Dahlia May Flower Farm

Dahlia May Flower Farm Our farm sustainably grows specialty cut flowers. Our design studio provides beautiful and seasonal floral design services for all occasions.
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How long should your cut flowers last?It’s one of our most frequently asked questions, and for good reason.�Flowers are ...
06/17/2024

How long should your cut flowers last?

It’s one of our most frequently asked questions, and for good reason.�Flowers are such a joy to receive, and we know you want to make the most of your time with them.

Let’s chat about what we can expect from our fresh cut flowers, and how to maximize their lifespan, and they joy you receive from them.

There isn’t a set amount of days that we can suggest your fresh cut flowers will last, because their lifespan depends on three factors:
�1️⃣ Environment
�Your fresh cut flowers will need to be enjoyed in a cool place, away from direct sunlight. Keep your blooms away from sunny windows and bright light, and keep them cool if you can.
Flowers placed in a bright sunny window, or in a warm room, may last 3 days, where the same bouquet might last 7 days if kept in a cooler room (60-70 degrees), away from any direct sunlight.
While flowers DO need sunlight when they are growing, once they are cut the opposite is true, and your blooms will want to be kept away from sunlight and warm windows.
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2️⃣ The types of flowers you have.

Every bloom has a different lifespan. Lilacs are ephemeral beauties, and despite best care they rarely last more than 3 days. Tulips may last 5-7 days, Peonies often last 4-5 days, while ranunculus often lasts 10-14 days. Many traditional and common imported flowers (such as carnations) may last two weeks or more, where locally grown specialty crops may last 5-7 days. Spring flowers such as tulips or peonies are often shorter lived than summer blooms such as sunflowers.

Whenever we think about vase life, we do need to take into account that each variety has its own lifespan.
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3️⃣ How they are cared for.

Your fresh cut flowers, just like people, need to have their needs met to shine.
So, how do you need their needs?

✂️ Trim the ends of your blooms BEFORE you put them into a vase, using sharp garden shears or a non-serrated paring knife. You’ll want to continue to give your blooms a fresh cut (along with fresh water!) every 2 days.

🚰 Give your blooms fresh water every 2 days, recutting the stems when you change the water.
�🛑🛑🛑 Do not use water from a water softener for cut flowers. 🛑🛑🛑
�Water softeners remove minerals from the water, which can be harmful to the flowers. The minerals in the water are essential for the flowers to absorb nutrients and stay hydrated. Using water from a water softener can cause the flowers to wilt, and to die quickly.��It’s best to use fresh, clean, and room temperature water for cut flowers.
�If possible, use distilled or filtered water to avoid any impurities that may harm the flowers.

☁️ Keep your blooms away from sunny windows, and place them in a cool room at night if possible.

🥀 If your flowers are wilting, this means that they are not drinking their water. Give the stems a fresh cut with a sharp pair or garden shears, or a non serrated paring knife (not scissors), and place the flowers in fresh clean water.

With optimal care, most cut flowers typically last 4-6 days.��The ephemeral nature of cut flowers is exactly what makes them so special. They mark moments in time, and capture joy in a way only something so fleeting can.

Photos Inspired by the Tree Photographyphy 💛

Toronto, we’re bringing the very BEST flowers from our farm right to you! 📍 Join us Saturday, June 15, for a PEONY PARTY...
06/14/2024

Toronto, we’re bringing the very BEST flowers from our farm right to you!

📍 Join us Saturday, June 15, for a PEONY PARTY at Toronto Flower Market, from 10-3, at 1001 Queen St W, on the CAMH grounds.

💐 We’ve been harvesting thousands of stems of peonies from our one acre peony planting this week, and we’re spending the next few days making them into the most gorgeous bunches and bouquets. We’re super excited to bring them to you!

If flowering branches, peonies, and ranunculus are your thing, come on out to the Toronto Flower Market

The CAMH park will be full of good vibes and 20+ florists, farmers, and flower and plant growers offering up the most beautiful blooms! You’re not going to want to miss this flower party!

(NOTE: All prices at our stand at TFM include tax and cash, debit and credit are all accepted at TFM!)

Are we going to see you there?!

Tag a friend who will want to get to this market and get their hands on these gorgeous Peonies!

🛑🛑🛑 LAST CALL! 🛑🛑🛑 We’re throwing a FLASH SALE here at the farm on all remaining Dahlia tubers!We’ve planted our plantin...
06/14/2024

🛑🛑🛑 LAST CALL! 🛑🛑🛑

We’re throwing a FLASH SALE here at the farm on all remaining Dahlia tubers!

We’ve planted our planting stock here on the farm, and still have an abundance of healthy tubers available to share! There is still a bit of time left in the planting season (we've planted tubers into mid June for years before, without issue), so if you’d like to add extra blooms to your summer garden at an unbeatable price, this is a perfect opportunity!

All remaining Dahlia tubers are just $5 each! 😱

We have listed all of our remaining Dahlia Tuber inventory on our website, with each tuber available at just $5 per tuber.

https://www.dahliamayflowerfarm.com/products/dahlia-tuber-flash-sale

In many cases, this is a 60-75% savings off of the original price of our tubers. All inventory that we have available is listed on our website NOW at the link below.

https://www.dahliamayflowerfarm.com/products/dahlia-tuber-flash-sale

🛑 Here are a few things to note about this sale:

-All dahlia tubers have been hand sorted, to ensure that each tuber has a healthy viable eye on it.

-All orders will be shipped out from our farm immediately. If you’re local and would prefer to pick up, just select “pickup” at the time of checkout.

