Melanie Kämpf Bloom & Paper

Melanie Kämpf trades under a name that states her actual offer instead of dressing it up: Bloom & Paper. Flowers live at one address on her site, stationery at another, and both point back to the same person working out of one small atelier at Könizstrasse 215 in Liebefeld, on the edge of Bern. There's no shop to walk into. The only line the site gives on access is "Besprechungen und Termine nach Vereinbarung," consultations and appointments by arrangement, repeated in the footer of every page. If a couple wants to see her work in person, they book a slot for it.

She describes herself on her own about page as "Hochzeitsfloristin und Designerin für individuelle Papeterie," a wedding florist and a designer of individual stationery, in that order, and both halves get their own product pages rather than one being a sideline tacked onto the other. The pitch on the stationery side makes the connection explicit: she frames a couple's paper goods as something meant to match their flowers in colour, form and material, so the two aren't sold as separate purchases so much as one coordinated look split across two crafts. Her portfolio gallery backs that framing with its own categories: ceremony, bridal bouquet, boutonniere, table decoration, welcome signs, and a stationery section sitting in the same grid as the floral work rather than off in its own corner of the site.

What a booking with her actually looks like

The wedding page lays out a six-stage sequence rather than a simple contact form. It opens with an inquiry, moves into a getting-to-know-you conversation that ends in a first proposal, then a booking decision, then detailed planning once that's confirmed. A few weeks before the wedding she works through remaining specifics with the couple, including, in the site's own words, the handover of the couple's personal flowers, meaning the bouquet or buttonholes they'll actually be carrying rather than the room decoration. On the day itself she handles setup, and, if it's been booked, also the placement of place cards and menu cards and any mid-event room changeovers. Afterward she takes the teardown and cleans the rental materials herself, and the couple keeps their own flowers or hands them on to guests. None of that is padding: it means delivery, setup and breakdown are already part of what a booking includes, not extras to negotiate separately, at least going by everything the site states about the process.

Her rental stock gets a specific mention too: arches, vessels and candle holders, shown to a couple directly in a consultation rather than listed with prices online. If something a couple wants isn't in her own inventory, she says she'll source it through other rental suppliers rather than simply saying no.

The one number she does publish

Most Swiss wedding florists say nothing about cost until a couple asks directly, and Melanie Kämpf mostly follows that pattern too, with one exception: her FAQ gives an actual figure. She's explicit that there's no flat package price, that a personal conversation about a couple's wishes comes first, and that the point of that conversation is to avoid what she calls unpleasant surprises after the event. Then she adds a number anyway: as a rough guideline, most of her floral decorations run between CHF 3,000 and CHF 8,000. That's framed as a typical range for completed jobs, not a minimum she requires before she'll take a booking, which is a real distinction. A couple whose plans sit below that band isn't told they're turned away; they're told what similar weddings have tended to cost.

The stationery side gets the same treatment. Cost depends on the couple's wishes and, she notes, on the size of the guest list, since a bigger party means more place cards and menus. Her rough figure there: most of her stationery work runs between CHF 500 and CHF 2,000. She'll also source unusual paper stock, hand-made or textured, and unusual shapes on request, though she charges a small flat surcharge when she has to special-order paper, since suppliers generally require a minimum order quantity. She doesn't publish what that surcharge costs.

Trying the paper before committing to it

For couples who want to feel the paper stock before they design around it, she sells sample sets: CHF 20 including shipping, for around 5 to 6 different types. The alternative is booking a consultation and looking at the actual samples in her atelier, which fits the appointment-only structure running through the rest of the site. Once a couple has picked a direction, her FAQ lists exactly what they get a say in: torn or smooth card edges, the colour of text, paper and graphics, finishes like gold leaf, watercolour work or metal eyelets, and shapes beyond the standard rectangle.

Workshops, and who they're actually for

Her site also runs a separate line of paid workshops, and it's worth being precise about what they are, because the flower crown course in particular isn't pitched as bridal prep. The site's own description says it suits a Poltertag, a Swiss pre-wedding party thrown for the bride or groom, or just a relaxed afternoon with friends; nowhere does it call it a bride's own activity, and a testimonial from a past attendee, Jessica, confirms the real use case was exactly that, a group Poltertag booking. The course runs 2 to 2.5 hours, needs a group of at least 5 people to book, and costs 95 CHF per person including materials for one wreath and a small apéro; no bookings on Sundays. A second workshop, a dried-flower wreath ("Trockenblumenloop"), is pitched more explicitly at a bachelorette party, runs about 3 hours for a minimum group of 4, and costs 140 CHF per person for materials enough for two wreaths. Two more, seasonal Advent-wreath sessions with either a brunch or mulled cider and cinnamon buns, run 190 CHF and 180 CHF per person. None of this is her core wedding-flower business, but it shows the same shape: fixed group minimums, a stated duration, an all-inclusive price, published upfront rather than quoted on request.

What the site doesn't say

There's no stated travel radius and no published travel fee. What she does say, in her FAQ, is that no distance is too far, that she'll work anywhere in Switzerland, and that she'd welcome a wedding abroad too. For a couple planning a Swiss wedding from outside the country, that line is a genuine answer to whether she'd consider travelling to them, even without a number attached to it. What isn't answered anywhere on the site is whether she or her team work with clients in English: every page runs in German only, with no language toggle, so a foreign couple would need to raise that directly before booking rather than assume it either way. The site is also quiet on sourcing. Her portfolio page mentions "saisonale Akzente," seasonal accents, as part of her style, but nothing states whether she grows her own stock, buys through a Dutch auction, or works specifically with Swiss growers.

The verdict

What sets this listing apart isn't the floristry alone, which reads as competent and personally run rather than exceptional on the evidence available, but the fact that a couple can get a coordinated flowers-and-paper look from one atelier instead of briefing two separate vendors and hoping their colour choices line up. Add published price ranges for both halves of the business, a stated process that already includes setup and teardown, and a stated willingness to travel, and this is a supplier that tells a couple more about what to expect before the first phone call than most in this category do. The gap is sourcing and English-language service, both worth a direct question before booking rather than an assumption either way.