Find Mellifera at these upcoming markets and workshops!
PARTNER WORKSHOP — Everlasting Floral Wreath — Marine Mills Folk School
Mellifera’s classic everlasting wreath workshop, hosted just downriver from the farm where your floral ingredients are grown! Join Elle at Marine Mills Folk School to welcome autumn with an everlasting dried floral wreath.
Art Market — 4TheWeirdos
Celebrate Halloween right with this double-header, two-day art market featuring 30+ vendors! Mellifera will bring all the fan favorites — rainbow wreaths, bone+floral designs, and botanically-dyed goods. Note: Mellifera Flowers is vending ONLY on Saturday, Oct. 31st
Everlasting Floral Wreath Workshop - Yellowbird Coffee Bar
Transform ephemeral flowers and forest treasures into a hand-tied everlasting floral wreath, perfect for seasonal decoration, gifting over the holidays, or decorating your space year round!
PARTNER WORKSHOP — Autumnal Floral Wreaths — Center for People and Craft
Craft an autumnal colorful wreath with dried flowers, and enjoy the colors of the harvest at home all year round.
Autumnal Tablescape Workshop - Haus Theory
Craft a charming and long-lasting autumnal tablescape in this inspiring evening workshop at Haus Theory! Design a striking dried floral centerpiece, then create darling seasonal accents with decorated mini-pumpkins and gourds!
Art Market — 11th Annual RedHot Art Market
Find Mellifera at CAFAC’s 11th annual fundraising art market alongside 40 other talented artists and makers. 30% of sales go to CAFAC’s scholarship fund, making their workshops and programming more accessible to the next generation of community artists.
Holiday Market — 3rd Annual Churchill Winter Market
Find Mellifera at Churchill St.’s 3rd Annual Winter Market. Get a jump on holiday shopping, or pick up treats for yourself!
PARTNER WORKSHOP — Local Holiday Wreath — American Swedish Institute
Craft a locally-grown and seasonally-celebratory evergreen wreath, Mellifera-style! Join Elle at American Swedish Institute to create a one-of-a-kind holiday wreath combining winter greens with dried florals.
Holiday Market — 48th Annual Holiday Bazaar
Minnesota’s longest running holiday market returns for it’s 48th year! Guests can find eye-catching and unique handcrafted gift items by over 70 of the area’s finest artists. The Bazaar features quality handcrafted items including, jewelry, woodwork, paintings, décor, woven and wearable art, handmade lotions, soaps and more.
Evergreens & Florals Wreath Workshop - Yellowbird Coffee Bar
Create a classic evergreen wreath — with a Mellifera twist. Combine sustainably harvested greens like spruce tips and cedar with dried florals to create a one-of-a-kind holiday wreath!
Everlasting Floral Wreath Workshop - Yellowbird Coffee Bar (Copy)
Transform ephemeral flowers and forest treasures into a hand-tied everlasting floral wreath, perfect for seasonal decoration, gifting over the holidays, or decorating your space year round!
Advanced FLORAL DESIGN WORKSHOP — American Swedish Institute
Dive into the floral abundance of August at American Swedish Institute. Farmer-florist Elle brings her classic flower arranging workshop to ASI with this centerpiece class. Featuring late-summer favorites like dahlias, sunflowers, eucalyptus, and more.
September Florals “201” - Yellowbird Coffee Bar
Learn from an experienced farmer-florist how to craft an expressive, organic floral design that celebrates seasonality. We’ll use only MN/WI-grown flowers, plus foraged goodies reflecting our prairie, river valley, and Northwoods ecosystems. Explore summer flower favorites like zinnias, sunflowers, and dahlias, and meet new-to-you unique varieties!
FLORAL DESIGN WORKSHOP - Center for People and Craft
Flowers are the ephemeral swan songs of plants going to seed, ready to send their spirits into the next season. With these fleeting ingredients, learn to craft an expressive, organic floral design that celebrates seasonality.
August Florals “201” - Haus Theory
Learn from an experienced farmer-florist how to craft an expressive, organic floral design that celebrates seasonality. We’ll use only MN/WI-grown flowers, plus foraged goodies reflecting our prairie, river valley, and Northwoods ecosystems. Explore summer flower favorites like zinnias, sunflowers, and dahlias, and meet new-to-you unique varieties!
Floral Design Intensive - Twin Cities Flower Exchange
In this intimate artistic experience, spend an afternoon honing your floral design skills through creative guidance and peer-to-peer constructive critique. This offering is intended for returning Mellifera workshop participants excited to receive in-the-moment design feedback as they deepen their experience and comfort with expressive, unique arrangements. Explore advanced color theory, arrangement styling tips, how to assess and edit a design as you create, and more. Participants will leave with two finished arrangements, plus a floristry “starter kit” of my preferred snips and color wheel!
