A friend of mine once recommended me to her sister’s friend by saying, “My friend can do that for you.” And honestly, that pretty much sums up how I’ve ended up doing a lot of creative projects over the years.

Many of you know that I have an obsession with Terrain. And if you talk to almost any outdoor home designer or gardener on the East Coast, I think we all have a bit of an obsession.

My client loved Christmas and hosted a huge Christmas party every year — complete with bagpipers! This was one of our first Wubby Designs projects where we were asked to source everything — five Christmas trees, garlands, and décor throughout the house. Everything needed to work with the style of the home, but still feel festive for his big Christmas party.

A few years ago, Diggin In and Monrovia asked us to participate in a winter container challenge. Monrovia sent us a Goshiki Osmanthus—commonly called osmanthus holly—and our challenge was to design a planter around it.