At Dragonheart I work with couples who value sustainability, seasonal and locally grown flowers, and who want joyful and effortlessly stress-free weddings.
Personal BIO
I grow my flowers and ornamental greens using sustainable and generative practices that feed and build the soil and the soil microbiome. My gardens are located on my 5-acre home property where I live with my husband Cameron, young son Oliver, and our fur children Malcolm and Arlo the dogs and Little One the cat. We all delight in playing outside and growing fruit trees, beautiful ornamentals, and food to sustain and nourish ourselves.
In the height of the summer in 2022 I was standing on the edge of my flower garden full of effervescent joy. I was laughing out loud with happiness at all the beauty before me and feeling a deep urge to share this with as many people as I possibly could. These feelings were coupled with the work of raising a young son, a husband who was beginning a new career as an electrician, and a management level job that I didn’t have enough time and energy for. So, I left my job that had brought me to Washington, a job that felt like it defined who I was in my community and leapt towards a future of flowers. In January of 2023 I officially started Dragonheart Flower Farm, which has evolved into Dragonheart Flowers and Events.
I have a deep affinity for dragons and dragon rider stories and folklore. I wanted to incorporate my love for dragons into my business in both name and action. I have colorful dragons adorning my desk, hanging from the sides of my flowerpots, and watching over my greenhouse. Dragons are wise, magical, fiercely loyal, deeply loving, and profoundly protective. I strive to embody all of these qualities into my business and work through Dragonheart Flowers and Events.
Dragonheart Flowers and Events offers wedding planning and coordination services, full-service flowers, and DIY flowers and creation instruction. If you are interested in any or all of these services, I’d love to hear about your needs and dreams!
Thank you so much for going above and beyond for our wedding day! We loved working with you and having you with us!
Becca and Katya, Brides
Dragonheart is nestled on the west side of Chimacum Ridge, right in the heart of the ancestral home of the Chimakum people. There is an old Chimakum tribal legand about the dragon that once lived in these lands:
Long before the coming of Europeans, a dragon lived on an island in Chimacum Valley's Anderson Lake.
When the weather was fine, the dragon would swim ashore to sun himself on Tamanawos Rock. The Chimacum people feared the dragon whose eyes shone with an eerie blue light. They named it Noquiklos, their word for devil.
The warrior Quarlo decided to confront Noquiklos, and paddled to meet the dragon with arrows and a flint knife. The weapons glanced off the dragon's scales, and Noquiklos hissed and fixed Quarlo with a hypnotic stare.
But instead of devouring the warrior, Noquiklos licked his face with a long, red tongue and nestled close by his side. When Quarlo left the island, Noquiklos swam behind and went to live with him on the shore of Scow Bay.
In later years when enemies came to attack Quarlo, Noquiklos destroyed them with streams of fire shot from his eyes. The dragon often swam out into Puget Sound and returned with seal, salmon and other food and riches.
Quarlo prospered and when he died at the age of 200, a broken-hearted Noquiklos plunged into the sea and did not return.
Dragonheart is located in the Heart of the Dragon
