When it comes to setting up a wedding, the florist’s job becomes one part creative designer and two parts moving company. Not only must the florist engineer the centerpieces or ceremony arch for a bride’s big day, but they also need to engineer the logistics of the day: safely packing, loading, and unloading flowers, candles, and décor with an efficiency that could impress FedEx. Since my first flower job, I’ve worked for studios and shops that found innovative and resourceful ways of transporting delicate blooms and fragile glassware. READ MORE
Permaculture as Gardening Know-How: 5 Key Takeaways
NATURE COMPOSED April 4, 2022
To open a book on permaculture and begin reading without much background knowledge, there’s a chance of feeling lost by the end of the introduction. This was my experience with permaculture when I began working for Nature Composed this past November. I ran into lofty concepts like…READ MORE
Getting Creative with Floral Garlands: Building Unique Pieces
TEAM FLOWER November 15, 2021
The first floral garland I made was for a client’s home during the holidays. I was still new to floral design, and I only understood garlands to come preassembled from a wholesaler. READ MORE
Funeral Floral Design: Navigating Grief with Kindhearted Creativity
TEAM FLOWER June 16, 2021
There are many factors to consider with any floral arrangements: the colors or style requested by the client, their budget, and even understanding where the flowers will be placed. We even consider a client’s emotional state.
As floral designers, we have a unique opportunity to glimpse into a client’s or family’s inner world. We see it when we design wedding flowers or in delivering a single arrangement to someone’s home or hospital beside.
And this is also true of funeral arrangements… READ MORE
Local Idea Sprouts into Community Garden
THE ISLAND EYE NEWS May 25, 2012
Not far from the Edgar Allen Poe Library on Sullivan’s Island, bright young leaves are starting to sprout. READ MORE
Literature on the Half Shell
THE ISLAND EYE NEWS May 11, 2012
The first chapter of Isle of Palms resident and New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe’s new novel Beach House Memories opens with a frail…READ MORE
The Serenity of Home
THE ISLAND EYE NEWS May 11, 2012
Visitors strolling through downtown’s French Quarter this past Friday May 4, were likely treated to several new works by Sullivan’s Island resident Mickey Williams. READ MORE
Re-Shaping the Shore
ISLAND EYE NEWS April 27, 2012
The giant sand trucks’ engines gave way to the returning sound of the waves crashing on the shore as work wrapped up on April 10 for…READ MORE
