While living abroad in Switzerland for over 10 years, I fell in love with the floral boutiques as well as  the mountains and nature that surrounded me.  Coming back to the US,  I wanted to continue to give the gift of flowers and decided to study floral design at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. Every culture has different floral techniques and I traveled  the world to learn more and showcase these in my workshops and demonstrations.  After opening my own business in Boston and while working in a high-end floral shop in NY, the L'Olivier Floral Atelier, I continued to explore floral cultures in places like Germany, Belgium and Japan.

Working with flowers is something that everyone can enjoy.  To gather materials so fragile and beautiful and to create something even more special using different floral design techniques is exciting.  I would like to share my ideas with everyone and hope you will also catch the "floral bug."  Let's see how the world of floral art can open your eyes to using flowers and materials in a creative way.

Floral education and course work

  • Longwood Gardens Pennsylvania,
    Floral Design Certificate
  • Gregor Lersch, Germany: Hand-tied bouquet design workshop, holiday designs, structured frames
  • Gudrun Cottenier, Belgium: European style techniques- binding, pinning, wrapping.  Table decor and wall decor
  • Sakul Intakul, Thailand: Traditional made modern Thai floral techniques
  • Mami Floral School, Japan: Japanese floral methods and modern designs
  • Peter Hess, Atelier-5, Switzerland- Landart
  • Nobelman Institute of Floral Design, Singapore
Floral Work Experience
  • Nectar Floral Design, MA
  • La Fleur d'Harlem, NYC
  • L'Olivier Floral Atelier, NYC
  • Art of the Event, MA​
  • John Mini Landscapes, NYC
  • KoolBloom Floral Design, MA
Floral Instruction and Demonstrations
  • NY Botanical Garden:  European style design classes- Pinning techniques, holiday candle design, creating armatures for vessels and bouquets
  • Garden Club Demonstrations:
    ​ Salem Garden Club, Cohasset Community Garden Club, Wollaston Garden Club, Reading Garden Club, Plymouth Garden Club, Wellesley Hills Garden Club, Community Garden Club of Duxbury, Andover Garden Club, Sudbury Garden Club, Lincoln Garden Club, Kingston Garden Club,  Greenleaf Garden Club in Milford, Canton Garden Club, Concord Garden Club, Hingham Garden Club, Wolfeboro Garden Club in NH, Community Garden Club Cohasset MA,  Osterville GC, MA, Village GC of Dennis, Weston GC, MA
  • Private Courses in NYC