On the beautiful grounds of Maine Maritime Museum, a team of designers will create floral sculptures that tell a story and bring people together. The arrangements will be build using local, seasonal flowers and sustainable mechanics.
We invite you to search for all the creations, ask questions, and spend time with the flowers. Through guided tours, education opportunities, and immersive events, we hope to encourage a connection to flowers that promotes sourcing stems from Maine farms, incorporating beauty from our natural landscapes, and choosing sustainable mechanics.
Meet the Floral Artists
Maria Salcines
Fogwood Gardens is flower farm and design studio focusing on sustainable floral artistry in Arrowsic, ME. Maria designs with bold color, offerings from the landscapes, and a belief that flowers have a language of their own. Her creations express the essence of the season, and encourage creating a ritual with flowers. She is inspired by noticing beauty in strange places, the palette of color that exists on a single petal, and unapologetically romancing life.
Katie Dionne
Born and raised in Maine, Katie has always drawn inspiration from the state’s natural beauty and four seasons. She strives for an aesthetic that is saturated and accentuated by textured greens, showcased through dark atmospheric tones, wild-harvested stems, and diverse foliage. Over the course of her career she has become increasingly focused on sustainability, utilizing seasonal and local items to limit her carbon footprint while maintaining balance in her designs.
Electric Flora is a floral designer who believes flowers should never be boring. Her work is all about energy, color, and texture—arrangements that feel alive and a little unexpected. She loves breaking away from tradition and creating pieces that surprise: bold bouquets, moody centerpieces dripping with jewel tones, or sculptural installations that transform a space. For Michelle, floral design is storytelling—capturing a feeling, sparking joy, and leaving a lasting impression through art made of flowers.
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Kathryn Hogan
Kathryn Hogan is a teacher, dried flower artist, and a Maine master gardener with an at home cut flower garden. She creates dried floral designs rooted in textures and movement inspired by Maine's wild meadows and rugged coastlines. Kathryn has her Masters in Education, is a high school ESOL teacher, and has a certificate in Horticulture from USM that has led to her passion for dried flowers. Kathryn loves to support others in exploring various flower drying methods and inspiring others to form a love for dried florals.
Rachel Alexandrou
Rachel Alexandrou is an artist and forager who uses her education in plant science, and collaborative practice, to create experiential work about food, flora, and innovating human relationships to the natural landscape. She has a B.S. in Environmental Horticulture and a 400 hour certificate in community herbalism from the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine and has taught at Haystack School of Crafts and shown work during the Venice Biennale.
Rue Brown
With over sixteen years of experience designing wedding flowers, I moved my business from Boston to Midcoast Maine in 2019. I’m grateful to work closely with local flower farms, sourcing the freshest seasonal blooms available and prioritizing sustainability, quality, and thoughtful design. My approach is personal and attentive, offering clients a calm, well-considered experience alongside beautifully crafted floral design. My work is inspired by the natural elegance of Maine—flowers that feel abundant yet refined, effortless yet intentional.
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Laura Pierpont
Laura is an artist whose mediums span photography, farming/floral design, death work and creating magic cabin spaces for people to feel connected to themselves and life. The core threads are always presence, beauty and the ephemeral.
She holds a BFA in Art/Photo with supplemental study and experience in photography (particularly film), hospitality and is a certified Death Doula with Going with Grace.
All the flowers used in design will be grown in Maine.
Participating floral artists will either grow their own flowers, sustainably forage plants, or purchase stems from the Maine Flower Collective, a local marketplace for Maine grown flowers.
The Maine Flower Collective is a member-owned cooperative that provides Maine flower growers and wholesale buyers with a centralized sales network and product delivery system. They strive to cultivate a collaborative and sustainable floriculture industry of local flower growers and professionals interested in selling and purchasing seasonal blooms as a reliable alternative to wholesale imported flowers.
Their mission is to connect Maine cut flower growers, florists and designers through an online marketplace and build a community of abundance to strengthen all our businesses, and to do it in ways that are mindful of our impact on our environment and our wider world.
Slow Flowers Schedule
Day One // Thursday, September 17thLive Installations & Self Guided Tours
Floral artists will arrive and begin their installations on the grounds of the Maine Maritime Museum. With general admission to the museum, you can come observe this process and chat with the designers about their use of sustainable mechanics, chosen flower varieties, and inspiration for their piece.
