Florist and co-founder of Leaf Supply @leaf_supply, Sophia lives in Annandale with her partner and two children. Her home blends vintage and modern pieces with ease, reflecting a quiet, thoughtful style. From the triangular window upstairs, she looks out onto her favorite view—the backyard, where trees and small flowers quietly grow. Below, her home studio fills with branches, vases, and the calm rhythm of her work.
“People expect a florist’s garden to be full of blooms.”
She smiles. “But mine’s mostly green—textures, movement, little surprises.” Chocolate cosmos, gaura, native violets. The beauty is in restraint. “I’m drawn to how plants live together rather than stand out.”
Her love of growing things began in her grandfather’s garden. “Nonno grew veggies and herbs. I’d help him weed and just… stay there.” Those early days among soil and sunlight shaped the way she works and lives now—with patience, curiosity, and care.
“Flowers guide you if you listen.”
On this visit, Sophia was preparing cymbidiums for a baby’s christening. She doesn’t force a design. “Some stems bend, others stand tall. I let them decide.”
When not at her bench, she’s out walking bush trails with her children—observing wildflowers, colours, and the way plants grow in nature. Inspiration, after all, comes quietly—from nature itself.
“Gardens aren’t just pretty—they’re responsibility.”
Now studying garden design, she’s learning how beauty can sustain life: logs for insects, birdbaths for visitors, local plants that belong. At home, her children cut stems, name flowers, and watch things grow—small lessons in care, in patience, in wonder.
Sophia’s world is built on respect—for nature, for time, and for the quiet connections that make a family home truly alive.