| Leanne is the Director, President, and with her husband David,
co-owner of Floral Design Institute, Inc.. She purchased the Institute in 1988 from
Ruth Gifford who founded the Institute in 1969. Together, Leanne and David have
built Floral Design Institute into the largest privately held Floral Design School in the
world. Leanne has been an active designer, speaker,
educator and floral business consultant for over 25 years. She has served as Retail
Director, Education Coordinator, and past President for the Northwest Florist’s
Association, President of the Oregon and Southwest Washington Unit of Teleflora.
Leanne is an accredited member of the American Institute of Floral Designers, AIFD.
She is also a member of; the Society of American Florists, the American Floral
Marketing Council, the Floral Marketing Association, and the Northwest Florists
Association. She is an associate member of Florist Transworld Delivery (FTD), and
Teleflora. Leanne creates and designs the educational classes and programs at Floral
Design Institute and teaches in the classroom as often as possible.
An accomplished floral designer, who has studied with
designers throughout the world, Leanne has a passion for teaching others the art and
skills of floral design. While she has earned many titles in her career, the one
that she prefers is the one given to her by her students, "The Lady Who Makes Floral
Design Fun and Easy". |
