Wildflower Farms x Abask Glassware Collaboration: How to Shop, About

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After having what can euphemistically be referred to as “not the best of moods” for close to two hours on the Metro North, I arrived to Poughkeepsie — the end of the train service’s Hudson line. Shortly thereafter, I found myself in the lobby of the Michelin Key–holding Wildflower Farms, Auberge Collection: with its massive open space, central fire pit, and fleet of Mercedes-Benz vehicles parked outside, available to hotel guests at no extra charge. After check-in, someone at the front desk led me to the sink in the adjoining gift shop filled with wares from local artisans. She made me wash my hands with a salt scrub and prompted me to envision all the stress and strain of the journey (how did she know?) disappearing down the drain. After two minutes, I really did feel cleansed. Wildflower Farms, I would soon learn, had many more similarly magical moments in store for the weekend.

I dropped anchor at the Gardiner, New York, property for one reason only: to explore its newest collaboration with luxury home marketplace Abask, which is known for stocking fanciful, one-of-a-kind objects from best-in-class makers. According to the retailer, its pieces were, for a limited time, “woven throughout the property in a series of celebratory, digitally shoppable moments, offering inspired gifts to carry the spirit of Wildflower Farms home.”

Through the first days of January, for instance, diners at Wildflower Farms’ single restaurant — Clay — are able to augment their gustatory experiences with a new “The Martini Collection” menu, the pinnacle of which are two signature martinis accompanied by caviar, plus the River Valadez Hand-Blown Glass Champagne Coupes shipped straight to guests’ homes after their meal.

In my own time spent strolling the resort’s 140 acres, having a curiously spiritual encounter with its onsite donkey, taking a swim in the indoor, saltwater pool, and indulging in my standalone cabin’s elevated touches (all heated bathroom floors and embroidered blankets and LED lanterns left out to encourage some exploring), I quickly realized that, at Wildflower Farms, no detail goes unnoticed. Hence the champagne coupes and complimentary hats with the retreat’s floral logo on them in every room and the fact that, whether it be a waiter or a yoga teacher or a bellhop, everyone here asks for your first name and actually remembers it throughout your stay.

This cream-of-the-crop hospitality, not to mention Wildflower Farms’ bucolic, utopia-evoking environs, seems like an ideal gateway for Abask — which, since 2022, has been in the business of breathing an air of unfussy refinement into the home decor space — to do its best work.

Further moments of brand integration involved Wildflower Farms’ programming like the Toasting Ritual on The Great Porch (yes, the fire pit–equipped and G-Wagon–adjacent one) using Abask glasses; mixology classes, also enriched by items in the Wildflower Farms x Abask edit, from silver-plated cocktail mixers to stemware out of hand-blown crystal; and more.

The implication is that, if you’re visiting this Hudson Valley sanctuary (where rooms start at $1,000 per night) as a means of temporary escape from the hustle and bustle found just 90 minutes south, you know what Abask is. And, if not, then you likely already have a deep-seated appreciation for the standard of goods it specializes in.

Either way, Wildflower Farms’ setting, service, and jewel-toned interiors — built out by design firm Ward + Gray in time for its 2022 opening — all lead to a common sentiment among those lucky to visit: that of wanting to return, and return soon.

In case you can’t fit this into your schedule, take a piece of the Hudson Valley home with the below “A Season of Spirits”–themed hosting and home essentials, shoppable directly at Abask. They might never replicate the joy that is chasing hand-cut beef tartare, topped with a fresh-from-the-farm egg that might’ve been harvested on Wildflower Farms’ land as of that morning, with a martini decorated by gold-brushed leaves and caviar-stuffed olives. But they’ll sure come close.

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Stacia Datskovska is a Senior Commerce Writer at WWD. Previously, she worked at ELLE DECOR as an assistant digital editor, covering all things luxury, culture, and lifestyle through a design lens. Her bylines over the past five years have appeared in USA Today, Baltimore Sun, Teen Vogue, Boston Globe, Food & Wine, and more. Prior to joining ELLE DECOR, Datskovska learned the ins and outs of e-commerce at Mashable, where she tested products, covered tentpole sales events, and curated gift guide roundups. She graduated from NYU with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and international relations. Datskovska regularly reports on collaborations worth shopping in the interior design and home decor spaces.