“I remember picking my first bouquets of lily of the valley as a young child at my grandparent’s home and how their perfume would fill the air wherever I placed them” - Linnea
Our story
As long as I can remember I have loved flowers. The unique look, feel and scent of each different bloom is a beautiful gift from nature and in my opinion, a reminder of just how precious our planet Earth is. Being named after a Scandinavian wildflower, Linnea, it seems fitting that I would love flowers so much.
I remember picking my first bouquets of lily of the valley as a young child at my grandparent’s home and how their perfume would fill the air wherever I placed them. Whenever I walk past my own lily of the valley garden, I am instantly brought back in time to those childhood memories.
As a kid, I was always eager to help my mother shop for annuals and plant them among her perennial gardens at our family home. This love and joy continued to flourish as I grew older and flowers were often the inspiration I would choose to draw and paint as an art student. My mother and I often put together bouquets of flowers from the garden, and used them to decorate our family home or gave them as a gift to friends and family.
Picked with care
In 2008, my husband, Jason, and I bought a house in Mansfield Center, Connecticut very close to my childhood home. Since then, we have been transforming our yard into perennial and annual cutting gardens and consistently coming up with new yard projects such as: hard-scaping, splitting and moving perennials, and experimenting with different seeds. Working together in our garden has been a therapeutic and rewarding experience these past seventeen years.
Having worked in the floral business at a few local shops, designing became an artistic expression of mine. The experience of working with local designers taught me so many valuable lessons and skills, and has provided me the chance to work creatively with a medium I absolutely adore. I will forever be grateful for all my teachers have done for me and for their support during this new endeavor. Rooted Dreams Floral & Design Company is a family affair with help from out family, close friends, great local businesses, and even our pets sometimes.
