Double-digit growth is expected to continue in 2010 with the addition of a school in San Diego this summer. The courses cost $2,000 per student. The business is "recession-proof," Gaffney said.

MICHAEL KEVIN GAFFNEY December 8, 2002 in San Jose at age 45 after a courageous battle with cancer. A native of So. San Francisco, Mike was a 1975 graduate ...

Michael Gaffney, founder of the American Schools of Flower Design, is seen on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2011 in San Francisco, Calif.