Kristina Cousen, the daughter of a Blacksmith and Farrier, grew up in the heart of the West Sussex countryside, spending as much time as possible in her Fathers working forge surrounded by the buzz and creativity of Master Craftsmen.

Her interest in flowers started at the tender age of six, when Kristina was top of her Covent Schools truancy list, much preferring to spend her time riding horses bare back through the fields and woods picking wild flowers that she would then put in jam jars for sale outside the forge.

Having survived the 60's and the Punk Era, Kristina then spent several years travelling and working in Europe and the USA, where her son was at school. After a six month stint in Morroco she returned home to find the garden had been taken over by ivy, covering the walls and trees. A chance conversation concerning the forsaid ivy led her to a leading London florist and the captivating world of floristry....Kristina was hooked and took herself of to Floristry College for the next two and some years, funding her way by selling foliages to florists in the capital city. She then went to The Netherlands, threw out the rule book and really got to grips with her new found love...flowers.

After several years freelancing in London, for the florists she had originally supplied with foliage, who were now firm friends! and also in Ireland,