Lee Forrest has been designing with flowers most of his life, collecting wildflowers from his parents' farm in Kentucky when he was a little boy and arranging them in old glass jars to present to his mother on special occasions. At age five, his dream was to someday command his own floral business.

After graduating from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1988 with a degree in history and pursuing a job in archival science, he soon discovered that his new career did not allow him enough creative freedom. He then returned to his first love of working with flowers and began designing professionally in 1990. In 2000, he realized his early dream with the opening of Forrest and Flowers Designs, a home-based floral design company. As his reputation and clientele base grew, he moved into his current retail location in 2005 and incorporated the business, changing the name to Lee Forrest Design, LLC.

Lee's unique gift for creating the most elegant and beautiful arrangements is purely instinctive and has been honed through years of experience working with some of the top designers and premiere shops in Louisville, Indianapolis and Orlando. He has created spectacular arrangements for special events and weddings throughout most of the Eastern United States.

Lee is in demand for his discriminating eye as much as for the personalized attention he gives each client. His look is very clean and modern, with lots of inspiration from traditional sources. Whether he designs in an opulent European garden style or in a Zen-like Asian style, his work is always anything but run-of-the-mill.