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26 Anna Day, AIFD, CFD, is a talented freelance floral designer and owner of Anna Day Designs, in Mesa, Ariz. Her bold arrangements, exclusively created in containers from Accent Décor, feature hot-pink-tinted fan palms and colorful lines created with Midollino Sticks sheltering king Protea and pincushions, along with garden roses in a range of pink hues, Cymbidium orchids, Anthurium and hybrid lilies. Aesme Studio was founded in 2015 by sisters Alex Nutting and Jess Lister. e London, England-based gardener-florists grow their own flowers on a farm in Hampshire using organic methods, believing that flowers grown locally and naturally are infinitely more beautiful and interesting than those that are mass produced or chemically enhanced. us, the light and airy designs in delicate whites and yellows featured here are all seasonal flowers that are organically grown, including Narcissus, Ranunculus, Anemone, Fritillaria, Allium, Prunus, Forsythia, Spiraea and tulips, according to Nutting. Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Lavka Flowers was established by Katya Rusin, who hails originally from Belarus. is talented designer, who has been in the floral business for more than a decade, is most inspired by art and the visual quality that connects people. She strives to translate this through the use of color to transform individual flowers into a collective whole in her designs. As seen in this selection of modern arrangements and hand- tied bouquets, there is an artistic quality in every design and a distinctive accent, from fish-eye vases and honeysuckle wreaths to hat and wine boxes. NECTAR + BLOOM is a poetically spirited, fine-art floral design studio based in San Diego, Calif., directed and owned by Jen Lagedrost Cavender, a published poet and former professor of composition, literature and creative writing. NECTAR + BLOOM was born from Cavender's desire to bring together her passion for the power of language and storytelling with the multi-sensory and inspirational medium of flowers. e arrangements she shares here show a variety of soft, cheerful, energetic, graceful, vivid, robust, peaceful and endearing moods, which range in color from rich corals and soft blushes to vibrant crimsons and joyous yellows. As a floral artist, Cavender likes to move the color story in a harmonious manner, blending from color to color for a soothing and aesthetically pleasing effect. Top and Bottom: Lavka Flowers photography by Katya Rusin Next Page Top: Anna Day Designs Next Page Bottom Left: Anna Day Designs Next Page Bottom Right: Lavka Flowers photography by Katya Rusin March | 2021

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