Seed-on-Hudson

Katie Tolson. Homegrown garden nursery and flower farm based in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Providing sustainably grown, seasonal cut flowers and seedlings of veg, herbs, fruits and native plants for local home gardeners. Woman-Owned Flower Farm & Homegrown Garden Nursery based in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

02/03/2024

First blooms of 2024 in one of my wheel-thrown and carved bottle vases. Loving these long shadow days.

01/27/2024

Today is National Seed Swap Day!

Mark your calendars for next Saturday 2/3 from 9:30am-1pm for our first Hastings Seed Swap of 2024!

Location:
Hastings Farmers Market
Zinsser Commuter Lot
131 Southside Ave
Hastings on Hudson NY

Come chat with your friendly committee members & volunteers, and pick up some free packets of veg, herb, flower and native seed varieties.

Our community seeds were generously donated by and we are incredibly grateful for their continued support. Additional ecotype seed varieties were also harvested and donated by local Hastings gardeners.

We welcome community seed donations harvested from your own garden and/or spare seed packets from previous seasons. Visit hastingspollinatorpathway.org/seed-exchange for more info.

See you next Saturday 2/3 morning and come early, as we typically run out of seed packets well before the market ends!

01/10/2024

Happy New 2024! I’ve been to CA and back. Holidays with family that included a slew of Covid and stomach viruses, precious time with old friends, time in the studio making more pottery, reading Late Migrations by .renkl and a beautiful snowfall last weekend to greet the new year in NY. I’m honestly craving more time to hibernate, rest, and reflect…but the seeds are calling and I’ll bring them upstairs soon to start planning. Wishing you all good health and adventures ahead in 2024!
#2024

11/26/2023

My rose whisper came for a visit this month. No one knows roses quite like my mom, and she seriously kicked my butt in the field. May I be lucky enough to have her supernatural levels of energy and continued delight at getting dirty outdoors with flowers when I’m almost 80. Thankful.

11/06/2023

Mum madness! It’s a real thing.

I love the fragrance of their fresh cut stems and these hardy work-horses of the flower world keep pumping out blooms when all the others have crashed with the frost. They are our last hurrah before winter rest and what an amazing finale!

Straight bunches and mixed bouquets with the last of our dahlias are available all week.

DM me if you’d like to treat yourself or someone you love to these local, seasonal, and sustainable beauties.

11/05/2023

The last of the zinnias. They always surprise me with how long they hang on each year. It’s time to clear the zinnias to make room for the no-till tulip bed. 2024 planning and prep in full swing this month.

10/31/2023

Last weekend, I had the absolute pleasure of meeting one of my seed heroines, Diane Wilson, at a talk the hosted in Cambridge MA. Worth every minute of the 7 hour drive to hear her words of wisdom and listen to her read from her beautiful book, The Seed Keeper. Her gift of sharing seeds and stories is a blessing, and perfect medicine for the heart and soul.

09/27/2023

Rain or shine, these dahlias keep blooming! Heading to market .co today 11am-3pm. Come grab some of these beauts while they last!

09/02/2023

A visit to to see the house, gardens, and a gorgeous Murano glass seed exhibition by . Bought some strawflowers from their cutting garden. Perfect day.

07/22/2023

Our lisies and dahlias started blooming this week!

07/01/2023

Fun Fact #5

I have a BA and Masters in Art History, and started my career in art and auctions in the 1990s. While I’ve always been a lover and grower of flowers and plants, I only recently added this work to my life when I hosted my first pop-up sale on Mother’s Day in 2020. I love museums and a trip to Seattle last week couldn’t be complete without a visit to the .

Here are a few works that caught my eye:

Narcissus, late 19th/early 20thC
Oil on canvas
Victoria Dubourg Fantin-Latour

Mann und Maus, 1991-92
Polyester resin and paint
Katharina Fritsch

Unititled, ca 1980s
Copper wire
Ruth Asawa

Saint Woman, 2015
Oil on canvas
Amy Sherald

Beti tnana (middle section of man’s hip cloth), 2007
Warp ikat
Feronika Sasi & Rosina Meta

Blue Princess, 2009
Stoneware painted with underglazes
Akio Takamori

Untitled (Yunala), 2016 (detail)
Acrylic on canvas
Ray James Tjangala

Kaayd hllngaay daajing (Hat), 2003
Spruce roots, paint
S’it kwuns Isabel Rorick & Guud san glas Robert Davidson

06/29/2023

Day Two 2023

By far the best part of these amazing summits is building community — seeing old friends and making new connections.

Thank you Julio for making me feel so much better after my recent IG hacking mishap.

And a HUGE thank you to and the whole team for our magical flower days & this week!

I left Seattle feeling inspired, recharged and ready to take on the hot summer months ahead.

Can’t wait to see you all again in June 2024! Happy flowering in the meantime and come visit if you’re ever in NY!!

06/27/2023

Day One 2023
Inspiring lectures by .side.farm.flowers and , plus a floral design takeover

06/26/2023

Fun Fact #4

I love the big players, like roses and dahlias, but I’m also just as fond of the tiny delicate blooms like forget-me-nots, airy grasses and seed pods.

06/25/2023

Fun Fact #3

Flowers are our family sport. Sharing our flowers with the local community and creating connections fills our bucket.

Three of our favorite local market neighbors are:

06/25/2023

Fun Fact #2

After an 18 year hiatus, I rediscovered my love of creating pottery, and I’m currently working on a new collection of wheel-thrown and handbuilt vessels to accompany my cut flowers, including the works above.

06/25/2023

Fun Fact #1

My nightstand is stacked high with seed catalogues — admittedly not everyone would be enamored by this type of bedtime reading but I live for it.

06/25/2023

A fresh start, and a quick reintroduction after my OG IG disappeared.

I’m Katie. I have a small family flower farm and homegrown garden nursery in Hastings-on-Hudson NY, about 30 minutes north of Manhattan on the Hudson River.

I was born and raised in Laurel Canyon (California is still where I call home), lived in London for a decade (where I met my husband and we started our family), and landed in New York about 7 years ago.

I’m taking this unexpected opportunity to share some fun facts about me, and I hope you’ll follow along as I rebuild.

Address

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
10706

Website

http://www.seedonhudson.com/

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