Carli is an internationally recognized event designer and flower grower who truly lives for her work. Both her family and floral studio are nestled in the mountain community of Hope, British Columbia and Carli designs for weddings throughout the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver Area.

Carli’s love for her gardens, natural expression in design and desire to work independently brought her to opening Wild Rabbit Flowers. She pulls her inspiration from the natural beauty of the wild earth and the untamed heart.

Carli is a strong advocate for local and seasonal product, sourcing  flowers first from local and North American farms and of course, growing her own, wedding-specific specialty blooms in her private cutting gardens.

Carli’s floral style is heavily influenced by the wild and whimsical nature of flowers. Movement, flow and layering are all components in her arrangements, and a great care for colour in its truest natural shades comes shining through in her work.  A great amount of care and effort go into every piece, each stem placed with thought, and every event executed with passion and professionalism.

Carli works a select number of BC weddings a year spring through fall, and travels with her family in the off-season. 

My name is Carli Spielman, and I am the owner, designer and all around flower maker at Wild Rabbit Flowers. I am one part floral designer, one part flower farmer and all parts lover of your wedding day.
A few things you may not know about Wild Rabbit, and about me:

I grow about 30% of the flowers I use in my wedding work, right here on my property. Starting from seed under light in my basement grow show, to greenhouse, to ground. I specialize in growing sought after specialized wedding florals… the tiny, the giant, the delicate, the unusual.

My floral shop and cutting gardens are my world, and my home. From February to November I work my property sun up to sun down growing flowers, designing for events, and covering all the logistic bases of a seasonally wild business. It’s my oasis and during peak season, while it’s very hard to get away, when I do it’s to the rivers and lakes where I live.

I design every single piece with a love and passion that makes me incredibly sentimental. You get me from the moment you contact me to the hours spent in service at your venue. I’m a hand-deliverer of bridal bouquets, a teary eyed softie in those moments. You wouldn’t know the woman willing to hang from ladders twenty feet in the air rigging buckets of flowers overhead is also the woman that climbs into her truck at the end of a wedding day with tears in her eyes over your beautiful day.

Something I don’t think most of my clients know…. I think about you. All of the time. In the spring when planting my dahlias I’m already planning the varieties I’ll use for my September clients. When starting seeds I’m February, I have colours in mind for couples in the summer. I write notes about your Grandmother’s favorite flowers and how you’re nervous about being the center of attention. Your names and your favourite colours and where you met and your adorable dog, I’m thinking about my clients all the time.

I’m in my sixth year of the flower hustle and it’s only just begun.

My name is Carli. I am Wild Rabbit, and I make flowers for lovers.