10/05/2026
What a week!
Saturday, Andrew’s favorite teacher said her final goodbye to her mom who was also a dear friend of my mother-in-law. She was an educator, an artist, a quilter, and a gardener who knew more than a thing or two about flowers.
When she asked, “Mom hated funeral flowers, and she loved your work. Will you do the flowers for her celebration of life?” there wasn’t a chance I was going to say no.
It was an honor to create those five arrangements for her.
Then Sunday, our family gathered to celebrate our cousin’s wedding and what a wedding it was! Fifteen guest tables, an arbor, a double-sided fireplace, a welcome sign, a half dozen smaller arrangements, and, of course, the wedding party.
It was the biggest wedding I’ve designed to date. The bride simply said, “I want sunflowers, dahlias, bright and sunny. Do your thing.”
So I did. And I’m so incredibly happy with how everything came together.
Sadly, I was so busy that I took very few photos. But sometimes that’s the best kind of weekend the kind where you’re too busy being in the moment to document it.
And now, as I look back on this growing season, it feels especially meaningful. Friday will be our last farmers market of the season, and this was my final wedding of 2026.
People sometimes think of flowers as a luxury.
But are they?
Flowers are there when our hearts are breaking.
They’re there when we’re celebrating.
They mark new beginnings, milestones, anniversaries and goodbyes.
Sometimes they’re a congratulations. Sometimes they’re a thank you. And sometimes they’re simply because someone deserves a little beauty in their day.
Over this past growing season, I’ve been incredibly honored to play a small part in so many significant moments for so many of you.
Every bouquet, every wedding, every celebration, every sympathy arrangement, every bunch of flowers picked up at the market, thank you.
Thank you for choosing local flowers.
Thank you for choosing flowers grown right here in Maine.
And thank you for choosing Blended Blossoms Farm.
It means more than you probably realize.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to take the next 48 hours off, pretend it’s still the weekend, and recover from these last few days.
Then I’ll be back just in time for our LAST Moosehead Family Village Market of the season this Friday!
And one more thing…
I know you don’t want to hear this yet.
But in about two weeks, I’ll be announcing what I’ll be offering for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Apparently, flower farmers don’t really get an off-season