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Hartwood Flora

Small boutique florist and grower in Hopkins, MN keeping things slow and local. As such, I grow many of the flowers I use or source from other local growers.

I believe that flowers can heal our souls and bring happiness at the first glance. My love of flowers began as a child in my mother's Iris bed and in the wildflowers I'd encounter playing in the woods. As soon as I had a home of my own I began gardening, each year changing and adding new things. I believe that I am responsible for doing my part to keep the Earth healthy by keeping things as sustai

nable as possible. I will fill in from wholesalers only as needed. In addition, I try to reuse vessels and hardware mechanics avoiding floral foam that is highly detrimental to our environment. I am forever inspired by our natural world and will often include wild elements in my designs. I aim to share with you what I feel in nature and flowers through my designs and photos.

10/28/2023

Harvested the last of my dahlias that didn’t get ruined from the rain. Here comes the hard frost!!

09/20/2023

All of the magic of autumn! I grew a lot more sunflowers this year testing out some new varieties, colors and spacing to get more usable flower sizes. There were definitely some favorites! One of them being VanGogh Fantasy mix.

09/18/2023

Late season, homegrown goodness!
Zinnias: Benary Salmon & Zenorita
Dahlias: Cornell Bronze & Jowey Mirella
Monarda: Bergamot
Sunflower: VanGogh Fantasy from

09/17/2023

Just a few lisianthus left and they’re all for me!!

09/14/2023

By special request for a special birthday 🧡💚

09/14/2023

Seeing these little friends in the gardens make me happy…🧡

08/28/2023

I love my little visitors 🧡

08/22/2023

Had to get out early this morning to harvest at the plot.

08/11/2023

Celebrating someone’s birthday or a special occasion? I’ve got you covered.

08/10/2023

Harvested today and I have a pretty good load. Garden bouquets comin at y’a tomorrow, $25. DM me if you are interested.

08/01/2023

SUNNIES!!

07/26/2023

All of my summer friends are returning to the gardens. The flowers are popping and absolutely buzzing with so many different pollinator friends.

07/25/2023

Shades of green…my favorite color. 💚

06/29/2023

This little pocket of my white shade bed is my favorite garden spot this morning. The way the shadows were playing on the Bleeding Heart and the light hitting just so through the bamboo fencing and Viburnum bush. I love witnessing these little moments; it makes the hard work of gardening worth it.

06/15/2023

Surprise!! I made a pair of these beauties for a surprise party celebrating a lovely young woman. Recently graduated, turned 18 and had the last dance recital of a highly successful competitive career.

06/12/2023

As I know my self to be, my eyes were bigger than my stomach. I had lofty plans for my growing season, big changes that were meant to help me out…make things easier for me. As of yet, that hasn’t happened.

We can’t predict the weather. Who knew?! The majority of the new garden prep was supposed to happen in April before things really started coming up and I started back to work at my part-time job. But I couldn’t even get into that space until May because of the snow cover we had. Raised beds couldn’t get planted early because of the snow cover we had. Once it was all gone, it suddenly became hot 🥵 and a game of everything needing to be done at the same time so I had to put priorities in place, take one step at a time. Needless to say, some things are doing great, others are still in a holding pattern and yes…I still have seedlings in plug trays 🌱🤭.

But, it’s been a good exercise to remind me to take each day as it comes, to stay flexible and to give myself grace. What gets done, gets done. These irises were planted last year so I didn’t need to do a thing for them to shine!

06/07/2023

Hello gorgeous!!

05/11/2023

Morning walks through the gardens with a hot cup of coffee are my favorite.

05/07/2023

Thankful for little rays of sunshine on a cloudy day.

05/05/2023

Feeling the crunch!! So much to do and so little time. But, I don’t want to lose sight of the joy of working in the garden. For me it’s more about the process; the planning, the details, the nurturing and even the surprises. As soon as I make it all about the bottom line, I’m toast!

So, all of the things WILL get planted, I WILL have flowers to sell and gosh darn it, it WILL be beautiful.