FLORAL DESIGN WORKSHOP — American Swedish Institute
Dive into the floral abundance of August at American Swedish Institute. Farmer-florist Elle brings her classic flower arranging workshop to ASI with this centerpiece class. Featuring mid-summer favorites like zinnias, sunflowers, eucalyptus, and more.
August Centerpiece - Twin Cities Flower Exchange
Learn from an experienced farmer-florist how to craft an expressive, organic floral design that celebrates seasonality. We’ll use only MN/WI-grown flowers, plus foraged goodies reflecting our prairie, river valley, and Northwoods ecosystems. Explore summer flower favorites like zinnias, sunflowers, and dahlias, and meet new-to-you unique varieties!
August Centerpiece - Yellowbird Coffee Bar
Learn from an experienced farmer-florist how to craft an expressive, organic floral design that celebrates seasonality. We’ll use only MN/WI-grown flowers, plus foraged goodies reflecting our prairie, river valley, and Northwoods ecosystems. Explore summer flower favorites like zinnias, sunflowers, and dahlias, and meet new-to-you unique varieties!
August Centerpiece - Churchill St. Restaurant
Learn from an experienced farmer-florist how to craft an expressive, organic floral design that celebrates seasonality. We’ll use only MN/WI-grown flowers, plus foraged goodies reflecting our prairie, river valley, and Northwoods ecosystems. Explore summer flower favorites like zinnias, sunflowers, and dahlias, and meet new-to-you unique varieties!
July Centerpiece - Churchill St. Restaurant
Learn from an experienced farmer-florist how to craft an expressive, organic floral design that celebrates seasonality. We’ll use only MN/WI-grown flowers, plus foraged goodies reflecting our prairie, river valley, and Northwoods ecosystems. Explore summer flower favorites like zinnias, sunflowers, and dahlias, and meet new-to-you unique varieties!
FLORAL DESIGN WORKSHOP - Center for People and Craft
Flowers are the ephemeral swan songs of plants going to seed, ready to send their spirits into the next season. With these fleeting ingredients, learn to craft an expressive, organic floral design that celebrates seasonality.
Teaching at Center for People and Craft for the first time, join farmer-florist Elle to learn color theory, how to see flowers’ structural and textural roles in design, and floristry tips and tricks to maximize vase life and health of your flowers.
FLORAL DESIGN WORKSHOP - Marine Mills Folk School
Mellifera’s classic floral design workshop, hosted just downriver from the farm where your floral ingredients are grown! Just in time for summer’s flower explosion, learn tips and tricks on floral arranging as you craft a seasonal centerpiece with farmer-florist Elle.
MARKET - 47th Annual Holiday Bazaar
Mellifera joins 80 other regional artists and makers for three days of holiday shopping, featuring our wreaths and dried floral decor. Festive music and refreshments available too!
WORKSHOP - Dried Floral Wreaths @ Churchill St.
Transform locally-grown flowers into an everlasting wreath keepsake! Workshop suitable for teens and adults.
WORKSHOP - Dried Floral Wreaths @ Churchill St.
Transform locally-grown flowers into an everlasting wreath keepsake! Workshop suitable for teens and adults.
MARKET - 2nd Annual Churchill Winter Market
We’re back at the Shoreview classic Churchill St. for their local-makers Holiday Market! Stay afterward for a wreath workshop to craft your own holiday decor.
MARKET - Handmade Holiday Market
Brühaven Craft Co.’s tap room transforms into a handmade holiday market featuring local vendors, including Mellifera!
MARKET - Old St. Anthony Holiday Bazaar
Shop two floors of holiday goods in this bright and bustling pop-up market, featuring Mellifera’s best seasonal everlasting wreaths, botanically-dyed goods, and dried floral holiday decor.
MARKET - Doe on the Go
Part of Downton Osceola’s weekend shopping event, find Mellifera at the vendor pop-up on Saturday, Nov. 22nd!
WORKSHOP - Dried Floral Centerpieces @ Haus Theory
Create a dried floral centerpiece to decorate your holiday dining table all season long! Vintage and locally-made vases.
WORKSHOP - Dried Floral Wreaths @ TCFE
Transform locally-grown flowers into an everlasting wreath keepsake! Workshop suitable for teens and adults.
FILM & PANEL: Seed to Stem: The Art & Impact of Flowers
Elle joins Chyrstal Odin (Philadelphia Community Farm) and Liz Dwyer (Dancing the Land Farm) for a film screening of Floret Flowers’ film A Beautiful Pursuit, followed by a panel discussion about local flower farming!
MARKET - Cooper Arts & Crafts Fair
Our first market of the season, with autumnal wreaths and dried marigold garlands!