Slow floral designWorking in seasonWeddings, arrangements, gardensHudson Valley + New YorkBy appointmentSix weddings per yearSlow floral designWorking in seasonWeddings, arrangements, gardensHudson Valley + New YorkBy appointmentSix weddings per year
We start by talking. About the day or the space, the light, the people, and the feeling you're after. No moodboards yet — just listening.
Phase 02
Site & season
We visit. We note what the season will offer that week, what the site asks for, and what grows well nearby. The design follows the calendar.
Phase 03
Sourcing
We source from local farms, our own cutting beds, and what can be foraged responsibly. Vessels are chosen — often ceramic, often reused.
Phase 04
Installation
We arrive, build, and place everything by hand. On wedding mornings that means early starts and quiet rooms. We stay until it's right.
StudioMonica Frenden, founding designer
05 / The studio
A slow practice, by design.
Frenden Flowers is a floral and garden design studio founded by Monica Frenden in 2019, working out of the Hudson Valley and across New York.
Monica works in season — favoring nearby farms, her own cutting beds, and what can be foraged with care over anything flown in out of time. Commissions are kept few on purpose, so that every wedding, arrangement, and garden gets the same unhurried attention.
38Weddings completed
12 / yrNew commissions
6Years in practice
04 / Words
Monica read the light in our barn better than we did. What she built felt foraged that morning — loose, seasonal, alive.
— Elise & Tomas — Millbrook, NY · 2024 wedding
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As featured in
Martha Stewart WeddingsKinfolkDominoGarden & GunCabana MagazineThe Cut
Specimen 01Fig. 01 / Millbrook Estate Wedding
Specimen 01Fig. 01 / Late-summer wedding, Millbrook estate
Fig. 02 / Hudson Kitchen Garden
Fig. 03 / Rhinebeck Weekly
Fig. 04 / Copake Barn Wedding
Fig. 05 / Brooklyn Rooftop Cutting Garden
Fig. 06 / Storm King Ceremony
Fig. 07 / Catskills Homestead
Fig. 08 / Tribeca Loft Arrangements
StudioMonica Frenden, founding designer