For the 2025 season, our first, we are offering six stunning varieties of peonies, harvested and delivered to you within 48 hours of being cut.
Blooms are anticipated the last week of May and you will be notified of a delivery date 3-4 days prior.
I’m Melanie—the accidental peonist. When you order from us, you’re dealing with me-the owner and grower.
What began as a long career in education has blossomed—literally—into an unexpected and accidental journey into peony farming.
In 2022, my daughter shared an Instagram reel with me of someone who had 2,000 peony plants and I thought, “Pssh, I can do that!.” What started as 50 plants quickly grew to 100, then 200. Two hundred became 276 (don't ask)… then 300, and finally 500.
Today, I grow 25 varieties of peonies and sell directly to customers in New York City and the Hudson Valley, New York.
I never planned to be a flower farmer, yet I find joy in the physical labor of growing things. I love being in the fields, listening to an audiobook as I dig and weed, alone with my thoughts. Planting is also an act of faith — trusting that something beautiful and fragile will return, year after year.
Welcome to The Accidental Peonist, and my own very unexpected journey into flower farming! I look forward to sharing it with you.
