Moth and Marigold

Flowers, branches
& late hours

Delivered at dusk,
five to nine

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A tall arrangement of peach and blush dahlias in a white vase on a pink table, candles burning behind it

The shop

Moth & Marigold is a flower shop that keeps late hours. We cut, arrange and deliver after five, so the flowers reach your door when you do.

Grown within two hundred miles of Whitaker Street

On the bench this week

What the fields sent

Every Tuesday the growers' trucks pull up on Whitaker Street. This is what came in, sold by the stem, by the armful, or folded into tonight's bouquets.

A single blush-pink dinner-plate dahlia with its green leaves
A cluster of rust and orange French marigolds among feathery leaves
Magenta celosia plumes against soft green
Violet beautyberry clusters along bare twigs
An old pink garden rose and its buds on a dark ground
Vine leaves turning from green to crimson and pink

  1. Café au Lait dahlias

    Ogeechee Flower Co., Richmond Hill · 22 miles · $6 a stem

    Dinner-plate heads the colour of milky coffee. They open fully overnight, so we cut them half shut.

  2. French marigolds

    Our own beds, behind the shop · 0 miles · $3 a stem

    The namesake. Rust and saffron, a smell like tomato leaves, and two weeks in a jar without complaint.

  3. Bombay celosia

    Three Pines Growers, Statesboro · 64 miles · $5 a stem

    Velvet plumes in magenta. They dry where they stand and stay bright until spring.

  4. American beautyberry

    Foraged on the Isle of Hope · 9 miles · $8 a branch

    Violet berries in tight clusters along the stem. Strip the leaves and they read like strung beads.

  5. Old pink garden roses

    Bluff Road Farm, Ridgeland · 38 miles · $7 a stem

    Cupped, many-petalled and heavy-headed, with a scent that reaches the end of a hallway.

  6. Muscadine vine, turning

    Foraged on the Isle of Hope · 9 miles · $6 a length

    The last of the wild grape, leaves going from green to crimson. For a mantel or the length of a table.

Build a bouquet from the bench

Arrangements

Flowers that moved in

See every arrangement

Dusk delivery

Cut at five, at your door by nine

Order by three and tonight's flowers leave with the evening. They travel best after the heat of the day, and rest best overnight in a cool house.

  1. 5 pm

    The last cut

    Our growers cut in the cool of the evening, when stems hold the most water. By half past five the buckets are on Whitaker Street.

    A field of purple flowers under a pink dusk sky, a line of trees on the horizon

  2. 6 pm

    On the bench

    One pair of hands makes each order, start to finish, wraps it in paper and writes the card in ink. Never cellophane, never foam.

    A florist's hands working a white rose into a mixed bouquet

  3. 7 pm

    The vans leave

    Two vans, eleven neighbourhoods, routes drawn that afternoon from the orders in hand. Midtown first, the islands last.

    A bouquet wrapped in brown paper beside a spool of twine

  4. 8 pm

    At your door

    We text ten minutes ahead. If nobody's home, the flowers wait in the shade with a jar of water, never on a hot step.

    A woman holding a bouquet of pink anthuriums and white roses

  5. 9 pm

    Open by morning

    Overnight in a cool house the flowers drink, settle and open. That is the whole idea: they look their best at breakfast.

    Pink orchids in a vase beside a lit table lamp in a dark room

Standing orders

The same evening, every week

Pick a day, Tuesday or Friday, and a size. We choose from what came in that morning, so no two weeks look alike. Skip or pause any week with a text.

Delivered between five and nine, like everything else, across eleven Savannah neighbourhoods; the islands on Fridays.

Events

Big flowers for long tables

Weddings, dinners, openings and the occasional farewell done properly. We build on site in the afternoon, strike after the last guest, and compost what we carry away.

  • Weddingsfrom $4,500 · six months ahead
  • Dinners & openingsfrom $1,200 · three weeks ahead
  • Arches & installationsquoted after a site visit
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Growers

Grown within two hundred miles

Every bucket in the shop carries a grower's name and a distance. Nothing flies in; when a season ends in the fields, it ends on the bench too.

  1. Our own beds

    Behind the shop · marigolds, zinnias, basil

    0 mi

  2. Isle of Hope

    Foraged with permission · beautyberry, muscadine

    9 mi

  3. Ogeechee Flower Co.

    Richmond Hill, Georgia · dahlias, cosmos

    22 mi

  4. Bluff Road Farm

    Ridgeland, South Carolina · garden roses

    38 mi

  5. Three Pines Growers

    Statesboro, Georgia · celosia, lisianthus

    64 mi

  6. Sand Hill Nursery

    Aiken, South Carolina · eucalyptus, olive

    128 mi

  7. Ocmulgee River Farm

    Macon, Georgia · sunflowers, May peonies

    168 mi

Thursday night school

Two hours at the bench after closing

Eight seats, our stems and snips, and a glass of something cold. You leave with what you made and the habit of re-cutting every stem.

  • The hand-tied bouquet$85 · 3 seats left
  • Branches and vines for autumn$95 · 5 seats left
  • A table for eight$110 · 8 seats left
  • A dried wreath for the door$90 · 6 seats left
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A group of people arranging flowers around a long table in a bright room

A care column, answered by hand

Dear Marigold

A woman holding up a pale pink bouquet in a garden while trimming its stems with snips

The letter of 3 October

Re-cut them, darling

“My dahlias droop by the third day, whatever I do. Is it me?” Wilting, in Thunderbolt.

Dear Wilting, it isn't you, it's the cut. A stem starts to seal itself within hours, and a sealed stem drinks nothing, however full the vase. Every morning take a finger's width off each stem, at a slant, with a sharp knife rather than scissors, which crush.

Then give them a clean vase and cool water, up to a third of the stem, no higher; dahlias rot where leaves sit under water. Keep them out of the sun and away from the fruit bowl, and they'll give you a week. Cut them half open next time, too. They finish opening at home, which is the best part.

Write to Marigold

Questions

Before you order

Anything else, call the shop. A person answers, usually the one holding the snips.

How late can I order for tonight?

Until three in the afternoon, Tuesday to Saturday. After that, call the shop: if a van has room, we'll say so.

Where do you deliver?

Eleven neighbourhoods, from the Historic District to Ardsley Park, Thunderbolt and the Southside, and Tybee and the islands on Fridays. Delivery is $12, free on standing orders.

Can I choose the flowers?

Give us a colour, a mood and a size and we'll choose from the bench. If you want something particular, ask, and we'll tell you honestly whether the fields have it this week.

How long will they last?

Five to ten days, depending on the stems. Every order comes with a care card: re-cut and change the water every second day.

How far ahead should we book a wedding?

Six months for April to June and October, three months otherwise. We take two weddings a weekend at most, so each gets the whole team.

Can I collect from the shop instead?

Yes, any time from eleven to nine. Collection orders are ready an hour after you place them.

Do you use floral foam?

Never. We build on chicken wire, pin frogs and moss, and reuse or compost all of it.

Do you send sympathy flowers?

Yes, quietly and the same day. Call the shop and we'll deliver to a home, a chapel or a funeral home before the evening.

Inside the flower shop: a glass vase of white narcissi on the counter, buckets and shelves behind

Order or ask

Tell us who they're for

The shop
418 Whitaker Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Open
Tuesday to Saturday
11 am to 9 pm
Call
(912) 000-0000
Write
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