Born the daughter of a beekeeper and an artist in the 1970s, Clover Chadwick was raised with a profound appreciation for spotting the beauty in all things natural. Moving from her hometown of Los Angeles to Palm Springs as a young girl, she began to experience the majestic elegance of the desert landscape, its muted colors and patches of spontaneous life, and the way nature makes the most out of limited resources. In time, she developed a special appreciation for the lush and the sparse, and the way they juxtapose. “As a kid in the desert, you witness the inherent drama in nature,” she says. “Competition for sunlight, the lines of movement, and accidental harmonies are everywhere."
Clover further developed her aesthetic in her twenties, living in Napa, studying agriculture and viticulture, managing The French Laundry for legendary chef Thomas Keller, and working for wine writer Karen MacNeil. Studying the pros, she began to understand the value of attention to quality of ingredients at peak readiness.
After several years in the restaurant business, managing fine dining institutions like Patina and Nick and Stef's, Clover got a life-altering lucky break—Alex Restaurant needed a new floral design. She accepted the challenge with striking results, and she’s been a busy floral designer ever since. For the last twenty-plus years, Clover’s floral work has since appeared everywhere from LA's finest restaurants (Mozza, Lucques, Angler, Melisse, and more) to The Hammer Museum, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, NBC Universal International, and big city events including Alex’s Lemonade and Taste of the Nation. Her work has also been featured in Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey Network, Food & Wine, Garden Design, The Knot, and more.
Today, she specializes in everything from weddings and events to house accounts, holiday décor, movie, television, and commercial shoots, offices, and person-to-person deliveries. Every design is custom, infused with her unique philosophy and aesthetic, rooted in the observation of nature.
“We allow the flowers and plants to retain their integrity by arranging them in a way that respects their natural movement. You can’t outdo Mother Nature.”