Inspired by other designers

So I am sometimes asked by brides and other clients, "What inspires you?". Well, there are many things and people I have to say. Of course the seasonal flowers themselves do a pretty good job. Their beauty native to the season during which they are blooming is an absolute magical thing to watch unfold. I feel fortunate to live in a place where I can see the four seasons unfold in this fashion. Spring of course is insane with the various colors of tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths popping out here and there and then the vibrant gold forsithia bushes that are around every turn amongst hundreds of other tulip trees, flowering branches...then the lilac that is about to explode any minute. Holy Smokes. Only problem is that if you at all love these various elements you want them all at your house, in your yard, and then your husband looks at you like you have three heads no doubt when you tell him that you want to spend some umpteen thousands on landscaping. So then you have to just take your weekly walk around the local nursery and ahh and oooohhh over plants that are not yours. All the same, the flower are enough to inspire the most tame artist I would think.
However, I became inspired a long time ago by other co-workers such as Ariella Chezar and Wenonah Webster as well Pamela Hardcastle who with myself all shared a similar sense of wanting to bring bits of natures natural beauty into any event or home. My daughters actually share a similar wonder about natures fine beauty. Probably because of their innocence , but the do not take even the foliage of a weed for granted. (And to think that some people buy weed killer!) Furthermore the details of florist of the past that I have read about and respect are quite inspiring. Constance Spry was such a strong woman and her thought process on what floral design could be and how it was needed in the house is quite interesting and furthermore...inspiring. Thinking about the decades during which she lived, how life was different and then the various paths that she chose as well as then inspiring others to take joy in the art of floral design...inspiring. For those of you, the few that read this, who have not read about Constance Spry, I highly recommend reading the bio that is attached to her name above. And for those of you who ask the question amongst friends while having cocktails, "Who would be sitting at your table if you were able to invite five dead people?", she is one of those people that I would have sitting at my table. Maybe now she will be one of yours..doubt it, but maybe a runner up.
Have a good rest of your Spring and here's to peeping lilacs!