Sue Abbott Lecture: Where Structure Meets Stem with Laura Daluga, AIFD

Award winning floral designer returns to explore the balance between architectural form and natural movement with seasonal blooms. Join us at our annual Sue Abbott Lecture focused on floral design. This year's event features Laura Daluga, AIFD, who is returning to share more inspiration and insight into creating eye-catching floral designs. Laura is known for her exquisite, unique, creative artistic skills in designing gorgeous floral arrangements for all events and occasions. In this program, she will be exploring the balance between architectural form and the natural movement of late season blooms. Laura Daluga, AIFD, is a floral installation specialist at fleurdetroit, and is also a Design Director for Oasis floral products in America, working on product development. Laura is a fourth-generation florist, growing up in a shop owned by her parents. She is an accredited member of the American Institute of Floral Designers and a Certified Floral Designer. She is the creator of Detroit’s annual floral sculpture show, Art in the Elements. Laura is an avid competitor, ranking top of many competitions including the Bobbi Cup in 2014 and 2016, the FTD America’s Cup in 2018 and 2022 and the Crowd Choice winner of the Iron Designer of America, issued by International Floriculture Expo in 2016. She has been published in AIFD’s American Floral Art as well as International Floral Art on multiple occasions. Her specialties are Fleur Couture, i.e., custom fresh floral clothing for special events, European contemporary, formal linear design, and hand-tied bouquets, floral sculpture, and land art. Visit her on Facebook and Instagram The Grosse Pointe Garden Center is pleased to offer a variety of garden related talks, generally free to members. If you would like to join, please visit https://www.gpgardencenter.org/members/membership-join/