Flower arrangements done by my brother

Floral design, you might think, would be the domain of women. I am here to tell you you’re wrong. Some of the floral industry’s most recognizable names have been men. For example, Silverio Casabar, Phil Rulloda, Mark Held of Mark’s Garden in Sherman Oaks. So, if you are in the habit of keeping track of names like the aforementioned, keep this one in mind — Daniel Barrientos.

My brother has been sending me pictures of the arrangements he’s been creating in his floral design classes. This arrangement of purple flowers includes purple irises, purple gladiolus and liatris. This one is very Ikebana, if I do say so myself.
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Flowers can look beautiful for end-of-life events, too

Is it strange that I’m posting funeral photos on a Wedding Decorator blog? Maybe. But while I was working with my mom, we did all kinds of flowers, not just weddings. So it so happens that these photos of these vibrant red roses are from a casket cover.

Funeral jobs actually tend to be easier than weddings. Most of the pieces are large and not intricate (meaning, less intricate finger work), and the delivery is one way. With weddings, there are the small boutonnieres and corsages to create, there’s major prep work, there’s delivery, clean up and pick up. The drawback to funerals tend to be that they are last minute jobs, meaning you often go to the flower market just hours after getting the phone-in order.
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