OKIMOTO is a creative botanical studio based in Zone 6a, Dutchess County, NY.

Founded in 2017 by Michelle Ishikawa, OKIMOTO’s work seeks to reconnect people with nature by celebrating local ecology and honoring seasonality.

Working in an industry that is notorious for its waste, we strive to give back to the earth as much as we collectively borrow from it. We are dedicated to furthering discourse on how we can mindfully steward our environment, and radically dream of a more equitable and just economic future in the world of events, flowers, gardens, and beyond.

Michelle’s background is in fine art (sculpture & performance art), interior design, and project management. After many years and half a dozen partial and full-gut renovations under her belt, Michelle hid out in a yurt in the Catskills and dreamed up her next career move; One that fostered her lifelong love of nature and satisfied her long considered desire to make ephemeral art. OKIMOTO was born and is lovingly named after Michelle’s paternal Obachan, Yasuko Okimoto-Ishikawa.

OKIMOTO is a small, but mighty team of diverse florists, horticulturalists, and plant lovers. We travel to provide a diverse set of services in NYC, the Harlem Valley, Hudson Valley, greater northeast, and anywhere you dream of having plants, gardens, and flowers.

We are available for events, installations, weekly home and corporate accounts, weddings, & film and editorial styling.

We are also available for all of your garden designing, planning, installation, and maintenance needs, both indoor and out.

We’d love to hear about your project!

Please reach out at: hello@okimoto.co (not .com !)

Present & past corporate clients include; Netflix, Meta, Milk Studios NYC, Milk Makeup, Squarespace, Chobani, LVMH, and more!

The majority of our work is done in private homes and businesses, protected by NDA agreements and we take discretion and privacy seriously! Select portfolios are available upon request, or see our Instagram for a sampling.