Update! Garden Gathering & Spring Hours

Spring postcards are at the printer!  Until yours arrives, here are some big dates for spring:

"Another Garden Gathering" - April 14, 2012 from 9-11:00

An RSVP is necessary for this morning filled with a series of short, informative and inspiring talks from Marty.  Afterwards, you're welcome to browse and shop until noon.  

Our Annual "Open House" - May 5, 2012 from 8-12:00

While we ARE open for retail before the Open House, this is our official spring kick-off.  All are welcome to spend time with us enjoying coffee, Aunt Cin's homemade breads and, of course, all of the beautiful flowers!

Spring Retail Hours

We'll be open for retail beginning the week of April 16.  More specifics on dates and time for our open days will be coming soon!

Here Comes Spring!

We're getting ready for another fun and busy season.  The girls are filling pots and hanging baskets with dirt, Tom is putting the finishing touches on our newest greenhouse and  Wolfie and Beiler, as always, are eager to join in too!  But don't just take my word for it- check it out the progress for yourself:

Greenhouse #6 is full of hanging baskets ready and waiting to be planted!

Tom & Miriam installing the plastic walls on our newest greenhouse a few weeks ago.

Beiler always finds the warmest place to nap while we work.  His top two choices:  black tarp and our (temporarily!) discarded sweatshirts.

Mark your calendar!

December 2011 Retail Hours

**December 1- December 23**

Monday- Friday 9:00- 5:00

Saturday Mornings 8:00- 12:00

Don't miss our annual Poinsettia Open House on Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 8:00- 12:00!  There will be plenty of coffee and cookies to go around- we can't wait to see you!

The Little Things..

The month of May is synonymous with "crazy busy" in the greenhouse world.  Between loading the truck for another delivery and keeping all of our flowers happy, there's rarely a dull moment here on the farm!  But in the middle of our chaos, it's the little things bring the most delight.  

Here's a handful of our "Little Things":

The teeny- tiny flowers of the Talinum Limon.

Every day this little guy manages to grow taller!

Who comes up with plant names?  This one with the funky red stem goes by "Chicken Gizzard"!

Hot orange flowers making an appearance on the Senicio vine.

As always, thanks for checking us out!

Introducing... the Coir Pot!

Plant-able pots have been popping up all over the place these past few years, claiming to dissolve into the dirt after just one season.  It seems almost too good to be true!  In our experience, it has been to good to be true- so far...

  Our continuing quest to find the solution to plastic pots has led us to the "Coir" pot.  Take a close look, and you can see that this little guy is made up of coconut fibers and molded into an exact replica of its plastic counterpart:  

Pretty neat, right?  For the trial run we've planted up all sorts of veggies in the Coir pots.  This spring is the first time we've offered anything like this in a retail setting and we're so excited to share our "experiment" with all of you- we can't wait to see how the Coir pots perform!

Check your mailbox!

Our postcards have been posted!  Check out that gorgeous Persian Shield- the details of its foliage are simply stunning.  Does it deserve to be front and center on our postcard or what!?

Of course, we love seeing new faces- if you're not on the mailing list, you're certainly welcome to drop by this spring!

A Work in Progress...

It's amazing how full the greenhouses feel once the hanging baskets are up in the air!

Miriam spent some time with the cone baskets this week- attaching their hangers, filling them with soil, hanging them off the tables.  And what was the reward for her hard work?  Being assigned the task of designing and planting them up with her beautiful, original combinations, of course!