-All tubers will be packaged in labeled paper bags. We will not be offering our usual reusable bag packaging and coloured photographic variety labels for this FLASH SALE.

-No need to worry if the eye/sprout breaks off of your tuber. Your tuber will produce more shoots once it's planted. We often break any longer shoots off of our tubers prior to planting, for planting ease.

-It's not too late to plant your Dahlia tubers! Most years here at the farm, we don't begin to plant until the beginning of June, often finishing in mid June. You still have plenty of time to plant your tubers for beautiful flowers this summer!

-A $8.95 processing fee is added to each order for shipping, and it is INCLUDED in your shipping fee.

This handling fee covers the cost of your shipping box, packing materials, and our staff sorting/picking/labeling/packing/driving your order to the post office. A handling fee is the only way we are able to offer this sale for shipping across Canada, we appreciate your understanding!

-All sales are final. Credits or refunds are not available on FLASH SALE items.

🛑🛑🛑 SALE CLOSES SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH AT 5PM in-store, and 8PM online. 🛑🛑🛑

We’re looking forward to sharing our abundance of tubers with you!

Why do peonies vary so much in pricing?In some places, you’ll see peonies priced at $2/stem, in other places you’ll see ...
06/14/2024

Why do peonies vary so much in pricing?

In some places, you’ll see peonies priced at $2/stem, in other places you’ll see peonies priced at $8-12/stem.

❓What accounts for such a large range of prices?

✅ Different business models have different bottom lines.

Grocery stores, very large scale, growers, and sometimes smaller growers, often offer peonies very cheaply.

🛒 Grocery stores often offer fresh flowers as a “lost leader”, meaning that they are willing to lose money on offering this product, in an attempt to bring you into their store, where they hope you will purchase additional items that they make their margins on.

🚜 Many larger growers rely on the “economy of scale” to be able to offer such low prices. They may have tens of thousands of plants in bloom, they may have migrant labour to help harvest, or mechanical practises that assist in making harvesting and packaging, more efficient, and they may have, very large amounts of product that they need to move as quickly as possible, resulting in them offering extremely low prices

👩🏻‍🌾 Many smaller growers may have lower costs involved in their businesses. They may not have hired help, they may not be paying themselves an hourly wage, they may not need to charge tax, and they may not need to pay for any infrastructure for their businesses, as they may work out of their homes.

💐 Florists will be charging higher prices for their peonies, as they need to purchase them at a wholesale price ($1.50 to $3 per stem), and then apply an industry standard markup (three times to four times the wholesale price) for their stems. This is a standard markup for fresh perishable products, as florists need to account for their rent, their staff, their delivery vehicles, and countless other business expenses in their pricing.

🌱 Small and medium sized flower farms (like ours) find that our prices typically fall right in the middle, with peonies at $5-7/stem. We have plenty of peony plants, but we also have staff, vehicles, building/studio/cooler, space, mortgage fees, market fees, and many other business expenses to cover.

💸 Peony roots are expensive to plant, they take up to three years before they begin to bloom, and the plants take up prime real estate on a farm for an entire year, while only blooming for three weeks. They also need to be weeded, fertilized, and tended to throughout the entire year.

Peonies truly are one of the most beautiful blooms that we grow here on our farm. We love them, and they are a customer favourite for good reason. We know our pricing might not be the right fit for every customer, and that’s OK.

Every farm, shop, and business, has to make the best decisions they can for themselves regarding their pricing and their margins. Each business has different requirements and inputs, and that’s OK!

There are peonies out there for every customer, with peonies being offered at a lower price point than ours, and peonies being offered at a higher price point than ours.

We hope you’ll be able to find blooms to enjoy that best meet your budget!

🙌🏻😄🙌🏻 When you support local farms, growers, and businesses, it’s true what they say: these business owners do a happy dance! You’re keeping your hard earned money in your community, and allowing another business the opportunity to create something special in your community. It’s a win-win!

How long should your cut Peonies last?Peonies are known for their large, showy blooms and sweet fragrance, making them a...
06/13/2024

How long should your cut Peonies last?

Peonies are known for their large, showy blooms and sweet fragrance, making them a popular choice for cut flower arrangements. If you’re anything like us, you patiently wait all year for the best month of the year—June—when peonies are in bloom!

The lifespan of cut peonies can vary depending on several factors, including the variety of peony, the stage of bloom when cut, and how they are cared for.

On average, cut peonies can last anywhere from 4 to 6 days in a vase with proper care.

Here are some tips to help extend the lifespan of your cut peonies 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

💐 Cut the stems at an angle: This will help the flowers to absorb water more easily.

💐 Remove any leaves that will be below the water line: This will help to prevent bacteria growth in the water.

💐 Use a clean vase: Make sure the vase is clean and free of any bacteria or residue.

💐 Change the water frequently: Change the water every day or every other day to keep it fresh and clean. Recut the stems each time you change the water.

💐 Keep the flowers cool: Peonies prefer cooler temperatures, so keep them away from direct sunlight and heat sources. Add ice cubes to the vase before bed, and again in the morning, to help keep the water cool.

By following these tips, you can help to extend the lifespan of your cut peonies and enjoy their beauty for as long as possible.

Tag a peony loving friend and SHARE this post!

P.S. If you need flowers this weekend, we’ve got them!

Here’s where you can find our freshly harvested peonies for the weekend:

💐 Our Farmstand
Freshly harvested 5 stem bunches of peonies will be available Tuesday-Saturday 9-5 and Sunday from 10-5 at our farmstand, located at 1226 Stockdale Rd Trenton. These bunches are $25 each.

