My flower journey began in my mother and grandfather’s gardens in the  Santa Clara Valley. Some of my best childhood memories were those  scented spring days and long summer nights outside climbing up inside  the weeping willow, smelling the honeysuckle lined fences and the  massive old rose bush outside my bedroom window. My grandparents lived  nearby and my grandfather was always tinkering and seeing what he could  grow in his home garden (his father before him was a farmer). In late  summer he and my mother would compete for the most prolific vegetable  harvest. Have you ever tasted a warm tomato fresh off the vine? These  are just a few ways the natural world fueled my creative endeavors early  on…this along with lively gatherings in our home with many of our  relatives being artists, musicians and singers, our gatherings were always  filled with creativity. 

Flash forward to art school in San Francisco. I studied fine art drawing  and painting. During this time I worked part time at an outdoor flower  stand….and so my adult flower journey began in a more urban  setting. I worked in various floral boutiques, gained floral  knowledge especially in terms of weddings. I freelanced for larger event  companies and eventually started The Bluebird Studio in my basement  western addition apartment. Through this lens, Flowers and Art joined  hands both in my creative and professional life. I aspire to bring an  artistic eye to your special event, however intimate. 

I currently live and work in Petaluma, 40 miles north of San  Francisco in beautiful Sonoma County. I’m now much closer to many local  flower farms that flourish in the more marked four seasons. I am  available by appointment only, in my floral studio. Lastly, I am currently  enrolled in a program studying Western Herbalism and continue my  flower journey once again, closer to the source.