A Native New Yorker Through and Through

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Vivian is a daughter of immigrant parents, a sister to a younger brother, a friend to like-kind souls and a florist "bestie" to all her clients. As a native New Yorker, she has learned the value of hard work, perseverance and resilience and carries that into everything she takes on. She is a curious and determined designer who prides herself on her artistic creativeness and resourcefulness.

Once an Artist, Always an Artist

Vivian was lucky to have been accidentally introduced to flowers at a local floral shop in Queens, NY. She had a brilliant leader and mentor that showed her the basics of creating a boutonniere and corsage and she immediately fell in love with the craft and helped out every weekend. During the week she attended high school at Fiorello H. LaGuardia Arts, a.k.a., "The Fame School" as a Visual Arts major with a concentration in Sculpture. Her love for the floral industry grew, however, she knew she needed to explore the field she was studying in college (business and psychology) and eventually wound up working in marketing and special projects within the commercial real estate industry. Her experience in the business sector has allowed Vivian to gain valuable oversight, organization, coordination, and collaboration skills that would later be carried into her own boutique business.

10 Years in The Floral Industry, 5 Years in Business, and a Lifetime Dedication to Botanical Exploration, Innovation, & Creations

Vivian eventually dived back into the floral industry because to her, the cliché saying of "work not feeling like work" was all very true when it came to botanicals. For the next five years, she made it her mission to work at top luxury NYC Florists to further deepen and expand her skills as a botanical artist, and she did. She has held floral industry positions in sales and marketing, as an event specialist, and as a Senior floral designer that produced top-notch designs for premiere events, celebrities, highly influential VIPs from all across the globe, corporate companies and luxury retail and fashion brands. While she worked full-time working for other florists, she was building her portfolio and taking on her own weddings and events for clients who were discovering her online.

Creating Impact through Flowers

Come March 2020, the Corona crisis has reached NYC and that is when the landscape of the floral industry changed overnight. It was then that Vivian unexpectedly decided to push VIVIAN PANG Floral Creative from a side hustle into her full-time job for the first time ever in hopes to further influence the floral community and inspire creatives on how they can contribute to uplifting their community and the world by creating passionately and authentically. The floral community is about spreading joy, and Vivian wants to make an organic impact with rippling effects across the creative and social-ecological ecosystem.

PHILOSOPHY
"I'm an Adventurer, Creative, and Botanical Artist. As a florist, I am constantly inspired by the silhouettes and textures from the surrounding landscapes I hike in. I believe that bringing together natural elements allows us to appreciate nature in a different way, and enhances how we personally experience love, beauty and joy in the world. I am grateful every day that I'm able to share and celebrate with flowers. I aim to always instill the emotions in my designs by drawing significant details from the unique personal stories of my clients and creatively crafting them in my art. I dream of shaping and influencing the floral community and industry with my personalized botanic explorations and creations all while giving back with my recent new Initiatives: Flowers for Humanity, Coaster-for-a-Cause, and Beaming Back."
-Vivian

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