After I started over posting about cut-your-own dahlias at The Farmer’s Daughter in South Kingstown a few summers ago, someone messaged me with a tip about The Dahlia Patch in West Greenwich. (Beaucoup thanks to that person!)

Well, what do you know, that adorable flower market turned out to be located right next to Leyden Farm Vineyard & Winery, where everyone looks like they are having the best time! (The owners’ tag line is “combining friendship and farming” which I think is so sweet.)

It’s a fantastic spot with Adirondack chairs, porch seating and a tent — all perfect for an afternoon of sip, sip hooray at this family run farm that added wine making to their offerings back in 2010. (You may know them as a destination for Christmas trees come holiday time and you can actually gaze out on the trees in their nascent stages right now.)

Also: That part of Rhode Island really makes you feel as though you’re in NH or Maine which makes an afternoon outing there feel kinda sorta like an upper New England getaway.

Yes, you’ll probably want to grab a glass or two of vino there soon but you simply cannot miss The Dahlia Patch cart and garden which just opened for the season last weekend (Aug 17 & 18).

Everything from the displays to the team there can best be described in one word and is is DELIGHTFUL.

The owners who have helped us many times are so sunny and the selection of dahlia arrangements is terrific! (See photos above for reference.)

Last time I was there, I grabbed a vase with a bunch of different dahlias for my momma, and she LOVED it.

The Dahlia Patch is open weekend afternoons only, so plan accordingly.

The Dahlia Patch is located at 120 Plain Meeting House Road in West Greenwich.

As always, if you find yourself putting the petal to the metal AFTER READING THIS, do let the folks there know you found out about them via Patty J and PattyJ.com.