Our Team
Rachel Malowany
The Visionary
Always dreaming up the next idea, building relationships with growers, and finding ways to make local flowers more accessible.
You’ll find me: Buying flowers, planning the future, and starting way too many projects at once.
Favourite part of Floral Support: Watching local flowers move from our growers into the hands of florists who truly appreciate their quality and freshness. I also love seeing our team grow, step into their strengths, and thrive as we navigate this exciting season together.
Fun fact: I’ve never had a job outside of the local flower industry — flowers are all I’ve ever known!
Ava
The Creative Connector
The one helping florists bring their ideas to life and making sure orders feel personal.
You'll find me: Designing with flowers and pulling orders with a designer’s eye, making sure florists receive flowers they’ll be excited to create with.
Favourite part of Floral Support: The team I get to work with. The friendships, support, and laughs make every day better. I also love connecting with our florists and customers and being part of helping bring their ideas to life through flowers.
Fun fact: I think I have tetrachromacy, which may explain why matching flowers and creating colour palettes is one of my favourite parts of the job.
Sam
The Production Powerhouse
Making sure flowers get where they need to go and keeping production moving.
You’ll find me: Building orders, creating bouquets, and keeping things flowing.
Favourite part of Floral Support: The people. I love the friendships, laughter, and teamwork that make every day enjoyable. I also love creating with flowers and seeing a simple bucket of blooms transformed into something that brings joy to someone else.
Fun fact: I can touch my nose with my tongue. 😛
Jenise
The Growth Strategist
Turning big ideas into plans and helping Floral Support grow with intention.
You’ll find me: Forecasting, pricing, analyzing numbers, and finding opportunities for growth.
Favourite part of Floral Support: Getting paid to hang out with Rachel. (Jenise was unavailable for comment, so Rachel stepped in.) 😆
Fun fact: Survived years without touching an Apple product—until I started working at Floral Support. Now I’m the team’s lone Android user.
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Steph
The Chaos Coordinator
Keeping the behind-the-scenes running smoothly so everyone else can do what they do best.
You’ll find me: Tackling the inbox full of emails, keeping projects moving forward, organizing the details, and making sure nothing falls through the cracks.
Favourite part of Floral Support: Working alongside an amazing team of women, chatting about life, and getting an instant mood boost every time I walk into the cooler. Flowers are basically free therapy.
Fun fact: I’ve visited 15 countries (and counting!).
Sydney
The Storyteller
Capturing the moments, flowers, and people that make Floral Support special.
You’ll find me: Creating content, taking photos, and sharing stories across Floral Support's brand and marketing.
Favourite part of Floral Support: I love our team of ladies and getting to bond over flowers together. It's such a warm and creative space!
Fun fact: I rode a moped for 2,000+ kms from north to south of Vietnam AND didn't die!
We're all about local flowers!
1. budget friendly
Imported flowers can cost a lot more than locally grown, especially when flowers are out of season. By purchasing what's truly in season from our beautiful BC region, you can easily save on costs! Floral Support also increases your purchase value with our wholesale by the bunch pricing versus by the stem retail pricing.
3. support our
economy
There are many incredible farms & flower farmers in our area that don't get the recognition their product deserves due to the demand for international imports. By valuing our local produces we help them grow and build our economy at the same time.
2. freshest quality
Your flowers are freshly picked from BC farms and delivered straight to the local auction where we pick up flowers every week for our cooler. With imports you have a higher chance of damage or aged flowers from travelling all over the globe, whereas local flowers have a longer lifespan, yay!
4. convenient
Whether you’re a florist or a DIY flower enthusiast, our walk-in cooler (right here in Langley!) is conveniently stocked for you every year from April till Christmas with a variety of fresh locally grown flowers. No hassle!
3 GENERATIONS EXPERIENCE
How it all started...
Starting at a young age, Rachel slowly learned about the flower industry through her Opa (Abe Koole) and her Dad (Pete Koole), the owners of Apko Nurseries.
Apko Nurseries Limited began as a dream of her grandparents, Abe & Elizabeth Koole as they immigrated from Holland to Langley, BC Canada. Their first greenhouses was built in 1963 and assorted crops were grown. By 1984, roses became the main crop and through the 1980’s, Apko became known as a premier cut rose grower in the Western Canadian market. In 2008 Apko began cultivating hydrangea plants to complement its floral selection to their customers.
In 2016 Rachel started her own business Floral Support, and in 2018 her family officially sold their Apko greenhouse to Clearview Garden Shop.
And the rest is history!