💐 Our local delivery service
We’re offering bunches of peonies next week through our local delivery service, which runs every Wednesday-Saturday.

You can place an order for delivery through https://www.dahliamayflowerfarm.com/collections/fresh-flowers

We deliver to the following areas:

Batawa, Belleville, Brighton, Carrying Place, Campbellford, Codrington, Colborne, Cobourg, Deseronto, Grafton, Hastings, Havelock, Foxboro, Frankford, Madoc, Marmora, Napanee, Norwood, Port Hope, Prince Edward County, Shannonville, Stirling, Trenton, Tweed, Tyendinaga, Warkworth, Wooler

💐 Fawn Over Market
We’ll have fresh bunches of peonies available at Fawn Over Market, located at 22186 Loyalist Parkway in Carrying Place on Friday and Saturday.

💐 Small Scale Bread
We’ll have fresh bunches of peonies available at Small Scale Bread, located at 14 Front St N Unit C in Belleville, Friday snd Saturday.

💐 Penney and Company
We’ll have fresh bunches of peonies available at Penney and Company, located at 51 Walton St, in Port Hope, Friday and Saturday.

💐 39 Main Street
We’ll have fresh bunches of peonies available at 39 Main Street in Warkworth, Friday-Sunday.

💐 Toronto Flower Market
We’ll have fresh bunches of peonies, mixed bouquets of peonies and ranunculus, and mason jars of mixed blooms available.
Cash, debit and credit accepted.
Find us at 1001 Queen St W in Toronto on Saturday, June 15th, from 10-3!

👋🏻👋🏻 FLASH SALES CONTINUE TODAY, and other assorted bits of news! 👋🏻👋🏻There’s plenty happening at the farm here this wee...
06/09/2024

👋🏻👋🏻 FLASH SALES CONTINUE TODAY, and other assorted bits of news! 👋🏻👋🏻

There’s plenty happening at the farm here this weekend, and we have some great weekend specials available. Details below 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

1️⃣ Our Peony Special continues this weekend!

Freshly harvested bunches of peonies are available at our farmstand at $25/bunch OR 2/$40

Peonies are coming on almost two weeks early here for us, which means that peony season will be OVER soon, at a time when this crop is normally at its peak!

We’ve harvested 75% of our peony field already, so you’ll want to drop by this weekend if you’re hoping to enjoy these beauties before they are gone for another year!

2️⃣ Our Organic veggie and herb plants are all 40% off now!

It’s not too late at all to get your vegetable garden planted, and this weeks recent rain means that your garden is likely ready to receive plants. We have a good selection of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, herbs and more available!

3️⃣ Our dahlia tuber FLASH SALE has been restocked, with new varieties added!

All dahlia tubers are now just $5 each (that’s 60-80% off!!) here at the farmstand!

We’ve added a dozen new varieties to our dahlia tuber FLASH SALE, varieties that were not previously available in last weeks sale! 😱

We’ve completed our tuber planting here at the farm, and went through allll of our remaining inventory. You’ll find some of our very favourite varieties of dahlias available now in the FLASH SALE bins!

We’ll be providing brown paper bags for you to put your tubers in, and markers to label the bags. Growing guides will be available. All tubers will be loose in bins, you’ll select the tubers you’d like, and put them in the bags we provide!

🌟 DETAILS!
-All dahlia tubers have been hand sorted, to ensure that each tuber has a healthy viable eye on it.
-All sales are first come first serve, holds/preorders/shipping is not available on this FLASH SALE.
-All sales are final.
-Cash, debit and credit are all accepted.

Varieties available:

Crème De Cognac
Sweet Nathalie
Cafe Au Lait Rose
Hollyhill Orange Ice
Platinum Blonde
Otto’s Thrill
Nathalie G
Karma Chocolate
Boom Boom White
Cafe Au Lait
Wine Eyed Jill
Cornel Bronze
Tangerine Dream
Seniors Hope
Coralie
Shiloh Noelle
Labyrinth
Wine Eyed Jill Yellow
Ferncliff Illusion
Linda’s Baby
Breakout

Unfortunately, we do not have any holds/pre-sales/online sales/phone sales available for these tubers. This is first come, first serve at the farm.

We’re open from 10-5 today!

We’re looking forward to seeing you soon!

👋🏻👋🏻 FLASH SALES, and other assorted bits of news! 👋🏻👋🏻There’s plenty happening at the farm here this weekend, and we ha...
06/08/2024

👋🏻👋🏻 FLASH SALES, and other assorted bits of news! 👋🏻👋🏻

There’s plenty happening at the farm here this weekend, and we have some great weekend specials available. Details below 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

1️⃣ Our Peony Special continues this weekend!

Freshly harvested bunches of peonies are available at our farmstand at $25/bunch OR 2/$40

Peonies are coming on almost two weeks early here for us, which means that peony season will be OVER soon, at a time when this crop is normally at its peak!

We’ve harvested 75% of our peony field already, so you’ll want to drop by this weekend if you’re hoping to enjoy these beauties before they are gone for another year!

2️⃣ Our Organic veggie and herb plants are all 40% off now!

It’s not too late at all to get your vegetable garden planted, and this weeks recent rain means that your garden is likely ready to receive plants. We have a good selection of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, herbs and more available!

3️⃣ Our dahlia tuber FLASH SALE has been restocked, with new varieties added!

All dahlia tubers are now just $5 each (that’s 60-80% off!!) here at the farmstand!

We’ve added a dozen new varieties to our dahlia tuber FLASH SALE, varieties that were not previously available in last weeks sale! 😱

We’ve completed our tuber planting here at the farm, and went through allll of our remaining inventory. You’ll find some of our very favourite varieties of dahlias available now in the FLASH SALE bins!

