Our Blooms & Botanicals
From seeds started while the fields are still frozen to flowers gathered at the height of summer and preserved to brighten the darkest days of winter, our flowers make a year-long journey on the farm.
While the Fields Are Still Frozen
Our flower season begins while the fields are still frozen. We start with the slow growers—lisianthus, eucalyptus, and dianthus—sowing them into soil blocks that encourage strong lateral root development and help produce healthy, vigorous transplants. We nurture thousands of tiny seedlings indoors until they’re ready to move into the greenhouse in early spring.
Growing Through the Winter
Once our seeds germinate, the tiny seedlings grow under lights in a climate-controlled room, protected from the winter weather outside. As they grow stronger and their roots fill the soil blocks, they eventually “graduate” to the greenhouse in early spring, where they continue growing until it’s warm enough to head to the fields.
It Might Be Mud. It Might Be Manure. 💩
Either way, healthy soil is where beautiful flowers begin. Through regenerative farming and carefully managed grazing, our livestock return organic matter and nutrients to ground that was once dry, dusty and depleted. Over time, we’ve watched that soil come back to life—filled with earthworms, beneficial microbes and fungi that help our flowers thrive.
From Tiny Starts to a Full Greenhouse
A field of flower babies: 23 rows, each 4 feet wide and 300 feet long, planted one tiny start at a time.
Before our flower babies ever reach the field, there’s plenty of work waiting for us outside. We prepare the beds, lay drip irrigation to deliver water directly to the roots, and cover the rows with a recyclable weed barrier that helps us manage weeds throughout the growing season. Then, one by one, thousands of tiny plants are tucked into the soil—looking impossibly small compared with what those same rows will become by summer.
And Then the Fields Come Alive
At first, those tiny transplants don’t look like much. But as the days grow longer and warmer, the fields begin to change. By May, the first flowers start to open, and from there the color builds week by week. Thousands of plants fill the rows with blooms that we’ll harvest throughout the summer and into fall—while also providing an ever-changing source of pollen and nectar for our bees and other pollinators.
Our flower fields feed the butterflies, bees and other pollinators across the farm.
June Belongs to Lavender
Each June, one of our favorite moments of the year arrives—the lavender bloom. Thousands of lavender plants burst into shades of purple, filling the fields with fragrance and drawing bees and other pollinators from across the farm. For a few short weeks, lavender takes center stage, culminating in our annual two-day Lavender Festival, when we welcome thousands of guests to the farm to experience the fields at their peak.
Come Wander the Flower Fields
From Memorial Day through Labor Day, we open our flower fields for U-Cut, inviting visitors to wander the rows and create a bouquet of their own. Some of our favorite farm moments are watching families explore the fields, children chase butterflies, couples cut flowers together, and friends fill their buckets with whatever catches their eye. Come with your family, your girlfriends, someone you love—or come alone for a little flower therapy.
The fields have also become a favorite setting for professional photography, from family and maternity portraits to engagements and special milestones. Photographers can reserve private sessions among the blooms, capturing their clients during one of the most beautiful times of year on the farm.
Preserving the Harvest
Not every flower we harvest is destined for a fresh bouquet. Throughout the growing season, we gather blooms specifically for preserving, choosing each flower at the stage when its color, shape and texture are at their best. Different flowers require different methods—some are hung to dry, others are carefully dried to preserve their form, and the most delicate blooms and petals are pressed.
Once preserved, they begin a second life. Our dried flowers are gathered into colorful everlasting bouquets, while pressed blooms become one-of-a-kind greeting cards and framed botanical art. Every piece begins with flowers grown and harvested right here on the farm, allowing us to keep creating with our fields long after the growing season ends.
Summer blooms, preserved by hand and gathered into our colorful mini everlasting bouquets.
Summer blooms, carefully pressed and transformed into one-of-a-kind greeting cards and framed botanical art.