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Georgia Douglas is the founder of By Georgia Douglas, a wedding and event florist based in the Los Angeles area, near Long Beach. She grew up near Seattle, worked in nonprofits, and trained as a florist through an internship before starting her own business. She is known on TikTok, where she has more than 16,000 followers, for short flower-buying tips. Her video on how to pick roses at Trader Joe’s has been viewed about 2.8 million times. Her style, in her words, is whimsical, garden-inspired florals.
Georgia Douglas has a simple test for roses: squeeze them. “Look how much it squishes,” she says in a video filmed in the Trader Joe’s flower section, holding up a bloom that looks perfect. “That’s gonna die ASAP.” Firm heads last longer. That 30-second tip has been watched about 2.8 million times.
Douglas is a professional florist, the founder of By Georgia Douglas, a wedding and event floral business in the Los Angeles area. On @bygeorgiadouglas on TikTok, she has posted more than 1,800 videos and earned more than 740,000 likes by doing something most florists do not: teaching everyday shoppers how to buy and arrange grocery store flowers like a pro. Along the way, some of her favorite clients have found her there.
Key takeaways
- Georgia Douglas is the founder of By Georgia Douglas, a wedding and event florist in the Los Angeles area, near Long Beach.
- She grew up near Seattle, worked in nonprofits, and moved to California for an internship with an anti-human trafficking organization before discovering floristry.
- She learned the craft by interning with a local florist, then started her own business and booked her first event within a few months.
- Her TikTok flower tips, especially for shoppers at Trader Joe’s, have been viewed millions of times, and she says some of her favorite clients found her there.
- Her signature look is what she calls whimsical, garden-inspired florals with close attention to color, texture and depth.
Who is Georgia Douglas?
Georgia Douglas is a florist and small business owner who designs flowers for weddings and events through her company, By Georgia Douglas. Her TikTok bio describes her as a “Los Angeles area florist,” and a March 2026 profile on CanvasRebel places her business in Long Beach, California. Her website, bygeorgiadouglas.com, sums up her mission in one line: “Flowering life’s sweetest moments with artfully designed whimsical, nature-inspired florals.”
Flowers run in her family. On her website, she writes that she grew up “in the woods of the greater Seattle area,” surrounded by relatives who “could identify any flower variety” and walls covered in thrifted floral paintings. “It came as no surprise to anyone that I stumbled into floristry,” she writes.
How did Georgia Douglas become a florist?
Her path started somewhere very different. Douglas told CanvasRebel that she moved to California for an internship with a nonprofit fighting human trafficking. Later, while burned out and working at a coffee shop, her boss gave her a ticket to a conference for women, and she left inspired to try something new.
“I deeply desired to work with my hands while still working with people as I am very people oriented,” she said. She found a local florist to intern under, kept learning through the pandemic, and eventually filed the paperwork to start her own business, before she even saw herself as a business owner. She booked her first event within a few months. “I could not imagine my life now without the beauty and fulfillment this business has allowed me,” she told CanvasRebel.
How do you pick good flowers at Trader Joe’s?
Douglas’s most popular videos answer a question millions of people apparently have. Her approach, drawn from several videos:
- Squeeze the roses. Choose rose heads that feel firm, not squishy. Soft heads will fade fast, even if they look the prettiest.
- Buy ranunculus and tulips closed. Pick blooms that are not too open; fully open flowers are “blowing out” and will not last as long.
- Check dahlias from every angle. Look for browning on the petals, yellowing stems and damage on the back of the head. Good petals feel “firm, kind of bouncy.”
- Skip the premade bouquets. She passes on the premades and builds her own mix from single bunches, like lilac, hyacinth and seasonal blooms.
- Avoid damaged peonies. In peony season, she shows which buds “aren’t gonna make it” so shoppers can pass them by.
The more you know the longer your flowers live
What I would pick at Trader Joe’s as a florist
How do you make cut flowers last longer?
Douglas repeats a few rules in her videos that apply to any bouquet, from the grocery store or a florist:
- Keep them cool and out of the sun. “Flowers like a cool, dark place,” she says. “Once they’re cut, they don’t like to be in the sun. They’re not a house plant.”
- Cut stems at an angle. A fresh angled cut helps stems drink.
- Do not overcrowd the water. Too much stem in the water means more competition for it.
- Plan for tulips to grow. Tulips keep growing after they are cut, so arrange them a little tighter and lower than you want them to end up.
Her vase-styling videos add a designer’s touch: choose the vessel first, build in layers so not every bloom sits at the same height, and finish with one or two longer stems for “a little bit of drama.”
How I style simple vase flowers
What is By Georgia Douglas known for?
By Georgia Douglas designs flowers for weddings and events, including bridal bouquets, bridesmaids’ bouquets, altar pieces and table arrangements. Douglas describes her specialty as “garden inspired florals that feel both whimsical and artfully designed,” and on her website she credits her clients for being drawn to the studio’s “elevated whimsical style, attention to color detail, and texture/depth play.”
Her clients’ reviews echo that. “I knew going into my wedding I wanted something that felt warm but different,” one couple writes on her site, praising the bouquet, altar pieces and bridesmaids’ flowers. Another review says what sets her apart is “her ability to understand a vision and transform it into a reality.”
Her TikTok bio also mentions travel, and she takes on events far from home. In her CanvasRebel profile, she describes a summer event where her van’s air conditioning failed in 114-degree heat while she was carrying thousands of dollars in flowers, a situation she called “what florists’ nightmares are made of.” Her team kept the flowers cool in a motel room until a mechanic in a tiny town fixed the van in 45 minutes.
What can small business owners learn from Georgia Douglas?
Douglas’s story is a useful model for any creative small business.
- Teach for free, and the right clients will come. Her flower tips reach far more people than her local market, and she says some of her favorite clients found her on TikTok.
- Learn by apprenticing. She did not start with a degree in floral design. She interned under a working florist and learned on real events.
- Lead from the front. “I try to not ask anything of my team that I would not also do myself,” she said. “As the owner I see it as my responsibility to be the first one in and last one out.”
- Start before you feel ready. She registered her business before she saw herself as a business owner, then booked her first event within months.
How to pick peonies at Trader Joe’s
She joins a group of founders we have profiled who share what they know in public, including Lauren Burke and Nina Liu.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Georgia Douglas?
Georgia Douglas is a florist and the founder of By Georgia Douglas, a wedding and event floral business in the Los Angeles area. She is also known on TikTok for flower-buying and flower-care tips.
Where is By Georgia Douglas located?
Her TikTok describes her as a Los Angeles area florist, and a 2026 CanvasRebel profile places her business in Long Beach, California.
How do you pick roses at Trader Joe’s?
Gently squeeze the rose heads and choose ones that feel firm. Soft, squishy heads will fade quickly, even if they look the prettiest.
How do you make grocery store flowers last longer?
Keep cut flowers in a cool spot out of direct sun, cut stems at an angle, avoid putting too much stem in the water, and pick blooms that are not fully open when you buy them.
How did Georgia Douglas start her floral business?
After working in nonprofits, she interned with a local florist to learn the craft, then registered her own business and booked her first event within a few months.
How can I hire Georgia Douglas for a wedding?
You can request a consultation through bygeorgiadouglas.com or email hello@bygeorgiadouglas.com, the address listed in her TikTok bio.
Follow Georgia Douglas
Get flower tips from Georgia Douglas on @bygeorgiadouglas on TikTok, and see her wedding and event work at bygeorgiadouglas.com.
This profile is based on Georgia Douglas’s public TikTok videos, her website and her published CanvasRebel profile. Booked Impact did not interview her, and she did not review this article before publication.
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