Our story

The New York Flower Farm

The farm & native plant nursery

The New York Flower Farm was officially incorporated as an LLC in 2024, but the idea first took root in 2016. While running a landscape design company in Brooklyn called Native NY Gardens, founder Mackenzie Younger began imagining a different kind of farm—one that grew native plants in rows like a traditional flower farm, allowing for the collection of cuttings and seeds for propagation, living bouquets, and landscape use.

The vision was simple but ambitious: the more native plants grown, the greater the ecological impact on the surrounding landscape and local wildlife. Mackenzie imagined a pollinator paradise—a flower farm not centered on exotic ornamentals common in the cut-flower trade, but on North American native species that support birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife.

In 2019, Mackenzie purchased a piece of undeveloped land in the Shawangunk Mountains outside Ellenville, New York, and has been steadily developing the property into a long-term vision: a working native plant farm and nursery, a family homestead, and a future place for the public to visit, learn, and experience the land.

The project is still in its early years. While the farm itself—and a house that will eventually be available as a short-term rental—will not be open for public visitation until 2027, the business is actively propagating plants and collaborating with other trusted growers to provide high-quality native plants to the Hudson Valley community and online customers today.

Collaboration with Printful

Nationwide shipping of apparel, home goods & gifts

To share the mission beyond the Hudson Valley, The New York Flower Farm partners with Printful, a leading print-on-demand (POD) production and fulfillment service. This collaboration allows us to offer thoughtfully designed apparel, home goods, paper goods, and gifts—without excess inventory or waste—while reaching native plant lovers nationwide.

Every illustration, pattern, and design on our website and printed products is original artwork created by Mackenzie Younger, with the help of ChatGPT as a creative and technical tool. This approach allows us to translate native plants, landscapes, and wildlife into meaningful, wearable, and functional pieces—extending the farm’s ecological values into everyday life.