“We always wore skirts, and the buckets we kept our flowers in were just short of knee height. In one anecdote, Clarke tells how first lady Hillary Clinton helped change what the White House floral team wore to work. In the book, she writes about working with a half-dozen first ladies and includes memorable moments from each administration. She remembers a day when all the flowers froze, but in more than 30 years, she never witnessed a floral arrangement come crashing to the ground.Ĭlarke, who began designing floral arrangements as a volunteer in the Carter administration, recently penned “My First Ladies: Twenty-five Years as the White House Chief Floral Designer,” to be released in September. White House floral designer Nancy Clarke worked during six presidencies.
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