Waterlily Pond Design Studio, has become recognized in the San Francisco Bay Area for their artistry and innovation. One of the most sought-after sources for weddings and special events, Waterlily Pond was voted “Best of the Bay Wedding Flowers” by San Francisco Chronicle readers. Natasha Lisitsa, owner and lead designer, is known for her unique style fusing Eastern and Western design principles, often referred to as “exuberant ikebana.”

Waterlily Pond’s creative team was commissioned by SFMOMA and the de Young Museum to design and craft large scale floral installations for high-profile art openings. In March 2009, Waterlily Pond created a magnificent 800-pound floral display that floated in mid-air above the atrium during the de Young Museum’s 25th Anniversary of Bouquets to Art exhibit. Find out more at www.waterlilypond.com.

Kiwi DeVoy, lead floral designer for DeVoy Designs is a flower arranger with diverse and varied talents. She is a member of the Filoli House Flower Arrangers, and recently concluded two years as their Chair. She has exhibited on many occasions at Bouquets To Art at the Palace of the Legion of Honor and the de Young Museum in San Francisco, the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason, the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, Arts and Flowers at the de Saisset Museum of Santa Clara University, the Menlo Circus Club for the Family Service Auxiliary, the Burlingame Country Club, WAFU Ikebana, and the Concours International D'Art Floral in the Parc de Bagatelle, Paris.

A nationally accredited flower show judge, she is frequently asked to evaluate State Flower Shows for national awards. She is a member of Founders Council of Judges, National Garden Clubs, Bay Area Arrangers Guild, Furyu Flower Arrangers, National Association of Flower Arranging Societies U.K., National Flower Arrangers USA, Creative Floral Arrangers of the Americas, Ikebana International, Wafukai, the Societe Nationale d'Horticulture de France, Art Floral, and she has studied at the Ecole des Fleurs, Paris.

Cathedral Festival of Flowers also welcomes:

Natalini Flowers by Crispy

Greg Lum of Floricore – Landscape & Floral Design

Svenja Brotz of Chestnut & Vine

Arlene Boyle of Violetta Flowers

Roberto and Ramon Ponce of Americana Flower Brokers

Randay Ortega

Catherine Tomkison-Graham of the Tomkison Group

Hoogasian Flowers

Steve O’Connell of Floramor Studios

Pam Marquardt

Myene Juan for the Consul General of the Philippines

Bella Flora, Mark Leahy, Owner

Special Cathedral Anniversary commissions