64 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {food coloring} trees,” she remembers fondly. “I always loved being outdoors and gardening with her. I grew up around it but I never thought it would be a career.” After the success of doing all the floral arrangements for her own wedding in 2014, friends started hiring Jessica to do the flowers for their weddings too. Eventually, strangers started making inquiries—which grew into a flourishing side business she ran out of her parents’ garage. When her husband started studying abroad in Paris, Jessica quit her customer service tech job to follow him, attending floral design classes during her six months there. “My flowerarranging style is very different from a generic online florist,” she explains. “It’s a blend of Parisian, which is very fresh-picked and garden-like, and Korean style, which is more boldly colored, For Jessica Han, owner of the new Bloomsgiving in Redwood City, the concept of a hybrid florist and coffee shop sprouted from both her passion and her travels. “When I went to Japan, they had a teahouse that was a combination coffee shop and flower market,” she recalls. “When I saw that, I knew it was something I wanted to do.” Plant care and flower arranging have been Jessica’s lifelong hobby. “It reminds me of my grandmother because, when I was younger, she had a giant yard and she grew flowers, succulents and fruit words by ELAINE WU • photography by PAULETTE PHLIPOT CAFE blooming good coffee ABOVE (right): Bloomsgiving’s Jessica Han with her husband, Daniel Xing.
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