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Recap of Florabundance Design Days 2020

A beautiful week in Santa Barbara has come to an end and I’m back home in Washington spending the morning thinking about all the wonderful moments experienced at #FlorabundanceDesignDays . This was the 7th #FlorabundanceDesignDays and it ended in the sweetest way possible, Jose Rabelo, a Floral Consultant at Florabundance married his sweetheart, Gabby. This […]

Florabundance Inspirational Design Days 2019 is now open for registration!

  We are excited to share the sixth annual Florabundance Inspirational Design Days is now open for registration! The event will take place in Santa Barbara, California on January 14-16, 2019. The venue is the Santa Barbara wedding destination location, the Santa Barbara Woman’s Club, with outdoor patios, rustic & historical architecture, fireplaces, and a […]

Florabundance Design Days 2017 – The Flowers!

Thought I’d share some snapshots that I took of the beautiful flowers we got to design with at Florabundance Design Days this year! The event took place in Santa Barbara January 9-11, 2017 at Lotusland Gardens.

Rose Color Studies by Flirty Fleurs

Peach Rose Study David Austin 3 Varieties Lavender & Purple Rose Color Study From Bud to Open Bloom with David Austin Roses An English Country Wedding by David Austin Wedding Roses Alexandra Garden Roses Neve Brothers, Petaluma, CA Peterkort Roses, Portland, Oregon In The Garden with Fleurie Pink rose is tribute to Royal bride Kate […]

Fabulous Florist :: Noonan’s Wine Country Designs

Noonan Wine Country Designs - Ellie Kolleen Photography

I first met Katie Noonan at a Florabundance Inspiration Design Days event, in fact it was at the 2013 inaugural Design Days! Upon meeting I promptly caught on that Katie has a quick wit and an incredible eye for floral design. Her work is consistently detailed, gorgeous, feminine and ethereal. I’m thrilled to have her […]

Flower Chat with Holly Chapple

Ian Prosser Holly Chapple and Joost Bongaerts

This past January while in Santa Barbara, California for the annual Florabundance Inspirational Design Days I caught up with Holly Chapple for a ‘flower chat’. [photograph shown here was Holly, Joost, Ian, and I are Design Days 2013] Holly and I first ‘met’ on twitter many, many years ago – probably around 2009. Since then […]