Hudson Valley, New York
Rhinebeck Violet
A Hudson Valley life in bloom.
Inspired by the lost violet fields of Rhinebeck, heritage gardens, old houses, and the quiet art of living beautifully.
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A heritage lifestyle brand rooted in the lost floral history of Rhinebeck.
Rhinebeck Violet celebrates the quiet beauty of country houses, garden tables, old china, linen, poetry, and flowers gathered through the seasons.
At the center of the story are violets and violas—once part of Rhinebeck’s remarkable floral legacy—surrounded by the roses, peonies, lilacs, hydrangeas, and other heritage blooms that shape life in the Hudson Valley.
Hospitality & Design
A sense of place, designed
Botanical interiors, objects, and guest experiences rooted in Rhinebeck’s lost violet history and the natural beauty of the Hudson Valley.
Rhinebeck Violet creates place-based concepts for hotels, spas, retreats, guest suites, private houses, and rooms of restoration.
Led by award-winning designer and artist Melisca Klisanin, our work brings together botanical art, books, objects, correspondence, archival storytelling, color, textiles, and atmosphere.
From a curated Violet Library to a complete room concept, each project is shaped around the setting, the client, and the experience the space is meant to create.
Explore Hospitality & DesignThe Story
Once, Rhinebeck was known for violets.
At the turn of the last century, Rhinebeck and the surrounding Hudson Valley were associated with a thriving violet-growing industry. Glasshouses, gardens, growers, and florists helped carry these delicate flowers from local soil to markets far beyond the village.
Today, much of that history has faded from view. Rhinebeck Violet was created to bring the story back into the light—through flowers, objects, writing, gatherings, and a renewed attention to the beauty of place.
Read the Story“Rhinebeck was once called the Violet Capital of the World.”
We are helping that story bloom again.
Seasonal Life
Violets are the beginning. The garden is the world.
Rhinebeck Violet begins with the story of violets and violas, but it opens into a wider life of flowers, tables, linens, old houses, and gardens gathered through the seasons.
Roses, peonies, lilacs, hydrangeas, foxgloves, and herbs all belong to the atmosphere we are creating—a slower, more beautiful way of living rooted in the Hudson Valley.
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A Life in Bloom
Design, flowers, history, and beautiful objects from the world of Rhinebeck Violet.
The Studio
Hospitality & Design
Botanical interiors, objects, and guest experiences rooted in place.
Seasonal Life
The Garden
Flowers, seasons, and the landscape that inspires Rhinebeck Violet.
Our Heritage
The Story
The lost violet history of Rhinebeck and the place that brought it back to life.
From the Studio
The Violet Letter
Our first correspondence set, inspired by the forgotten violet fields of Rhinebeck.
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We believe places carry stories. Some stories deserve to bloom again.
Rhinebeck Violet