Meet Our Team

Based in Greenville, South Carolina, Alise Powell Designs is a full-service floral studio specializing in weddings, events, and everyday arrangements. Known for our artistic eye and love of lush, garden-inspired designs, we create custom florals that feel both elevated and highly personal. From romantic wedding installations to thoughtfully curated everyday bouquets, each piece is created with intention and a passion for beauty that tells your unique story through flowers.

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Ali Powell

Ali is a floral artist with over a decade of experience bringing weddings and events to life across the Southeast. Her passion for flowers was sparked in her grandmother’s floral shop, where she learned the art of arranging blooms from a young age. This early experience grew into a career centered on creativity, thoughtful design, and genuine connection. Known for her intuitive eye and warm, caring approach, Ali creates floral designs that feel personal, romantic, and perfectly tailored to each couple’s vision.

Founder & Lead Designer

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After graduating from Clemson’s architecture program, McKenna followed her creative calling and launched her own fine art business. Her work has been featured in publications such as Vogue and World of Interiors. With a lifelong love for art and design, it was a natural transition for her to step into the world of floral design. New to the area, McKenna was formerly the general manager of a floral shop in Ohio and brings a thoughtful, artistic eye to everything she creates.

McKenna Tiley

Floral Designer & Head of Marketing

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Leigha De Hoyos

Leigha has been in the wedding and events industry for over a decade, managing venues, assisting event planners and coordinating weddings for clients of her own. Along her event industry journey, floral freelancing fell happily into her lap. For almost ten years, Leigha has been involved in the floral side of the events world, from processing flowers and organizing tablescape decor, to executing large scale event florals and designing compote arrangements and delicate boutonnieres. Leigha enjoys all parts of floral creativity, though she finds herself happiest at the top of a ladder building impactful, focal floral installations with her fellow floral enthusiasts and event industry friends. 

Floral Designer & Head of Events

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