Small Patch Flowers

It’s been a slow start but the blooms are finally pumping out. These Madame Butterfly Bronze snapdragons smell just heavenly and make me so happy. We paired them chocolate dara and the dark foliage of ninebark and smoke bush for dramatic effect in this week’s bouquets for

Interested in experimenting with growing in soil blocks? Join us for a soil-blocking workshop on Sunday, October 3rd from 10-11:30am. We will walk you through the ingredients, process and care we use to produce our specialty cut flowers in soil blocks. (Swipe to see what these look like, and the results!)

💐We will provide:
-soil blocking ingredients and soil blocker
-select cool season specialty cut flower seeds

💐Benefits to using soil blocks:
-start 20 plants in 3X4in of space in recycled containers
-healthier plants as roots are ‘air-pruned’
-reduce use of plastic containers
-perfect for small spaces

💐Bring:
-gloves! You will be working with wet soil. :)
-a small clear salad greens container
-clothing to stay dry and warm

💐Space is limited. There is a heated undercover area, if the weather is dreary. 💐DM for more information and to register.

I once described zinnias as “pedestrian.” I saw them as stiff and garish (we had a bright salmon variety dominating the patch that year). Since then, we’ve refined the varieties we grow, and I’ve learned to like them for their reliability, long vase life, and abundance. What about you? Are there any flower varieties that have grown on you? (Flower pun intended - heh heh)

Beauty and abundance. Love this time of year when the garden is at peak production and the bouquets practically make themselves. Get yours at and

A home-from-vacation, the-garden-is-exploding bouquet. (Who else gets into the garden first thing after being away, laundry and unpacking be damned? 😂)