Little Blue Barn Flowers

Name: Little Blue Barn Flowers
Address: Barnhartvale, Kamloops, BC, V2C6V6, CA
Telephone: 2505710944
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Little Blue Barn Flowers

Fresh. Local. Unique. Cultivating beauty with our locally grown flowers in Kamloops BC. specializing in winter tulip production, spring growing and dahlias.

We offer workshops, bouquet subscriptions, a la carte weddings and custom arrangements.

12/17/2024

2025 Subscription Update

Thank you so much to everyone who has already purchased a Bouquet Subscription for 2025 - they are almost sold out! There are just 2 spots left in the Winter Tulips which will start in late January, 5 spots left in Spring and currently the Dahlia subscription is sold out but I may add more to that one closer to the start.

Subscriptions can be picked up at either Little Blue Barn or with the exception of the winter tulips - pick-up is only available at Amplified. Pick-up days for Winter Tulips and Spring Bouquets is Mondays. Info, including exact dates for each subscription, is emailed to subscribers closer to the start dates of each subscription.

Link to purchase is in my bio.

12/13/2024

Happy Friday! We are headed into a weekend of biathlon racing , winter fun and some Christmas magic and hopefully a little Christmas prep at home too.
We attended our family's last primary Christmas concert last night which was a big reminder of how fast our little people are growing up. So trying to make all the moments of the season count and create new memories together.
The cooler smells beautifully from these centerpieces esch time I open the door right now- excited ti deliver some more out next week!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone, no matter how you spend it.

12/10/2024

Cozy Christmas Mugs! My husband has been busy in his studio and has some lovely mugs ready for under your Christmas trees. These mugs hold a good full cup of coffee or tea and they feel great in the hands, especially if you are someone like me who loves to hug your mug with both hands!

These mugs are in perfect winter colours of cream and mint. They are ready for pick up in Kamloops and are all $35 each. Check out his page for more information or send me a DM and I can put you in touch! They make a an excellent gift paired with a bag of beans from 😉

12/09/2024

Sad endings and new beginnings...

Our ducks have become a bit of a feature on here and anyone who picks up at LBB always says hello to the ducks as they are never ones to miss out on the action and are full of personality and cheeky "commentary".

While we do our best to keep all of our animals safe from predators, sometimes new predators arrive. On Friday night a raccoon entered our property and got our sweet Chocolate Mocha. To our knowledge we haven't had any raccoons in our place to date but do know there have been some in the area.

We were all very sad to find Chocolate gone yesterday and his partner in crime Harriet was devastated as I am not sure they were ever more than 3 feet apart at any given moment. Ducks are very social animals and don't do well on their own, so we decided we better get him a companion. My good friend came to the rescue and provided two new companions for Harriet.

We will truly miss that little brown duck waddling at full speed across the pasture to say hello every time someone came home and his forever dirty beak as he was an amazing forager. I will also miss all of the shenanigans between he and our dog Arlo as they were very good friends too.

We welcome Banana & Pineapple to the gardens and I am sure you will all get acquainted with them soon on here as ducks are truly entertaining little souls who love to be in the action. Harriet is happy to have ducks but also still not completely sure he's ready to share his space (he has the worst case of little man syndrome ever!)

The hardest part of animal husbandry is letting them go. We have revamped the duck run and hopefully it is raccoon proof. To Chocolate - thanks for many smiles and hopefully you are getting your fill of worms and Roly pollies ❤️

12/06/2024

"It's coming on Christmas..."

The busyness of the festive season has definitely hit me and our calendar today! I spent a couple of quiet hours in my studio this morning creating holiday centerpieces and I truly love them ❤️

Now, for the rest of the afternoon my kitchen will look like a tornado hit as I prepare a bunch of freezer food to take to a biathlon race next weekend and use over the holidays. I love to cook but over the holidays I like to be doing things with family more so I have learned some great dishes that freeze well that I can prep ahead of time and the just heat up on the fly. Does anyone else have any make ahead recipes they love to have over the holidays? I am always looking for some fresh ideas 😊

12/04/2024

The final offering of 2024 - "Woodland Centerpiece"

This unique centerpiece will feature a glorious amaryllis that should bloom just in time for Christmas in elegant white, merlot or candy cane striped. Along with the amaryllis, tucked into the moss is a handmade aspen candle holder. The centerpiece is surrounded with locally foraged greens, dried florals, nuts, cones and dried citrus. While I don't usually add anything I don't grow to my arrangements, you might just find some fresh magnolia leaves or eucalyptus popped in there as well.

