Our story

I started my first flower stand in elementary school. Every spring a beautiful abundance of daffodils would erupt from the ground in the woods behind my parent’s house in Connecticut. I would happily traipse between the trees, collecting them in a basket, and sell them on the side of the road for $3 a bunch.

Now I grow flowers on a little more than 1,000 square feet of land at the Intervale, in Burlington, Vermont. Some of my favorite flowers to grow are zinnias, dahlias, and daffodils. I use sustainable practices to grow, and focus on fostering a good environment for pollinators, I love the bees! In my floral design work I enjoy having a more informal cottage garden style, with lots of movement, and a main focus on color.

The best parts of this work are being outside in the sun, the beauty I get to cultivate, and the community I have found with other plant loving people.

The Face Behind Broken Shard Garden


  • Farmer-Florist

    I grow, harvest, and arrange all the flowers at Broken Shard Garden. I first came to Burlington to study Sustainable Landscape Horticulture at UVM, but returned because I fell in love with Vermont. I can usually be found playing in the dirt or enjoying snacks at the farmer’s market.

Why is the name Broken Shard?

Growing up, I would find broken pieces of porcelain dishes and tea cups in the stream behind my parents’ house and on the beach along Long Island Sound. I have a collection of mason jars filled with my treasured finds.

I had always longed for a growing space of my own, so when I decided to move back to Vermont after a few years away, before I had lined up a new job or even a found a place to live, I signed up for a community garden plot.

On the first day I went to see my brand new garden, freshly tilled, I discovered in the soft soil a broken piece of porcelain, dug up by the tractor. Finding the broken shard felt like a good sign, that it would all work out, and with that Broken Shard Garden was born.