We’ll be providing brown paper bags for you to put your tubers in, and markers to label the bags. Growing guides will be available. All tubers will be loose in bins, you’ll select the tubers you’d like, and put them in the bags we provide!

🌟 DETAILS!
-All dahlia tubers have been hand sorted, to ensure that each tuber has a healthy viable eye on it.
-All sales are first come first serve, holds/preorders/shipping is not available on this FLASH SALE.
-All sales are final.
-Cash, debit and credit are all accepted.

Varieties available:

Crème De Cognac
Sweet Nathalie
Cafe Au Lait Rose
Hollyhill Orange Ice
Platinum Blonde
Otto’s Thrill
Nathalie G
Karma Chocolate
Boom Boom White
Cafe Au Lait
Wine Eyed Jill
Cornel Bronze
Tangerine Dream
Seniors Hope
Coralie
Shiloh Noelle
Labyrinth
Wine Eyed Jill Yellow
Ferncliff Illusion
Linda’s Baby
Breakout

Unfortunately, we do not have any holds/pre-sales/online sales/phone sales available for these tubers. This is first come, first serve at the farm.

We open at 9 AM on Saturday.

We’re looking forward to seeing you soon!

Weekend SALES, and other assorted bits of news!There’s plenty happening at the farm here this weekend, and we have some ...
06/08/2024

Weekend SALES, and other assorted bits of news!

There’s plenty happening at the farm here this weekend, and we have some great weekend specials available. Details below 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

1️⃣ Our Peony Special continues this weekend!

Freshly harvested bunches of peonies are available at our farmstand at $25/bunch OR 2/$40

Peonies are coming on almost two weeks early here for us, which means that peony season will be OVER soon, at a time when this crop is normally at its peak!

We’ve harvested 75% of our peony field already, so you’ll want to drop by this weekend if you’re hoping to enjoy these beauties before they are gone for another year!

2️⃣ Our Organic veggie and herb plants are all 40% off now!

It’s not too late at all to get your vegetable garden planted, and this weeks recent rain means that your garden is likely ready to receive plants. We have a good selection of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, herbs and more available!

3️⃣ Our dahlia tuber FLASH SALE has been restocked, with new varieties added!

All dahlia tubers are now just $5 each (that’s 60-80% off!!) here at the farmstand!

We’ve added a dozen new varieties to our dahlia tuber FLASH SALE, varieties that were not previously available in last weeks sale! 😱

We’ve completed our tuber planting here at the farm, and went through allll of our remaining inventory. You’ll find some of our very favourite varieties of dahlias available now in the FLASH SALE bins!

We’ll be providing brown paper bags for you to put your tubers in, and markers to label the bags. Growing guides will be available. All tubers will be loose in bins, you’ll select the tubers you’d like, and put them in the bags we provide!

🌟 DETAILS!
-All dahlia tubers have been hand sorted, to ensure that each tuber has a healthy viable eye on it.
-All sales are first come first serve, holds/preorders/shipping is not available on this FLASH SALE.
-All sales are final.
-Cash, debit and credit are all accepted.

Varieties available:

Crème De Cognac
Sweet Nathalie
Cafe Au Lait Rose
Hollyhill Orange Ice
Platinum Blonde
Otto’s Thrill
Nathalie G
Karma Chocolate
Boom Boom White
Cafe Au Lait
Wine Eyed Jill
Cornel Bronze
Tangerine Dream
Seniors Hope
Coralie
Shiloh Noelle
Labyrinth
Wine Eyed Jill Yellow
Ferncliff Illusion
Linda’s Baby
Breakout

Unfortunately, we do not have any holds/pre-sales/online sales/phone sales available for these tubers. This is first come, first serve at the farm.

We open at 9 AM on Saturday.

We’re looking forward to seeing you soon!

🎉🎉🎉 It’s PEONY SEASON! 🎉🎉🎉Arguably the BEST season, if you love big, fragrant and beautiful blooms. Nothing beats the be...
06/02/2024

🎉🎉🎉 It’s PEONY SEASON! 🎉🎉🎉

Arguably the BEST season, if you love big, fragrant and beautiful blooms. Nothing beats the beauty (and nostalgia, for many of us!) of peonies, and our acre of peonies here on the farm is bursting into bloom!

This crop is almost 10 days early for us, and we’re finding ourselves out here in the field harvesting by the armload 3-4x a day.

We’re celebrating the (early!) kickoff to peony season this weekend with a sale on our freshly harvested peonies.

Here are the details:

👀 WHAT?
💐 SOLID COLOUR peony bunches at $25 each OR 2 bunches for $40

⏱️ WHEN?
Sunday, June 2nd, from 10 to 5.

🏡 WHERE?
Our farmstand at 1226 Stockdale Rd., Trenton.

Come out to the farm and choose your favourite colours: Merlot, Salmon, Coral, Blush, White, and two shades of Pink. We have ‘em all! If the temperatures continue to stay as warm as they are, it’s going to be a quick season! Come and grab your peonies while they are available.

Tag a friend who will not want to miss out on these!

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

🎉🎉🎉 It’s PEONY SEASON! 🎉🎉🎉Arguably the BEST season, if you love big, fragrant and beautiful blooms. Nothing beats the be...
05/31/2024

🎉🎉🎉 It’s PEONY SEASON! 🎉🎉🎉

Arguably the BEST season, if you love big, fragrant and beautiful blooms. Nothing beats the beauty (and nostalgia, for many of us!) of peonies, and our acre of peonies here on the farm is bursting into bloom!

