by Jennie Love | Jun 26, 2013 | Designing
This week’s installation of The Seasonal Bouquet Project was very much inspired in the moment as I walked around the field. The hoop house is literally overflowing with heavenly sweet peas in all shades of pink, especially “watermelon”. I cut big...
by Jennie Love | Jun 23, 2013 | Farming
I had a lovely picnic lunch at the farm today with my brother Joe, his wife (my best friend) Rachel and their two adorable kids. It was fun to relax in the field a bit instead of working. And it was really such a treat to share all the flower bounty with them. As we...
by Jennie Love | Jun 16, 2013 | Designing, Farming
June is a surprisingly sparse month for cut flowers. If it weren’t for the blousy beauty of peonies, June would be a very difficult month for flower farmers and designers dedicated to locally-grown. The flush of spring blooms like anemones, ranunculus, tulips...
by Jennie Love | Jun 3, 2013 | Farming
I grow a lot of varieties of Nigella, or “love in the mist” as it’s commonly known. It’s easy to grow from seed, can be sown in the fall as we’re putting the field to bed, and blooms in the spring without much fuss. Some varieties I grow...
by Jennie Love | Jun 3, 2013 | Farming
We’ve weathered our first heat wave. Summer surely is here. Even without a calendar for reference, I could have told you Memorial Day had come and gone. The face of the flower fields change significantly this time in the season. It’s almost instantaneous....
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