arden Trade Services

Floral Design:
I am trained to design most styles from traditional to contemporary
My store has been involved in many large events
Have been featured as an educator/ presenter in full scale design programs of which some are listed below

North Dakota Floral Association  

South Dakota Floral Association                              

Kentucky State Floral Association
California State – Cal flora convention                       

Michigan Floral Association
Southern Retail Floral Association                             

Mid Atlantic Florist Association
Florida State Floral Association                                  

Memphis Professional Florist Association
Texas State Floral Association                                   

North Carolina State Floral Association

Louisiana State Floral Association

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Garden clubs and independent programs

Mei Chia School of floral design - Taiwan

Dallas Market Center trend show - Texas

La Jolla Village Garden Club - California

Palomar district California Garden Club

Malama family recovery - Maui Hawaii 

Lansu gardens 9th moon festival - Portland Oregon 2017

Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs - convention 2019

Blooming by the River - Y'all Means All Natchez fund raiser 2019, 2023

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       Recipient of the 1992 Designer of the Year for California State Floral Association
Inducted into the American Institute of Floral Designers in 1994
Educational Specialist on the Teleflora Design Educational Team
      Taught at Teleflora education center in Oklahoma city, OK
      Taught at Mei Chia School workshops in Kaohsiung and Taichung, Taiwan
Have been featured in various magazines some of which are listed below
       Flowers & magazine, Blooming News, Town and Country,
      The Bride and Bloom, Flora, SWAIFD Design in line E-zine, Teleflora.com blog
Floral Consultant for the opening of Las Vegas city center hotels - Aria and Vdara

 

Floral Stylist Skills

Teleflora – Flowers& magazine – feature articles in various issues
Teleflora Marketing department – 2002 Floral Selection Guide and Wedding Album
                                                      2010 Floral Selection Guide and Wedding Album 

                                                      2019 Floral Selection Guide
Various television Advertising  –   1999 Mother’s Day Bouquet 
                                                      2000 Valentine’s Day Bouquet
                                                      2001 Christmas Bouquet 
                                                      2007 Mother’s Day Bouquet
                                                      2011 Valentine’s day bouquet with Faith Hil
                                                      2012 Valentine's day bouquet with supermodel Adriana Lima
                                                      2013 Christmas bouquet with Duck Dynasty

                                                      2018 Mother's day on video

                                                      2018 Mother's day on The View

                                                      2018 Valentine's day on Good Morning America
 
The Bride and Bloom magazine - Various boutonniere, corsage and bouquet pages2007 - 2008
Independent marketing Photo shoots include -
                                                      A wedding catalog for John Henry Company   
                                                      Educational videos for Knud Nielsen Company
                                                      A marketing campaign for Wells Fargo Bank   
                                                      Natural vegetation scenes for Earth Shoes  
                                                      Merchandised & designed set for stockholders’ portfolio Dole Corp

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Design in line Digital Magazine - Publisher, Editor

for Southwest Regional Chapter of the American Institute of Floral Designers 

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Focal Points Magazine - Co Editor Committee member

for American Institute of Floral Designers

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Industry connections

Inducted into AIFD (American Institute of Floral Designers)
AIFD South West Regional Chapter – served on board of directors and education commitee
AIFD South West Regional Chapter served as marketing /PR committee chair
currently committee member
AIFD National Board of directors – served on board of directors and board liason for AIR program
Teleflora Los Angeles Coastal Counties Unit -– Served as president, VP, treasurer, secretary
California State Floral Association – Served on board of directors and education commitee
San Fernando Valley Floral Association –- Served on board of directors
Associated florists of Southern California -– Served as board of directors

Camera Liason - National AIFD symposium 

Partner's committee - AIFD

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Management:

Owned and operated a store for 25 years plus two other stores
Consultant to other stores on restructuring their operations
Managed or worked on large scale events like
 Directing designers at the California Governor’s Women’s conference
 Floral Procurement chairman at an AIFD international Symposium
 Helping organize a full scale wedding show Extravaganza hosted by Teleflora
 Working on a meal function at a Society of American Florist National Convention
 Organized many educational programs for Teleflora unit members

 

Education:

High School Diploma – Malaysia
Art – Los Angeles Valley College
Ikebana, Ohara school – Osamu Honjo, AIFD school
Professional Floral commentating workshop – Rocky Pollitz AIFD, AAF, PFCI & Michael Polychromes, AIFD, AAF, PFCI
California State Floral Association – served on Education Committee
AIFD National Board – serving on Education Committee

 

Other relevant skills:

I follow instructions well and am detail oriented
I work equally well as a team member on a project or as a leader
Practiced at some graphic programs and have some knowledge at logo development and advertising and newsletter layouts.
Have extensive experience at visual merchandising and product development working as the creative director for Companies like
         Orchid Art Flowers  with showrooms in Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China.
         Creative Designs showroom in Hong Kong

         Accent Decor with showrooms in Norcross, Atlanta, Dallas, and Las Vegas

         The Modern Collections in Chatsworth
         UCP in Bentonville, Saltlake City and China
         Kaleidoscope flowers in Santa Barbara
         Edelweiss flower boutique in Santa Monica
         Century City Flower Market in Century City
         Sherman Oaks florist in Sherman Oaks
         Venice flowers in Venice

         Harvest imports in Atlanta
Taught at workshops for various educational groups across the states and Taiwan

 

Mission:

To expand my skills as a designer by meeting new challenges
To better my life by seeking financial stability and a comfortable living environment
To fulfill my spirit by the education of others in my field.