This crop is almost 10 days early for us, and we’re finding ourselves out here in the field harvesting by the armload 3-4x a day.

We’re celebrating the (early!) kickoff to peony season this weekend with a sale on our freshly harvested peonies.

Here are the details:

👀 WHAT?
💐 SOLID COLOUR peony bunches at $25 each OR 2 bunches for $40

⏱️ WHEN?
Friday, May 31st from 9-5
Saturday, June 1st from 9 to 5
Sunday, June 2nd, from 10 to 5.

🏡 WHERE?
Our farmstand at 1226 Stockdale Rd., Trenton.

Come out to the farm and choose your favourite colours: Merlot, Salmon, Coral, Blush, White, and two shades of Pink. We have ‘em all! If the temperatures continue to stay as warm as they are, it’s going to be a quick season! Come and grab your peonies while they are available.

Tag a friend who will not want to miss out on these!

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

We have a new crop in bloom here at the farm! 🎉🎉🎉 It’s PEONY SEASON! 🎉🎉🎉Arguably the BEST season, if you love big, fragr...
05/31/2024

We have a new crop in bloom here at the farm!

🎉🎉🎉 It’s PEONY SEASON! 🎉🎉🎉

Arguably the BEST season, if you love big, fragrant and beautiful blooms. Nothing beats the beauty (and nostalgia, for many of us!) of peonies, and our acre of peonies here on the farm is bursting into bloom!

This crop is almost 10 days early for us, and we’re finding ourselves out here in the field harvesting by the armload 3-4x a day.

We’re celebrating the (early!) kickoff to peony season this weekend with a sale on our freshly harvested peonies.

Here are the details:

👀 WHAT?
💐 SOLID COLOUR peony bunches at $25 each OR 2 bunches for $40

⏱️ WHEN?
Friday, May 31st from 9-5
Saturday, June 1st from 9 to 5
Sunday, June 2nd, from 10 to 5.

🏡 WHERE?
Our farmstand at 1226 Stockdale Rd., Trenton.

Come out to the farm and choose your favourite colours: Merlot, Salmon, Coral, Blush, White, and two shades of Pink. We have ‘em all! If the temperatures continue to stay as warm as they are, it’s going to be a quick season! Come and grab your peonies while they are available.

Tag a friend who will not want to miss out on these!

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

🛑DAHLIA TUBER FLASH SALE CONTINUES! 🛑Biggest thanks to everyone who stopped by the farm today to pick up some of our sur...
05/25/2024

🛑DAHLIA TUBER FLASH SALE CONTINUES! 🛑

Biggest thanks to everyone who stopped by the farm today to pick up some of our surplus Dahlia tubers! We will be continuing this sale Sunday at the farmstand, details below 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

We’re throwing a FLASH SALE here at the farm on all remaining Dahlia tubers!

👀 WHAT?
All remaining Dahlia tubers are just $5 each! 😱

We’ll be providing brown paper bags for you to put your tubers in, and markers to label the bags. Growing guides will be available. All tubers will be loose in bins, you’ll select the tubers you’d like, and put them in the bags we provide!

🛑 All sales are first come first serve, holds/preorders/shipping is not available on this FLASH SALE. 🛑

⏱️ WHEN?
Sunday, May 26, from 10 to 5.

🏡 WHERE?
Our farmstand at 1226 Stockdale Rd., Trenton. Questions? Reach to us at 613-403-5055, we’re happy happy to help.

These Dahlia tubers are available at our Farm location only. Shipping and delivery are not currently available on these tubers.

⁉️ WHY?
We’ve planted the majority of our planting stock leads here on the farm, and still have an abundance of healthy tubers available to share! There are still several weeks left in the planting season, so if you’d like to add extra blooms to your summer garden at an unbeatable price, this is a perfect opportunity!

🌟 DETAILS!
-All dahlia tubers have been hand sorted, to ensure that each tuber has a healthy viable eye on it.
-All sales are first come first serve, holds/preorders/shipping is not available on this FLASH SALE.
-All sales are final.
-Cash, debit and credit are all accepted.

🌱 VARIETIES AVAILABLE:

Cafe Au Lait Rose
Crème De Cognac
Fairway Spur
Otto’s Thrill
Seniors Hope
Sweet Nathalie

We’re looking forward to sharing our abundance of tubers with you!

Please SHARE to help us spread the word!

🛑🛑🛑 We’re doing something we’ve never done before! 🛑🛑🛑‼️ We’re throwing a FLASH SALE here at the farm on all remaining D...
05/24/2024

🛑🛑🛑 We’re doing something we’ve never done before! 🛑🛑🛑

‼️ We’re throwing a FLASH SALE here at the farm on all remaining Dahlia tubers! ‼️

Here are the details:

👀 WHAT?
All remaining Dahlia tubers are just $5 each! 😱

We’ll be providing brown paper bags for you to put your tubers in, and markers to label the bags. Growing guides will be available. All tubers will be loose in bins, you’ll select the tubers you’d like, and put them in the bags we provide!

🛑 All sales are first come first serve, holds/preorders/shipping is not available on this FLASH SALE. 🛑

⏱️ WHEN?
Saturday, May 25 from 9 to 5: Sunday, May 26, from 10 to 5.

🏡 WHERE?
Our farmstand at 1226 Stockdale Rd., Trenton. Questions? Reach to us at 613-403-5055, we’re happy happy to help.
These Dahlia tubers are available at flashing at our Farm location. Only, shipping and delivery are not currently available on these tubers.

