Flower Gardening With Creative Support
I didn’t grow up loving gardening. As a kid, it was just a chore. But as a young adult with a sunny flat, I started small houseplants in the bay window, vegetables in pots on the balcony.
When I landed a community garden plot, the gardening bug bit HARD. I became fascinated with growing food and quickly fell head over heels for flowers. What began as curiosity became a specialty, a passion, and as much a part of me as being a cat mom.
In 2014, I bought a 100-year-old house with an overgrown backyard and set out to create my “forever garden.” Over the next decade, I transformed that wild space into a botanical oasis, blending my artist’s eye and design background with the patience gardening teaches. I wanted beauty, creativity, and photography—and the garden blossomed into all of that and more. My floral photography has since won awards, been sold in local shops, and found homes with fellow flower lovers. And when I’m not gardening, I’m embroidering beautiful floral (and cat) embroidery art pieces.
Along the way, I became the go-to garden advisor for friends, sharing tips, and helping solve challenges. Gardening grew into a year-round pursuit — always evolving, always inspiring — even while I worked full-time in marketing technology.
In mid-2025, I stepped back from that career to regroup and make room for what truly lights me up. Flowerwise Garden Studio grew out of that choice — a way to merge my artistic eye, technical skills, and love of guiding others. While it remains a passion project on the side, giving myself a place to share my art and love of gardening was one of my smartest forks in the road.
Read the The Blooming Blog for a view into my gardening life
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Garden Advice from a Neighbor Gardener
Some of the lessons and advice I have learned over decades of gardening, from things I’ve noticed wandering my own neighborhood.
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My Roofing Shingles Garden Hack
Learn about one a favorite garden hack: using old roof shingles to clear the grass for new beds, expanded beds, and curved paths. It’s a great way to divert shingles from the waste stream for a second life!
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Ideas for a Bird Cage Planter
A $5 flea market bird cage sat waiting all winter for a plan. When I finally started planting it, a simple sizing problem accidentally led me to a double-decker design I hadn’t seen documented anywhere else. Inside: the two plants I chose for color and structure, the glue gun trick that made drainage easy, and how I’m planning to keep this going year after year.
