{"id":166828,"date":"2025-08-14T11:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/?p=166828"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:59:22","slug":"lisa-waters-vienna-florist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/lisa-waters-vienna-florist\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Lisa Waters, a Homegrown Vienna Florist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-800x533.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"lisa waters florist\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-585x390.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-263x175.png 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">lifestyle<\/div><p>Vienna resident Lisa Waters has turned her passion for flowers into a thriving business. Though Lisa has always loved flowers, a therapeutic connection <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/meadowlark-gardens-is-a-destination-for-all-seasons-in-vienna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with flora<\/a> during a difficult time in her life helped her realize the joy that flowers could bring. The Fairfax Girl caught up with Lisa to learn more about her business and what clients can expect. <strong>Read on for more with Lisa Waters of I Can Buy Myself Flowers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-225106\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-800x533.png\" alt=\"lisa waters florist\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-585x390.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI-263x175.png 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_vienna_florist_FI.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Lisa\u2019s Journey<\/h3>\n<p>Vienna native Lisa Waters is a French immersion teacher at Kent Gardens School in McLean and is the woman behind local florist business I Can Buy Myself Flowers. \u201cI was going through a tough time and bought myself just tons of flowers,\u201d Lisa said. \u201cI put them everywhere in my house to try to lighten the mood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was never somebody who felt like I could have flowers around. I always felt like they were so expensive. and I never liked how grocery store flowers looked and I had never really played with [florals] myself,\u201d Lisa said. \u201cI had a moment where I realized that this [playing with flowers] was actually so much fun. I thought, \u2018I feel so much better, these look pretty and I\u2019ll be happy for the rest of the week.\u2019 It clicked for me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>This was toward the end of the 2022 school year, and for fun, Lisa started bringing flowers to school. \u201cI did a flower subscription for the teachers, and a lot of parents ended up buying the subscriptions for the teachers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-225096\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_1-800x800.png\" alt=\"lisa waters flower arrangement \" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_1-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_1-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The school year ended and Lisa was still enjoying the budding (<em>Editor&#8217;s note: sorry, couldn\u2019t help it<\/em>) flower business. In Summer 2022, Lisa started planting flowers in her yard and learning more about floral arranging. She also observed the local market to understand the demand for florist services and how it would change from season to season. Lisa took a floral workshop with Holly Chapple, a Waterford-VA-based florist and event designer. \u201cIt was such great training about arranging flowers and some business practices that are specific to the floral industry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/clothesline-arlington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Arlington Non-profit Gives Kids Clothes a Second Life<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Fall 2022,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/i_buymyself_flowers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> I Can Buy Myself Flowers<\/a> was official, and Lisa started taking on clients in earnest. \u201cI had to find a balance between keeping it fun and still a hobby but also not losing money on it,\u201d Lisa said. It took some trial and error to find the right match of pricing, events, and offerings, and soon she was on her way. \u201cOne of the first events I did was a floral arranging class at Caboose Brewing here in Vienna,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>After being in business for a while, Lisa realized there were clues all along about her floral focus. \u201cI didn\u2019t grow up with big arrangements in my house or anything like that,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I always loved having a flower in my hair. And I realize now how many items I own that have flowers on them, like clothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>About the Business<\/h3>\n<p>One of the signature elements of Lisa\u2019s business is that clients don\u2019t exactly know what they\u2019re going to get. \u201cFlowers are part of nature, and you have to go with what\u2019s available,\u201d she says. \u201cI can work with certain colors, or if there\u2019s something to avoid I can handle that, but that\u2019s part of the fun.\u201d Lisa gets her flowers from local wholesalers, local flower farms, and her garden.<\/p>\n<p>I Can Buy Myself Flowers does flowers for special events such as weddings or parties, restaurants, festivals, and hosts private events such as bloom bars or flower arranging classes. She also offers arrangements by pre-order and on-demand via DoorDash. Lisa also offers floral subscriptions, where a client can choose the frequency of the arrangements, which she frequently delivers herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work with the customer and their budget,\u201d she says. \u201cI don\u2019t have a catalog that people can point to. My style is more minimalistic, with a balance between the blooms and the negative space.\u201d Lisa draws inspiration from the in-season florals as well as her life experiences. She spent time as a teen in Japan and finds herself designing arrangements much like Japanese ikebana florals. \u201cIt\u2019s very minimalistic, maybe one or two big blooms,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-225098\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_3-800x800.png\" alt=\"another floral arrangement from lisa waters\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_3-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_3-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_3-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/lisa_waters_flowers_3.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\nLisa has an incredible collection of vintage vases and vessels that often inspire her designs. Or, a client will bring in a vessel or vase that will spark creativity. On our visit to Lisa\u2019s studio, she grabbed a red-orange bloom from a bucket and plucked out a vase that had orange accents that matched the bloom.<\/p>\n<p>The more time Lisa spends in business, the more she learns about the supply chain in the floral industry. It\u2019s made her a more astute consumer of the products, and she cites another local Vienna business, Trace Zero Waste, as a great resource for those who want to learn more about reducing their waste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>See more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/all-about-great-falls-grange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For Nearly a Century, This Great Falls Building has Been a Community Hub<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lisa also says she has made many new friends and acquaintances through her business. \u201cOne of the most important people I\u2019ve met is my friend Joan Fuller,\u201d Lisa said. \u201cJoan lives in Falls Church but also has a flower farm near Lake Anna, and I\u2019ve bought so many flowers from her. We met right when she was starting her farm. I\u2019ve gotten to know her and have learned so much from her about gardening.\u201d Even the recipients of her floral arrangements, whether for a one-off or a subscription, have become part of Lisa\u2019s network. \u201cI\u2019ll visit with some clients when I drop off their arrangement, it\u2019s nice to get to know them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-166831\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/IMG_0771-2-600x800.jpeg\" alt=\"florist lisa waters arranges flowers in her vienna studio\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/IMG_0771-2-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/IMG_0771-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/IMG_0771-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/IMG_0771-2-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/IMG_0771-2-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/IMG_0771-2-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/IMG_0771-2-1170x1560.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/IMG_0771-2-585x780.jpeg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Becoming a business owner in Vienna has also opened up new relationships for Lisa. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten to know the team at The Virginian and Cafe de Vienna,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel so much more connected to Vienna now, despite living here off and on my whole life. The team at Caboose Brewing is so great to work with, and I\u2019ve learned a lot from Mala at Trace Zero Waste.\u201d Lisa says even her neighbors are invested in her business\u2019 success. \u201cEveryone knows I\u2019m always on the hunt for vases and containers,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople will tag me in stuff on Buy Nothing or will just leave bags on my front step of vases or containers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even during slower months, Lisa finds ways to use flowers to connect with the community. \u201cI ran a contest on Facebook to nominate a local business who should receive flowers,\u201d she said. \u201cThe person who won wanted to give the flowers to the Post Office. She came along with me to deliver the flowers and it was a really special day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lisa is looking forward to seasonal blooms, and teaching more workshops throughout the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Follow @thefairfaxgirl on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefairfaxgirl\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Instagram <\/span><\/a>+\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefairfaxgirl\"><span class=\"s2\">TikTok<\/span><\/a> for the latest Northern Virginia updates, and check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/events\/\"><span class=\"s2\">events calendar<\/span><\/a>, which has over 100+ events weekly to peruse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/lifestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120157\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"read more button\" width=\"450\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-800x240.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-585x176.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lifestyleVienna resident Lisa Waters has turned her passion for flowers into a thriving business. 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