My love of flowers started as a small girl, creating head wreaths and daisy chains.

I started floral design in 1981 through a program called ROP in high school. I went to work for a flower shop in Auburn Ca, when I completed my training there I was hired by Brian’s Florist in Auburn, CA. I later went on to work for MacGregors Garden Florist in Grass Valley, CA for a couple of years where I was trained in European design, my boss and I were written up in Gold Country magazine as the top designs for the Gold Country area which was Grass Valley and Auburn, CA area. I later went on to buy my first shop “After Hours Flowers” that I ran for a year and then sold. I went on to work for them after selling to them for a couple of years. Later I went to work for Unique Designs in Penn Valley, CA. I eventually moved to Montana where I first started Designs by Debbie, I specialized in creating items from antlers there. I grew a large business decorating hunting lodges and large log homes for private displays. After 10 years I moved for a couple years to Carlsbad, NM where I worked for Grigg's Flowers, I very much enjoyed working for Nel where I learned that “the bigger the better” as in Texas! I finally settled in Colville WA in 2004 where I was for 13 years. I then moved to a Farm in Addy and changed my name to Debbie's Flower Barn and for 5 years grew and sold many flowers and have built my business. I added the Flower trailer last year and sold flowers on Saturdays in Chewelah and Colville. I moved to Chewelah in 2021 and opened my retail flower shop on Main St. The cooler is full of beautiful arrangements everyday, you can come on in a pick one up or arrange for delivery, I create fresh and silk, dried flower designs.

“If you can dream it I can create it” !!