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Owl Grove Roses

Romantic heritage & classic roses
for cut-flower bouquets,subscriptions and rose bushes for gardens We are not open to the public at this time.

Porch pickup is by appointment only ( preferably 24 hours notice to facilitate fresh harvest and arrange bouquets). Messages are checked twice a day for bouquet requests and answered before 9pm for the following day. Hours for pick up are between 10am and 8pm approximately.

11/08/2024

As a flower farmer, one constantly is in flux about your business.
There is that little voice that you historically bump into that rattles your confidence saying,
"what are you doing? "
"what does it matter?"
"you are out of your depth and foolish for taking such risks."
As I am arguing with myself while digging out dahlias, I am repeatedly greeted with the sweetest of fragrance.
I glance over to an entire row of flowering sweetpeas (!) and blooming French roses.
On November 8th in Ontario.
I may not know what I'm doing, but it certainly is rewarding.

11/05/2024

Paper white kits are still available for gift giving or to start soon for your Christmas decor.
Sweetly scented and delicately white flowers looking like small, species daffodils to bring a bit of beauty, blooming.
$5.00 for a single kit or a sleeve of 5 to grow in your own containers.
Think a line of crystal champagne saucers with a paper white bulb snuggled in glass glitter snow, based with green cedar boughs and tea lights along the mantle.
Paperwhites do not need soil to grow and can be set with river rocks, marbles, mini Christmas baubles, lengths of silver chain or beads.
Place in a container and add water to just the bottom of the bulb and in 4-6 weeks you will have blooms.
Porch pick up or local free delivery in Brighton.

11/03/2024

I went at dusk before it got too cold and was able to get a lovely cut-flower harvest in.
By the looks of the flowers conditioning in the cold room, there should be 3 mason jar bouquets available at the Codrington Farmers' Market on Sunday 10-2.
These will most definitely be the LAST bouquets of this season.
Some stunning heirloom chrysanthemums, late dahlias, celosia, lace flower, scabiosa, some roses ( I couldn't resist) cedar, dogwood, ninebark, sweet william and stocks.
Not bad for November 3rd.
Remember the clocks fall back tonight.
The cadets will be on hand to direct parking on the lot and field
(and keeping the road clear for the fire hall).
There will be lots of artisians, foodies, creators, music, a bonfire, treats and festive good cheer.
Come support local and get a jump on your Christmas shopping where the appreciation abounds.
I will be back in person in May.
Customized Gift Certificates are always available and the 2025 Subscription options will be live on the website by the end of the month for gift purchasing.

11/02/2024

Although the majority of my cut flowers are complete for the season,
(I might possibly have cut heirloom mum bouquets for Sunday)
I will be bringing festively packaged paperwhite bulb kits to the Codrington Farmers' Market Christmas Market this Sunday 10-2.
These easy to grow indoor bulbs are delicate in form and delightful in fragrance.
Great for gift giving or seasonal home decor,
priced from $5.00 a kit to $20.00 for a large, vintage glass compote with bulbs.
I will also have our much appreciated printed cloth market bags featuring our seasonal bouquets,
some blank cards and a few hand-woven Brigid's wheels for a prosperous year ahead.
Personalized gift certificates can be requested as well as information for our weekly or monthly bouquet subscriptions for 2025.

Our flower season may be done but we still have lots to offer.

From Our Farm to Your Arms,
Naturally.

10/28/2024

There are so many ways to support a small business!

10/26/2024

A lovely night out (a rarity for me) at the QBAA awards gala tonight.
So appreciative to have been nominated in the agribusiness category ( Congratulations to Cheer Farms on their win.) Floriculture often does not get much of a recognition for growing and providing beauty but as a 4th generation horticulturalist and agricultural preservationist, it is nice to be in a community of brave and/ or foolish entrepreneurs who all decided they no longer wanted to work for some else's dream.

