelight
  6. The candlesDipped to match, two steps down
  7. The vasesThe deepest step, closest to the floor

03 · The library

Six we love. Thirty-one done. Yours next.

These are the colors couples ask for most. Tap one to see the page in it, or bring us your own.

  • Your colorA paint chip, a lipstick, a scarf, a photo of the sea in Malibu at seven. Send it to us and we’ll find it in flowers.

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    The thirty-one so far
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04 · Weddings

Recent weddings, one color each.

  • Tangerine wedding flowers, Mount Washington, March
    No. 04 TangerineMount Washington, MarchA table for ninety: ranunculus, poppies and kumquat branches, with tangerine tapers and napkins dyed to match.
  • Butter wedding flowers, Ojai, April
    No. 01 ButterOjai, AprilHer bouquet: mimosa, butter ranunculus and garden roses, tied in butter silk.
  • Oxblood wedding flowers, Topanga, October
    No. 02 OxbloodTopanga, OctoberThree hundred oxblood dahlias down a concrete aisle, and the ring at the end.
  • Lilac wedding flowers, Downtown, a rooftop, April
    No. 05 LilacDowntown, a rooftop, AprilAn eight-foot ring of lilac, sweet pea and clematis, at dusk, which is the most lilac hour there is.
  • Moss wedding flowers, Arts District, September
    No. 06 MossArts District, SeptemberThe cake table, nothing but green: hydrangea, hellebores, anthurium and ferns.
  • Bone wedding flowers, Malibu, May
    No. 03 BoneMalibu, MayThe welcome table: white ranunculus, sweet pea and orchids in a plaster vase.

05 · Prices

Three sizes. One color in all of them.

Delivery, setup and clearing away are included within 30 miles of the studio, and so is your color test.

  • SmallUp to 60 guests

    $2,800

    • Her bouquet and six for the wedding party
    • Eight boutonnieres and corsages
    • Ten table arrangements
    • Two ceremony pieces
    • Vases, candles and ribbon in your color
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  • FullUp to 140 guests

    $5,200

    • Everything in Small, for every table
    • The aisle, planted both sides
    • The ring or an arch
    • Cake and bar flowers
    • Napkins dyed to match
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  • The blockThe whole venue, one color

    From $9,000

    • Everything in Full
    • An installation over the dance floor or the table
    • Lounge, bar and entry dressed
    • Linens dyed to match
    • A crew of five on the day
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Rehearsal dinners in the same color, from $900. Extra color tests, $150 each.

Val, the florist behind Mono Floral, in her Frogtown studio in front of a wall of painted color chips, holding lilac

06 · Val

Hi, I’m Val. I used to make rooms one color for thirty seconds.

For ten years I was a prop stylist on commercial sets in Los Angeles. My job was matching: the cereal bowl to the red of the box, the couch to the lipstick, the whole kitchen to one shade of mint for a thirty-second spot. I got very good at seeing the difference between two whites.

In 2019 my sister Lu got married in her backyard in Highland Park and asked for “all orange, like a creamsicle.” I went to the flower market at four in the morning with $600 and a paint chip in my pocket. Forty guests asked for my number before the cake was cut.

Mono Floral opened in 2020 in an old tire shop in Frogtown, by the river. Our cooler is sorted by color, not by flower, so a dahlia and a ranunculus share a bucket if they’re the same red. Desi runs the installs, and Ari dyes every ribbon in the sink.

Val

  • The studio cooler from above: buckets of flowers in rows by color, white to butter to tangerine to oxblood to lilac to greenThe cooler, sorted by color, not by flower
  • Single stems laid out from palest blush to deep oxblood beside painted color chipsMatching a chip, blush to oxblood

07 · How it goes

From one chip to a whole room.

  1. 01TodayPick one color

    From the library, or bring us anything: a paint chip, a lipstick, your grandmother’s scarf. We match it.

  2. 02Eight weeks beforeThe color test

    One arrangement in your exact color arrives at your door, so you see it in daylight before anything is ordered.

  3. 03The week ofThe market

    Val is at the flower market at 4 am the week of your wedding, holding every stem against your chip.

  4. 04The dayThe install

    Three of us arrive four hours before, set every piece, and come back at midnight to clear it all.

08 · Couples

5.0 from 94 couples on Google.

  • “Our guests kept asking if the cake was dyed. It wasn’t. It was just that butter.”

    Priya and Tom · No. 01 Butter

  • “I sent Val a photo of my grandmother’s lipstick. Six weeks later the whole room was that red.”

    Danielle · No. 02 Oxblood

  • “Three hundred dahlias and not one off-shade. I checked. Val had already checked twice.”

    Marcus and Lee · No. 04 Tangerine

In the press“The most disciplined florist in Los Angeles, and the most fun to watch.” The Set Table, Spring issue

09 · Where

A studio in Frogtown. Weddings all over LA.

Come see the cooler and the chip wall by appointment, Tuesday to Friday. We deliver and install across Los Angeles County, from Malibu to Pasadena, and go to Ojai, Palm Springs and Santa Barbara for a flat $350.

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10 · Questions

What couples ask first.

Can we do two colors?

We only do one, and that’s the whole idea. But one color has a lot of room in it: a butter wedding runs from cream to deep mustard. Tell us the two you love and we’ll find the one that holds them both.

What if my color isn’t in season?

Most colors are in season all year in some flower. If yours is only easy in spring, we’ll say so on the first call and show you what it looks like in the month you’re getting married.

Do you dye or paint flowers?

Never the flowers. Every bloom is the color it grew. We do dye the ribbon, the candles and the napkins, by hand in the studio, to match your chip.

What about the green leaves?

We strip most of them, so the color reads clean. Moss weddings are the exception: there, the green is the point.

How far ahead should we book?

Saturdays from March to October go eight to twelve months ahead. Fridays, Sundays and winter dates often open up with a few months’ notice.

Where do you go?

All of Los Angeles County, delivery and install included within 30 miles of the studio. Ojai, Palm Springs and Santa Barbara are a flat $350 travel fee.

How does the deposit work?

$400 holds your date and comes off the total. The rest is due two weeks before the wedding, once your color test is approved.

11 · Book

$400 holds your date. And your color.

Pick the size and the day. Val texts you within a day to talk about the color, and your color test is on its way eight weeks before.

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