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Florist Spotlight
September | 2023
FR: Michael, how did you get started in the flower business?
MG: I started my career attending a vocational school in the
Lehigh Valley, in Pennsylvania. is all came very naturally to me.
During my senior year, doing a design panel, I met the president of
FTD, who told me I should move to a metropolitan area. So off to
New York City I went, where, with the help of my father, I got a job
at the flower shop at e St. Regis Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
In New York, I meet Jim, an actor/model in e Hamptons. We
fell in love with the area, and because of his love of gardening,
we decided to open e Bridgehampton Florist in 1986.
FR: How do you start your day?
MG: Our days typically start very early. I order flowers from
Holland and fill in with product from wholesalers in our area.
I spend early mornings also working on proposals and table
designs. We get to the shop around 7ish, giving us quiet time to get
things done before the phones start ringing and customers start
filing into the store. We have a large in-house service, plus we go
into our clients' homes weekly and fill them with fresh flowers.
Michael Grim and Jim Osburn
The Bridgehampton Florist
Bridgehampton, N.Y.
thebridgehamptonflorist.com
@thebridgehamptonflorist
By Jill Brooke
A
bout midway through the Hamptons—a string of tony seaside towns, villages and hamlets on the
eastern end of New York's Long Island, famous for being summer and weekend destinations for
affluent New York City residents—lies the picturesque hamlet of Bridgehampton. ere, one will find
e Bridgehampton Florist, owned for 38 years by Michael Grim and Jim Osburn. eir well-heeled
clients prize them for their exquisite taste, calling upon the duo year-round to create fabulous floral décor for
their country homes and estates, including decorating those dwellings for Christmas. Here is a glimpse into e
Bridgehampton Florist and a look at some of the bucolic holiday environments Grim and Osburn create.
