Sunfloral and Flair

I spent years working IT and help desk before I found floral design, and it gave me back the creative outlet I didn't know I was missing. I learned on the job at a local flower shop, not in a classroom: about six years total, with about a year in between at a second shop, building arrangements on deadline for customers who cared whether the work held up, not whether I could explain the theory behind it.Most people think floral design is just putting flowers in a vase. It's not! There's real structure and technical skill behind an arrangement that looks effortless: getting stems to hold a shape, knowing how to care for flowers, knowing which combinations actually work together. That's usually the first thing people are surprised by once they try it themselves.Teaching is a newer part of my practice, and I'm building it deliberately. I love the moment a student stops asking "am I doing this right" and starts trusting their own eye. That shift is why I teach.