East Coast versus West Coast

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It was a delight to meet Preston Bailey and work with his very talented staff.  They learned from me and I learned from them….What was most shocking to me was the fact that there were many differences in terms of which what supplies were available on the East Coast vs. the West Coast.  I assumed we would have all the same materials available on both coasts, and that turned out to be NOT true.

On the East coast they have some water picks available that I have never seen on the West Coast.  I am determined to find them, even if I have to have them shipped from New York!  The water picks had a tube on the end of them about 1 inch long and a hyacinth stick fit perfectly into the tube allowing you to easily extend the length of a flower stem for inserting into an arrangement.  A lot of the floral arrangements done by Preston Bailey Designs are HUGE and long stemmed flowers are a must for these, so the water picks with the hyacinth stick fittings were used on almost everything they did for the second course.

One of the highlights of my trip was dinner at Preston Bailey’s home.  His chef prepared a raw food meal for us and for those unwilling to try the vegan diet, Preston also had tilapia and pizza.  The dessert was ice cream and cookies (again all made via the RAW FOOD principles, which means completely vegan and nothing cooked over 104 degrees).  I don’t understand how they make ice cream and cookies this way, but they were fantastic!  It is also good for you and your waistline.  Preston says it is keeping him young!  Hats off to Chef Dana.

Another highlight was meeting Theo Bleckmann, Preston’s partner and musician extraordinaire!  Theo travels the world performing and teaching music and singing.

We’re working frantically now with the editors to get the Fundamental Floral Design course online by 9/27/11.  It will be available at www.lovegevity.com initially.  Over time, it will be available at 2000 colleges and universities across the United States.  The course is also being produced in Spanish.  The intermediate course will be available shortly after the Fundamentals course is live….Very Exciting stuff covered in the intermediate course, which includes ALL Preston Bailey designs including structures, chandeliers, walls, trees and so much more.