After graduating from Penn State with a degree in Ag Business, Anne managed a large garden center and conventional flower shoppe in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. and designed many weddings throughout the northeast.
An avid skiier and gardener, she relocated to Vermont to grow the blooms personally, and ski. Organics and sustainability became the mission. The farm uses rescue animals, llamas and chickens for compost, vegetables and CBD plants are found between the rows of blossoms. Many interesting flowers that come from the gardens are not available on the conventional flower market, lush and fragrant.
"Marigolds, bleeding hearts, zinnias and daisies are flowers from my childhood. My earliest memories include sitting among them in awe of their beauty and sweet scent, wafting in the sunshine. Butterflies, insects and birds enjoying their day. My mother, my grandmother and my aunt had flower gardens which provided me happy loving times."
The old horse, the woolly llamas, the chickens, and the turkeys all provide compost and more, helping the farm and flowers thrive. Farmer Ed Amirault is key in caring for the farm animals as well as prepping the field for planting each spring. He can be found helping in all facets of the flower farm such as collecting honey from our favorite pollinators or harvesting asparagus fern and helping to install it on an lakeside arbor. Ed is wonderful at foraging birch trees to decorate a wedding tent, or locating special berries needed for that special detail. His son Tim and a few locals round out the work crew, planting, weeding, feeding, watering, delivering and more.
Everyone enjoys a slow-down in December! Time for a vacation and re-charge over the winter. Ed and Anne can be found at Mad River Glen and Sugarbush skiing quite often!
Visit our Etsy yarn store! Our Suri llama and Finn sheep are both known for their luxurious ever-so-soft fiber. They thrive on our Vermont hillside, producing yarn as well as fertilizer for the flower farm.
Finn sheep, a heritage breed from Finland, are known for their luster, and their colorful soft wool is 24 to 30 microns. Suri llama has long locks and a cool, slick hand, soft as cashmere, warmer than wool with the luster of silk — 18 to 28 microns. The strands are hollow, offering a good weight to warmth ratio. We combine our wool to add a bit of stretch.
"Exactly what we wanted! It was a joy to work with Anne and Ed. They were laid back, yet responsive, and flexible yet professional and thorough. We feel like we really lucked out finding them. Anne stayed within our budget and captured the exact look we were going for." —Whitney Parsons, married on 09/07/2019