My boutique home studio
I hold a certificate of international floral design from Boerma Institute of Dutch Floral Design in Aaslmeer, the Netherlands, where I lived with my two children while working as a William Fulbright teacher in residence. In 2004, I returned to Granville to establish Studio Artiflora in my Granville home, operating as a studio florist specializing in personal floristry for all occasions.
My mission in floristry is to create art from living materials and the artifacts of nature. My home studio a cozy room in my 1890s farmhouse in Granville village, becomes my workshop. I experiment and learn.
Check out the Art page where I design for Art in Bloom, last held April 27-30, 2023 at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio. I chose William Hawkins, State Office Building #1 painted in 1985 for my floral interpretation. This self taught artist worked in house enamel on masonite to bring bold colors and lines to his work. I built a linear structure and used bold blooms to represent his work and passion for color and shape.
I continue my studies of floristry as the profession evolves to center on more sustainable methods and materials. My firm commitment to eco friendly floristry and to leaving a smaller footprint on the earth focuses in two directions. First, I support local flower farms whenever possible to invest in the local economy and in particular in support of women flower farmers who work tirelessly to grow beautiful healthy product. I am a member in good standing of the Slow Flowers Society, a national organization that promotes local American grown flowers. Second, I no longer use floral foam as a mechanical device to hold blooms in place. I avoid one use materials and inputs that I believe to be toxic to flowers or people.
Many of my studies over the years have been in Europe and England. In Kippen, Scotland, for example, I worked with Harianto Setiawan of Singapore, named International Designer of the Year for 2016. I have been to Bad Neuenahr, Germany, on three occasions, where I completed a master class with world class designer Gregor Lersch, and to England and the Netherlands several times. I return to Europe periodically for advanced training and have studied with floral master designers in addition to Setiawan, including Gregor Lersch, Pim van den Akker, Bauduoin Roelants, David Ragg, and David Denyer. I also study in the U.S. working with designers in the pacific northwest where local flowers and sustainable floristry thrive. Last year, I attended the Slow Flowers Summit in New York to recharge and explore new ideas in floral art and design with fellow flower farmers and designers from all over the country.
I design for Art in Bloom at the Columbus Museum of Art every other year and this year was chosen to design for Hat Day at Franklin Park Conservatory, a runway show for a benefit to raise programing funds. Over $475,000 was raised. I led the Granville Area Chamber of Commerce for six years and am currently a member in good standing as well as a 13-year member of AmSpirit Business Connections. I also taught writing at Denison University for eight years and in 2012, published my first book, Homegrown: Stories from the Farm
It would be my pleasure to design for you. — Evelyn
What Makes Studio Artiflora Special?
Using knowledge, experience and the inspiration of European floral design, Studio Artiflora is where flowers become art.
Artiflora’s signature work is the European style hand-tied bouquet, a vase-ready artistically designed gathering of beautiful blooms, buds and leaves. My creative designs often feature natural materials like branches, stones, moss and berries, used to build structures that support beautiful blooms.
Exquisite pieces will remain beautiful for many, many days through Artiflora’s care and handling of delicate blooms that have been carefully selected and conditioned.
If you haven’t noticed, Studio Artiflora’s logo flower is a rendering of the Gloriosa Lily, shown above. I love this exotic flower and grow them in my summer garden! Order in July and you may enjoy the Gloriosa in your design.
You can see me in person here as I talk about my work on this video, graciously created by John Montgomery of Home Video Studio in Newark, Ohio.