Juilliard trained opera singer and florist, Betany Coffland, often uses music as inspiration in her floral creations. Her business, Chloris Floral exclusively uses local and seasonal flowers grown with organic practices. For our photo shoot, Betany wanted to create photo stories for two special operas. Here is how that happened…
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The first bouquet will be inspired by “Ah Chloris” by Reynaldo Hahn, the piece that inspired the name Chloris Floral. Completely romantic, rich and full. Here’s me singing the song with guitar:
Our result:
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The second bouquet will be inspired by Pierrot Lunaire- it’s piece I’m performing this week. Themes are puppets, commedia dell’arte, moon inspiration. I want to be elegant here and not so literal, but still a bit off kilter. Here’s a link to the crazy music:
Our result:
It feels like magic when a group of people come together for the first time, share their talents and create art. We are so in love with the results and we’re ready to do more. Thank you to the incredibly talented team:
Floral Designer/Opera Singer: Betany Coffland of Chloris Floral
Stylist: Alysia Andriola of Grace and Gather
Chloris Model: Vero Kherian of Miss Cheesemonger
Pierrot Model: Alexa Eisner of Babachic
Assistant: Laura Schneider
And thank you to the local flower farmers who sustainably grew these gorgeous opera singing flowers.
somewhere between a handshake and two kisses 
To be frank my heart bursts and breaks at the same time. Bursting: Thank you ladies for creating art, for creating form your visions and desires, so freely and fully. This is just awesome. Breaking: May we all do this, may we all do more of this, this living our art, as our precious lives move on.