Beija Flor Designs
BY JESSICA ALICIA MORATAYA COTRIM
Jessica Alicia is the owner and head designer of Beija Flor Designs.
{“Beija Flor” means hummingbird and ‘to kiss a flower’ in Portuguese. pronounced: Bay-Jah Flor}
As a first generation SF native with roots tracing back to El Salvador and Brazil,
she takes her trials and tribulations and turns them into deep delicate works of floral art.
Jessica strives to design with care, using flowers as a medium to express her emotions, and yours.
In 2010, Jessica was introduced to the Floral & Plant Industry through a neighborhood intern program that matched her with a Floral Event Studio in the Dog Patch district in San Francisco. Since then she has kept gaining floral experience, from Freelancing and Designing at various well known flower shops and floral design studios, to working as an indoor plant tech throughout the Bay Area, until launching Beija Flor Designs online for delivery & events in 2016.
In 2020, Jessica and Jose, found the opportunity to open up their first brick&mortar flower location together. With heavy hearts after Jose’s passing in February of 2021 their families came together to keep blooming and flourishing together and kept the shop open until the December 2025. We shifted our focus from a retail shop to a more studio based floral company specializing in special events, styling and custom designs.
“At Beija Flor, We create flavorful floral designs with quality and care.”
“With over 15 years of experience and connections in the Bay Area Floral Industry, we bring together detail, energy and space to design beautiful floral experiences that truly feel one of a kind.”
“Tailor-made Florals.”