Surround Life Design

02/04/2025

I’m not going to make this long, as it would be beside the point. I’m heading off IG for the foreseeable future. Deleting this thing off my phone and out of my life. Planning on living, gloriously.

If you want to stay connected or are interested in how we can work and create together, email me. Join my weekly mailing list. Let’s talk as real people. Much love, Erin

“Our story remains unwritten. It rests within the culture, which is inseparable from the land. To know this is to know our history. To write this is to write of the land and the people who are born from her.” Hawaiian educator, poet, and activist Haunani Kay-Trask

24/09/2024

it’s pomegranate season ❤️

13/09/2024

Im an animal beginning to save seed for the seasons ahead. Fascinating, deeply satisfying, and spreading abundance.

09/09/2024

Weaving morning glory. I have a thing for baskets and weaving and like to play. The result of a Saturday morning in the garden when I figure I can make my own mechanics…I may nestle the little basket deep in the honeysuckle and see if any birds add to it.

03/09/2024

Palette change!! This color…there’s just something to it. Gravitas. Charism. Kapow. I have a garden full of them and they are setting the most spectacular seed. The heat of the summer is so intense, yet without it, there wouldn’t be this spectacle 😊🌺

03/07/2024

INTRODUCING THE FLORAL CAFE
I'm sometimes disappointed and uninspired by how commercial, digital, and technical a lot of things and experiences have become, especially when it comes to food and dining. What can be simple, accessible, delicious and unpretentious is often blown up for high volume and profit – The cafeteria versus the café.

The high capacity spaces lack intimacy, nuance, or a sense of uniqueness. This may not be as applicable for you if you live in diverse cosmopolitans or outside of the United States. I’m always so excited when I discover little gems that are surprisingly intimate with a humble yet artistic atmosphere. Inevitably an incredible community is drawn to the space.

If you know me, you know I love places like this. It’s even more special when it truly feels like someone’s home or is a home. All this being said, I wanted to try something out and share it with those of you who live locally in Albuquerque or in the surrounding area.

I’m interested in creating a place to share and create an immersive experience not commonly possible. One where you’re welcomed into my home. You can slow down, chill, connect, and create.

I want to share that down home, honest, no fuss, yet very real and beautiful approach to slow living. For now I’m calling it the Floral Café.

Come for the delicious food, drink, and most importantly the flowers.

We’ll cover basic mechanics and botanical design, harvest what’s growing in the garden, and create your own floral bouquet, all while having a few lovely hours together. I’ll take the principles and methods of Intuitive Arrangements and bring them to life, in real time.

I’ve had the pleasure to go to a few intimate events here in the states as well as abroad. It’s special. Necessary even. Now more than ever.

I foresee the café being seasonally inspired, spring – autumn, dependent upon what is growing in the garden.

Albuquerque based. Space is limited. Tickets available!
Mornings in the garden//July 3
https://www.surroundlife.com/events

24/03/2024

Stillness amidst the springtime

11/03/2024

Hi folks -
I’m interested in creating a place to share and create an immersive experience not commonly possible. One where you’re welcomed into my home. You can slow down, chill, connect, and create.

I want to share that down home, honest, no fuss, yet very real and beautiful approach to slow living. For now I’m calling it the Floral Café.

We’ll cover basic mechanics and botanical design, harvest what’s growing in the garden, and create your own floral bouquet, all while having a few lovely hours together. I’ll take the principles and methods of Intuitive Arrangements and bring them to life, in real time.

Make sure to join the invitation list to get notified when it opens. Click on the link below for details.

For flower lovers covering basic mechanics and botanical design. Expand your senses, hone your style, and connect to the elements behind the blossoms. Timeless skills for tending a small scale garden.

27/02/2024

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19/02/2024

Coming soon…my hellebores. One of the last late winter blooms on the cusp of spring as temperatures rise…just magical