After 24 years of Sunshine and Flowers, the tradition of beauty, appropriateness, reasonableness and completeness continues into the new century. Sarah Kidder grew up in the flower shop always knowing that the values of Sunshie and Flowers would one day bless her as they have blessed so many others.

Sunshine and Flowers began in 1978 when Sharon Kidder, an English and Art teacher, took the combination of her sense of etiquette, use of language and her visual art to a new level. In the first few years of running the downtown Oakland flower shop, she began working with various nonprofit groups such as the Art Society, Lincoln Child Center, Girl’s Inc., and in 1980 became the chairwoman of the Christmas Show at Dunsmuir House and Gardens. For ten years Sharon, along with her husband John, and children Sarah, Jonathan, Marian and Rebecca, decorated the forty-acre estate inside and out, and expanded the Christmas show into numerous other events. Sharon was all the while learning, growing artistically, and teaching the fine art of flowers, business and etiquette to her children.

Having apprenticed under Sharon, Sarah was groomed to become a partner in the business, and in the spring of 2000 took it over as her own. With years of experience at an early age, Sarah is continuing Sharon’s work with daily orders, seasonal decorating, wedding flowers and event décor, and has expanded into wedding coordination. Sarah’s style and vision is an extension of Sharon’s. As a team, they shared ideas and dreams. Sarah looks forward to making those dreams into realities for her and her clients.