Event Name: Blossoms & Bites
Event Date(s): Wednesday, 6/24/2026, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, 2 hours, 30 minutes
Tickets Available: 13
Purchase Deadline: Wednesday, 6/24/2026 6:00 PM


Celebrate the season with the ultimate duo, chocolate and flowers!

What goes better together than chocolate and flowers?

In this dual-maker workshop, you'll step into the world of artisanal chocolate with Viviane of Vivilicious Chocolates, learning the craft behind chocolate tempering, making and designing two of your own floral-infused creation. Incorporate botanicals like rose, lavender, and chamomile and explore chocolate not as candy, but as an ingredient of depth and structure, where each botanical is expressed with clarity and balance.

While your chocolate sets, Sam of Sam’s Stems will guide you through the art of creating a colorful summer garden arrangement. Using fresh seasonal blooms, you'll compose something simple and beautiful and pick up the basics of caring for cut flowers at home, including whatever might already be growing in your garden.

Leave with a chocolate treat you made yourself, a bouquet to brighten your space, and a handful of new skills to carry into the season.

No experience needed. Just a love of beautiful things. And chocolate. Definitely chocolate.

  

      EVENT INFORMATION   
  • Ticket Price: 
    • $125 NEBG Member Adult | $140 Non-Member Adult
    • $165 NEBG Member Adult PAIR | $180 Non-Member Adult PAIR
    • Pair pricing includes ONE set of materials to share.
  • Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
  • Times: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location: New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
 
    ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR - Sam Paradis, Sam's Stems
        

Sam Paradis founded Sam's Stems in 2023, driven by a passion for using in the art of flowers to foster a more interconnected community. Starting at local farmers markets, Samantha showcased her nature-inspired art in addition to offering unique experiences like fresh flower bars and custom dried flower crowns at New England festivals and events. 

At Sam's Stems blossomed, she expanded into private events and weddings, catering to diverse esthetics. Committed to supporting local flower farms in Massachusetts and maximizing the life of each bloom through drying and preservation, Samantha blends sustainability with artistry in every creation.

         
 
 
    ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR - Vivilicious Chocolates
        

Have you ever had an epiphany and redirected your life completely? 

This is exactly what I did! After getting a PhD, publishing textbooks and teaching and coordinating a language programs at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, one might think that "this is it!" But no, here I am taking a delightful detour.

The truth is that at one point, I realized that my happiest and most fulfilling moments were those when family, friends, students, and colleagues were able to taste and rave my decadent treats.

Those moments have fueled the pursuit of my long-held dream: to enchant a wider audience with my truffles, pies, and cakes. That is how Vivilicious started, and this is why I am so in love with it. I am thrilled to be reinventing classic treats to today's sophisticated palates, and ready to wow you with my artisanal declicacies.

         
 
 
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