2. Italian Choir Stalls
Terry Godfrey Freelance Design and Floral Educator
Terry Godfrey, AIFD, CEJ, EMC
2025 installation - Choir Stall Room
The Inspiration
The carved walnut choir stalls, made in the seventeenth century, were removed from a church in Naples, Italy, and installed in this room to impress the Andersons’ guests rather than to use for seating.
The Flowers
Recipe: Liatris, Mokara Orchids, Ranunculus, Roses, Green Trick Dianthus, Umbrella Fern
THE DESIGNER
Terry Godfrey, AIFD, CEJ, EMC
Terry Godfrey Freelance Design and Floral Educator
Terry Godfrey is a freelance floral designer and educator in the Washington, DC area. Her passion for flowers and all forms of visual art drives Terry to continually experiment, using flowers in new and unexpected ways. She has been designing professionally since 2001 in retail and event studio settings, designing for events at both the White House and the VP Mansion. Her favorite accomplishment has been to produce a floral fashion show for the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh. In 2011, she was inducted into the American Institute of Floral Designers and was certified as a floral evaluator/judge in 2013 and is currently serving as the coordinator for the certification exam. In 2017, she began her studies in European floral design and traveled to Belgium in 2019 where she achieved her European Master’s Certification.
Passionate about floral education, Terry developed a floriculture program at Anne Arundel Community College. A life-long learner and flower enthusiast, she attends workshops with as many internationally recognized floral artists as she can attend. Terry is a presenter on stage for industry and garden club associations. She has been awarded a Blue Ribbon at the Philadelphia Flower Show, the People’s Choice award at the NC Museum of Art’s Art in Bloom festival, numerous top awards at local competitions and People’s Choice awards from her floral industry peers.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
Akbar Sayed
Between his studies and his caring for patients as a nursing student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Akbar Sayed sought a creative outlet to capture the beauty that he saw in life at all stages.
He purchased his first camera and photographed whatever and whoever was in front of him, but emotions inspired him most of all (an empath through and through). After months of sharing his work for the pure enjoyment of it, Akbar was asked to capture a wedding. The artistry was innate — his work was published in Baltimore Style magazine, despite it being his very first wedding.
In 2011, Akbar met his wife who, from the beginning, believed in his natural artistic vision. She continues to be the source of much creative and practical inspiration, often encouraging him to be present and laughing at his dad jokes.
