Continuing Education
Instructors

Addie Kellington, Coordinator and Instructor
Addie holds a B.S. in Horticulture from Illinois State University and a M.Ed. in Agriculture Education from Texas State University-San Marcos. Addie has taught Floral Design classes at Austin Community College and Texas State University. She has owned her own floral shop specializing in weddings and parties and has attended classes at the Benz School of Floral Design.

Angela Angel, Instructor
Angela is a talented designer who has worked in the floral industry since 1998, for some of Austin's oldest and well known flower shops. Holding the roles of designer and shop manager, she has valuable real world experience and knowledge. In her career, she designed arrangements for well know celebrities and Austin politicians, as well as having some of her designs appear in popular movies that were filmed in the Austin area.

Rob Brown, Instructor
Rob Brown is an experienced floral designer with a B.A. in History & Biology from UT-Austin. He has attended basic and advance schools with the Shelton School of Floral Design and advanced workshops with the AFS Center and Phil Rulloda. Rob is a Life Member and Texas Master Florist with the Texas State Florists Association (TSFA) and taught the certification program for TSFA and the Nebraska Florists Society for five years. He has traveled the country designing for the trade and is a past recipient of the American Floral Society Sylvia Award.

MJ Schuenemann, Instructor
MJ is a skilled designer who has attended the Floral Design Institute in Seattle Washington. She owned her own floral shop and was a freelance designed for five years. Currently, MJ is working towards her AIFD (American institute of floral designers).

Rosalind Watkins, Instructor
Ros holds a BA cum laude in Art History from Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA, and certification (120 hours) as a Floral Designer, by the Palmer School of Floral Design in Fort Collins, CO. She worked as assistant to the Director of the Palmer School, Angela Palmer, AIFD, AAF, assisting the students in the classroom as well as handling office duties for the school. Ros gained design experience working during holiday rushes at Palmer Flowers, in CO, and Lexis Florist, one of Houston?s premier florists, and has an instructor?s background as a corporate trainer for a major telecommunications firm.