Daniel Ost

Daniel Ost
The Belgian flower artist and garden architect
Born (1955-05-08) 8 May 1955 (age 71)
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
OccupationsFloral artist, Floral designer, Garden architect
SpouseMarie-Anne Boeykens
ChildrenMaarten Ost, Nele Ost

Daniel Ost (born 5 August 1955) is a Belgian floral artist, floral designer and garden architect. CBS News has described him as "the world's leading flower designer" while The New York Times says that "to call him a master flower designer is akin to calling Annie Leibovitz a shutterbug".

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

Biography

Ost was born in 1955 in the suburban town of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, the eldest of six children.

Marriage and children

Ost and his wife Marie-Anne have two children. Maarten Ost became a children's book author living in Leuven, Belgium; he died in 2017. Their daughter, Nele Ost, is following in Ost's footsteps as a floral designer and is the creative director of the company.

Education

Business

Ost and Marie-Anne Boeykens founded Floreal, a flower shop in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, in 1979. The business later evolved into the Daniel Ost Group, an international floral design house active in retail floristry, event decoration, and garden and landscape design.

The Daniel Ost Group operates several retail locations in Belgium and the Middle East, including shops in Brussels, Knokke and Riyadh, and undertakes floral and landscape projects worldwide.

The company is led by Yann Callaert, who is Chief Executive Officer, and his daughter Nele Ost, who is Creative Director. Ost is no longer involved as an owner or in the daily management of the business and only acts in an advisory capacity on limited selected projects.

Published works

Throughout his career, Ost has 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

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Daniel Ost: A Life In Bloom", CBS News, February 3, 2001. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ Anne Raver, NATURE; An Artist: Root, Stem And Petal, The New York Times, February 14, 2002. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ Vergauwen, Joris (2015-11-19). "Daniël Ost krijgt hoogste eer van Japan". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  4. ↑ "2015 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-30.