MEET ERICA

Owner of The Roaming Petal 

 

My journey with flowers started from a young age when like most young girls I would go outside pick weeds and arrange them in vases around my home in New Jersey. As I grew I always loved arts and crafts and to this day love a good diy project. However, when deciding to enter the "real world" I choose to become a graphic designer. I thought this was a great way to express myself creatively and still make decent money. However, after 6 years in the design world working at advertising agencies and design studios I realized I was desperately burned out, stuck on a screen all day and missed creating physical pieces of art. 

 

I decided I was at a block in my career with what I wanted to do, so like most logical people I jumped on a plane and headed to Bali to figure things out. While exploring the beautiful island of the gods I rediscovered my passion for flowers agian. I was in love with how they used flowers all over the island in such a meaningful way and made them apart of their day to day lives. I soon began helping out a local flower shop and while sitting on the floor with the Balinese women I realized this was really quite therapeutic and I was learning some really basic tips and tricks that no one ever tells you about flowers. 

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It was then that I realized I wanted to be able to share this same joy, relaxation and knowledge I was experiencing with others and help bring more flowers into people homes to help them to relax, ground and recenter. So low and behold The Roaming Petal was born. I then went on to gain training in both floarl healing and reiki to be able to really help people heal through thte practice of flower arranging. And here we are today bringing floral workshops to homes and events. Have a bloomingful day. 

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I am so honored that you’re here, and I simply cannot wait to meet you!