About
Who we are
The Moss & Rose is a floral design studio located in the wonderful town of Blacksburg, Virginia. We specialize in weddings and events - any occasion that needs flowers to give it a extra element of elegance or grace. We love the feel of romantic, English garden style arrangements, but we also love a bit of the unusual or exotic - like mixing orchids with garden flowers!
Though we are new to the New River Valley, we are not new to the flower business. The Moss & Rose was started in Houston, Texas, several years ago after "playing" at being a florist for many family and friends' weddings all over the US. After only 1 1/2 years of being an official business, Bride's Houston was kind enough to name us as one of the top six florists in the city this past summer!
See Some of our Work in...
- Grace Ormonde Wedding Style
- Elizabeth Anne Designs
- Burnett’s Boards
- Junebug Weddings
- Oh So Beautiful Paper
- Bespoke Bride
- Ruffled
- Brides, Houston
- Modern Luxury, Brides Houston
Jody Strom - Owner & Designer
I have always loved flowers - growing them, collecting them, and of course, arranging them. My love of flowers started on the growing side – gardening with my parents in Maryland, earning a degree in Horticulture from Washington State University, and completing a three-year stint as a grower for a nursery in Iowa. After fiddling with flower arranging for years, I finally designed the flowers for my first wedding in 2006, and, since then, it has become a passion!
Every time someone looks at one of our pieces, I want them to enjoy a different element or see a new bit of magic. That means that often in one of our pieces, even a small piece, I will include many different types of flowers, foliage, seed pods, berries, twigs, or even whole plants. I love designing with bits grown in our gardens (if the deer don't eat everything), any flowers I can get my hands on that are grown locally, and adding in some vines or branches from a lonely field.
I am a wife to a wonderful husband, the mother to four super cute and energetic children, and a gardener who loves working with flowers both in the soil and in a vase.
- Jody (jody@themossandrose.com)