First photo shoot with baby Oak and his dad Ryan Bear and let’s not forget their puppy Star!

Oak’s vest, covered with silverleaf and decorated with textures and ripsalis, was Ryan’s when he was about 1 year old. Fun to keep baby clothes in the family and then transform them with botanicals!

Thank you Theresa Bear for another great concept and for the fabulous pictures!

Last year I taught a 3 day workshop in  Sweden. In the fall  Minna Mercke organized a wonderful workshop ( and was also the photographer) at the sublime flower/plant shop Gullvivans  in Lidingo near Stockholm. One of the students, Thordis  was from Iceland and she told me that she wanted to host a workshop this […]

Curly pieces of bark: I love incorporating them in so many designs! Woodland headpiece decorated with digiplexus, succulents, money plant, wire fern, seedpods of allium, acer and shrimp plant; dichlostemma, smoke bush, carpinas, boronia, mini strawberry plants,… Photos: Ted Mishima Model: Myranda Reese

Yesterday we did a super fun photo shoot. Ted Mishima favors doing shoots near old industrial buildings. Sisters Azelle and Delphine Chang were our fabulous models. They also are fabulous ballerinas and after the shoot they did a fun short dance while wearing the botanical headpieces – Great idea Ted! For Azelle’s hat I used […]

Recently I received the pictures that were taken during the 6 day workshop at Cohim in Beijing. Students made purses, headpieces, shoes, jewelry and botanical dresses as well as woodland centerpieces and bouquets, wreaths and framed designs. On the last day they worked in teams and created gorgeous woodland circular archways. As always, the students […]

When Holly Chapple announced that she would host Gregor Lersch at Hope Flower Farm for the 4th time in May and that this time she also would invite guest teachers Hitomi Gilliam, Susan McCleary, Alison Ellis and me, I was beyond thrilled to be part of this event and to have the opportunity to study […]

About 4 years ago photographer Ted Mishima and I talked about doing a photo shoot with botanical wings. Over the years the conversation came up many times, we imagined several concepts and gathered many pictures. A couple of years ago my friend Sheryl Tynes told me that she would love to collaborate on that idea. […]

Last month I went to Beijing for the 5th time to teach a 6 day woodland/botanical couture workshop, hosted by Cohim. As always the students were eager to learn new mechanics and techniques and they splendidly interpreted them in their designs. They experienced how curiosity is a driving force to look at flowers through different […]

Here is the sequel to the first part of the photo shoot  that was posted a few days ago. Photos: Gwendolyn Severson (@botanicallyinspires) and Alba Betancourt Model: Nicholas Lemere (@nicholaslemere) Space: Tendue Bracelets, rings and earrings designed by Gwendolyn Severson Mask/headpieces and necklaces designed by Françoise Weeks

A few weeks ago I posted pictures of a woodland mask, flower crown and bow tie that I had made for a commercial for Oregon Bride Magazine. The video announced their annual bridal show Urban Unveiled  that took place earlier this month at Montgomery Park. It was thrilling that the magazine hired me to do […]