Meet the Florist

Hello! I’m Lindsay Richard.

I am the everything behind Lucia Rising Flowers. Originally from Westmoreland, NH, but a Vermonter for the last 10 years, I’m a New Englander through and through. I earned a BFA in Photography from Massachusetts College of Art & Design in Boston MA in 2014. It was there that I nurtured a love for film capture, the magic of the darkroom and explored themes of vulnerability and memory. Shortly after graduating and leaving the city I fell into my first career doing textile design and product development for a couple different global contract companies in the hospitality and retail marketplaces.

My attraction to flowers as a greater path grew once I began assisting farmer-florists for weddings on the weekends in 2018.  Later, amidst the pervasive confusion and uncertainty of Covid, in the Fall of 2020, I decided it was time to surrender to the calling and transition towards farming full time. Not long after that, Lucia Rising was born.

The name ‘Lucia Rising’ is a nod to the positive impact of my reparative ethos of living as much as it is an image that encapsulates the magical optimism contained in a sunrise, and the incredible potential of a seed. In many origins, the name ‘Lucia’ translates to ‘light’. Light Rising as a title to this work expresses my relationship to accepting difficult truths and starting anew on a soul deep level. It’s about pursuing meaning, having hope and sharing love. Flowers are my ally in that mission. The most exciting moment for me is when flowers become a vehicle for connection and healing. Whether it be expressing joy or easing sorrow, I am honored to be able to participate in the major emotional moments of other people’s lives in a caring and soft way.