By Tim McVey, Director of Floral Design, Perennial Gardens Bedford
Tarrytown sits on a stretch of the Hudson River that has been shaping how people think about American estates for close to two centuries. Lyndhurst, the Gothic Revival mansion designed in 1838 by architect Alexander Jackson Davis and later owned by railroad magnate Jay Gould, still stands above the river as a National Trust for Historic Preservation site. A few minutes away, Sunnyside, the home Washington Irving bought in 1835 and shaped by hand into the picturesque retreat that inspired generations of American landscape design, is preserved today by Historic Hudson Valley. Those two properties set a design standard for the river towns that surround them, and it is not a coincidence that homeowners in Tarrytown and neighboring Sleepy Hollow tend to think carefully about how flowers and plantings sit against a historic house.
We understand that instinct because we share it. Perennial Gardens has worked as a family business in Bedford since 1946, three generations deep, and the properties we design for carry the same weight of history that Tarrytown's estates do. When someone in Tarrytown calls for flowers in Tarrytown, NY, they are usually not asking for something generic. They are asking for arrangements that respect a house, a garden, or an occasion that has its own sense of permanence. This guide covers how our floral design workshop delivers on that, from everyday bouquets to wedding florals, and what makes ordering from a florist that thinks in decades different from ordering from a florist that thinks in transactions.
An Estate Town, and What That Means for Flowers
Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow share ZIP code 10591 and a shoreline defined by grand houses built during the same Gilded Age that produced Lyndhurst. Many of the newer homes in the area, along the river bluffs and back from Broadway, were designed with that architectural lineage in mind: stone facades, formal gardens, deliberate sightlines to the water. Flowers for those homes need to hold their own against that kind of setting.
Our approach starts with the house or the venue, not with a catalog of stock arrangements. A stone Tudor near the river reads differently than a shingle-style cottage a few blocks inland, and the flowers should read differently too. This is the same discipline we bring to landscape and garden design work on Bedford estates: let the architecture set the terms, and build the planting or the arrangement to answer it rather than compete with it.
Who Orders Flowers in Tarrytown
Everyday home arrangements. Weekly and biweekly standing orders for kitchen counters, front halls, and dining rooms, plus one-off orders for birthdays and anniversaries.
Estate and historic-property clients. Homeowners on the river bluffs and in the older sections of the village who want arrangements sized and styled to match a formal interior, not a generic mixed bouquet.
Weddings and events near the river. Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow host ceremonies at riverside venues and private estates that call for the same eye we bring to weddings across northern Westchester. Our wedding floral work covers design from the ceremony through the reception.
Sympathy. Quiet, understated arrangements delivered to funeral homes and private residences, timed around the service.
Delivery to Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown sits roughly twenty miles south of our Bedford workshop, close to half an hour by car depending on traffic through the river towns. That is a longer run than our closest delivery zones, so timing matters more here than it does for towns just up the road.
| Order placed by | Delivery window |
|---|---|
| Noon weekday | Same-day, typically by late afternoon |
| After noon weekday | Next business day |
| Friday after noon | Following Monday |
| Estate or standing order | Contracted weekday morning |
| Sympathy (priority) | Same-day possible past cutoff, call the workshop |
We do not publish fixed prices. What goes into an arrangement changes with the season and the occasion, and the cost reflects the actual flowers used rather than a flat rate. The workshop phone is the fastest way to talk through a budget range before ordering.
Weddings and Events Near Lyndhurst and Sunnyside
Couples planning a wedding in Tarrytown or Sleepy Hollow are often drawn to the area for exactly the reason we described above: the sense of history built into the landscape. Riverside venues and private estate properties in this stretch of the Hudson reward florals that feel considered rather than decorative, arrangements that acknowledge the weight of the setting instead of overwhelming it.
We design one large wedding per weekend by choice, which means the team assigned to your event is not splitting attention with someone else's ceremony across town. For couples still comparing florists, our guide to choosing a wedding florist in Westchester covers what to ask during a consultation, and it applies just as well to a riverside estate wedding in Tarrytown as it does to one closer to Bedford.
Seasonal Flowers for Tarrytown
Tarrytown draws from the same Hudson Valley growers and regional wholesale market we rely on for Bedford, which keeps our flower supply seasonally honest rather than dependent on long-haul imports.
Spring (April to May): Tulips, ranunculus, hyacinths, lilacs, and early peonies from warmer microclimates.
Early summer (June): Peonies at their peak, along with garden roses, sweet peas, and early hydrangea. For a single-stem gift, peony or garden rose is our default rather than lily.
Mid summer (July to August): Zinnias, lisianthus, snapdragons, and early dahlias.
Fall (September to October): Dahlias, chrysanthemums, celosia, and amaranth, arguably the richest window of the year for arrangement work.
Winter (November to March): Amaryllis, paperwhites, forced quince branches, and anemones. Arrangements lean sculptural rather than lush this time of year.
If a client wants peonies outside their June window, we will say so directly. What arrives off-season is typically air-freighted, costs more to source, and tends to open unevenly. We would rather point toward what is actually at its best that week.
What We Don't Do
We don't fulfill orders through Teleflora or FTD. Orders placed through national wire services route to whichever shop is nearest the recipient, filled to a stock photo rather than a design our own team builds.
We don't promise flowers that are out of season just because a client requests them. We will offer an honest, in-season alternative first.
We don't split our design team across multiple weddings in the same weekend. One estate wedding gets our full attention, whether it is in Bedford or along the river in Tarrytown.
How a Florist That Thinks in Generations Approaches Tarrytown
Lyndhurst and Sunnyside have survived because the people who cared for them thought past a single season or a single owner. That is the same standard we hold ourselves to at Perennial Gardens, whether we are designing a hedge line for a Bedford property or a wedding arch for a Tarrytown estate wedding. Flowers age out in days, but the sensibility behind them, restraint, seasonal honesty, and respect for the property they are entering, is the same thing that keeps a historic house worth visiting two hundred years later.
For everyday clients, that shows up as arrangements built to suit the room they are going into, not a generic vase pulled from a cooler. For wedding and estate clients, it shows up as a design process that starts with the architecture and the grounds, the same way it would if we were planning a garden. Our garden center and floral studio operate from the same Bedford workshop, and many of our longtime clients use both.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Perennial Gardens deliver flowers to Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow?
Yes. We deliver to both villages, which share ZIP code 10591, on the same schedule: same-day for weekday orders placed by noon, next-day otherwise.
Do you design weddings near Lyndhurst or Sunnyside?
We design weddings at riverside and estate venues throughout the Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow area. Lyndhurst and Sunnyside are historic sites, not private event venues we book directly, but they set the design tone that many nearby estate weddings in the area draw on, and that sensibility informs how we approach floral work for those ceremonies.
How far in advance should I order flowers for a Tarrytown wedding?
For full wedding floral design, we recommend starting the conversation months ahead, especially for a summer date. Standing and everyday orders can typically be placed with much shorter notice.
What if I want peonies or garden roses outside their natural season?
We will tell you honestly what is achievable. Imported, off-season flowers cost more and often open unevenly. We would rather build your arrangement around what is genuinely at its peak.
For flowers in Tarrytown, NY that are designed with the same care given to the estates that made the town notable, Perennial Gardens delivers from our Bedford workshop with same-day service on weekday orders. Contact us to start an order or a wedding consultation, or see our coverage for nearby Mt Kisco flower delivery.
