7:00 p.m.  Refreshments & Networking

7:30 p.m.  Project Announcements

8:00 p.m.  Detroit’s Flower House

Lisa Waud will talk about the planning and installation of the Flower House and her love of flowers and Detroit/Hamtramck. https://www.theflower.house/

The mission of the Flower House:

• Sharing the flower house experience rooted in a love of art

• Building an exhibition that brings visitors awe and joy

• Creating an opportunity for florists to participate in an innovative floral installation

• Pursuing a passion for sustainability and responsibility to American-grown flower farms

• Showing respect for the City of Detroit’s history through the reuse of one abandoned house

• Enriching as many lives as we can

In 2015, Lisa Waud turned an abandoned house in Hamtramck into a huge floral display and sold tickets to cover the cost of the house's planned demolition to make room for a park that was planted in early October of 2018. Her presentation is a heartwarming story of following a somewhat crazy dream, making it a reality, meeting some interesting people along the way, loving the neighbors, and believing in the power of beauty and hope.