Grown & Gathered - A Celebration of the Season

A field-to-vase experience: tour the farm, harvest your flowers and create a lush arrangement in our immersive floral design class.
About this Event

Grown & Gathered

A Celebration of the Season

A field-to-vase experience.

There is a certain magic in flowers grown by hand.

At the height of the season, the fields are alive with color, movement, texture, and abundance. Flowers are blooming freely, the harvest is at its peak, and there is something especially beautiful about experiencing them exactly where they were grown.

This September, we invite you to spend an evening immersed in that experience at Atrina Farms in Elburn, Illinois, with flower farmer Scott Rocha and the floral designers of Farmdog Flowers.

We’ll begin in the field, where Scott will share the story behind Atrina Farms, his approach to growing specialty cut flowers, and the philosophy that guides his work. You’ll tour the farm, explore the seasonal flower fields, and learn about the flowers that make this time of year so special.

Then comes the harvest.

With your snips in hand, you’ll gather flowers directly from the field—choosing the colors, shapes, textures, and unexpected little details that speak to you.

From there, we’ll bring the harvest back to the studio.

Gerrit Husar and Danielle Mims of Farmdog Flowers will lead an immersive floral design masterclass exploring the elements and principles of luxury floral design, with a focus on working with locally grown, seasonal flowers.

Together, we’ll explore how to create an arrangement that feels abundant, natural, and beautifully composed while allowing the character of each individual flower to shine.

And then you’ll put it all together.

Using the flowers you gathered from the field, you’ll create a lush, garden-inspired arrangement to take home—an arrangement that carries with it the story of where it was grown, gathered, and designed.

This is more than a floral arranging class.

It is an evening spent slowing down and experiencing the full journey of a flower—from the field, through the hands of its grower, and into the hands of the designer.

A celebration of the season.
A collaboration between grower and designer.
A few beautiful hours surrounded by flowers.

Grown & Gathered.

A true field-to-vase experience.

What Your Evening Includes

• Presentation and conversation with flower farmer Scott Rocha of Atrina Farms
  
• A guided tour of the flower farm
  
• The opportunity to harvest your own seasonal flowers directly from the field
  
• A floral design masterclass led by Gerrit Husar and Danielle Mims of Farmdog Flowers
  
• Instruction on the elements and principles of luxury floral design
  
• Hands-on floral arranging using locally grown, seasonal flowers
  
• Your own finished arrangement to take home
  
• Light nibbles throughout the evening
  

BYOB: Guests are welcome to bring an adult beverage to enjoy during the workshop.

When & Where

Saturday, September 19, 2026
4:00–7:00 PM

Atrina Farms
2N118 Pouley Rd
Elburn, IL 60119

Come spend the evening in the field with us, gather what the season has to offer, and discover what happens when the art of growing meets the art of design.

TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE DESPITE EVENTBRITE PAGE SAYING OTHERWISE.

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