Creative Spaces: Flora Miserachs – From Garden Shed to Floral Salon

More Than Just a Florist

This was the final entry in a series about people who’ve created unique spaces—often from apartments or unexpected corners of their homes. Flora Miserachs stretched that idea a bit. Her space is actually an outhouse at the bottom of her garden.

It took a while to photograph. The place was still being finished the first time I visited, and then I was off to Argentina. I also had to wait because the article was scheduled for a magazine and was delayed longer than expected.

A Quiet Pioneer

Flora’s story is inspiring. In the late ’60s, higher education for women in Spain was rare. Studying horticulture? Even rarer. The field was entirely male-dominated, but she pushed through. Eventually, she got accepted, and later worked with the government on vegetation planning for public roads.

After that, she started her own business.

A Place to Breathe

This new space isn’t just a florist shop. It’s a place to sit, sip coffee, maybe browse some art. The garden connects it to her home, and upstairs there’s a workshop that I also thought deserved a few frames.

During Semana Santa she puts on a famous rose display along her street—dozens of varieties. The whole place, like her career, is rooted in persistence and beauty.