What if there was a place, so close to home, where you could pick up gorgeous, locally grown bouquets for someone special (including YOU!) for let’s say….$10?

Greenfield is home to a new business called The Flower Paddock at White Thistle Farm on Wilton Rd. Their specialties are flower arrangements, bouquets, single flower bunches and more that range from roughly $3-$15. Don’t have cash? They accept Venmo and PayPal too.  Need a delivery? Free within a five mile radius, or if it’s 6-10 miles, it costs $3. They are open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. Call 518-760-3956 for delivery.

The Flower Paddock is at the corner of Wilton Road and Braim Road, look for a driveway off of Wilton Road with an adorable converted horse trailer that serves as a flower stand. Look for the black gates. The farm is immaculate with its concept focusing on a charming mix of flowers and horses. Resident and owner Michele May says she combined two of life’s greatest joys with this business — flowers and horses.

May and her husband Charlie moved to the farm six years ago from Saratoga Springs. The land was an empty hay field. They are retired teachers who are now putting a full-time effort into this business, which now holds a house, barns, paddocks and gardens. Two retired racehorses reside on the farm, adopted from the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. In addition to the mostly self-serve stand, they have gardens with more than 40 varieties of annuals growing on property, which are also for sale. Plans for a new rose and peony garden are also underway. The business will be open “nearly” all year long, with a short couple month break each winter. For the holidays, they will offer forced-bulb paper whites, tulips, amaryllis and other holiday flowers. They’ll also sell horse-themed wreaths. A website is coming soon the theflowerpaddock.com  and they have an active Instagram page @theflowerpaddockny.

“Flowers should not be just for special occasions, ” May said. “They should be affordable and accessible to all.”

Also wonderful to note, they belong to an organization called “Growing Kindness,” a national organization to share community kindness by growing and giving flowers. They will be making regular shares with community organizations, donating fresh bouquets. They made their first share with the Greenfield Food Pantry just this past week. May said this is a big part of the Flower Paddock’s dream.

“It has always been a priority to us to give back to the community,” she said. “The Flower Paddock is giving us the privilege of getting to know our Greenfield friends and neighbors.” 

Watch for a sunflower fundraiser at the stand for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Aug. 11 and 12.

Do you like reading about Greenfield businesses? We’ll continue to feature as many businesses and charities we can throughout the year. Did you know we have an on-line business directory, so you can choose to support your Greenfield friends? 

Check it out the business directory here.
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If you’d like to be included, please email your name, business name, phone number, address, web or social media address and a description of what you do to: info@greenfieldny.org. In addition, any events you are hosting that would open to the entire Greenfield public, can be submitted on our events calendar at the bottom of our homepage. As time allows, we’ll fit in as many profiles like this one as we can!

This article is meant to inform the residents of Greenfield about local business. The Town of Greenfield does not endorse one business over another. Instead the Town supports all local business and wishes to highlight as many businesses as we can to foster a sense of community and help encourage our residents to shop locally.

If you are a legitimate business or nonprofit organization that is based in our Town, are you listed in our online community directories? If you would like to be added or possibly featured in an upcoming article like this one, please email information to info@greenfieldny.org.