A spacious unit on the first floor of the Mabee Building at 33 Church Street is where Flowerchild Floral Design calls home.

Rickson, the owner of Flowerchild, couldn’t be happier with her store’s location.

“I was driving by and saw the sign in the window about the space and decided to call on it,” Rickson said. “I had been looking for a spot on and off for two years.”

Rickson has been open for six weeks, and is pleased with the foot traffic and drive-by traffic.

“It’s a new space and a great location,” Rickson said. “It is an absolutely perfect fit for me.”

The concept of an incubator business at the Mabee Building gives businesses a five-year lease, and then they have to move on. Rickson said she likes that concept, because it encourages entrepreneurship.

“It’s a great place to launch a business,” she said.

Having a multitude of windows is another aspect Rickson loves about her shop. The primary focus of the shop is being a full-service florist and making unique, custom arrangements.

Rickson said she travels to Boston and New York City for some of her beautiful, lush flowers people don’t see everywhere.

Rickson said weddings, parties and corporate work are another piece of the business, and she does deliver locally.

For customers to get in and out, she said having the parking garage on Woodlawn and the parking lot next to the building is a plus.

Rickson worked in the corporate world, but retired. She said she wanted to do something that satisfied her creativity. She has always done interior designing and entertaining and wanted to incorporate that into her business.

She went to school to learn the proper techniques and designs to become a certified floral designer. Through her designs, she said she can use her creativity to make each piece unique.

Rickson used creativity into the shop as well.

“I didn’t want to look like the typical florist or gift shop,” she said. “I wanted to integrate floral design into interior design.”

The size of the shop enables her to use interior design elements, like Christmas trees, tables, candles and vases.

Rickson said she’s had customers come in with an item and photos of their room so she could design a centerpiece that fit.

“Plus I have a talented designer who works with me that makes everything unique,” Rickson said her designer Kim Bowler. “She is jut extraordinary.”

Rickson said there is nothing “cookie-cutter” about her business either and everyone who comes in will get a great experience.