I’m Stephanie Bennett, the proud owner & operator of Echo Rock Flowers in Westerly, Rhode Island.  

oUR story

After conceiving and helping to open/run the Malted Barley restaurant with my husband, Colin, in downtown Westerly in 2011, I shifted my focus to raising our two boys.

Hudson & Sam

Hudson & Sam 2019

The years passed and the fog that often comes with babies and young motherhood lifted – I began to feel the itch for what would be next.  

Things began to fall into place when I started asking myself the right questions:

Where am I happiest when I’m not with my family and friends? Where does time fly by, no matter how mundane or filthy the job? In the DIRT. And what brings me absolute, giddy joy? What do I love to grow, pick, arrange, and share with loved ones? And what does this divided and often cynical world need more of?FLOWERS.

Steph & Colin, burning holes

Steph & Colin, burning holes 2019

So I began to set my sights on one day growing cut flowers for market in the fall of 2017. In the winter of 2019 I decided to officially launch Echo Rock Flowers.

To date we are growing on about 1 acre of combined land and we are thrilled to work with The Westerly Land Trust where most of our crops happily grow at the Barlow Preserve (449 Westerly Bradford Road).

Barlow Preserve in Westerly, RI 2021

In 2023, after 12 years of operation, we closed the restaurant and Colin now works with me at the farm full time - a dream come true! We are entering our 6th year in business and are overjoyed to continue growing and providing the community with our gorgeous, local flowers. We plan to grow our subscription program and offer more workshops and events at the farm in 2024. Thank you for following along!

Expansion into the field, 2022

Hudson (6), Lilly, and Sam (9), 2022

Colin & Steph, happy in the field, 2023

Hudson (7) on a flower delivery with me, 2023

The Dahlia patch, 2023

The earth laughs in flowers
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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