ABOUT

It took some time for me to realize my love for it; being a florist was much like a dream that I thought was too far to reach.  We all work towards the goal of doing something we ACTUALLY love doing, or at least doing what you can to help you get as close as possible...well, that’s until your creative brain cannot handle being in a cubicle for much longer because all its doing is day dreaming about all what you could be doing instead...like "The greenery being so in right now, but how can I convince my family to create a green wall in the living room?".

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I was always interested in creative arts throughout my childhood. I was first taken by the art of sketching and painting, but my one of my favorite go to sketches were always exotic floral arrangements. One of my first sketches was a strelitzia arrangement. I never understood how I could make a living out of my art work and creativity so I always found myself drifting away from the creative side I knew I had in me.

I started to notice how excited I get when I get to wrap my own arrangements for all sort of events and all the compliments that would follow would just spark that fire in me even more.
Growing up around supportive family and friends helped that flame come back to life every time I had that opportunity to bring out that creative side of me that I ignored for so long; with no intention of getting into this type of design work. After the passing of my dad, I knew that life is truly too short to not allow my creativity to shine through. He always told me "you are a designer, you have talent -- Figure it out and do it man!" Lol... God, I miss him.

Then a lovely handsome man comes along, and what do you know -- he saw that fire in me. He pushed me and supported me all the way through to start a business, and truly if it wasn't for that last push…I wouldn't be here writing you guys on how it all started with La Fleur Lab. Bless his beautiful heart! 

So here it goes, I wanted nothing more than to create something beautiful - show the true beauty of flowers and greenery, with a variety of colors and textures and how I thrive in the presence of nature.

I have such a passion to be near it and to know I have a job that lets me be one with nature makes me feel closer to this planet.

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​- Ruba , founder

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