I’m by no means a classically trained floral designer who graduated from a fancy design school. The skills I have today are the result of a lifetime of learning, creating, and growing.

My love for flowers started long before Yarrow & James ever existed. As a teenager, I worked at a retail florist studio, creating Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day arrangements. My mother was a floral designer, so I naturally grew up making homecoming mums and prom corsages, too. You could say flowers have always been part of my story.

My eye for interior design came from my grandmother. I’ve always been drawn to old things with a little history and character, and you can usually find me thrifting, hunting for treasures, and finding new ways to give old pieces a second life. Nearly 90% of my home is filled with vintage and secondhand finds. There’s something special about seeing the beauty and potential in something that someone else might overlook. Bringing a thrifted treasure back to life as a one-of-a-kind vessel for a client is one of my favorite parts of what I do.

Wedding floral design wasn’t necessarily on my radar in the beginning. While we were building our flower farm, I began freelancing for award-winning floral designers throughout the Austin area. I learned the names of countless flowers, gained hands-on experience, and developed a deeper understanding of the art of floral design, all while growing our own flowers from seed.