Daniel Ost

Daniel Ost

The Belgian flower artist and garden architect
Born 08/05/1955
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Occupation Floral artist, Floral designer, Garden architect
Spouse(s) Marie-Anne Boeykens
Children Maarten Ost, Nele Ost

Daniel Ost (08/05/1955, Sint-Niklaas) is a Belgian floral artist, floral designer and garden architect. CBS News has described him as "the world's leading flower designer,"[1] while the New York Times says that "to call him a master flower designer is akin to calling Annie Leibovitz a shutterbug."[2]

His clientele includes numerous royal families, sheikhs, multinational organisations as well as humanitarian organisations like UNICEF.

Biography

Daniel Ost is born in 1955 in the suburban town of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium in a family of which he was the eldest of 6 children.


Marriage and children

Daniel Ost and his wife Marie-Anne have 2 children. Maarten Ost is a children's book author and lives in Leuven, Belgium while his daughter, Nele Ost, is following in his footsteps as a floral designer.

Education

Published works

Throughout his career, Daniel Ost published numerous books about his exhibitions, decorations and gardens. He has also been featured in numerous magazines like Elle, Vogue, Architectural Digest and Bloomberg regarding floral design and garden architecture.

Awards

References

  1. Daniel Ost: A Life In Bloom, at CBS News; published February 3, 2001; retrieved March 10, 2014
  2. NATURE; An Artist: Root, Stem And Petal, at the New York Times, by Anne Raver; published February 14, 2002; retrieved March 10, 2014

External links

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