Eight years ago, Angela Douglas got on a plane and followed her heart to San Francisco.
She found true love with local flora while working as a farm apprentice at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center and Urban Adamah. When she began working as a florist at Bi-Rite Market, she felt deeply connected to the hyper local products that were delivered weekly from Bay area farms and developed friendships with them. The keys truly clicked in 2021, when she began working as a floral designer for some of the Bay area’s top design companies. Loving the creative process of making arrangements and creating installations using sustainable methods, she felt compelled to create something of her own. From those experiences, Follow The Westward Wind was born.
“Are not flowers the stars of the earth?”
-Clara Lucas Balfour
Follow The Westward Wind is an intimate, San Francisco based, floral design company that curates playful, imaginative moments that capture the clientele's creative vision. Seeking out the freshest, most sustainable, seasonal, and local florals and greens, we are passionate about maintaining a relationship with our neighboring farms and local, small businesses. With a strong focus on up-cycling, we highlight designing with hand dried, everlasting flora. We believe in building and supporting our local community and environment while striving to create lasting, magical memories for our clients
Up-Cycled
We focus on cleaning and hand-drying salvaged florals that would otherwise end up in a compost bin.
Everlasting
We design with our hand-dried flora, creating beautiful products that are made to last.
*Avoid moisture and prolonged exposure to direct sunlight to ensure product quality.
Seasonal
We focus on creating our fresh arrangements and installations based on what being produced locally. Supporting sustainable farming and respectively foraging is a priority.
Sustainable
We strive to purchase products from local vendors, artisans, and Bay area community members. When designing, we avoid non-reusable materials and chemical processes.