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Meet Hitomi Gilliam


HITOMI GILLIAM, AIFD

Hitomi Gilliam AIFD is a Japanese Canadian Flower Artist.  She has guest-designed and taught extensively throughout North America and around the world – England, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Australia, New Zealand, Oman, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico.

Hitomi began her career in the Green Profession as a farmer-florist. She currently works with her son, Colin Gilliam, in an Education-based business, DESIGN358, founded in 2008.  They currently host design workshops and educational events, and video education through Hitomi’s YouTube channel and her Patreon page.


  1. What is your astrological sign? Capricorn

  2. What book(s) are on your bedside table right now? Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer); Guns, Germs, and Steel<