Mar 21 - Ballito Umhl

Bottles & bouquets …
the perfect pair!
A gift of wine and flowers
makes most women giddy with
happiness. Now imagine being
gifted a bottle and a bouquet
that have been thoughtfully
and carefully curated and
intentionally paired up. What a
special gift that would be!
Text: Leah Shone
The word ‘ballyhoo’ means to ‘give
praise extravagantly’ and ‘make a fuss’.
And that’s exactly what Kim Roberts
and Teraza Blair had in mind when
they came up with the concept
of pairing wine and fresh floral
arrangements to create beautiful,
lavish spoils.
Their new wine and flower store,
called Ballihoo, which recently
opened at the Umhlanga Arch, offers
customers the perfect space in which
to choose a very special gift for
someone in a unique, thoughtful way.
Both young mothers, Umhlangabased
Kim and Teraza, who lives in
Morningside, met at their church a
few years ago and have been working
together ever since. Their wedding
décor rental company called Crystal
& Vine started in 2015, after Kim
relocated to KZN from Johannesburg.
Kim, originally from Zululand, met
her husband Jarred while studying
in Cape Town and the couple lived
overseas and in Johannesburg, where
Kim worked in marketing, before
settling back in KZN. Kim stepped
away from corporate life and started
Crystal & Vine. She now has a threeyear-old
son, Jack, and is pregnant
with her second child.
New Zealand-born Teraza moved
to South Africa 10 years ago, after
meeting her pastor husband Gary.
The couple have a two-year-old son
named Judah.
Although the Umhlanga Arch only
recently opened, Kim tells us they
have been working on site with the
developers for two years already. “We
worked on interior project offering
22 Get It • Ballito Umhlanga March 2021