Pick-up of these centerpieces will be December 20th at Amplifed or at Little Blue Barn. You can preorder yours today at https://my-site-107892-107250.square.site/product/amaryllis-woodland-centerpiece/217

11/28/2024

DIY WREATH KITS!

Missed out on the wreath workshops but still want to create a unique wreath for your door? I have created some simple wreath kits with everything you need to create, this wreath a long with a video tutorial that will guide you through the whole process. Kits will be available for pick up Nov 30th and Dec 1st at LBB. Pick-up at Amplifed can be available Nov 30th on the afternoon only.

This is a great activity to do with a glass of wine, or a cup of holiday tea and a holiday candle!
Please use link in bio to purchase.

11/26/2024

Are you looking for an afternoon right out of a Hallmark Christmas movie? I think this Saturday will be pretty close 😊. Enjoy a delicious lunch in a cozy festive lodge nestled in a winter wonderland . Then get all the holiday feels with the aromas of freshly harvested evergreens and Christmas baking wafting as we create fun and unique holiday swags for your doors or gate posts.

This is a great opportunity to catch up with a friend, learn something new, and relax in what can be a very hectic season. Each participant will have the opportunity to make 2 swags so you can gift one or keep them both for yourself.

This will be your last chance to get into one of our workshops this year so don't miss out on the last few tickets. Link for tickets in bio or here https://my-site-107892-107250.square.site/product/winter-wonderland-swag-workshop/216

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11/21/2024

"Just Ducky"

This crew definitely agrees that the best way to kick off the festive season is to create something special for your front door or gate with friends, a glass of good cheer, and great food.

I am looking forward to seeing all the wreaths and swags created over the next couple of weekends at workshops. My own decorating tends to happen a little here and a little there so today I got the oversized wreath done for the back gate - if you hike on the trails behind our place you can take a closer look. I kept it simple and traditional this year with a mix of locally foraged greens and juniper berries. I was lucky enough to grab some fresh holly on the weekend and I added it for some pops of red. Finished it off with a bit of dried citrus and cinnamon sticks. The workshop smelled pretty great and I imagine the greenhouse and the restaurant will also smell pretty festive!

Nothing about this picture was posed, I was getting the wreath centered on the gate and of course my crew needed to give their input too 😊

11/18/2024

Happy Slumber Gardens...

We put the 3rd tunnel up this afternoon with the roses mulched beneath it. This is the most tunnels I have ever got up before winter and I am very happy to have so much growing space prepped for an early start in 2025.

Now, it is time to turn my attention to holiday preparation and skiing. I love my gardens, but I am always ready for a little break from them as winter arrives. Right after New Years, I will sow the first seeds for 2025 flowers and then the winter tulips will begin to bloom in late January but until late February the gardens will hibernate beneath the snow. They will recharge and I will too.

Looking forward to a weekend on wreathmaking next weekend!

11/16/2024

What's your Christmas style? Rustic? Nordic? Modern? West Coast? Victorian?

I always love watching people's individual style emerge in the wreath workshops and I love that wreaths and swags are so easy to make fit in any style.

The kids and I started getting our chicken coop ready for the holidays- it's the first thing we decorate every year. I went for a rustic swag on the door this year with some dried citrus for some pops of colour and wired in some wired ornaments we have for a bit of sparkle.

Join me in creating a swag to match your style on November 30th - I think you might be surprised how fun these are to make and how easy they are to personalize. Link for tickets in bio.

11/13/2024

"I'll be there with bells on!"

There are so many great ways to dress up a simple swag and I can't resist bells! If you are joining us at the swag workshop, feel free to pick up some bells before the workshop and I will help you add them into your swags. The bells on this swag I grabbed from and I can tell you they have a fantastic selection of bells in stock! There is just something about the sound of jingle bells as the door opens during the holiday season...

