West Queen Studio

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I’m a full time mom of four. I understand chaos, car pool lines, soccer practices, and, well, flowers. It happened.

Dicots, monocots, grow lights, seedling flats, blooms, to arrangements; a passion that has literally bloomed. After graduating from the University of North Carolina with a BA, an enthusiastic flower hobbyist, I attended the North Carolina State Agriculture Institute. I’ve taken numerous master flower-arranging classes in London and Paris with the late, great Jane Packard and Catherine Mueller. Onc

e kids came into the picture, the farm, where I grew my own fresh cut flowers, was leased for deer corn. I befriended a salesman at the local flower wholesaler. He handled all my queries and enhanced my knowledge of blooms and arranging. How to work with what is available can be discouraging. Who hasn’t bought flowers from the market and then wondered, when they got home, what in the heck am I supposed to do with this! The time I spent just being creative and experimental with seasonal blooms was invaluable. Never a neat person and an absolute housekeeping disaster when I’m in the throes of creativity, my husband, my champion, was determined, for his sanity and the children’s safety, for me to have a place of my own. In December 2011, my husband surprised me with an amazing flower arranging and creative studio. What was originally an antique hardware store in upstate New York is now a glorious retreat for creativity. With surfaces that are impervious to my haphazard ways and design details that would impress both Martha Stewart and Bob Villa, West Queen Studios is a place to design, teach, share, entertain, and refuel.

03/18/2026

Art in Bloom zodiac sign! We finished today!

Our spring grocery store to glamorous. workshop went on the road today. Delightful class hosted by Anilee Oppenheimer f...
03/10/2026

Our spring grocery store to glamorous. workshop went on the road today. Delightful class hosted by Anilee Oppenheimer for the Ladies of Fearington today. Thanks for having me Annilee!

Got a local flower lover in your life. Not too late for a West Queen Studio Gift Card Delivered Digitally. Use for clas...
12/22/2025

Got a local flower lover in your life. Not too late for a West Queen Studio Gift Card Delivered Digitally. Use for classes, custom florals and orchids or in our Queen Bee Pop Up with design tools, resources and vases.

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12/01/2025

Daphne and Jane, sporting their WestQueen Studio T's ... (and Heather Haircuts)

What a fun 3 days!! Design Matters a lifestyle and design event in its 4th year was a whirlwind. West Queen Studio creat...
10/19/2025

What a fun 3 days!! Design Matters a lifestyle and design event in its 4th year was a whirlwind. West Queen Studio created window boxes and pots, florals for Designers and Speakers Tori Mellot and Peter Dunham, flowered the main stage, centerpieces for the luncheon, created a dress for lifestyle brand Tuckernuck, had a pop up shop and taught a class on flowers for entertaining. Basically if Debra Zinn and Laura Montross asked we said Yes of Course!!! Grateful for the DM volunteers as well as Ashlyn Whitford Hidden Door Floral Studio and Eclectic Sage for swooping in to help.

Thank you North Carolina State Florist Association for the chance to play with great flowers and great peeps! And super ...
08/11/2025

Thank you North Carolina State Florist Association for the chance to play with great flowers and great peeps! And super duper thanks to Anita Hidden Door Floral Studio for all the amazing assists!

08/04/2025
Amazing weather for hydrangea filled wedding at Fearrington. I had an amazing team that made this all look easy!!
05/31/2025

Amazing weather for hydrangea filled wedding at Fearrington. I had an amazing team that made this all look easy!!

Loved Doing these florals!
02/23/2025

Loved Doing these florals!

Let’s hear it for the girls… all the darlings that support the bride on her big day! Photo: Holly Christina PhotographyF...
02/23/2025

Let’s hear it for the girls… all the darlings that support the bride on her big day!

Photo: Holly Christina Photography
Florals: West Queen Studio
Planning: Chestnut and Vine
Venue: NC Museum of Art

Another Day of Wreath Making and Sold Out Classes!
12/08/2024

Another Day of Wreath Making and Sold Out Classes!

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