⁉️ WHY?
We’ve planted the majority of our planting stock leads here on the farm, and still have an abundance of healthy tubers available to share! There are still several weeks left in the planting season, so if you’d like to add extra blooms to your summer garden at an unbeatable price, this is a perfect opportunity!

🌟 DETAILS!
-All dahlia tubers have been hand sorted, to ensure that each tuber has a healthy viable eye on it.
-All sales are first come first serve, holds/preorders/shipping is not available on this FLASH SALE.
-All sales are final.
-Cash, debit and credit are all accepted.

🌱 VARIETIES AVAILABLE:
Cafe Au Lait
Cafe Au Lait Rose
Crème De Cognac
Fairway Spur
Maarn
Platinum Blonde
Otto’s Thrill
Seniors Hope
Sweet Nathalie

We’re looking forward to sharing our abundance of tubers with you!

Please SHARE to help us spread the word!

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05/20/2024

🙌🏻🙌🏻 WE’RE OPEN HOLIDAY MONDAY 🙌🏻🙌🏻

🌱💐 LOCALLY GROWN FLOWERS + ORGANIC VEGGIE AND HERB SEEDLINGS 💐🌱

Looking to get outside today and do something positive for your mental health?

🌱 Plant your garden!

Our farmstand is bursting with beautiful things, all grown right here in Stockdale, for you!

Here’s where we are, and what’s available this weekend 👇🏻

📍 Our farmstand is located at 1226 Stockdale Rd, Trenton, On.
📞 613-403-5055
⏰ We're OPEN Monday-Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-5. We’re OPEN holiday Monday, from 9-5.

🌱 ORGANIC VEGGIE + HERB SEEDLINGS

Our farmstand is FULLY STOCKED with our organically grown vegetable plants and herbs. You’ll find almost everything you need to get your vegetable garden planted here at our farm.

All 2 and 4 packs of veggie plants are $3.50 and all 3” single pots of veggies and herbs are $4.50 each. These plants are all 100% organically grown, right here in Stockdale.

💐 ORGANICALLY GROWN CUT FLOWERS 💐

Our field crops are producing the most beautiful blooms right now! Here’s what we have available at the farmstand this weekend 👇🏻

💐 Mixed tulip/pussywillow bunches, $25
💐 Mixed bunches of tulips and ranunculus, $44.95
💐 Mason Jars of mixed blooms, $30

We also have a beautiful selection of outdoor plants, including Kimberly ferns, Mandevilla, plants, hibiscus plants, and more.

We’re so grateful for your support of our small farm, and our locally grown flowers!

We can’t wait to see you soon!

P.S. If you ARE seeing this post, would you be so kind as to share it? Right now only 0.25% of our audience is actually seeing anything that we post here on Facebook. Your help in spreading the word means everything to us. Thank you in advance for your support!

🌱💐 LOCALLY GROWN FLOWERS + ORGANIC VEGGIE AND HERB SEEDLINGS 💐🌱Looking to get outside this weekend, and do something pos...
05/18/2024

🌱💐 LOCALLY GROWN FLOWERS + ORGANIC VEGGIE AND HERB SEEDLINGS 💐🌱

Looking to get outside this weekend, and do something positive for your mental health?

🌱 Plant your garden!

Our farmstand is bursting with beautiful things, all grown right here in Stockdale, for you!

Here’s where we are, and what’s available this weekend 👇🏻

📍 Our farmstand is located at 1226 Stockdale Rd, Trenton, On.
📞 613-403-5055
⏰ We're OPEN Monday-Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-5. We’re also OPEN holiday Monday, from 9-5.

🌱 ORGANIC VEGGIE + HERB SEEDLINGS

Our farmstand is FULLY STOCKED with our organically grown vegetable plants and herbs. You’ll find almost everything you need to get your vegetable garden planted here at our farm.

All 2 and 4 packs of veggie plants are $3.50 and all 3” single pots of veggies and herbs are $4.50 each. These plants are all 100% organically grown, right here in Stockdale.

💐 ORGANICALLY GROWN CUT FLOWERS 💐

Our field crops are producing the most beautiful blooms right now! Here’s what we have available at the farmstand this weekend 👇🏻

💐 Mixed tulip/pussywillow bunches, $25
💐 Mixed bunches of tulips and ranunculus, $44.95
💐 Mason Jars of mixed blooms, $30

We also have a beautiful selection of outdoor plants, including Kimberly ferns, Mandevilla, plants, hibiscus plants, and more.

We’re so grateful for your support of our small farm, and our locally grown flowers!

We can’t wait to see you soon!

P.S. If you ARE seeing this post, would you be so kind as to share it? Right now only 0.25% of our audience is actually seeing anything that we post here on Facebook. Your help in spreading the word means everything to us. Thank you in advance for your support!

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1226 Stockdale Road
Trenton, ON
K8V5P6

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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WHEN should you dig up your dahlia tubers? One of the most common questions we receive right now is “Do you have to wait for a killing frost before you can dig up your dahlia tubers and store them?” The answer might surprise you! NO. You do NOT have to wait for a killing frost to hit your garden or farm, before you can start to dig. Here’s what you DO have to wait for: You’ll want to wait until 100-120 days after the solar equinox, which is on June 20th. The reason for waiting until 120 days after the solar equinox to dig dahlia tubers is to allow sufficient time for the tubers to fully mature and develop. Dahlia tubers are underground storage structures, that store nutrients and energy for the plant's growth and survival. By waiting until 120 days after the solar equinox, the tubers have had enough time to accumulate the necessary nutrients and energy reserves for the year. This is especially important as your tubers will need these healthy reserves to make it through winter storage. Digging your tubers too early may result in immature tubers that have not fully developed, leading to smaller or weaker plants in the following growing season. Additionally, immature tubers may not have stored enough energy to survive the dormant period or produce healthy new growth.Waiting until the recommended time ensures that the tubers have reached their full potential, resulting in healthier plants and better flower production in the next growing season. If your tubers have been in the ground for 120 days, and you’re still enjoying favourable weather but are anxious to get started on fall garden cleanup….GO FOR IT! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Here at our farm, we’ve started to dig up our tubers now, even though —shockingly!—we don’t have a killing frost in sight in the 14 day forecast! Fall is such a busy time of year here at our farm, and with tens of thousands of bulbs to plant, and close to 20,000 dahlia plants to dig up, we’

