Rooted Vernacular Studio

I’ve been thinking a lot about Jericho Brown’s book The Tradition. I am someone who falls in love with book covers first. I fall headfirst for a…

May 9 •

Ruptured Unfurling

Today, I made this arrangement to celebrate the end of a bountiful & beautiful program I was in for the last 6 months ✨. I tried lots of new things in…

Apr 25 •

Flower for Faith

Lately, my body has been still & my mind has been feverishly spinning (restless really).

Apr 15 •

Breath of Fresh Air

This is the largest arrangement I have made to date!

Mar 28 •

Beauty as a "symptom of life"

Along with being a blossoming floral designer, I am a writer actively conjuring my deep interiority onto the page.

Mar 20 •

Today you’re receiving one of my favorite arrangments to date!

Mar 18 •

This arrangement almost didn’t make the post because I couldn’t pinpoint my feelings about her.

Feb 29 •

Saidiya Hartman's Wayward Garden

I’ve been inspired to work with cut flowers since summer 2023.

Feb 25 •

This is one of my favorite flower arrangements I have made to date.

Feb 19 •

Loving Flowers, in Loving Hands, of Loving People

There is so much to say about the impacts of colonialism and the west actively funding multiple genocides around the world.

Feb 13 •

Mother's Birthday Flowers

After several months of non-stop research about flowers, this was the first arrangement I made.

Feb 9 •

BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez's Roses

The above film still & the following quotes were taken from 1:13:27-1:15:03.

Feb 5 •

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