Q: Where do you go when you are looking for inspiration?

A: I find inspiration from a lot of places but if I’m specifically looking for something when I’m starting a project, I really like to look at vintage floral books, art books, and things that are around me. I really like to start from a specific concept to build a project around. So for example this summer I was doing the Maude Sips dinner which is a wine tasting dinner and we were thinking about what a deep summer, August, moody floral design could look like. And so we built around the concept of sneaking out at night from your grandparents house. So we were using flowers that were maybe a bit more traditional, flowers that a grandmother might have in her garden like blue hydrangeas or fuchsias. And then creating a little more abstract designs out of them so that we were really looking to emulate those feelings of deep summer, things that are really hot, sexy, sweaty and shiny, and that was really fun. I’m also really drawn to nature, so my initial concept of my business started with me wandering around my neighborhood. I find a lot of inspiration just looking at gardens around me, seeing what things are paired in the garden together, the way that textures balance, the way colours combine with each other, the way different things grow at different heights is really inspiring to me. Or even just going for a walk with my dog and seeing the way moss grows on the forest floor.