Kathi Thomas Design

Specialties

Kathi Thomas Design is an event design and planning service.

KTD creates beautiful, gentle on the earth designs for your special event, and can help the entire event be as «earth friendly» as possible, so that you can have the beautiful occasion you want without leaving an ugly mess for tomorrow.

KTD also offers event consulting & coordination, from hourly consultation services to «day of» coordination to full service coordination.

History

Established in 1990.

Kathi «grew up» in her family’s nursery & florist in SE Texas. in 1990 Kathi opened a floral design school and began designing weddings once again. After 5 years of the school, she closed it to do weddings & other special events full time and has never looked back.

KTD is a studio florist, meaning we don’t have flowers every day, but rather, order specifically for our special events. Every bloom is ordered for and used in the event, meaning high quality blooms with special care given to them so they are at their peak for your event.

An eco-​friendly business, KTD composts all stems and other floral waste, uses 100% rainwater, and does all she can to live, and work, gently on this earth.

Meet the Business Owner

Kathi T.

Business Owner

Kathi «grew up» in her family’s nursery & floral business in SE Texas. In college, she worked part time at local florists, graduating to move back to SE Texas and teach band, while working in her family’s shop on weekends and summers. She managed the shop for several years before moving back to Austin, where she was production manager for a shop. Kathi then worked for Florafax International, a floral wire service, where she traveled as an account executive and worked on their magazine, selection guide and was often sent to design or do business talks at trade shows.

In 1990, Kathi opened Thomas’ School of Retail Floristry, where she taught floral design for 5 years, before closing it to do weddings & special events full time. Kathi also taught floral design at Austin Community College for several years.

Kathi is married to her college sweetheart, Mark Hastings, and they have a daughter who is about to enter middle school.