The Beginning
I’m Christina Mayfield, and I moved back to Mayfield in 2010 with a degree in horticulture and a lot of uncertainty. After four years studying in Copenhagen, I came home expecting to feel like a failure—my family ran a hardware store, not a flower shop. But something about being back in this town made me want to build something with my hands instead of just my education.
I rented a small storefront on Main Street and spent the first month learning how to run a business while doing everything myself: arranging, cleaning, accounting, delivery. My first wedding was a Tuesday in August 2010. The bride, Jennifer, gave me three days to create arrangements for a backyard ceremony with 75 guests. I delivered them at 6 AM, she cried, and I realized I’d found what I actually wanted to do.
Behind the Blooms
Sixteen years later, we’re still on Main Street—just a bigger space now. What hasn’t changed is how we approach each arrangement. Every bouquet goes through the same questions: What will this sit next to in their home? What season are we really in, not what the supplier says? Does this combination actually mean something, or are we just following a template?
My team now includes Marcus, who joined in 2015 and has a memory for customer preferences that’s almost unsettling—he’ll remember that Sarah always wanted white flowers instead of the blush-pink trend. And Emma, who handles custom event work and somehow makes even a 200-stem installation look effortless. We’re not trying to be fancy. We’re trying to be exact.
Our Design Approach
We don’t do the Instagram floristry thing—those gravity-defying spheres that look incredible for six hours and then collapse. Instead, we think about longevity and proportion. A vase arrangement should look good on day three, not just day one. Wedding installations need to read from thirty feet away but also reward someone who leans in close.
Our most requested arrangement is called “The Mayfair”—loosely structured garden flowers in soft greens, blushes, and whites. It’s not trendy. It’s been our signature since 2011 because people keep coming back for it. We use a lot of garden roses, eucalyptus, ranunculus, and whatever’s honestly available from our growers. If we can’t get something we love, we substitute intentionally, not apologetically.
Sourcing & Values
About two-thirds of our flowers come from three growers within forty miles: Bluegrass Botanicals just outside Lexington, Carter’s Greenhouse in Shelby County, and a small farm near Mount Sterling where they grow primarily dahlias and specialty cut material. We know these growers by name. We know which roses they’re proud of and which ones they’re still experimenting with. The rest we source from a distributor in Louisville who specializes in premium Dutch and California blooms.
We don’t use florist foam anymore—switched to floral cages and water-absorbing holding materials about four years ago. It means slightly more work for us, but our customers keep arrangements longer, and we’re not throwing away Styrofoam every week. Small thing, but it matters over sixteen years.
Come Say Hello
We’re at 134 Main Street, Mayfield, Kentucky. Stop by without an appointment—if we’re not mid-wedding or mid-event, we’ll show you what we’re working with this week. We do weddings, funerals, daily arrangements, corporate installations, and the occasional impossible request. We’re closed Sundays and Mondays. Everything else, we figure it out.