✂️✂️ Pick-Your-Own-Flowers ✂️✂️ Some of the most fun evenings we’ll have on the farm all summer are about to begin, and we’d love for you to be a part of them! Join us here on the farm for an evening of fun with friends. Come out to our farm, walk our private flower fields (that are not otherwise open up the public), and cut your own blooms from our two acres of flowers. We’ll provide vases of water, and floral shears, and you’ll be able to pick your own blooms. This is your opportunity to exhale, spend the evening in a beautiful space, and create something special to take home. Bring your cameras, there will be plenty of beautiful photo opportunities in our flower fields! This is a perfect evening for connecting with friends, of doing something special with your mom or loved ones. Our first two Pick-Your-Own evenings start this week! ⏰Thursday, July 27, 6PM ⏰Friday, July 28, 6 PM There are still a few tickets available, through https://www.dahliamayflowerfarm.com/collections/events Coming up in August, we have the following dates available: ⏰Friday, August 18, 6 PM ⏰Tuesday, August 22, 6 PM ⏰Wednesday, August 23, 6 PM ⏰Friday, August 25, 6 PM ⏰Friday, September 1, 6 PM Grab tickets through https://www.dahliamayflowerfarm.com/collections/events, or give us a call at 613-403-5055 to reserve your tickets. Here’s what we’re ✂️✂️✂️ this week: 💐 Lisianthus 💐 Zinnias 💐 Strawflower 💐 Celosia 💐 Sunflowers 💐 Laceflower 💐 Echinacea 💐 Yarrow 💐 Rudbeckia …and more! we’d love to have you join us at the farm for the evening, to cut some of these beautiful blooms, and take a vase of flowers home with you. Tag a friend that you’d love to do this with! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Needing a little extra joy this week, or a sign that spring is *actually* on its way? We’ve got you covered, with an abundance of beautiful spring blooms! Here’s where you can find our fresh flowers this week: 💐 Our Farm Store, located at 1226 Stockdale Rd, Trenton. We are open Monday-Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-5. Fresh bouquets and jars of flowers are available daily, no preorder necessary. 💐 Our local delivery service. We offer delivery every Thursday-Saturday. Delivery orders are accepted until noon for next day delivery (ex: the cutoff to get an order placed for Thursday delivery would be Wednesday at 12pm). You can place an order for delivery anytime through our website or by phoning us directly at 613-403-5055. https://www.dahliamayflowerfarm.com/collections/fresh-flowers We offer delivery to the following areas: Batawa, Belleville, Brighton, Carrying Place, Campbellford, Codrington, Colborne, Cobourg, Deseronto, Grafton, Foxboro, Frankford, Napanee, Prince Edward County, Shannonville, Stirling, Trenton, Tyendinaga, Warkworth, Wooler Find our flowers locally this week at our retail partner locations: 💐 Fawn Over Market, Carrying Place Bouquets are available Tuesday-Saturday, from 11-6. 💐 Small Scale Bread , Belleville Bouquets are available Wednesday and Thursday, 9-3. 💐 @thebrakeroom Cafe, Belleville Bouquets are available Friday 7:30-5 and Saturday 8-1. Our Easter preorders, for delivery and pickup, will be going live on our website on Saturday, April 1st at 5pm. We’ll be offering Easter delivery on the following days: Thursday, April 6th Good Friday, April 7th Saturday, April 8th Easter Sunday, April 9th If you need fresh flowers, we’re growing them right here in our greenhouse for you! Pop us any questions you have in the comments 💐🌷💖

👋🏻 FINAL OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH OF JOY, THROUGH FRESH FLOWERS! What if a beautiful bouquet of fresh locally grown flowers just showed up at your door every Wednesday or Friday, for the next month? Can you imagine how GOOD that would feel? In the depths of winter, when we’re facing one grey day after another, -and talk of another day of freezing rain coming at us this week- and spring is feeling like a distant dream, we deliver JOY. A bright and beautiful bouquet of locally grown flowers on your table every week is sure to get you through March, and we can make it happen. That said, our March Flower Subscriptions are closing on Monday morning, and you have just 24h to sign up for weekly deliveries of joy! Subscriptions close Monday, February 27th! You can sign up for a month of JOY via flowers through the https://www.dahliamayflowerfarm.com/collections/subscriptions These Flower Subscriptions make perfect gifts, and they are also the BEST way to treat yourself!��Four weeks of beautiful bouquets delivered, AND the delivery fee is currently half price on all flower subscriptions! YAY! Here’s a reminder of our delivery areas: Batawa, Belleville, Brighton, Carrying Place, Campbellford, Codrington, Colborne, Cobourg, Deseronto, Grafton, Foxboro, Frankford, Napanee, Prince Edward County, Shannonville, Stirling, Trenton, Tyendinaga, Warkworth, Wooler��We can’t wait to deliver you some extra JOY over the next month!

