Willow Lane Flower Farm

01/20/2025

🌺 March 16th In-Person Tuber Sale 🌺

Just a little heads up. Early Access tickets are sold out, however the event IS NOT sold out. From 10:30-1, no entry fees are required. With 11 flower farmer vendors we anticipate lots of dahlia and other flower options available all morning. Offering a pre-sale ticket was just a way to spread out the shoppers allowing for a calmer shopping experience. Also please note many of the farm vendors will offer pre-sales with pickup on March 16th. We are one of them with our online sale March 12th. Please visit each Ind flower farms page for details.

01/20/2025

A great opportunity to bring a smile to someone’s day or to your own! The beauty of flowers is magical!

If you would like a unique and fun gift to give for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day, here is your chance! Plus you can support our local flower farm (Avilla, IN)! ❤️🌼
This is our 3rd year offering deliveries of our farm fresh bouquets all growing season long! You can purchase a subscription now and your loved one will receive 5 bouquets delivered throughout the growing months! Delivery dates will be determined and communicated when flowers are at their peak beauty!
I love delivering our subscriptions each month and seeing the smiles they bring!!

💐 5 bouquets delivered within 20 mile of Avilla will be $160 (gift card explaining subscription will be emailed to you, to give as the gift)- typically flower deliveries start in June

If you have a business and would like to have weekly or bimonthly deliveries during the growing season, reach out and we can work out a price!

There will be a limited number of subscriptions sold, so message me ASAP!! If this doesn’t interest you, please share!

Thank you for supporting our small business and locally grown flowers!!

01/13/2025

This morning I posted this on a new group I joined and thought I should introduce myself officially here as well, so many of you are new, welcome!!

I’m Melinda of Willow Lane Flower Farm, located in NE Indiana,zone 6a. I have been growing dahlias for about 12 years now and this is my fourth season selling. I’m more of a collector than I should be which makes it difficult to try and meet the high quantity demand but this is 1/2 hobby, 1/2 business (to pay for my hobby!) so it works! This past season I grew about 530 cultivars and around 1700 plants. In dahlia season I sell buckets of blooms to local event designers. I host a weekly flower market at the farm and enjoy hosting events and classes. It’s just me and some occasional volunteers.

I am a wife and Mom to two, now adults. My background is in Early Childhood Education but currently flower farm full time. Audiobooks, flower arranging, baking are some of my favorite pastimes along with working in my personal shade gardens where my hosta and companion plant collections are.

Currently, I’m working behind the scenes in preparation for our March 12th online sale! My website is currently a mess and fairly empty, but soon it will be updated! You can subscribe to our email list (emails are rare and typically only sale related!) at the bottom of the homepage. https://willowlaneflowerfarm.square.site/ The online sale will be followed by our epic in person sale March 16th!! 9 dahlia growers and 2 flower farmers are coming together at one venue to offer thousands of options for you to add to your own gardens! We will also have a couple classes and a lunch social! It’s worth driving for!!!

I’ve learned so much from you all and want to thank you for all the friendships this venture has nurtured, the absolute best side effect of growing flowers!!

I’d love to know where you are from and your favorite dahlia, post below in the comments if you’d like.

01/06/2025

Are you all ready for an incredible Central USA dahlia tuber in-person sale!!!!
Garrett, Indiana, just north of Fort Wayne. NE Indiana. March 16th!

Drum roll!! I am so excited to announce our vendor line-up!!

Dahlias and more…
🌸Willow Lane Flower Farm
🌸Enchanted Acres
🌸Faith’s Acres
🌸Dahlias 4 All Yas
🌸The Sleeping Bear Dahlia Farm
🌸Black Lake Dahlias
🌸Backyard Bloems
🌸Quilted Flower Farm
🌸Angie’s Urban Garden

Plants and more…
🌺Laughing Dog Plants
🌺RubyMoon Flower Farm

Early access tickets are available now on our website to the first 50 people that register!

https://willowlaneflowerfarm.square.site/spring-in-person-sale

Much more info to come, be sure to follow each of these farms for all the happenings including a few farms offering website pre-sales with pickup on March 16!

🐥Side note specific to Willow Lane, our website will open on March 12 for tuber sales with both SHIPPING and PICKUP. Online we will be listing our best. The in-person sale will be where you find all the deals!! Our runts, uglies, cuttings and much more! Check out the website for more details.

01/03/2025

**REGISTRATION is OPEN!**

🍃DAHLIA CUTTING CLASS🍃

When: Feb. 23rd (Sunday)
Time: 2-3:30pm
Cost: $65

Did you know you can turn one dahlia tuber into 6+ plants?

Want to learn how to multiply your blooms this summer! Collecting starts(cuttings) from your tuber is an excellent way!

I will show you the tips and tricks that I’ve learned over the last few years! You will go home with 2 potted cuttings(several named varieties to select from) and supplies for 4 more. Additionally a cozy propagation house like in the picture to root your new cuttings. I’ll also have some mystery tubers available to take home for experimenting with.

