GREGOR LERSCH FLORAL DESIGNAs a florist or floral buyer, there are certain names that you have probably heard before. One of them is Gregor Lersch. This native German designer has an international reputation among many flower lovers. In several of his works over the years, we discovered Marginpar flowers. Time for an interview. When we ask Gregor Lersch himself what it is about this world fame, modesty predominates. It is not about the name; it is about the goal. Gregor Lersch has a clear plan to share floral knowledge with designers all over the world. And as Marginpar, we can only endorse that.
Gregor Lersch (1949) comes from a nursery family and grew up among flowers. He studied at the Bonn Master’s School, became a florist and participated in various competitions. After winning the European Cup in 1978 in Rome, Italy, he soon came to the conclusion that sharing knowledge is the only way for him to continue. He starts teaching floral design. First nationally, but soon interest from abroad follows. Good communication is extremely important here; it is the key to his profession. Lersch: “It is very motivating for me to connect the difference between cultures through pure design. It is my greatest motivation to make people feel that designing with flowers is the most normal thing in the world; to bring in the enthusiasm. For example, that feeling when you sit in a classroom in Singapore at midnight, surrounded by 25 people, working on things most of them have never done before. And a week later in Bogota, where the biggest change is the language you hear and the flowers you work with. The rest is so similar: the passion for the work, for the learning, without feeling the cultural differences.”
