Mermaid City Flowers

Mermaid City Flowers Urban flower farm in Norfolk, Virginia. Seasonal flowers for weddings, events, workshops, and everyday life. Field notes from the cutting garden and beyond.

10/03/2026

Come see for yourself what a flower show is all about! Plenty of free parking and lots of great restaurants! Join us at the beautiful Slover Library on Thursday, November 5th! Mermaid City Flowers

09/28/2026

“Oh my God, a flower!” Me, every time. 😂 I don’t think that will ever get old.

Speaking on the International Year of the Woman Farmer panel at Farm Aid on Saturday, I got to share what I love about this work: growing flowers and getting to be part of your lives.

The new babies, the weddings, the last goodbyes. Your smiles and your tears. It means so much to be trusted with flowers for those moments.

What we do is bring magic to people’s lives. Thank you for letting me be part of yours.

These tulips were made in fall. Months before this frankly ridiculous basket of color, there were bulbs going into the g...
09/24/2026

These tulips were made in fall. Months before this frankly ridiculous basket of color, there were bulbs going into the ground.

That is what Garden to Vase: The Spring Garden is about. Admiring spring flowers, yes, but also understanding how to grow them.

We begin October 4 with hardy annuals, return in November for bulbs, corms, winter sowing, and cold-weather care, check in during winter, then come back together in spring to harvest and design.

You’ll receive plugs, seeds, bulbs, corms, materials, and planting guides along the way. You don’t need a huge garden, either. Containers can work, too.

Four sessions in Norfolk. Payment plan and group makeup options available.

Registration is open here: https://www.mermaidcityflowers.com/shop/p/spring-cut-flower-gardening-class

09/14/2026

See you tonight!

The zinnias are going to an art party. 🎨🌸Kate Thomas is celebrating the release of her Verdon collection today The Studi...
09/12/2026

The zinnias are going to an art party. 🎨🌸

Kate Thomas is celebrating the release of her Verdon collection today The Studio on Colley, and I’ll be there with grab-and-go bouquets. Come see her work, pick out some flowers, and say hi!

And if the dahlias have been calling your name, it’s last call for Dahlia Design Summit tickets. Link in bio.

09/08/2026

A bucket full of beautiful dahlias is not yet an arrangement.

Last weekend, I visited flower farms in the Skagit Valley during the Skagit Valley Flower Festival. Surrounded by all that color and variety, I kept thinking about how different the skills of growing and designing really are.

Growing teaches you how to produce the flower. Designing asks you to understand what that flower can do.

If the field feels easier than the vase, you are not failing. You are learning another part of the work.

I’m one of 14 farmer-florists and floral designers teaching at the virtual Dahlia Design Summit, September 13 to 18.

If you want to feel more confident using the flowers you worked so hard to grow, join us. Live Access is only available through Sunday.

Link in bio.

09/02/2026

I have never been more delighted to discover that something was actually a moth. Look at her! 🥹

Spring flowers are made in fall.The tulips, narcissus, and ranunculus we wait for all winter go into the ground while mo...
09/02/2026

Spring flowers are made in fall.

The tulips, narcissus, and ranunculus we wait for all winter go into the ground while most gardens are being put to bed. So do the hardy annuals that grow up around them.

This October, I’m inviting a small group of gardeners to join me for Garden to Vase: The Spring Garden, a four-session cut flower growing and floral design series in Norfolk.

We’ll begin with fall planting, return for bulbs, corms, winter sowing, and cold-weather care, then come back together in spring as our gardens wake up. That long stretch between November and March is part of the experience. The garden will be doing its work underground, and we’ll check in midwinter while we wait.

You’ll plant when I plant, and you’ll receive plugs, seeds, bulbs, corms, guides, and follow-up resources along the way. In our final session, we’ll design with an abundance of spring flowers.

No previous flower-growing experience is necessary. If you joined me for Summer Garden to Vase, this is the next chapter. If you didn’t, this is a good place to begin.

Sunday, October 4
Sunday, November 1
Saturday, March 6
Sunday, April 11

All sessions begin at 2 p.m. at The Studio on Colley in Norfolk.

Registration is $350 for the complete series. A payment plan is available, and the class is limited to 20 gardeners.

Registration is now open here: https://www.mermaidcityflowers.com/shop/p/spring-cut-flower-gardening-class.

08/16/2026

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