Former model Frederique van der Wal shows LLNYC her favorite secret gardens

From left: The launch party was held under a canopy of vines at the McKittrick Hotel’s rooftop garden bar, Frederique van der Wal
From left: The launch party was held under a canopy of vines at the McKittrick Hotel’s rooftop garden bar, Frederique van der Wal

From Luxury Listings NYC: Under a canopy of vines and flowers at Gallow Green in Chelsea, the McKittrick Hotel’s rooftop garden bar, Frederique van der Wal, 48, announces the U.S. launch of her flower brand, Frederique’s Choice, to a VIP crowd that includes media executives, models such as Iman, and fashion designers, like previous LLNYC cover star Nicole Miller.

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“Flowers are in the blood of the Dutch,” van der Wal, a former supermodel who has posed for Victoria’s Secret, Vogue and Cosmopolitan, to name very few, says. “Growing up in Holland, flowers are part of our heritage.” [more]