AARON DIAMOND
Aaron Diamond is the store director and lead designer for The Garden Court.
Originally from Orem, Utah, Aaron first visited the Pacific Northwest while touring with his high school choir. A few years later, he returned to serve a mission for his church. Three years later, he moved back and has spent the last twenty years in the Seattle area. “I can’t think of a more beautiful place to live,” he says, “With all the different varieties of greenery, mosses, and flowers — it is a floral designer’s paradise.”
A third generation florist, Aaron has been involved in the floral industry the past twenty-five years. Together, he and his wife, Avis, have owned and operated Aaron Diamond’s Floral Masters for the past fourteen years.
Aaron’s passion for flowers and interiors has inspired him to create beautiful designs as well as an exclusive flower business. Because of his unique ability to design with the natural materials of the Northwest, he is able to create designs that represent the area and show his distinctive style. Specializing in European design, Aaron has established a reputation among his peers and clients as one of the Northwest’s leading designers.
In June of 1991, his diversified talents earned his induction into the prestigious American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD), the floral industry’s top design credentials.
In addition to hundreds of weddings and parties, Aaron’s spectacular and unique designs have been seen at Bill Gates’ class reunion, the National Governors Convention, Northwest Wine Auction, Nintendo’s corporate Christmas party, Boeing events, and the opening gala event of the Super Mall of the Great Northwest. His many clients represent a broad spectrum of companies of every size. In addition to his floral creations, his set designs, home interiors and corporate holiday decor include such clients as First Interstate Bank building, 5th Avenue Plaza, Continental Plaza, Bank of America Tower, Gary Manuel Salon, along with many other private residences.
In 2007, Aaron joined forces with Tai Pan in opening their 4th store in St. George and he’s been sharing his design talents here in Southern Utah ever since. Our latest venture, The Garden Court Reception Center, will further serve our valued customers with a beautiful venue to host your event as well as showcase our unique and diversified floral designs.
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SUZETTE BACIGALUPI
Before coming to the Garden Court, Suzette Bacigalupi already had over 30 years of remarkable professional experience in the floral industry.
Suzette started out at the bottom, learning the ropes on her own, and she eventually purchased two existing success shops in Pocatello, Idaho that were later combined into the Dellart/Atkin Floral Center. She owned the floral center for 15 successful years. “I had no idea how much passion I had for the industry,” she said, “It was truly a dream career.”
During her time with Dellart/Atkin, Suzette procured incomparable customer service skills and learned the value of networking with the community. She has single-handedly organized a long list of events such as holidays, weddings, grand openings, funerals, fund raising events, and other celebrations.
On top of being a designer, Suzette is also an educator who has taught many floral classes throughout the Northwest, including major cities like Salt Lake City, Boise, Sun Valley, Butte, Spokane, Twin Falls, and Idaho Falls.
Though she is new to Southern Utah, The Garden Court openly and delightfully welcomes Suzette and her unique talents and skills to our design team and we look forward to seeing the style and creativity that she brings to the center.