[et_pb_section bb_built=\”1\”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=\”4_4\”][et_pb_text _builder_version=\”3.18.4\”] Has it really been six years since I wrote my original blog post on how to harvest hellebores?? Time flies! Since the season to harvest hellebores is about to be upon us again here in the Northeast, it seems a good time to dust off this old tutorial and make sure
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[et_pb_section bb_built=\”1\”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=\”4_4\”][et_pb_text _builder_version=\”3.18.4\”] I first wrote a post about tips for growing lisianthus in 2015. That post has since become the most popular one on the blog… actually the top hit for the entire website! And I hear repeatedly from new flower growers about how they’ve found that original post to be so helpful
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[et_pb_section bb_built=\”1\”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=\”4_4\”][et_pb_text _builder_version=\”3.18.4\”] || Sustainable Valentine\’s Day Flowers in Philadelphia || With Valentine\’s Day fast approaching, I thought it would be fun to introduce you to two of my loves, who happen to be lovers themselves. Meet Manos and Mariposa, a pair of box turtles that call our flower farm home. Manos is
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It’s been 10 very eventful (and event-filled!) years since I officially launched Love ‘n Fresh Flowers in January of 2009. I was talking to a dear flower friend the other day and reminiscing about how it felt back then to open up my heart to a business idea that seemed so exciting and yet so
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While you need plenty of sunny space to grow many of the better-known flowers for cutting, there are several excellent cut flowers that thrive in the shade. And better yet, there are many shade plants that provide gorgeous foliage for bouquets.
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I travel a lot during the growing season, more so than most farmers I would guess. I love to teach, and I’ve found traveling to teach other flower farmers and florists around the U.S. and Canada to be a very rewarding extension of my leadership in the farmer-florist movement. It makes the most sense to
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I know there are many workshops, master classes, online courses, conferences, and private mentoring options out there for floral professionals and flower lovers of all levels. I am always so grateful when students choose to invest their time and funds with a class at Love \’n Fresh Flowers! Weather it\’s an afternoon of easy floral
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Today is a monumental day in the history of Love ‘n Fresh Flowers. I bought land!! The ink has just dried on the deed! And it’s not just any land. Nope. Its four beautiful fertile acres adjacent to the current farm! Right in the heart of the city! I never thought I would own land
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Valentine\’s Day is fast approaching. Here at Love \’n Fresh Flowers, we obviously know a thing or two about the big L word. Sure, you could grab that predictable, insanely over-priced, red rose bouquet (with its questionable ethics) at the last minute like every other lover who forgot to plan ahead (or somehow thought they\’d
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When I tell people I’m a flower farmer, inevitably one of the questions they ask almost immediately is “What do you do in the winter?” I always find this question a bit amusing, not just because of how frequently it comes up, but more so because it hints at an underlying misperception about farming. Farming
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