The last two weeks here at the farm have been emotional, to say the least. Over the past two weeks we’ve received, and delivered, over 4700 plants through our Community Christmas Gifting program In case you’ve missed it, we are bringing a Red Kalanchoe plant in a ceramic pot, along with a Holiday Card, to 6000 Long Term Care residents in the Bay of Quinte Area in the days leading up to Christmas. Our incredible community (that’s YOU, right here!) are sponsoring the wholesale cost of the plants, and we are donating our time and resources to get these plants to community members who need them. The best part? We’ve received THOUSANDS of Holiday Cards from classrooms and schools of children all over the community, and each plant we send out will have one of these cards included! Our friends at @jbprintsolutions generously donated postcards to include with each plant, letting the recipients know that their community sponsored this wonderful holiday gesture! @enbridgegas generously stepped forward to look after many of these deliveries for us, and the members of several chapters of our local Rotary clubs are also donating their time to look after delivering these plants. It really does take a community to pull together a project like this, and goodness, we have the BEST community around this farm. YOU all are incredible. Over the last two weeks, 4700 Kalanchoe plants have been delivered from our farm to over 53 local nursing homes, retirement homes, hospitals, hospices, shelters, local food banks and more. 💡 We still have 554 plants awaiting sponsorship, ready for delivery to local Long Term Care homes next week. We would love your help in getting these plants sponsored for members of our community! Our goal is to be able to send these plants out to people receiving home care in our community, through the VON homecare program. The cost to sponsor a plant is nine dollars (that’s the wholesale cost, this is a not-for-profit program) and if you’

This week our first 2250 plants for our Community Christmas Gifting program arrived at our farm! In case you’ve missed it, we are bringing a Red Kalanchoe plant in a ceramic pot, along with a Holiday Card, to 6000 Long Term Care residents in the Bay of Quinte Area in the days leading up to Christmas. Our incredible community (that’s YOU, right here!) are sponsoring the wholesale cost of the plants, and we are donating our time and resources to get these plants to community members who need them. The best part? We’ve been receiving Holiday Cards from classrooms and schools of children all over the community, and each plant we send out will have one of these cards included! Our friends at @jbprintsolutions generously donated postcards to include with each plant, letting the recipients know that their community sponsored this wonderful holiday gesture! @enbridgegas generously stepped forward to look after many of these deliveries for us, and the members of several chapters of our local Rotary clubs are also donating their time to look after delivering these plants. It really does take a community to pull together a project like this, and goodness, we have the BEST community around this farm. YOU all are incredible. In less than 3 days, 2250 Kalanchoe plants have been delivered from our farm to over 27 local nursing homes, retirement homes, hospitals, hospices and more. 💡 We still have 1623 plants awaiting sponsorship, ready for delivery to local Long Term Care homes next week. We would love your help in getting these plants sponsored for members of our community! Our goal is to be able to send these plants out to people receiving home care in our community, as well as to people utilizing our local food bank over the holidays. The cost to sponsor a plant is nine dollars (that’s the wholesale cost, this is a not-for-profit program) and if you’re able to make a contribution, you’ll find the link in our bio to do so. We’re spreading JOY in

Things are getting SERIOUS here at the farm as far as fall planting goes! Over a two day period, our team planted just over 50,000 tulip bulbs outdoors on the farm! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 We make it look easy but, as with any job well done, plenty of planning went into this process to make it go so smoothly! I know you’ll have questions, so here are a few FAQ’S 👇🏻 💡 Why raised beds? Raised beds save our backs from digging trenches to plant these bulbs in, and allow us to use top quality soil. We use our tractor bucket to fill these beds, and to add more soil on top of the bulbs when they are planted. We use premium triple mix to plant our bulbs in. 💡 Why are these bulbs planted SO closely?! Commercial flower growers plant tulips as annuals, meaning they only use the bulb ONCE before composting it (the why on that is for another post!). Because the bulbs don’t need room to grow and multiply year after year, they can be planted quite close (without touching) to maximize the number of bulbs per bed. 💡 What are the specs on those beds? 👀 Our beds are 2x6” pressure treated lumber, cut to 4x8’ beds. They each hold approximately 1500 tulip bulbs. You can use any sizing you would like. We reuse the lumber for these beds year after year, but we put brand new soil in the beds every fall before we plant new bulbs. 💡 Why put NEW soil in those beds every fall? Tulips are prone to Botrytis, a fungus that can be found in the soil. On a commercial growing level it’s recommended that you don’t plant your tulips in the same place two years in a row, to avoid Botrytis and other diseases. Home gardeners, no sweat! You can plant your tulips in the garden and just leave them be. We like to play it safe here, and we start with brand new premium triple mix every fall to ensure a stellar spring tulip crop! Have more questions? Pop them in the comments, we’ll do our best to answer them or create new posts of those topi

Find me something cuter…I’ll wait! 🥰 We’re feeling ALLL the heart eyes for these mini pumpkins decorated with dried flowers! We’ve been making batch after batch of these sweet mini pumpkins with flowers that we dried from our fields and they are available NOW in the farmstand 🎉🍁🍂 For those interested in the mechanics: These pumpkins are real (all grown by a local farm) and the flowers have been cut and dried from our flower fields over the summer. The flowers and moss are wired to the stem (picture a mini dried flower corsage!) of the pumpkins, so that you can slip the flowers off of and keep them when you are finished enjoying the pumpkins for the festive fall season! These little arrangements will last for weeks, and the flowers will last long after the pumpkins are finished. Are you as obsessed with dried flowers lately as we are?! This year we dried SOOO many blooms from our summer fields, and making pretty things with them this fall has been SOOO much fun!

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