There are just a handful of spots left in the swag workshop - link to your tickets is in bio!

11/09/2024

Here they are!! 2025 Subscriptions are up on the website. Again, in 2025, I will be offering 3 subscriptions spanning mid-January until October with a break in the height of summer.
Each subscription is unique to its season and features only flowers we grow. Every bouquet captures a moment in time in the gardens, and as a whole, the subscriptions really show off the diversity of locally grown flowers.
I will be scaling back a little bit in 2025 as family life gets busier, so the subscriptions are a great way to ensure you get to enjoy our flowers next season 😊
More details about each subscription are on the website. Link to website in site bio.
Thankyou Kamloops for always being such great supporters of my subscriptions!

11/03/2024

Winter Wonderland Swag Workshop!

Spend an afternoon in a winter wonderland , enjoy a delicious lunch with friends in the Evergreen Bistro & Bar and then create 2 beautiful swags using evergreens, dried florals, cones and ribbons. You can keep both swags for yourself or after the workshop gift one to a friend.

Workshop is Nov 30th Noon-2:30pm at Lac Le Jeune Resort. Registration link is in my profile or https://my-site-107892-107250.square.site/product/winter-wonderland-swag-workshop/216

Your Ticket Includes your lunch and all the materials and instruction you need to create your swags!

10/30/2024

Amaryllis!
If you arrive curious about the bulbs we are going to use to make the woodland centerpieces - these are they! They are such a beautiful, fresh addition to any holiday table.
Some varieties are early blooming and bloom right around Christmas and those are what we will use in our centerpieces. These tend to be varieties that are white, burgundy, and red like the ones pictured above. There are also later blooming varieties in similar colours but also pinks and peaches. I often plant a few that then bloom over the course of winter to add some colour to the house.
Each Amaryllis bulb produces a number of blooms so can often stay in bloom for about 3 weeks.
You can also harvest amaryllis as I did here and use it as a cut flower with great vase life!
Holiday Centerpiece workshop is Dec 15th . Very limited spots available so don't wait to sign up!

10/30/2024

HOLIDAY CENTERPIECE WORKSHOP

Come and spend a festive afternoon in the enchanting greenhouse and create a unique centerpiece for your holiday table!

We will be planting amaryllis bulbs that will bloom for Christmas and then using a selection of fresh moss, evergreens, a handmade aspen candle holder, dried florals and pinecones to create a truly unique centerpiece.

Your ticket will include a glass of wine or non-alcoholic beverage for while you create and you will also receive a tasting room voucher to use on the day of the workshop or on another visit to the winery. It will also be a great time to stock up on wine for your holiday gatherings!

Tickets available here https://my-site-107892-107250.square.site/product/woodland-holiday-centerpiece/215

10/22/2024

Winter. Snow. Tulips.

If you have been here for awhile you know about my locally grown Kamloops winter tulips! For the past couple of years I have been learning how to force tulips and growing them in the sun room of our house through the depths of winter. It takes some work to do but I LOVE having some fresh flowers to go with the snow and they have become one of my most popular offerings.

Tulips are not immune to climate change and it has absolutely wreaked havoc in the beautiful fields of Holland over the past 2 seasons which has lead to the extinction of some varieties and a worldwide shortage in tulip bulbs this fall.

Last fall it was quite a saga getting my bulbs and this year things have gone much more smoothly but I am actually only going to receive 50-75% of my original order for this year due to shortages.

I am still planning to grow most of my tulips through the winter, it will just be a smaller number and very limited varieties but the varieties I do have are probably a couple of my most popular ones so that is pretty lucky.

Costs on bulbs have risen and our bulb suppliers have warned that the prices for both cut tulips and tulip bulbs next spring will definitely be rising due to the crop losses experienced. So at that time I will have to really work out if winter tulips will be viable as there is more cost generally to growing them. I sure hope I can make it work as I do love them but for now I will focus on this season.

