Louise Bang Fisher moved to Williamsburg in 1930 when her professor husband accepted a position at the College of William & Mary — arriving, so she said, “with one truckload of furniture and two truckloads of flowers.” Long an avid gardener, she became involved with flower arranging for Colonial Williamsburg when she became a hostess at the Raleigh Tavern, the first exhibition building that opened in 1932. Read the story of how Fisher combined taste and judgement with scholarly research to create an original and enduring floral style as a modern interpretation of 18th century aesthetic practices HERE.