About us
Mahua is a boutique floral and gifting studio in Mahim, Mumbai. We make fresh, thoughtful flower arrangements and gifts — curated at our studio, hand-delivered to your door and free of plastic and floral foam. Started by two sisters – Sonali Thakkar and Pooja Mehrotra, who grew up around flowers, Mahua is still run the same way it started: with care, without shortcuts.
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Our Philosophy
“Mahua started because we love flowers. We wanted to share nature’s beauty in its most natural form, less fuss, more flowers, the way they’re meant to be seen.” – Sonali Thakkar (co-founder)
“We wanted to build a brand that looks beyond the moment. Packaging that’s thoughtful. No floral foam. No plastic. Because flowers bring us so much joy, everything around them should too. – Pooja Mehrotra (co-founder)
Our Story
Mahua began with a simple idea: make flower gifting feel the way flowers actually feel. Generous. Natural. A little unexpected.
What was out there — heavy non-biodegradable packaging, fewer flowers, more decoration — didn’t sit right. We wanted less fuss and more blooms.
The seeds go further back than the business, though. Our mother grew up in a bungalow in Allahabad with a garden that was always full of blooms. When she moved to a Mumbai apartment, she missed that. So every Friday, she would come home with fresh flowers. Nothing elaborate — just simple stems put in a vase and it would change the whole room.
We noticed this as kids. How something that small could make a space feel completely different. How you would walk in and the week would feel lighter.
That stayed with us. Over time the instinct became intentional. Flowers aren’t just decoration — they’re a way of saying something. Happy birthday. I’m thinking of you. Congratulations. Thank you. Sometimes a bunch of sunflowers lands better than any card could.
The more we worked with flowers, the more we saw the environmental impact the industry having – Plastic everywhere. Floral foam that never biodegrades. Packaging so elaborate it buried the blooms. We wanted to move away all of that back.
Choosing eco-friendly
This wasn’t a trend we caught. It was a problem we couldn’t ignore.
Floral foam — the green sponge most florists use — is a petroleum-based product. It doesn’t biodegrade. It can’t be recycled. It releases microplastics when it breaks down. And it goes in the bin the moment the flowers are unwrapped.
We haven’t used it once. Every arrangement at Mahua is made with natural techniques, and every element around the flowers is either recyclable, biodegradable, or made to be kept and reused. The jute twine. The paper wrapping. The vases and tins. Even the flowers themselves — they can be dried, pressed, or composted.
As the studio grew, the same thinking moved into gifting. Handwoven leaf baskets that are made to be filled again. Packaging that doesn’t embarrass you when you throw it away.
It’s still what every decision at Mahua comes back to: does this work for the flowers, and does it work for the planet?
Eco-friendly remains from our flower arrangements
Handwoven eco-friendly gift baskets
Eco-friendly custom decor for Atout France event
Sonali and Pooja — The Two Sisters Behind Mahua
Meet the founders
Mahua is a family business in the most literal sense. Founded by sisters Sonali Thakkar and Pooja Mehrotra, the studio grew out of a shared childhood and a shared sensibility — that flowers should be simple, seasonal and as close to nature as possible.
Sonali is a graduate from the International Floral Design School who handles the floristry and creative design aspect. Pooja looks after the marketing and business side of the studio. Between them, they’ve built something that feels less like a brand and more like a point of view.
They keep learning on the job by doing — sourcing, arranging, delivering, getting feedback and going again. There’s a directness to the studio that probably comes from that. No layers. No middlemen.
Years ago, they made a decision that they’d never use a flower in foam.
Our floral studio, Mahua specialises in producing truly thougthful, eco-friendly floral arrangements and gifts for small and big occasions.
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Mahua is a boutique eco-friendly florist in Mahim, Mumbai. We create fresh floral arrangements and thoughtful gifts, handmade at our studio and delivered personally across the city. Whether it’s a birthday in Bandra or a housewarming in Cuffe Parade, we’d love to be your florist in Mumbai.
