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Title
Enchanted Florist Ashland and Medford Flower shop
Description
After Leslie and Brandon Kirkland wed in 1996, an idea was planted as a seed that was meant to last for generations to come. Leslie Kirkland followed a childhood dream of starting her our flower shop and that is exactly what she did and The Enchanted Florist was born. Her goal was simple, she wanted to create floral art. Leslie wanted to educate others on a different type of flower design, more natural in style. She was tired of the stereotypes that FTD and many florists gave floral design and wanted to change the world's idea of flowers and how flower arrangements are perceived.
It was the second quarter of their sophomore year at the University of Southern Oregon, when Leslie approached Brandon and asked him to spend most of their financial aid money that they received from the government on roses. It was almost Valentine's Day and Leslie had the idea to spend their financial aid money on flowers to sell on the side of the road for Valentine's Day. Brandon was against the idea since the newly wedded couple were struggling with money as it was. Brandon finally gave in and said ok, but if she didn't make the money back, she'd be on the side of the road picking up cans. Brandon let her know that starting a business is for the wealthy and stable. The couple had been only married for 5 months now and was neither wealthy nor stable. They were living in a small, over run apartment. The roses came and Brandon was reluctant to help out much, sure he loaded the tables and buckets of roses, but after that Leslie was on her own to set up and sell the roses by herself. The cold February air blew hard as rain came off and on, but through Leslie's perseverance and wind burn she was able to bring home a smile and empty flower buckets. Leslie tripled the financial aid money and rushed into their apartment, marched right up to Brandon with the money and proved that faith in a dream is worth risking everything. After that moment, Brandon supported his wife and started to educate himself about the floral industry and vowed he'd never doubt his wife's passion ever again and made a promise to himself that he would help his wife live her life long dream
That next summer Leslie and Brandon did flowers for their first wedding. The summer after that they had two weddings, and the summer after that they did four weddings. By the time they graduated at the University 5 years later, they were doing 40 weddings out of their home. Along with the weddings, Leslie and Brandon stood in the rain through every Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day for the next 5 years. It was time to open their own retail flower shop.
Languages
English