10/19/2024

Looks like I will be at the Codrington Farmers' Market tomorrow 10-1 with at least 12 fresh cut and locally grown flower bouquets. Dahlias and celosia, some statice, late zinnias, lace flower, china asters, stocks, dara, french marigolds and rudbeckia and the last of the roses for this year.
I will also have sleeves of paperwhites ($5.00) that can be started soon for December entertaining.
This will be most likely the last of the cut flowers for the year and I will have some lovely, wrapped items for the Codrington Christmas market on November 3, perfect for teachers' gifts, secret Santa, host or hostess gifts, crossing guard or bus driver, or just for yourself.
See you at the Cod. tomorrow. ( Sunday October 20)

10/12/2024

Fall certainly does not mean rest.
(No rest for the wicked as the saying goes.)

Yesterday saw 105 peonies planted to the 320 already in ground, 2 of 4 arbours installed and 5 roses freed from their vertical obelisks and languidly draped and secured over the arches to frame the birdbath and the secret walkway.
(It is secret because I was lazy and never cut back the gooseneck loosestrife, phlox and siberian irises and the path was unnavigable).
I then re-purposed the 3 obelisks to some baby ramblers that will eventually create a wall of fragrance and blossoms at the entrance walk to the work gardens in the back.
I still have 4 rosebushes to plant and all of the raised beds to cut down and w**d plus all of the rose rows need a good once over for the late w**ds and never ending grass.
New bed prep for next Spring might get done before it gets too cold.
Need to work on some Halloween props for the Witch's House and get all of the gift bulbs ready for the Codrington Farmers' Market Christmas Craft Show on November 3.

Plus, I go back to teaching dance starting next week so I need to re-visit my curriculum notes.

Thanksgiving dinner is going to be rescheduled to when all of the family is not buried in work, illness or obligations.

Grateful to all of the wonderful beauty aficionados that added gorgeous roses to their gardens this season or enjoyed voluptuous bouquets from June to yesterday.

From Our Farm to Your Arms, Naturally.

With Thanks, for being able to grow for you.

Lisa

10/05/2024

I have started with the business end of the business and am working through the planting maps for the cut-flower projections for 2025.
I do the budgets/costs/labour/maintenance/etc, quarterly.
The 2025 roses are ordered, negotiations for the specific growing for 2026 roses are in the works (fingers crossed), and now the really hard stuff starts.
So I ask of you, how would you like to see Owl Grove Roses evolve?
* I offer weekly bouquet subscriptions/orders for the historical roses.
* I offer 2-month and 5-month bouquet subscriptions.
* I offer custom cut/arranged bouquets with 24-hours notice at your budget pricing (with free delivery in Brighton or on the subscription deliver days to Port Hope/Cobourg/Colborne).
* I offer #1 grade, 3 year-old Canadian-grown curated rosebushes, hand-potted in 3 gallon pots.
* The inventory offers 90+ different varieties a season.
* The farm is chemical- and pesticide-free and is a certified wildlife and pollinator habitat.
* There is always porch pick up and the farm is open to the public for in-person shopping Wed/Fri/Sat 11-5 and Sun afternoons 2-4 after the Codrington Farmers' Market. 10-1. or by appointment.
* Pick-ups can be arranged at the farmers' market.
* I can create personalized gift certificates in any denomination to be emailed to you or your recipient.
* I continue to not charge tax.

What am I missing?

* Does the business need more media engagement?
* Facebook or Instagram or quarterly email newsletters?
* Is the website easy to use and intuitive?

* Are mason jars boring? Would you prefer hand-wrapped instead?
* Are the colour combinations too bright? Too pale?
Too cottage-y?

* Are you interested in on-site workshops?
Our watercolour workshop is always a hit but should I add a wine-tasting workshop, a yoga at sunset, etc.?
The plein air artist's day and golden-hour photography were never even inquired about.

* Do you want fancy pumpkins and farm-stand bouquets of unusual sunflowers next fall?
* Do you want bundles of cuts to make your own fall/winter containers?

Toss some ideas into the comments so I can test the waters for 2025.

I would love for you to shout to the rafters "Come embrace beauty!", instead of being referred to as the "Best kept secret in Brighton".

