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Instructor

David Root

Professional floral designer with over 34 years experience & many awards including first prize in the International Floral Design Competition at the Del Mar Fair.

Bio

David Root teaches Contemporary Floral Design with Spring Flowers and Contemporary Floral Design: Fall Flowers. He is a professional floral designer with over 34 years’ experience. Root’s imaginative ideas and unique creations have captured more than 185 awards, from New York to California. In 2017, he was the recipient of one of the most prestigious awards on the West Coast, California State Floral Association Top Ten winner. He won the coveted Designer of the Year award at the San Diego County Fair in 1992.
 
Root’s dynamic stage presence combined with his intensive studies in the art of floristry, have made him a highly sought - after lecturer / demonstrator / instructor with such prominent businesses and publications as University of California  San Diego, FTD, Flowers & magazine, San Diego Home/Garden Magazine and many Garden Clubs throughout southern California.