I started my floristry career as a Saturday girl at 14 working at Stubbings Florists in Aylesbury. From there it was a natural progression to a full-time floristry position.

When Stubbings closed I moved to another local florist. Whilst there I attended an Interflora Wedding Floristry Course and won first place in the end of course 'Design a Wedding Bouquet' competition.

In the years that followed I moved to a variety of different shops gaining knowledge and experience on the way, my speciality being wedding floristry.

For eight years I was senior florist at the distinguished flower shop at Woburn in Bedfordshire, a shop which specialised in wedding and function floristry. While there I helped to organise and contribute to many prestigious events at venues such as Woburn Abbey, St. James's Palace, Stowe School, Blenheim Palace and the Ritz, Savoy and Grosvenor House Hotels in London.

During my floristry career I have been privileged to design and create bouquets which have been presented to the Princess Royal at the opening of the new cancer unit at Stoke Mandville Hospital, Princess Margaret, Dame Cleo Laine, and Ffion Hague at the Conservative Blue Ribbon Dinner. I have also helped to design and organise the floral arrangements for events hosted by Sir Christopher Chatterway and Lord and Lady Tavistock.

In August 2003 I left my position at the flower shop at Woburn to start my own business and Meadow Flowers and Hire Services was born. I work beside but independently of the established Meadow Marquees - a successful marquee hire company.

I am specialising in wedding and function floristry and banqueting hire service which offers a comprehensive selection of items. These include classic white Churchill and Dudson china, Kings pattern cutlery, Fiori glassware, and pure cotton/damask table linen. Everything you could possible need for a elegant function. I use only the best quality flowers from Dutch and English suppliers. I can also organise balloons and recommend caterers.

I now have a large and growing customer base and am equally happy organising a small village wedding or a larger scale function such as table centre arrangements for 200 people at the 50th Anniversary of the Guild of Air Traffic Controllers.