COUNTRYLIVING.COM / SEPTEMBER 2019 ƁƄ
What’s Next
Flower lovers, note:
Flowerstock 2019 will
take place October 13–15
(hopefl owerfarm.com), and
Holly hopes to add other
festivals (a daff odil festival,
a peony festival) in the
future. “Our goal is to create
a destination for those
who love fl owers, whether it’s
growing them, designing
with them, or even painting
them. We want to give this
farm an opportunity to
sustain itself,” she says. “It’s a
diff erent type of farming.”Nation, one of Holly’s
favorite wedding
bands, takes the stage.Steve Moore of
Seattle-based
Sinclair & Moore
talks growing his
(now-blooming)
business.Flowerstock draws
everyone from industry
veterans to what Holly
calls “flower dreamers.”attendees Teresa Kinder and
Karen Pacifi c of Indiana’s Artful
Blooms (artfulblooms.com), take
their evening attire seriously,
hitting up the Flower Crown Bar
for all the necessary ingredients.
Farewell Cookout: Dressed in
their fl oral fi nery, attendees dine
family-style on seasonal local
fare prepared by Tuscarora Mill
(tuskies.com), the Leesburg,
Virginia, eatery that gave Holly
her fi rst commercial fl oral design
contract when she started her
business.
Barn Dance: The band Nation,
back for its third year at
Flowerstock, draws the crowd to
the dance fl oor late into the
evening.