BULB DROP: AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 8
We did the mixing for you
Three curated tulip palettes. Each one includes 15 specialty bulbs selected for color, texture and overlapping bloom time. Available for preorder only through November 8, with pickup at the Flower Shack November 13 + 14.
Soft, layered and quietly beautiful.
Named for its creamy, barely-there palette, Crème brings together 15 specialty tulip bulbs in white, ivory, cream, blush, peach and soft pink tones. Designed to be planted together for a coordinated spring display you can enjoy in the garden or cut for the vase.
We chose a mix of classic blooms and fuller, peony-like doubles so the planting feels soft and textured without being too sweet. The varieties are selected to bloom within a similar part of the season, so expect the mix to unfold over a few weeks rather than all at once.
Best expected bloom window in Fairfield County: mid to late April.
This is a pre-order only drop. Orders close Sunday, November 8, with pickup at our Flower Shack in Weston on Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14. We’ll email pickup details before your order is ready.
Local pickup only.
Bright, cheerful and full of personality.
Named for its sunny, high-energy palette, Soleil brings together 15 specialty tulip bulbs in lavender, ivory, apricot, peach, pink, red, yellow and orange tones. Designed to be planted together for a colorful spring display you can enjoy in the garden or cut for the vase.
We chose a mix of striped blooms, warm doubles and fringed tulips so the planting feels playful and layered without looking random. The varieties are selected to bloom within a similar part of the season, so expect the mix to unfold over a few weeks rather than all at once.
Best expected bloom window in Fairfield County: late April into early May.
This is a pre-order only drop. Orders close Sunday, November 8, with pickup at our Flower Shack in Weston on Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14. We’ll email pickup details before your order is ready.
Local pickup only.
Deep, dramatic and a little unexpected.
Named for its midnight-dark palette, Minuit brings together 15 specialty tulip bulbs in rich purple, deep burgundy, near-black and raspberry tones. Designed to be planted together for a coordinated spring display you can enjoy in the garden or cut for the vase.
We chose a mix of lush double blooms and dramatic, ruffled forms so the planting feels layered rather than like one flat block of color. The varieties are selected to bloom within a similar part of the season, so expect the mix to unfold over a few weeks rather than all at once.
Best expected bloom window in Fairfield County: late April into early May.
This is a pre-order only drop. Orders close Sunday, November 8, with pickup at our Flower Shack in Weston on Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14. We’ll email pickup details before your order is ready.
Local pickup only.
The little stand at the heart of it all.
Our Flower Shack is where our homegrown blooms land when they’re in season. We’re between blooms right now, so follow @blackshackct on Instagram and Facebook to see when we’re open.
Why Black Shack
The name comes from the little black shack at the end of our driveway, the place all of this somehow grew around. It’s where projects start, flowers get hauled past, syrup season takes over and someone is usually covered in dirt.
What began as a shed became the center of a much bigger idea: grow more, make more, learn as we go and share it.
Zylo hard at work boiling a batch of syrup.
Meghan inspecting one of the hives.
Grumpa enjoying the boil!
Olivier & Zylo collecting sap.
Zylo and his zinnias.
Alistair manning the smoker.
The Team
We’re Olivier, Meghan, Alistair and Zylo. In 2021, we traded a tiny NYC apartment for nearly three acres in Weston, Connecticut. We started small: tapping maples for syrup and planting a few window boxes. Then came the garden, the flowers, the bees, the DIY projects and eventually the Flower Shack. Things escalated.
Along the way, Black Shack became more than a hobby. It became a way to raise our kids to work hard, get dirty, stay curious and try things even when we’re not completely sure how they’ll turn out.
Now we get to share what we grow, make and learn with our community. That part has been pretty special.
