Julie-Anne Smith Rylev started in Whangarei as a small girl visiting all the flower shops and gathering flowers from her grand mother’s garden, a pure passion at childhood.
After training in Auckland at the age of 15 with Forget Me Not Flowers (now Daphne Studio of Design “The Vox”) Julie-Anne moved onto work and train in Sydney and lived in Indonesia for three years, then returned to New Zealand to pursue her floral career.
Managing Wild Poppies and Flower After Hours for several years she then set out again to travel further abroad and worked with world famous Ken Turner and Caroline Dickinson in London, UK.
Julie-Anne later returned to New Zealand and took possession of the one and only Texas Rose, Auckland, Ponsonby Road. This move led to her fame in the floral world and greater public exposure. Texas Rose won “The Auckland Metro Florist of Year award “ 7 years running, this really put Julie-Anne on the map.
After 8 years ownership of Texas Rose she decided to take up her Green Card in America and travel to New York, which led to travel to Europe.
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