Flower Festival Brings 1M Blossoms To West Village This Weekend

WEST VILLAGE, NY — A flower festival will bring a million blossoms to the Meatpacking District this Saturday.

The three-day L.E.A.F. Festival of Flowers will take place from June 10 to 12 with a hundred florists, and floral installations setting up shop on Washington Street between Little West 12th and Gansevoort streets.

The festival will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 10 and 11, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 12.

There will also be several streets closed for the event, according to the NYPD.

• Greenwich Street between Horatio Street and Gansevoort Street
• 9th Avenue between Gansevoort Street and West 13th Street
• 9th Avenue between West 13th Street and West 15th Street
• Washington Street between West 14th Street and Horatio Street
• Horatio Street between West 4th Avenue and 8th Avenue
• Gansevoort Street between Hudson Street and 10th Avenue
• Little West 12th Street between 10th Avenue and 9th Avenue
• West 13th Street between Hudson Street and 10th Avenue
• 10th Avenue between West 13th Street and West 12th Street
• 9th Avenue between 15th Street and 16th Street
• West 15th Street between 9th Avenue and 8th Avenue

The festival also features partners with local and national businesses that will host installations at the festival. These are just a few, click here for the full list.

• Absolut Vodka - Gansevoort Plaza South - Absolut will create a floral installation, inspired by absolut Out & Open, which provides support to LGBTQ bars and restaurants, designed by East Olivia.
• Chelsea Market - 15th Street, between Ninth & Tenth Avenues - Installation on the marquee entrance designed by The Unlikely Florist, and inside the market designed by Damselfly and Larkspur.
• Pastis - 52 Gansevoort Street - Spritz cocktails with French aperitif Lillet accompanied by floral installation designed by McQueens Flowers.
• Santa Maria Novella - Gansevoort Plaza South - The oldest heritage brand in the world, Santa Maria Novella will spread mysterious Italian wonder in New York City, launching L'IRIS their first eau the Parfum through an activation using flowers as timeless vessels of beauty and knowledge, installed by Popup Florist.
• The Chester - 18 Ninth Avenue - Popsicle and whisky cocktail pairings from The Glenlivet accompanied by floral installation by The Unlikely Florist.

Patch editor Gus Saltonstall contributed to this report.