As a side note, none of those seeds got sown today. But a bamboo arbor was half built, Snapdragons got in the ground and the rest of the seedlings were brought out to start hardening off.

05/04/2023

It feels like forever since I’ve had anything blooming in the gardens. At the time I wondered if I was nuts planting hundreds of bulbs in the fall, but now I’m so happy I did. First tulips of 2023!!

04/23/2023

Yesterday my sweet cousin remarried her ex-husband alongside their son and daughter. And I got to make some flowers for them. ☺️

04/16/2023

Each year I start seeds, I get more and more amazed at the whole process. These Coleus started from tiny seeds on March 2nd, and just look at those beautiful roots. I spent the last couple days potting these and all of my other larger seedlings into 4” pots. Now they will grow leaps and bounds again!!
Check my stories to see a full tour of the growing room where things are in various stages of development. Some are only a week old and others REALLY want to get outside…hello Sweetpeas.

04/06/2023

These little babies are making me the happiest at the moment. It’s the first time I’ve started Coleus but it most definitely won’t be the last!
Coleus are a must for me in pots and to fill space in garden beds. And, they are great in cut bouquets.
That makes them a superstar in my book!!

04/05/2023

I have stopped using any chemicals in my garden and working hard to learn all of the ways I can rebuild my soil to allow for a healthy ecosystem. It all starts from the ground up and believe it or not if we keep our soil healthy and full of microbes; we get less weeds, healthier plants and more diverse insect populations which then brings more diverse bird populations. And really isn’t that what we all want??
I can’t wait to have all of my little friends return.

04/01/2023

Oh boy, April Fools!!

Ok, I give. It is really beautiful. Spring WILL come, it always does.

04/01/2023

Sowed some more of these babies the other day.

03/31/2023

Seed sowing is going strong these days. I’m in the waiting stage for all of the winter sown seeds, but the indoor sowing is ramping up. Many hours go into mixing soil, filling trays, placing teeny tiny seeds, watering and getting them all covered then set under lights. Now I wait until next week to do it all over again.

03/27/2023

I’ll be bringing this gorgeous Ruby Grass into the family this year. Isn’t she pretty? Sowing seeds in a couple days 😃.

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Tour time of my home cutting garden. It’s approximately 30 x 20 ft all on raised beds or pots. What you might not have seen are the self seeded volunteers from the past couple years: bronze fennel and jewel of opar. I love those little surprises!

I’ll be putting together some garden bouquets tomorrow and have available for sale. So keep your eyes open for info when ready. My community garden plot has suddenly exploded. So while I was there this morning to harvest, I figured I’d give you a tour. Soon I’ll do a shorter video tour of my other garden at home.

Garden plot is in and doing great guys. This is 1 of 2 gardens for all of the flowers I will cut for bouquets this summer. It’s a new venture for me but I am excited to see how it goes. Everything was started from seed in March and April (not the veggies though). Being a sustainable florist is super important to me and I strongly encourage the #slowflowermovement so what better way to do that but grow my own. It’s not the prettiest garden. It’s been FULL of weeds and critters could be a problem but it’s beautiful soil and full sun. #nothingventurednothinggained

Going to try to post some regular updates on my cutting gardens this year with you all and what better time than at the very beginning. This space as my potager that started in 2020 as a COVID survival plan for my mental health. The first year was half veggies, half flowers. Last year was quarter veggies, three quarter flowers. This year it will be entirely flowers. 😁Then, in addition to that I rented 2 community garden plots with my oldest son! 😳 One will be entirely flowers, the other will be veggies for both of our households. The plan is to make up Market Flower wrapped bouquets to sell over the summer and for any other floral work I pick up. Fingers crossed it all goes well. You will be able to purchase in 3 ways: as a subscription/CSA, via an honesty box flower stand certain days of the week at the end of my driveway, or by request. There may be a possibility of doing my local farmer’s market too. So big doings going on at Hartwood. I am so excited!!