The most fabulous event planner in Dallas!
Perry Heights was home to one of the most sought-after men for decades. He lived at 4322 Rawlins with his life partner, Earl E. Jones in the ’50s and ’60s.
In the 1960s, no one who was anyone gave a party in Dallas without calling Harry Bullard. It was said, “If they couldn’t get Harry, they just wouldn’t have a party”. He opened his floral shop on Fitzhugh Avenue in 1951 and began decorating Dallas homes and ballrooms with his floral displays and greenery. Generations of Park Cities debutantes bowed amid his floral arrangements and later carried his bouquets down the aisle at their weddings.
Celebrities would contact Bullard when they came to town to buy his services. Joan Crawford even sent him a note telling him that she had never seen such beautifully exquisite displays in her life.
Harry Bullard was born and raised in Chickamauga, Georgia, and always had a love of flowers. In 1946, he moved to Dallas and began working with other florists. Mrs. E.L. DeGolyer of the Dallas Arboretum fame noticed his talent and ask him to landscape her 48 acres estate. Mrs. DeGolyer’s trust and recommendations encouraged him to open his own shop and event planning business after he was called on to do the biggest debutante ball of the year in Dallas.
His weddings were lavish. One wedding had 5,000 gardenias floating in a pool and another had 700 roses just for the bride’s table. He once turned Idlewood into a medieval castle for Troy Post’s daughter’s debutante party. Bullard was also flown to Acapulco and other fantastic destinations to decorate homes and plan parties of Dallas’s elite.
Harry Bullard and his partner maintained a beautiful home on Rawlins. It was the envy of the block. Harry also owned an antique shop and was the president of the Texas State Florist Association. He was helpful to local garden clubs, often allowing them time in his shop selecting flowers. Harry later retired to Lake Tawakoni.