I spend my life building worlds.

The maker

Robin Pero

It started in the woods of northern Ontario. Long summers spent alone, poking at nature, learning the names of things nobody taught me. That curiosity never left. A greenhouse at 19. Horticulture college at 25. Years managing garden centres, designing ornamental landscapes, working in parks — always learning, never quite creatively satisfied. So I built my own thing. Flowers were always part of it — loved from the beginning, and intimidating for the same reason. Design felt like a language I hadn't learned yet. So I did the only thing that made sense: I observed. Slowly, carefully, the way you get to know anything worth knowing. Now the work feels like a partnership — between what the flower wants to do and what the design calls for. Grow & Bloom Co. opened in 2017. What started as a plant shop evolved into something more considered — a design studio working across floral arrangements, installations, planted environments, and botanical preservation. The shop got smaller. Intentionally. One studio, one maker, one point of view. Away from the studio, not much changes. My home is an entire world of botanical cultivation — a large plant collection, a veiled chameleon, a nano tank landscaped with living plants, leaves and pinecones and feathers collected from everywhere. I am surrounded by natural wonder at all times. The work is just what happens when that spills over into something someone else can take home.

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