Joanie Fisler, of Best Buds Flower Farm in Lyme, cuts marigolds before leading her Designing with Farm Flowers class, for Adult Education programs from around New London County, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at her farm in Lyme. People attending the classes learn how to cut the flowers and greenery and how to arrange them in a vase. Wednesday was the last class of a series that took place once a month for four months. The farm also offers other classes. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Joanie Fisler, center, of Best Buds Flower Farm, talks to her students, Andrea Menard, left, of Cromwell, and Cynthia Paolillo, of Old Lyme, among the zinnias during her Designing with Farm Flowers class, for Adult Education programs from around New London County, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at her farm in Lyme. People attending the classes learned how to cut the flowers and greenery and how to arrange them in a vase. Wednesday was the last class of a series that took place once a month for four months. The farm also offers other classes. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Joanie Fisler, left, of Best Buds Flower Farm in Lyme shares a laugh with her students while she demonstrates creating a flower arrangement in a vase during her Designing with Farm Flowers class, for Adult Education programs from around New London County, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at her farm in Lyme. People attending the classes learn how to cut the flowers and greenery and how to arrange them in a vase. Wednesday was the last class of a series that took place once a month for four months. The farm also offers other classes. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Jenell Janes, of Old Lyme, carries a bucket of the zinnias she just cut while gathering flowers for her arrangement while attending the Designing with Farm Flowers class, for Adult Education programs from around New London County, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at Best Buds Flower Farm in Lyme. Joanie Fisler, owner of the farm, taught students how to cut the flowers and greenery and how to arrange them in a vase. Wednesday was the last class of a series that took place once a month for four months. The farm also offers other classes. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A flower arrangement in progress by Jenell Janes, not shown, of Old Lyme, while she gathers more flowers for her arrangement while attending the Designing with Farm Flowers class, for Adult Education programs from around New London County, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at Best Buds Flower Farm in Lyme. Joanie Fisler, owner of the farm, taught students how to cut the flowers and greenery and how to arrange them in a vase. Wednesday was the last class of a series that took place once a month for four months. The farm also offers other classes. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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