Hello Flower Lovers,

I'm Markesha. I’m a mother, a wife, and the founder and lead designer of Poem of Petals based in Huntsville, Alabama. Before stepping into my floral design career, I spent many years serving and leading as a professional businesswoman and exploring floral design as a creative outlet.

Even then, this dream stirred inside me, and it expanded every time I snipped flowers from my garden to hand deliver to friends, or helped other designers bring together luxury flower arrangements for beautiful events. As I think about it today, creative energy surrounded me; my grandfather was an artist, my grandmother an art collector, and my great-grandparents were avid gardeners, which makes this dream feel very second nature to me. So I nurtured it by investing in learning everything I could about floral design and working alongside other talented designers.

So, why Poem of Petals? Like poetry, flowers, too, can serve as an artful expression of language. When I see beautiful floral designs, I think about the meaning of the flowers, color theory, and the story it conveys. I like to source and grow flowers that are not as easy to come by during a trip to the local supermarket and I love garden inspired and luxury floral décor. For me, petals and blooms are an artful expression; every flower is a verse, and the floral arrangement creates the stanza. The design is the poem. Our team would be honored to help create your poem - a floral design representing your style, vibe, culture, and story. We often say, we create poems - and lasting memories - with petals. I would love to hear your story. 

Yours in floral,