La Terre Farms Hosts Inaugural Flower Festival April 18-19

Kiln Blog - April 2026

Less like a conventional festival and more like a wellness experience, founder Teri Wyly invites guests to shop, learn, and commune with nature at her very special farm.

- by Francesca Bianci

On a quiet stretch of land along Bayou La Terre, something unexpected is taking root—something less like a traditional festival and more like a feeling. The inaugural La Terre Farms Flower Festival, happening April 18–19, was born not from a business plan, but from stillness.
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Founder Teri Wyly, a self-described “recovering lawyer,” spent decades in a fast-paced career before finding herself drawn back to the land. What she discovered wasn’t just a place to grow flowers, but a place to slow down enough to truly experience them. “I can hear a butterfly’s wings flapping next to me while picking flowers,” she said. “Just being still and enjoying nature.”

 
That sense of presence is the foundation of everything La Terre has become and everything this festival is meant to be. The idea itself came together organically. After hosting smaller agritourism events on the property, Teri began to imagine something larger. By January, the vision had taken hold. She picked up the phone and began calling artists, musicians, and wellness practitioners she admired. Thirty-one calls later, she had thirty-one yeses.
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Every participant is donating their time and talent to help bring the festival to life, a testament to the creative and generous spirit of the Gulf Coast community. “It’s really become a collaboration of people who love nature, art, and bringing others together,” said McKenzey Northington, who has been instrumental in organizing and executing the event. “There’s nothing else like this on a working flower farm in our area.”

 
While the festival includes live music, workshops, a curated makers market, and outdoor experiences across the farm’s many acres, its true purpose isn’t in the schedule; it’s in the moments it creates. For Teri, one image captures it perfectly:
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“The perfect moment for me would be a little girl with a flower crown on her head that Martha made, dancing in the oaks like no one is watching—but of course everyone is watching, because it’s pure joy.” That kind of unfiltered joy is what the weekend is built around.
 

 
Guests can move through yoga sessions in the flower fields at sunset, wander wooded trails, watch artists paint en plein air, or simply sit still long enough to reconnect – with nature, with others, or with themselves. La Terre, French for “the earth,” is intentionally hosting the festival during Earth Week, grounding the entire experience in that connection. “Take a walk in the woods, sit still, and just listen,” Teri said.
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At its core, La Terre is a working flower farm, led day-to-day by Teri’s son, Connor, the farmer behind the operation. Like any farm, it comes with its challenges. With ongoing drought conditions, this season’s blooms aren’t quite what she had envisioned. “You make plans and God laughs,” she said with a smile. “It will be a preview of what is to come this summer."
 

 
Looking ahead, Teri hopes to grow the festival into an even larger experience with a greater emphasis on music, family connection, and time spent outdoors, introducing elements like family camping, fishing, and expanded programming that encourages people to fully immerse themselves in the landscape.
 

 
For those planning to attend, reservations are encouraged, as many of the festival’s workshops and experiences are expected to fill. Parking is $10 per car, so gather your friends, pack a blanket, and plan to stay awhile. While most of the weekend’s offerings are free, a handful of special experiences, including the flower crown class with award-winning designer Martha Whitney Butler and the farm-to-table dinner, do require ticket purchase, with limited availability day of show.
 

 
For reservations, event details, and to stay connected with La Terre Farms’ seasonal offerings, as well as to rent their beautiful short-term rental, the “Whitney Cottage,” visit www.laterrefarms.com.
 
La Terre Farms Flower Festival
April 18–19, 2026 8am – 8pm
11095 Road 514 (1 mile E of Hwy. 603 off Firetower Rd.), Kiln, MS
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