If your house has felt a little grey lately… same. I shifted my decor to spring – just out of spite for the weather. The snowbanks are enormous. The air is still – stabby. But the light has shifted. You can feel it in the late afternoon glow. The greenhouse looks pretty dead, but it’s time to wake things up!
We’ve already started our lisianthus — soft, ruffled blooms that look like garden roses but last nearly a week in a vase. They’re slow growers (dramatic, honestly), but they’re worth the wait. (a pic of one of our lovely lisianthus blooms from last year is at the top of the page)
Dahlias: The Flowers You’ll Want to Touch
This year we’re planting nearly 100 dahlia plants (up from 25 last year). You all could not get enough dahlias!
But, we’re not growing the giant, floppy dinner-plate kinds you see in bridal magazines.
Instead? The ones that will love you back!
The tight, honeycomb-petaled ball dahlias in shades of raspberry, dusty peach, warm caramel, and deep plum. The kind you instinctively reach out to touch. The kind that still look beautiful on day five.
We build our late-summer bouquets around them because they perform. And when you bring home flowers, they should last long enough to actually enjoy.
No grocery-store, chemical-bathed, high on preservatives, stuff. Just all natural, organic, grown in the north beauty.
Early Summer Softness
We’re working to extend our bouquet season by investing in some early-season lovelies:
- Ranunculus (the rose of spring!)
- Specialty daffodils (the double bloom, ruffles and creamy colours kinds)
- Early lilies
- And our first real harvest from a growing peony patch
Peonies and lilacs are our long game. We planted over 30 peony plants knowing they won’t fully show off for a few years. But when they do? It will be ridiculous in the best way.
We’re building for now — and for the future.
10 Weeks of Bouquets (That Feel Like a Season)
Our goal is 6,000 stems this year from our tiny urban plots.
That means constant planting. Flipping beds quickly. Planning like crazy.
But what it really means for you?
Ten weeks where you can swing by the market and bring home something that was cut that morning. Something that only exists in that exact colour palette for that exact moment in the season.
No imported flowers. No out-of-season anything. Just what’s blooming right now.
Watch for a new location this year!
The last custom-order bouquet of 2025. Bouquet recipe: lisianthus, dahlias, zinnias, white swan marigolds, nigella pods, echinacea pods, double-click cosmos
The Subscription Idea (And You Get a Say)
Last year we trialed a dahlia-centric bouquet subscription. We received so much positive feedback. This year we’re thinking of offering three focused options:
- A late-summer dahlia subscription
- A cheerful sunflower run
- And either lisianthus (romantic, airy, cottage-garden vibes) or heirloom mums (bold, fragrant, dramatic)
If you had to choose… which would you pick?
And Now — The Question I Can’t Stop Thinking About
Heirloom chrysanthemums.
Not the stiff clumpy grocery store mums. I mean the old-world romantic, antique-toned, late-October kinds in bronze, blush, faded rose, and apricot. The kind that make your whole house feel warmer.
They bloom late — after you’re sick of dahlias — which means greenhouse space, extra work, and some risk.
But imagine October bouquets when everything else is done. Would you treat yourself to an autumn mum bouquet?
Would you want a short, cozy fall flower subscription? Or should we keep pouring everything into the peak summer weeks?
Tell me honestly. If you’d buy them, I’ll grow them.
Because at the end of the day, this farm only works if you love what we grow enough to put them on your kitchen table.
Lisa (and Jenna)