10/02/2024

Demand is still high for an ever diminishing supply of roses.
I have placed my 2025 orders (that are still filled by lottery) and there is a lovely selection to be offered.
Routinely I visit and re-visit my curated selections and pricing for the bare-root rosebushes and compare them to some of the bigger and better known suppliers.
We all get our stock from the same growers but the gap in pricing is mind-boggling.
What I offer at $60.00, they offer at $89.00 plus shipping.
By shopping in-person, you get to choose which rosebush you want and see the colours first hand in all of their stages.
(Not just the perfect marketing photo)
Some roses start off one colour and then cycle through different variances.
Some are nearly thornless and others qualify as battle weaponry.
Some are boldly upright without any give or sway and others are lax octopus arms or elegantly vase profiled.
Scent...don't get me started on scent.
This is why I grow roses.
First hand you get to smell what you are introducing to your garden.
Roses have very distinctive signatures from delicate/soapy/ citrus perfume to punch-in-the-face myrrh / black tea/ Old rose.
You can't get that by purchasing online.
I personally inspect every single rosebush (500 of them) before it gets potted up in April.
I check the graft unions, the root health, the cane structures.
I use great, locally provided soil mix.
I water, feed, prune and nurture what I sell daily.
Plus you get personalized service and information about everything growing-related and can see the actual size of the mature roses if I have it in-ground at the farm.
Small businesses have small budgets but we all strive to provide our patrons and communities with the best and freshest quality produce we can grow for you.
I want you to have every confidence and success as a rose gardener and I am invested in providing you with the best I can offer.
In 2024, Owl Grove Roses offered 94 different varieties of roses to the community and I am looking forward to introducing you to what has been curated for 2025.

From Our Farm to Your Arms,
Naturally

and it is going to be beautiful.

09/26/2024

If you want to take a breather from the crowds and busyness of the Applefest on Saturday, come on over to the farm and stroll the roses for sale.
Open 10-6pm.
This is the LAST Saturday in 2024 that I will be open to the public for in-person shopping as I need to get the farm ready for winter.
Potted 3 gallon rosebushes $25 and $30. No tax.
Weather is great for planting and still time before the first hard frost.
Debit/Credit/Cash/E-Transfer.
Many of these varieties will NOT be repeated for 2025 as supply and demand is making filling inventory orders a challenge.
3 year old roses are still being allocated by lottery from suppliers as requests are exceeding 3 times the volume of what they are presently growing in the fields.

09/20/2024

Saturday, September 28th will be the LAST DAY to purchase rosebushes for our 2024 season.
Farmgate will be closed to the public from Saturday, September 21st-Friday, September 27th for infrastructure and media work and a break.
I will not be at the Codrington Farmers' Market this Sunday ( 22nd) but will be back on the 29th. with Fall fresh cut-flower bouquets.
Have an awesome week rose lovers !

09/16/2024

Open for rosebush purchases on Wednesday 11-6 and Friday 2-6 (Late opening).
Farm will be closed to the public from Saturday, September 21-27 for bouquets and rosebushes.
Open from 10-6 Saturday, September 28th for Applefest.
(Last open farm-gate day)
Farm will be open by appointment only or by chance after that date for freshly harvested bouquets( pre-ordered) and rosebushes.
Our last Codrington Farmers' Market date is October 27th
(weather permitting) and the Codrington Christmas Market Nov 3)
September is a great time for planting roses as the nights are cooler and the daily heat not as stressful.
Plant and water well 6 weeks before the first hard frost date and you will be rewarded with blooms in June.
Rosebushes are still $25.00 and $30.00
There is a few potted asiatic lilies available as a $2.00 donation for Parry's Paws and Claws.
Help me thin down the stock so I have less to over-winter and fight the red squirrel for out building territory over.

Address

Brighton, ON
K0K1H0

Opening Hours

3pm - 5pm

Website

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All set up at @codringtonfarmersmarket . Happy Thanksgiving. So much to be grateful for.

A blush bouquet to mark a very special life event.

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