Hi. I'm Page.

Ever since I can remember, I have been madly in love with art and design. I'm seemingly unable to function without beauty and creativity. I am truly content when I am designing, conceptualizing, or installing floral and décor for an event.

To me, floral and event design is like breathing, like floating on my back in the river, staring at the sky. It’s happiness.

I’m a florist- a floral artist. For thirty-five years, since I was fourteen years old, this industry has been my home. I got my start in the floral shop of a grocery store, scrubbing buckets and copying designs out of wire service books. Quickly, I moved from there to the events department of the biggest shop in my hometown in central Iowa. 

A quarter of a century ago, I moved here, to Portland, Oregon, and continued to work with flowers. This lead to work in retail shops, as a freelancer, and then, after a fashion, I came to work for the largest catering & events company in the state, and became their Floral and Artistic Director. Thirteen years of my career were spent creating a floral brand there, helping change the face of Portland events, becoming a name and a force in the floral world. It was crazy hard- long hours and grueling sets, but it was amazing, rewarding work.

And then, after thirteen years at the top of the game, I left. I had a family, and I thought I needed to prove myself, to pursue a “real job” in the corporate world. While I learned a ton, deep down I was miserable. Gone was the beauty and creativity I craved, and in its place were endless spreadsheets and paperwork. I still loved interacting with clients, but I desperately missed designing events.