Hi, I’m Toya!
I’m a Mountainville native, a flower farmer and a florist. I love wearing ballgowns in fields, sewing pretty things, and rolling up my sleeves to work in the flower field.
Toya the Florist
Like many others, I came to floristry on an indirect path. I’d studied costume design in school and had been working on TV shows and films in NYC in costumes for years when the pandemic brought me back home upstate.
The things that had drawn me to costumes also drew me to flowers- an appreciation of color, texture and form and how they interact to create harmony. I’m interested in how flowers can tell stories that are nuanced and personal, without actual voices of their own. I’ve seen firsthand that what makes incredible designs possible on screen or in flowers is a combination of organization, anticipation, and creative vision, and would love to share that vision with you.
Toya the Farmer
After a few years in Brooklyn I still felt like a transplant. I missed the wild flowered roadsides of my youth and time in the garden. I moved back to my hometown to put down roots closer to my family, and when my mother’s garden was opened to me an absolute mania for flowers took hold.
I planted and grew many of the flowers for my wedding, and with the help of a few cherished friends and family members, we did all the florals for the event. The farm now stands in the backyard where my wedding tent did and I cannot wait to share this season’s blooms with you!
That’s nice, but what are you growing?!
I’m so glad you asked!
This year, we’ll be growing 12 varieties of sunflowers for a total of 1200 plants!
We’re growing a few varieties of dahlias this year, and are excited to share tulips, iris, and specialty narcissus all spring.
It’s going to be zinnia madness, with 15 varieties growing. There will be a mix of giant blooms and sweet little minis in the most spectacular shades of coral, pink, peach, and deep wine.
We’re growing a few different kinds of marigolds, cosmos, poppies, amaranth, celosia, rudbeckia and sweet peas. Lots of herbs like mint, basil and bouquet dill will add fragrance to our bouquets, and we’re excited about growing matricaria; it’s a personal favorite for it’s simple good cheer.
