by Jennie Love | Dec 30, 2014 | Business in Bloom, Workshops
One of the things I love about the farmer florist movement is that it is attracting both young 20-something growers AND change-of-life growers. People, often women, who have had a successful career already and raised a family are deciding they need a more creative...
by Jennie Love | Dec 28, 2014 | Business in Bloom, Workshops
Can you believe we’re almost at the start of another year? The holiday season has just flown by! I’m packing my bags tomorrow and jetting off to a warm Pacific beach. Woohoo! But before I head out, I’m putting the finishing touches on our floral...
by Jennie Love | Dec 22, 2014 | Business in Bloom
Time to meet another great flower start-up business! In 2013, Tobie Whitman launched Little Acre Flowers in Washington DC with a mission to provide a sustainable option for daily flower delivery services. She sources all her flowers from local farms, an awesome...
by Jennie Love | Dec 18, 2014 | Designing, Farming, Video
Over the course of this past summer and fall, Amanda from Love Me Do Photography came out to the farm to film us going about our business. I love what she captured and hope you enjoy this look into our flower filled world!! {Click on the four-way arrows in the bottom...
by Jennie Love | Dec 9, 2014 | Business in Bloom
Business in Bloom is a blog series created to get a peek inside some of the growing small flower businesses of students who have attended a Love ‘n Fresh Flowers master class. I initially started asking these questions so I could get a better idea of the...
by Jennie Love | Nov 13, 2014 | Backyard Bouquets, Designing
Forgive the lack of pictures for this post. It was sleeting while I was trying to shoot and shortly after turned to snow! Mid-November and winter is already here. These are the very last of the dahlias. The hoop house froze earlier this week. I found a lot of peace in...
by Jennie Love | Nov 6, 2014 | Backyard Bouquets, Designing
Down but not out! That’s how I would sum up the season at the moment. We’ve had frost several times at this point, but somehow the Cafe Au Lait dahlias in the field and a bevvy of other dahlias in the hoop house are still kicking. I can’t quite...
by Jennie Love | Oct 30, 2014 | Backyard Bouquets, Designing
Here they come! The MUMS!! They are in full bloom this week. I’m sure you’ll be seeing even more in next week’s design, but for now, they are still playing second fiddle a bit to the ever-starring dahlia. The weatherman says we’re getting a...
by Jennie Love | Oct 23, 2014 | Backyard Bouquets, Designing
It’s been an intense week! I’m just coming off the ASCFG national conference where I didn’t get to sit down for more than a hot minute. I lost my voice from talking so much! It was such an amazing delight to see so many old flower friends in one spot...
by Jennie Love | Oct 16, 2014 | Backyard Bouquets, Designing
Time to embrace a bit of fall while it’s still here! October is flying by! We’ve got nearly half the field cleared of the summer’s crops and now sown with crops for the spring. The tulips, muscari, fritillaria, ranunculus, and anemones have all...
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