About the team
Ashlyn Snyman
Ashlyn loves all things creative, and once worked as a gallery assistant in Riebeek Kasteel. In 2025, Ashlyn won 2nd and 3rd Prize for Poetry, at the Purple Mountain Youth Day Festival. While Ashlyn is studying creative writing through UNISA, she will be assisting us by cataloguing of all our Flowers and ensuring their serial numbers are archived.
Elna-Mari Smit
Elna-Mari is a young, up-and-coming artist that enjoys drawing fantasy and nature-themed subjects. She also likes creating her own work inspired by anime, working primarily with coloured pencils. Elna-Mari paints the undercoats of all our Flowers ensuring the substrates are ready for deocration.
Altus & Mariana Coetzee
Altus and Mariana are retired, and they love to spend time with their two adorable grandchildren. Besides cutting, sanding and buffing our Flowers, this dynamic duo keeps themselves busy by doing repair work and odd jobs here and there.
Olwethu Dekeda
Olwethu brings a wealth of accounting knowledge and guidance to our humble enterprise, making it look super professional and accountable at all times.
Carmenita Stallenberg Skade
Carmenita is a powerful driving force for us at Flourish. Since way before we got all business-like, Carmenita has been our digital guide, consultant, and brand developer.
Carl Collison
Carl is a documentary filmmaker and activist. His passions also extend to design and food, particularly plant-based foods. One of his dreams is to open a vegan-friendly coffee shop. Carl is our critical eye. He ensures that only our most striking Flowers go to happy homes. He is also in charge of all our media campaigns.
Aldo Brincat
Aldo has had many careers and he has loved them all. His work as a teacher and in the arts have been healing touchstones throughout his life. Beauty, knowledge, and creativity - in all its forms - continue to inspire him. Aldo is the daddy behind all this, making sure Flourish... flourishes.