2022 American Grown Field to Vase Dinner @ Summer Dreams Farms, Oxford, MI

About the Tour

The American Grown Field to Vase Dinner Tour invites guests nationwide to dine in the fields of America’s most stunning flower and foliage farms. The dinner tour is a cross-country series of gatherings where seasonal blooms and foliage dazzle on beautifully designed tablescapes dressed by top U.S. floral designers, while gourmet meals are prepared by well-known farm-to-table chefs.

Since launching, the dinners have garnered unprecedented local and national media attention and provided a wildly successful way to showcase the heritage of America’s flower-farming families. In 2017, the tour snagged Floral Management’s Marketer of the Year Award.

Certified American Grown, the organizer of these dinners, is a non-profit 501c6 trade association who provides a voice for ONLY American farmers. Proceeds from the Field to Vase Dinner Tour contribute to CAG's advocacy and marketing efforts to promote American farms and preserve American floriculture heritage.

Experience the Most Spectacular Dahlia Fields in America

Join us in one of the country’s most incredible immersive floral and dining experiences at the American Grown Field to Vase Dinner set amongst the beautiful blooming dahlias at Summer Dreams Farm in Oxford, Michigan.

This once in a lifetime experience will be held on Sunday, September 18, 2022 and guests will have the chance to meet flower farm owner and dahlia extraordinaire, Michael Genovese and learn about the gorgeous flowers he grows, his passion for these beauties, and how to use them to enhance your life. For a sneak pead of the farm's and Michael's origin story, read more HERE.

Your Experience

Your dinner experience will include a feast for the eyes, thanks to the innovative tablescapes featuring all locally grown flowers designed by a renowned award-winning American floral designer Derek Woodruff of Floral Underground.

Derek joined the floral industry at the age of 16 and has never looked back. Having honed his design skills through extensive education and hard work, in 2008 he launched his own business, Floral Underground. Derek is a captivating speaker who specializes in “today’s consumer” connecting and engaging them through different types of media including demonstrations, subscription services and hands-on workshops with both plants and flowers. Learn more about Derek and what he has in store for the dinner HERE.

The stunning floral designs will be accompanied by a multi-course artisan meal, local beverages, and incredible people to share this experience with.

Memories will be made as you dine surrounded by thousands of blooming dahlia flowers while learning about the value of buying and supporting Certified American Grown flowers and foliage. There will also be farm tours, design demonstrations and hands on opportunities for you to hone in your floral design skills.

Space is limited. Reserve your seat today!

The Flowers

Dahlias are some of the most beautiful flowers one can grow. At first, they might seem intimidating, but they are not much more difficult than other flowers in your garden.

Dahlias are a bushy, herbaceous plant native to Mexico, but that grow beautifully here in the U.S.. Produced by tubers (part of the root system) which were originally grown by the Aztecs as a food source similar to modern day tapioca or cassava, Dahlias also belong to the same family that includes flowers such as sunflowers, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia.

Dahlias are annual plants in most regions and are normally sold as tubers for planting. While they can be grown from seed, the plants those seeds produce will not be the same as the parent. Each seed may produce a plant with similar traits, but each is genetically unique. Tubers, however, are clones of the parent plant and will resemble the plant they came from. Therefore, depending on how they are propagated, dahlias can range in so many various forms of beautiful color, size, and texture.

The Flower Farm

Established in 2015, Summer Dreams Farm is an American fresh cut flower farm specializing in Dahlias from August to September and dahlia tubers in the spring. Located in the quaint town of Oxford, Michigan an hour north of Detroit, Summer Dreams Farm offers over 210 varieties of Dahlias in every style, size, and color to help make your home, office, or event beautiful and memorable.

An Extra Tour with Flower Farmer Michael! - SOLD OUT

If you’d like to dig deeper into the dedication and science behind growing these amazing dahlias, you don’t want to miss the added VIP Farm Tour, available for purchase upon checkout. The VIP Farm Tour is an exclusive opportunity for 25 guests to join flower farmer Michael Genovese for an hour-long tour of Summer Dreams Farms. The extra VIP tour will take place prior to the start of the event and also includes a very special VIP reception.

Add-on Workshop with Floral Underground's Derek Woodruff

Have you always wanted to arrange flowers like the pros but have no idea how to get started? In this informative workshop, you will learn from Derek the fundamentals of how to make a floral arrangement in a vase using beautiful, USA grown flowers and a new floral design tool that will have you too designing like a pro! The workshop will take place from noon to 1pm the day of the dinner on Sunday, Sept 18th. Participants will take away a beautiful arrangement, vase and design tool but need to bring their own clippers, floral knife, shears or scissors.

Derek joined the floral industry at the age of 16 and has never looked back. Having honed his design skills through extensive education and hard work, in 2008 he launched his own business, Floral Underground. Derek is a captivating speaker who specializes in “today’s consumer” connecting and engaging them through different types of media including demonstrations, subscription services and hands-on workshops with both plants and flowers.

Additionally, please keep in mind this is a production farm, not a garden. That means there may be holes, roots, rocks and other potential hazards. Comfortable walking shoes are a must if you are participating in the VIP Farm Tour. Other footwear is at your discretion but keep in mind you are on an active farm so stilettos might not be the best choice. While most of the farm can be accessed by wheel chair, there are areas of uneven ground that might make exploring difficult. This visit is not recommend for those that are not able to walk for at least 400 to 500 feet.

About Certified American Grown

The American Grown Field to Vase Dinner Tour invites guests nationwide to dine in the fields of America’s most stunning flower and foliage farms. The dinner tour is a cross-country series of gatherings where seasonal blooms and foliage dazzle on beautifully designed tablescapes dressed by top U.S. floral designers, while gourmet meals are prepared by well-known farm-to-table chefs.

Since launching, the dinners have garnered unprecedented local and national media attention and provided a wildly successful way to showcase the heritage of America’s flower-farming families. In 2017, the tour snagged Floral Management’s Marketer of the Year Award.

Certified American Grown is a non-profit 501c6 trade association. Proceeds from the Field to Vase Dinner Tour contribute to CAG's advocacy and marketing efforts to promote American farms and preserve American floriculture heritage.