As soon as all mu bulbs have arrived and I can confirm numbers, I will be putting the 2025 Tulip Subscription up on the webshop for purchase. More details on that next week!

If you made it this far, thanks 😊

10/21/2024

OK, here is the link to my dahlia tuber dividing and winter storage tutorial. It's not perfect but hopefully it's helpful for those of you who have asked for one. Thanks!
https://youtu.be/DZLw-Yc5uRg?si=ZmflvnWTsTjFZ1vi

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Annual Christmas tree hunt was a perfect way to spend a pro-d day! The calendar is looking pretty busy in the lead up to Christmas so it was great to just take a day to spend some time in the hills and snow and getting the house ready for Christmas while enjoying mugs of hot chocolate and mulled wine. The kids wanted a "Griswold tree" and i think we found one with this beautiful blue spruce. It's not a designer tree but every ornament we hang is handmade, gifted or has a story behind it and I love it every year. I will have one more holiday offering for this year and then that will be it until the 2025 season begins in late January. Time for family, good food, time outside and cozy nights by the fire ❤️

What a MAGICAL afternoon it was feasting and creating swags with a lovely group of ladies @laclejeuneresort. I promised it would be like an afternoon in a Hallmark Christmas movie and it really was! It's hard not to be immediately in the Christmas spirit when you arrive at a cozy lodge nestled into a winter wonderland. The fire crackled and the music played and we created some beautiful swags. That wraps up my public workshops for the season. I have one more private workshop and then that will be a wrap. Thankyou so much @laclejeuneresort for hosting us and feeding us and to everyone who enjoyed the afternoon with us - Happy Holiday Season!

That is a wrap on 2024 Wreath Workshops @montecreekwinery! The greenhouse was beautiful and smelled just like Christmas as we created with fresh evergreens and sipped wine. 60 gorgeous and unique wreaths were created and hopefully lots of great memories with friends and family made too. It was great to see so many familiar faces over the weekend and also some new ones - thankyou to each and every participant who came out to the workshops this weekend. Also a huge thanks to MCW for being such a fabulous host. If you missed out on the wreath workshops but would still like a festive workshop - I have a very few tickets left for my Swag Workshop @laclejeuneresort on Nov 30th and I am sure it is going to be another memorable experience!

A day of flowering in town complete! I was feeling a bit nervous to lead a bouquet workshop because I haven't done a fresh flower workshop yet, but it was so much fun and everyone made a gorgeous spring bouquet! Thankyou so much @farandwideshop for hosting the workshops, my mom for helping me prep and to all the participants - I hope you all enjoyed yourself and will try your hand at some more bouquets this summer! Remember don't overthink it 😉 I am planning 2 more workshops in August that will feature working with dahlias and all the summer beauties so stay tuned for those... Enjoy the rest of the weekend in the 🌞

If you need a pop of spring to get you through this blast of winter, I have some bright tulips that might do the trick! Just a few bunches left that can be picked up at Amplifed on Monday, hop on over to the shop to grab yours. Orders will stay open until noon on Sunday or bunches are sold out. https://my-site-107892-107250.square.site/product/winter-tulip-bunch-march-4th-pick-up/120

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted" - Aesop Happy Valentine's Day 💘. Thank-you for helping me to share my flowers with those you love and care about! Tulips are no rose but they are bright, cheery, long lasting in the vase and they were grown right here in Kamloops in February! No spray, low carbon footprint as far as V-Day flowers go and perfectly safe for your compost once they are finished so they can nourish the next generation of flowers 😊. Hope you are able to give and receive at least one act of kindness today 💕

Fuzzy peaches, juicy apricots and pretty pinks in bold designs are in the forecast of Floral trends for 2024 and I am here for it because I naturally gravitate to those colours myself and probably grow more than I should in those palettes already 🙃! But I don't think classic elegance will ever go out of style and if you love simple, clean and timeless, I don't think you can ever go wrong with with green and white and I will always have you covered in this palette no matter what the trends say! Loving the palettes my 2024 brides are picking - each unique. I only have a handful of available dates for weddings in 2024 so if you are curious about our a la carte wedding flowers, please inquire soon and I will send you the details!

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