Marisa Filippone, Owner,  Head Florist

“Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” —Agnes Martin

I am an artist inspired by the seasonal, ethereal nature of flowers and the world around us. Trained as a painter, my early influences include Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, and Egon Schiele. My years working in corporate design and the natural skin care industry helped me develop a nuanced appreciation for color and eye for detail. In my floral work, color, texture, and composition guides me in creating mood and a rooted sense of place.

Floral design was a natural extension of my creative work. When my son Forest was a baby, I accepted an internship at a local flower farm to learn to organically grow flowers while also honing my design skills. Tending and nurturing the beauties of the green world at the same time I was newly mothering redirected my attention to the cycles of organic life and changed me.

Just as the seasons present each year, I try to honor the seed, the root, and the ultimate demise of a flower. I love to elevate the overlooked—a foraged branch of berries, a flower with a natural ombré—by shaping them into compositions that murmur their place and time, a simple act of noticing and appreciating life.

My work is created with love and intention, and it’s a pure gift for me witnessing the joy my flowers bring to someone’s day.

Photo by Nikki Bassette

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