Sep 13, 2011

Floral Designer’s Passion Is BusinessBy Esther TrnenyBarrington.Patch.com

Barrington, RI – Lois Coppolino wanted to be a set designer or a window dresser when she was a girl growing up in Barrington in the ’60s and early ’70s.

But in those decades, there wasn’t a clear cut career path for someone who may have been interested in something off the beaten path. So instead, she headed off to school at what was then Roger Williams College in Bristol to become an art teacher.

After graduating with a degree in art education, Coppolino substitute taught for a year before realizing there wasn’t a lot of work that was going to open up any time soon. It was time to look at another passion, so she headed to the Rittner School of Floral Design in Boston for an intensive training course.

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