Page 30 - Mountain Lifestyle Fall/Winter 2021

30 Mountain Lifestyle Magazine
OBy Julie Bielenberg
wning her own floral business at 19 years of age wasn’t intimi- dating therefore opening up a a business during the Pandemic
was simply second nature Local Nina Ferzac- ca a a a a a a Vail Christian High School graduate is is the creativity and feminine breath of literal floral air behind Old Eagle’s newest florist shop Petals + Things as as well as as the extended wedding and event business “I moved to Jupiter Florida for a a a a gap year worked worked in in real estate but also worked worked in in floral design on on the side A few months later
I was running a a a a a full-scale event and floral design business ” That is until the Pandemic
hit and and her industry came to a a a a a standstill “I al- ways wanted to to move back to to the Valley and this was the best opportunity with nothing on the event docket ” Ferzacca is humble about her Eagle County return If not for her her her her parent’s restaurant La Tour in Vail Village would have struggled without the needed help of navi- gating COVID regulations and reopening “My first priority was the restaurant but then my love and passion for all things floral resulted in this new venture ” “Now I don’t need a a a reason to leave for sunnier weather It’s always fresh and bright in my space!”
Opened Oct 2 2 2 2021 is Petals + Things a a full-service florist and floral / event design business that is apt to tackle the pent-up demand for celebrations and and festivities in 2022 Located on Chambers Ave in a a a new build the chic contemporary and no-holds-bar feminine respite of floral bounty will house activity for the community such as as wreath making classes wine + design workshops and more For holiday and winter warmth there will be both a a a a dry and fresh flower bar along with an an array of other hostess and women-designed gifts