The idea for Mellifera Flowers was born over dinner (probably homemade pasta) in the Summer of 2019, at a friend’s farm in Shafer, MN. I casually mentioned one day starting a flower farm, Kerstin said that had always been one of her farm goals, and we got to dreaming!

From 2020 through 2024, I and Kerstin collaborated on nurturing Mellifera Flowers into being — building the disco greenhouse, learning different seed starting methods, wrestling landscape fabric, and cheering on every bloom and bumblebee spotted in the field. In 2025, Kerstin stepped back to focus on her full-time job and raising kiddos, while I leaned into Mellifera Flowers full-time. Through each season of exploration, I’ve always held core three components to Mellifera: a CSA which delivers hundreds of bouquets to community every summer, seasonal workshops to nurture everyone’s innate creativity, and a dried florals season that turns “leftover” blooms into vibrant and everlasting art.

Over the years, I’ve noticed the through lines of floral work that most deeply resonate with me: play and experimentation through color and texture, an embrace of nature’s imperfections, and a commitment to abundance even in ephemerality.

Thank you for choosing Mellifera Flowers!