Barefoot Blooms

12/07/2024

You'll find me outside at the main entrance this morning!
It's a chilly one!

12/07/2024

Alderney Landing Farmers' Market!
Tomorrow's the day!
Barefoot Blooms will have a HUGE selection of sweet forest-inspired centrepieces, a few more fresh evergreen wreaths, dried floral wreaths, dried flowers bouquets, and even what we call "condo wreaths" (made of juniper and boxwood = no dropping bits and no wires = no scratching!)
So everyone in the morning!

11/30/2024

Wreaths
Dried Florals
Fresh Eucalyptus ..all coming your way
See you Saturday morning!

11/27/2024

The holidays approach!
Barefoot Blooms returns to Alderney Landing Farmers' Market this weekend.
Dried flowers from this past summer steal the show!
These sweet mini wreaths, measuring about 5 inches, making themselves a sweet "thinking of you" gift this holiday.
Stay tuned for snippets of more coming to market this Saturday!

11/11/2024

The holidays draw near! With them come festive lights, delicious treats, and time with family and friends. What better way to greet visitors to your home than a decorative holiday wreath hanging on your front door.

Barefoot Blooms is happy to offer holiday wreaths this year.

All wreaths will consist of a base of fir, spruce and white pine with additional greenery to make them lush and texturally rich! You'll find juniper, cedar, boxwood and princess pine (also known as ground cedar...and is a lycopod).

You get to choose your decorative accents:
red berries (either or both Canadian holly and multiflora rose hips)
bay berries, if available (if not available, another grey/blue-green accent will be selected)
red pine cones with tips flecked white
dehydrated orange slices
variegated euonymous
gold painted floral accents
silver painted floral accents

Price: $65.00
Add $2.00 for each decorative accent selected.
I'll let you total up your final cost.

ORDER DEADLINE: Sunday November 17

*Pick up options are in listed on the online order form.

11/10/2024

The gardens haven't given up on us yet.

11/06/2024

Stay tuned...

10/21/2024

Dreamers' Gala 2024 is quickly approaching!

"Be immersed in a captivating experience of Indigenous culture and art as we celebrate the preservation of our precious hemlock and land-based learning and healing at Asitu'lisk.

"The Dreamers' Gala os a spectacular evening of food, stories, and music by Atlantic Canada’s brightest Indigenous performers."

https://ulnoowegeducation.ca/dreamers-gala/

Welcome Eastern Owl to the Dreamers' Gala 2024 Lineup! 🌟

Eastern Owl, an Indigenous-led, all-nations group of women, brings together the styles of First Nations Drum Music and Contemporary Folk to create their own innovative sound. Hailing from all across Ktaqamkuk (the island of Newfoundland), these vocalists form a powerful ensemble that has been captivating audiences across Canada since 2011.

Watch them perform live at the Dreamers Gala this December 12th!

🎟️ Get Your Tickets: www.ulnoowegeducation.ca/dreamers-gala/

10/19/2024

One more market day for fresh flowers!
This morning we have cheerful bouquets of dahlias and other blooms, including a few lisianthus!
Dried flower bouquets want to steal the show!
Are you a fan fresh or everlasting flowers?
Barefoot Blooms will return the month of December with dried flowers uniquely designed; Perfect for gifts or just to honour yourself with something beautiful. Holiday wreaths and centrepieces will fill our tables!

10/11/2024

A few of the dried flower bouquets heading to Alderney Landing Farmers' Market tomorrow morning.
These everlasting bouquets serve as cheerful reminders of summer that has come to pass, but also of summer that will return before long!

10/11/2024

Good Lord, It's Gourd!
Alderney Landing, we have an eclectic assortment of floral gourd centrepieces for tomorrow's market.
A few fresh and dried flower bouquets, bunches of lavender and some dried floral wreaths on twisted vines.
Gourds fly off the tables, so time your morning coffee accordingly!

10/04/2024

In addition to fresh flower bouquets, dried bouquets, lavender bunches, bundles of orange lanterns...there will also be some floral GOURD centrepieces and lovely dried floral wreaths on twisted wisteria vine.
So many pretty things!!
See you tomorrow morning !

10/03/2024

As fresh flowers become less abundant this time of year, the beauty of everlasting dried flowers take their place.
Creating bouquets with these beautiful dried flowers from this summer's gardens brings huge delight!
See everyone this Saturday at

10/01/2024

"Canada" has its roots here in the east.
We were supposed to get along.
Zoom in.
Read these words.
Then, take a moment to reflect on the seven sacred teachings...peel away the politics...peel away the pain of colonialism... and reflect on beliefs that came before WE came:
Love
Truth
Respect
Courage
Honesty
Wisdom
Humility

We were supposed to let bygones be bygones.
We were supposed to be friends.🧡

What does friendship mean to you?
Love?
Truth?
Respect?
Courage?
Honesty?
Wisdom?
Humility?

Zoom in.
Read the words of this treaty.
Just pause.
Think.
Refect.

I don't know about you, but these words...they're "big" words, if you ask me!

Love
Truth
Respect
Courage
Honesty
Wisdom
Humility

We are all treaty people.

Yours in flowers,
D

10/01/2024

A colourful, airy arched garland on twisted grapevine.

09/30/2024

Donut Date with friends 🧡

09/29/2024

Tomorrow Chris and I are meeting up with friends for a Donut Date in support of the Tim Hortons' Orange Sprinkle Donut Initiative
🧡🍩

On September 30th, 100% of proceeds from every Orange Sprinkle Donut will support Indigenous charities across Canada, including Ulnooweg Education Centre, where I work to develop and deliver youth camp programming that this finding will support.

Who will be your Donut Date tomorrow?

Share your Orange Donut Date photo with us: Barefoot Blooms Ulnooweg Education Centre

09/27/2024

I'm not sure if I Ike the lanterns themselves or the play of the shadows they make.
Alderney Landing Farmers' Market customers, we thought there would be few flowers this week.
Boy, were we wrong!
Lantern bunches
Dried lavender
A new batch of dried flower bouquets
And as many fresh flower bouquets as ever! For both the lovers of summer and those who adore autumn.
I'm looking forward to seeing you all! And feel free to ask me about youth programming and summer camps at Ulnooweg!