Delano business is closing after a year. The owner hopes it’s only temporary.
A Delano gift and craft shop that opened a year ago will have its last day in its current space on West Douglas on Saturday.
But shop owner Danielle Harmon says she hopes that her Wildflower Mercantile at 1001 W. Douglas won’t be closed for good.
“I’ve loved this building,” she said. “But it’s time to close this chapter and find a new location.”
Harmon and her husband, Ken, first took over the space at Douglas and Walnut in 2021, and in the summer of that year, they opened Alzavino Wine Tavern there. The bar was unique because it used self-serve wine machines, and people could refill their own glasses by sliding a pre-paid card into one of the machines.
Alzavino lasted for nearly three years, but in July 2024 the couple closed the wine bar. They sold their dishes and furniture to the public, and KVH Chophouse owner Greg Hiser bought some of their wine machines, which he’s using in his new restaurant near 29th and Tyler.
After trying and failing to find someone to take over the lease, though, Danielle Harmon decided that she’d try a different concept at the address: a retail shop where local vendors could set up booths and sell their wares. She was able to fill the space, and today, 36 businesses operate inside the store selling things like jewelry, clothing, freeze-dried candy, Wichita flag merchandise, crocheted items, dip mixes, accessories, pottery, candles and artwork.
But the lease on the space is now up, Danielle Harmon said, and she’s ready for a break. She’ll look for another space for Wildflower Mercantile, but first she wants to rest and enjoy the holidays. The earliest she’d reopen is the second quarter of 2026, which spans April through June.
When she does, she said, she’ll have a slightly different approach. When she first opened Wildflower, she said, she thought she’d try to fill it with as many vendors as possible. Since then, her outlook has changed.
“I want to make it a smaller, more intentional, curated set of local business owners and artists that will leverage Wildflower as an incubator to grow their business skills, expand their audiences, and potentially grow into bigger spaces or their own brick-and-mortar,” she said in a message to The Eagle. “It’s hard to go from pop-up events to a physical storefront, so I want to help business owners & artists navigate that process and help them get there.”
Harmon said her ideal space would be in northwest Wichita. She plans to keep Wildflower’s social media channels active until she relocates and will keep promoting the vendors she works with.
The final hours to visit Wildflower Mercantile before it closes in Delano are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
This story was originally published October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM.
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