Semper Virens

Spring floral arrangement — Alison Taylor Photography

You: Lean towards simple elegance and minimalism, but want some lushness and lots of textures in your florals. You appreciate natural beauty, seasonal flowers and unexpected blooms.

We: Love to create beautiful florals for your event, wedding or everyday life. Our style is spirited and organic, and often Ikebana-inspired. We grow many of our flowers in season.

Workshops: Semper Virens Flowers offers hands-on workshops so you can enjoy this mindful, creative experience with other cool flower people. Learn more about our workshops here.

Mary B. Hayes is a New England floral designer located in Chelmsford, MA. Have clippers, will travel!

Weddings

Events

Women arranging flowers at workshop — Workshops

Follow me on Instagram: @sempervirensflowers

Save the Date, people, for Flora in Winter at the Worcester Art Museum, from February 28 to March 2, 2025. This is my favorite art museum, with a world class collection, seriously. And what’s more uplifting than gorgeous flowers and installati

Here’s a brief recap of some of the workshops I gave (and attended) in 2024. Love the chance now to reflect on the past year, be happy for my successes, grateful for all the people who helped me, decide what to do more of and what to less of.

For next week’s floral workshop at @newenglandbg (Dec. 15), we’ll be making a low table centerpiece. I won’t know *exactly* what’s in it until I go shopping at the flower market early next week! Ingredients WILL include beauti

““Mary was a wonderful vendor to work with. She listens carefully to your ideas, adding in suggestions with her breadth of knowledge on plants, color & design. Mary captured my vision of a lively spring garden perfectly in our arrangements! They were absolutely stunning. You can tell that Mary loves sharing the joy of flowers with her clients.”

— Siri D.

Best of Zola 2025