Roots Cut Flower Farm

02/08/2025

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02/07/2025

Ok! I’ve been toying with this idea for a few weeks and it’s time to roll it out! One of our Roots goals is to walk in abundance and generosity this year. We are launching our version of Petal It Forward 2025 where we will give away 16 flower subscriptions to help spread beauty across Carlisle. Each session, four of our Bouquet Club members will be randomly chosen to receive a second free subscription to share with anyone they choose. You could surprise a different friend every week!
We will draw the winners March 1 from all existing Club subscribers.
It’s time for all of us all to Petal it Forward!

02/06/2025

Consider a Bouquet Club subscription for your sweetie this Valentine’s. Local flowers sustainably grown right here in Carlisle.

02/05/2025

Getting antsy for spring? Fresh flowers and vibrant colors are right around the corner! Our Bouquet Clubs offers both weekly and monthly options - don’t miss a bloom!

02/04/2025

Noticing beauty in the dark.
I’ve been convicted to come back to my Root core this week. Two of Roots’ tenants are to share beauty and to be generous. In times of contraction, these are counterintuitive. But also maybe the most powerful.

01/29/2025

Are you craving spring, the promise of hope and flowers? Now is a great time to join one of our CSA style Flower Clubs. We’ve got two awesome pick up spots with weekly and monthly options. All the details at https://www.rootsflowerfarm.com/category/bouquet-club

01/26/2025

Look closely!

01/23/2025

I drug my wreath table into the propagation greenhouse to make curly willow and redtwig dogwood wreaths. This week’s news and frigid weather have felt nearly overwhelming- but the literal perspective shift by getting out into the sunshine was transformative. My goal of 2025 is to live expansively and generously even when I don’t feel like it. I may have stumbled upon a hack: physically change my viewpoint when I’m stuck. Want to try it?

01/21/2025

01/18/2025

Consulting Part 2: How big? Everyone wants to know how big this thing is. Not big! Very personal, very intimate, very small. Because I like to go deep and individualize the process, I can only take a handful of new clients each year. Last week, I just began with four new farms. I’ll take 2-3 more before winter is over. But that’s it!

01/16/2025

Consulting Part 1. Everyone wants to know how it’s going and more about it. I’m going to start with my Why. I started this work because it keeps my brain engaged in winter. Farming takes nearly 100% of me in the growing season. This work is keeping me sharp in the off-season. I chose 1:1 work because I’m a 1:1 gal. I love going deep and connecting individually. The surprise for me is how much I’m learning from you all! I’ve listed each this day this week in my gratitude journal: meeting really smart new people. My gosh you all are a bright bunch! For those of you whom I’ve connected with this week and last: I seriously cannot wait to dig in together! And if you’re on the fence, I’ve got just 2-3 more openings before my winter is full! More details via our website, as always.

01/14/2025

The waiting is what makes spring blooms ever so sweet. Patiently waiting and dreaming.
(If you’d like a promise to look forward to, our spring flower clubs are open online!)

01/12/2025

Pricing. We’ve made a big decision to hold our Party Bucket price steady again this year. Pricing is a hot topic for all businesses and something we never consider lightly. By definition, businesses must make a profit. Profit is not a dirty word, rather a path toward longevity, viability and sustainability. (Excessive profit is a whole different subject, so don’t mishear me!)

So, for Roots to stick around, it must be a profitable enterprise. Making sure our pricing is accessible and fair, yet appropriate to our costs is one of the trickiest pieces of the business puzzle.

As a fellow human who eats food and lives in a house, I know certain costs have risen this year. As a business woman, I also know some of my costs have steeply risen this year. I’ve made the decision to hold party bucket pricing steady in hopes that our flowers can remain accessible to the most people this season. …so let the ordering begin!!

01/10/2025

Oh hey, it’s me, Michelle! After a glorious and reflective pause of sifting through photos, reports and notes, my brain is on fire with ideas for 2025. Every day, somehow, I land back on the concept of Perspective. The change of seasons, changes as I age, change as flowers emerge (and wither) - all change is inevitable. I’m realizing that the way I experience it all really is just a matter of Perspective. As I embrace this new year, I am going to remind myself to choose my perspective carefully, bravely, with an open heart.

If you’ve been following for a bit, you know I like to go deep sometimes, so be ready! I’ve got ideas, reflections and insights ready to share. Dreams and goals, plans and perspectives about this flower farming life.

(This is me last month on my 48th birthday, walking my 1000th mile of the year. I met my goal!)

01/04/2025

All your fun comments about Hollie Hobbie prompted me to share this- I love that so many of you are also fans! My mom made this for me when I was little and it hung in my room my whole childhood. I had the opportunity to meet the real Hollie Hobbie, the illustrator, when we lived in MA and was so excited to share how she impacted me. Anyone else out there have these 70’s crafts?

01/03/2025

Picked myself some beautifully confused anemones on New Years Day. They are over-summered corms from last season and they regrew amongst our Thanksgiving brassicas. One of my goals for 2025 is to really see the beauty in every flower again. (Growing a zillion of them can sometimes be numbing!). I think these brave little anemones are the perfect start to this new goal.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!
At Roots, we follow the Sprint, Rest, Sprint, Rest model. I am absolutely savoring this rest period as I go inward and dream upward and outward.

Sending wishes of great peace and newly-discovered beauty for 2025.
Love, Michelle

12/18/2024

I really thought I’d post today about the hard, sad story of losing my eye five years ago today. It’s a traumatic story of a bungee cord at farmers market and the ensuing pain and loss that I still struggle with every single day…. I thought I’d write a precautionary safety tale and convince you all to be safer because of my very sad story.
But as I journal, as we inch towards the solstice, as my candles burn, all I can think is “and yet.”
And yet, Light Comes.
I’m guessing I might not be alone in grief and loss at this crazy holiday moment. So I’ll remind us both:
And Yet, Light Comes.
Wishing you each light in your darkness this season, brightness and joy in this coming and hope-filled year. 💚