Floral Installations & Brand Activations in Austin, TX

Austin Convention Center

Convention center

General-session and sponsor-floor builds on tight overnight windows; the room is grey and vast, so floral works best as a few large gestures rather than distributed decor.

Circuit of the Americas

Motorsport circuit

Paddock club and hospitality suites where everything must be wind-rated, fast to strike, and legible on broadcast.

Moody Center

Arena

Suite and premium-club activations around a busy touring calendar, with load-in measured in hours between events.

ACL Live at the Moody Theater

Live music venue

Stage-adjacent floral built to survive lighting heat and to frame a camera position rather than a room.

Zilker Park

Outdoor park

Festival ground rules: ballast only, no ground penetration, foam-free mechanics, and varieties chosen for full afternoon sun.

Rainey Street district

Bungalow bars and brand houses

Small footprints taken over for a week. Porch, fence-line and interior installs that must go up without damaging a hundred-year-old house.

South Congress Hotel

Hotel

A street-facing property where the lobby and terrace read as one photograph; installations are planned for the sidewalk sightline first.

Hotel Saint Cecilia

Boutique hotel

Small, textural, garden-adjacent work — a single considered gesture beats volume in these rooms.

Commodore Perry Estate

Estate venue

Walled gardens and period interiors; the built floral has to look older than it is, which means dried, garden-grown material and no rental gloss.

The LINE Austin

Hotel, lakefront

Lakeside terraces where humidity and wind off Lady Bird Lake decide the mechanics before the palette does.

Fair Market

East Austin event warehouse

An empty industrial box — the room is whatever you build, so floral usually carries ceiling, entry and bar in one language.

Barr Mansion

Historic and organic-certified venue

Sustainability-literate clients: foam-free, compostable mechanics and locally grown material where the season allows.

Brand houses, lounges, panels and after-parties packed into ten days, mostly in temporary spaces that are handed over days before doors.

Booking window: Reserve by November. January is the practical cutoff for anything we fabricate; after that it is rentals and fresh.

Two weekends in Zilker Park. Sponsor activations, artist areas and VIP decks, all ballasted and all rebuilt between weekends.

Booking window: Commit by June so structures can be built, tested and freighted before the site locks.

Paddock hospitality, sponsor suites and off-circuit brand dinners across a single very expensive weekend.

Booking window: Twelve weeks minimum; circuit credentials and delivery windows close early.

Theatre lobbies, private dinners and step-and-repeat moments built to photograph under press lighting.

Booking window: Six to eight weeks.

Product launches, campus openings and customer summits from the tech employers along the northwest corridor.

Booking window: Four to six weeks; recurring quarterly programs are planned a year out.

Ranch and estate ceremonies where the ceremony structure has to travel down a caliche road and stand in wind.

Booking window: Four to six months for a peak Saturday.

Crew and travel

A typical Austin build runs a crew of three to six flying into AUS, on site one to three days. During SXSW and ACL we add a day on either end purely for traffic and dock access — downtown load-in during those weeks is a scheduling problem before it is a design one, and we would rather quote the extra day than miss a window.

Lead time

Four to six weeks for a custom Austin build in a normal month. For March and October the honest lead time is three to five months, because the city's own production capacity is the constraint, not ours. Under two weeks we will quote a fresh-and-rental solution and say plainly that it is not an engineered install.

Fabrication and sourcing

Structures are welded, wrapped and dry-fitted in Kendall, then freighted to Central Texas ahead of the crew. Fresh product is bought through Texas wholesalers the day before install. For festival sites we build in modules that two people can carry across grass, because vehicle access usually stops at the fence line.

Permits and venue approvals

Zilker and other city park sites prohibit ground penetration, so every outdoor structure is ballasted and weight-calculated in advance. Circuit and arena work needs rigging plans and certificates of insurance naming the venue. Rainey Street houses and historic properties often carry preservation restrictions — nothing screwed, nailed or adhered to original fabric.

Climate and floral specification

Austin runs hot and dry in a way Miami does not: 100°F afternoons with low humidity strip fresh product fast, so mechanics are hydration-first, foam-free, and dressing is scheduled for the last hour before doors. Spring brings genuine storm and wind risk on open ground, which is why outdoor pieces are wind-rated rather than merely heavy. Late-January cold snaps can take out local field product, so winter jobs lean on structure, preserved material and fresh as accent.

Are you an Austin florist?

No. Our studio and our only address are in Miami. We fabricate there and travel to Austin for installations, which makes our Austin work project-based rather than daily delivery or retail.

How late can we book you for SXSW?

For a fabricated environment, November is the sensible booking point and January is the last honest one. Inside four weeks of March we can still deliver a strong fresh-and-rental install, but we will tell you it is that rather than sell it as a custom build.

Can you install at Zilker Park or another city park site?

Yes, with ballasted structures. City park rules prohibit driving stakes or penetrating the ground, so we calculate weights, build in carry-across modules and submit the ballast plan with the site paperwork.

Will fresh flowers survive an Austin outdoor day in October?

With the right varieties and foam-free hydration, yes for a single day. For a multi-day festival run we specify premium faux or preserved material in the sun-exposed and touchable positions and refresh fresh accents each morning before gates.

Do you cover San Antonio?

Yes, on the same trip and with no second travel charge. River Walk hotels, the Pearl and the convention center are all served by the Austin crew; we will say so in the quote rather than hiding it in a line item.

What does travel add to an Austin project?

Crew flights, freight and lodging are quoted as their own line, typically a few thousand dollars on a mid-size build, and the percentage falls as the installation grows. You see the number rather than a hidden uplift on the floral.