ONE WOMAN. ONE FIELD.
HUNDREDS OF BLOOMS

I’m Melanie, the Accidental Peonist. When you buy our flowers, you’re dealing with me. I plant, cut, gather, and wrap every stem that leaves our field. I'm also the person replying to your emails and writing our newsletters.

What began as a long career in education turned into an unexpected journey in peony farming.

In 2022, my daughter sent me an Instagram reel of someone with 2,000 peony plants. 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 578 (again, don't ask). Today, I grow more than 30 less-commonly-found varieties of peonies in New York’s Hudson Valley, selling to customers in New York City and Columbia County.

I never set out to be a flower farmer, but I appreciate the physical labor of growing things. I enjoy being out in the field—digging, weeding, cutting back the plants while my thoughts wander, with muddy hands that conveniently prevent me from checking emails or texts.

Planting is an act of faith: trusting that something beautiful and fleeting will return year after year. Peony plants last 50-80 years, so I’m creating something that will outlive me. I hope you'll be part of my story.