Photo: Lisa Gallo
Maine Maritime Museum - General Admission 9:30-5:00
Day Two // Friday, September 18th 
Come view the floral exhibition through self guided tours with general admission to the museum, join Maria Salcines of Fogwood Gardens for a Bouquet Building Workshop with local flowers, or attend a guided tour of all the floral installations with each designer followed by a lecture on Maine’s history of Flower Growing.
Build a Bouquet Workshop with Fogwood Gardens, Guided Tour, and Lecture in Long Reach Hall
Maine Maritime Museum - General Admission 9:30-5:00
Build a Bouquet Workshop with Maria Salcines of Fogwood Gardens 2:00-4:00
Create your own bouquet using locally grown flowers! Each participant will receive a bucket of blooms containing a balanced recipe of foliage, filler, and focal flowers. Maria will show you how to use the spiral technique to build bouquets with structure, drama, and intentional color.
Guided Tour of Floral Installations & Lecture on Maine’s History of Flower Farming
5:30-7:30
The evening begins with a guided tour of theflower installations with the designers. Attendees will then convene in Long Reach Hall for a presentation from Dr. Ankit Singh about the history of flower farming in Maine.
Drawing on conversations with flower growers throughout Maine, this presentation from Dr. Ankit Singh offers a behind-the-scenes look at the state’s vibrant flower farming industry. Attendees will learn about the seasonal rhythms, market opportunities, labor demands, climate challenges, and community connections that influence local flower production. Featuring stories and photographs from farms across Maine, the session highlights the people, practices, and passion behind Maine-grown flowers.
Photos: Lisa Gallo
Day Three // Saturday, September 19th Plantwalk with Giant Daughter & Nightbloom Masquerade with DJ Dr. Fuzz
Ground into the shifting seasons by visiting the floral installations, taking a Plantwalk class with Rachel Alexandrou of Giant Daughter, and letting loose at Nightbloom dance party with DJ Dr. Fuzz
Photo: Lisa Gallo
Maine Maritime Museum - General Admission 9:30-5:00
Wild Edibles Plantwalk with Rachel Alexandrou of Giant Daughter 4:00-6:00
Join forager and wild food cook, Rachel Alexandrou on Saturday, September 19, for an educational walk on how to safely identify, sustainably forage and use wild edible plants as ingredients. The walk will last 2 hours and will end in a sampling of foraged refreshments and recommendations of Rachel’s favorite foraging books. Bring a notebook, something to write with, and a water bottle. This walk is great for beginners to foraging, or plant lovers interested in learning about how to incorporate wild plants in your kitchen.
Nightbloom: Masquerade with DJ Dr. Fuzz 7:00-10:00
Experience Nightbloom Masquerade, a dance party intended for grounding into the earth and celebrating the shift of the season under the open sky. Join Ariel Burns, DJ Dr. Fuzz, for a summer send-off party on the waterfront at the Maine Maritime Museum. Dr. Fuzz spins a musical soundscape that will move and groove you. Craft a floral mask, enjoy local food & drink from onsite vendors, and let loose in a sublime maritime surrounding. The indoor rain location is Long Reach Hall.
Dr. Fuzz (Ariel Burns) has been organizing & hosting perennial dance parties throughout Midcoast Maine and beyond. She transforms dance floors into lively gatherings, fueled by music, joy, and human connection.
Nightbloom Graphic by: Lucy
Day Four// Sunday, September 20th Floating Flowers Wall Hanging Class with Sunroom Florals and Deconstruction of Installations
Start your slow Sunday morning by getting crafty with Kathryn Hogan of Sunroom Florals, or observe how florists deconstruct materials, recycle mechanics, and preserve flowers.
Photo: Lisa Gallo
Maine Maritime Museum - General Admission 9:30-5:00
Floating Flowers Workshop with Kathryn Hogan of Sunroom Florals 10:00-12:00
Create a one-of-a-kind botanical wall hanging using naturally dried flowers, delicate seed pods, and a beautiful driftwood branch. In this relaxing, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to design an arrangement that celebrates the beauty of preserved flowers and natural materials. You’ll explore techniques for drying flowers and then select and arrange dried blooms, attaching them securely with gold or silver wire that you will be able to enjoy for years to come. You will leave with a unique wall hanging that’s ready to display in your home or give as a thoughtful handmade gift. No experience is necessary—just bring your creativity and enjoy a peaceful workshop surrounded by beautiful botanicals.