Ashley was born in the Pacific Northwest. Her love for nature, hiking and exploring was the start to her floral design career. Ashley attended the Art Institute of Portland where she studied fashion. Once she left the beautiful Northwest to move to Oakland she realized her love for fashion was not as strong as she hoped. Pondering the idea of which career path to take she quickly remembered one of her favorite jobs. In 2004, she worked in a local market where she looked over fresh flowers. It was no shock that working with beautiful plants was meant to be. Ashley reached out to her favorite floral design studio in the Bay Area in 2013 for an internship. Quickly she was learning and loving every moment and Ash + Oak began in 2014. When Ashley is not working with flowers or cuddling with her pups she is hiking, at shows or shopping for unique and one of a kind vases.

Katie was born and raised in L.A and moved to San Francisco after college in Montreal. After ten years in advertising, and in need of a major a life change, fate brought Katie into Ashley's Tenderloin pop-up in 2016. After a few minutes of chatting, both realized that this would be a magical partnership, and Katie began learning from Ashley. Katie's flowers are inspired by her trips around the world, impressionist art, and all the fashion she can't afford. Katie brings the business side Ash needed, but her true love is behind the flowers working her magic.