Registration on our website…

https://willowlaneflowerfarm.square.site/classes-and-events

12/29/2024

🍃DAHLIA CUTTING CLASS🍃

When: Feb. 23rd (Sunday)
Time: 2-3:30pm
Cost: $65

Did you know you can turn one dahlia tuber into 6+ plants?

Want to learn how to multiply your blooms this summer! Collecting starts(cuttings) from your tuber is an excellent way!

I will show you the tips and tricks that I’ve learned over the last few years! You will go home with 2 potted cuttings(several named varieties to select from) and supplies for 4 more. Additionally a cozy propagation house like in the picture to root your new cuttings. I’ll also have some mystery tubers available to take home for experimenting with.

Registration will open early January, stay tuned!! You are welcome to comment below or message me if you would like a personal reminder when registration is loaded on the website.

12/11/2024

🌺🌸SAVE the DATE 🌸🌺

March 16th

Multiple Grower - Dahlia In-Person Sale!

We have secured a beautiful bright modern venue just north of Fort Wayne to host 8+ dahlia growers from Ohio, Michigan and Indiana! Additionally one vendor that specializes in seed starts such as lisanthus. We are also working on packing the day full of social opportunities, swap sessions and a class or two! You won’t want to miss it!

If you grow more than 300 Dahlias and would be interested in a vendor space to sell dahlia tubers or cuttings, please message me for details, we only have one spot left!

Stay tuned for many more details!

11/30/2024

Today our family celebrates Thanksgiving! We are keeping it simple this year.

It’s also the week we start decorating for Christmas as my daughter is home from university.

Putting the ornaments on the tree is one of my favorite things! Do you have favorite ornaments or a style you collect? Years ago, dear friends started my fused glass ornament collection and they are still some of my favorites.

So grateful for you all and our shared love of dahlias! Wishing you all time with loved ones as we take a rest, and gear up for another season!

11/17/2024

Thank you to everyone that has emailed their wishlist, it’s going to be a great sale! Just a reminder that 10pm tonight is the deadline for submission and to RSVP. See previous post for full details. Looking forward to hanging out with you all on Saturday!

Upcoming…

🍁Fall In-Person Tuber Sale
November 23rd, 10am

🌷Spring In-Person Tuber Sale
March 16th, 1pm

🌸Online Tuber Sale
March 19th, 8pm EST, shipping immediately following if daytime temperatures are above 40.

🍃Spring In-Person Plant and Cutting Sale
April 12th, 10am

📷Lyn’s Louise Dahlia

11/16/2024

FALL IN-PERSON SALE
November 23rd, 10am

AGENDA
10:00 - Sale Start
11:00...Pot-Luck Brunch (optional)
12:00...Tuber Swap (optional)

DEADLINE for Wishlist submission and RSVP
Sunday, November 17th,10pm
Email - [email protected]

SHOPPING
Please select your wish list from the cultivar price list below, Email to [email protected]. We will work in random order, however, please note your top three choices as we will try and honor at least one of these top choices from everyone before moving on to the other top choices on your list. We will print out everyone's list, mix them up and pull them out randomly to work on. We don't want you to have to rush to submit your order. Take your time and create your dream wish list! Keep in mind we are only pulling the tubers that show the strongest sign of eyes so we may not be able to honor everything this fall. We have a MUCH LARGER in-person sale March 16th.

PAYMENT
Once we have had a chance to review your list and confirm availability, we will reach out to you to let you know what we have. We will have your tubers set aside for you to review the day of the sale. Please look each ONE over to confirm a visible eye or acceptable tuber condition. ALL SALES ARE FINAL!! We will not be offering refunds or replacements should your tuber not create a sprout in the spring. Other circumstance will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, but we reserve the right to our final sale policy at these in-person sales. If you are not 100% comfortable with your tuber, please set it aside and try again in the spring. If you are new to growing dahlias, we would also suggest waiting to our spring sale to purchase tubers, this fall sale is geared to those that want to start taking cuttings in late winter. This is a CASH only sale.

UGLIES and GIVE-A-WAYS
We will have a couple of baskets of uglies to look through just for some last-minute shopping! We have also planned a couple of fun give-a-ways for those attending, including some new introductions from this season. Everyone will have a chance to take home a free tuber, maybe even one from the top of your wish list!

PARKING
Please note that we are in a residential neighborhood, down a 1/4-mile-long lane and parking is limited. We will aim to have someone helping direct parking but follow the lane until you reach the hoophouse. Once we have your wish-list I will confirm with what we have for you and send our address in Fort Wayne, near Huntertown.

POT-LUCK
We considered organizing a restaurant lunch but, in the end, thought that it might be easier to have a potluck in the lower level of our house so that everyone can wander and chat. We will have coffee, juice, water and paper products, but please bring your favorite brunch dish to share! We look forward to connecting with other dahlia enthusiasts!

QUESTIONS
We look forward to seeing many of our local dahlia friends! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!

THE LIST
$14…18th Surgical Hospital
$16…20th Ave. Baker & Road
$25…20th Ave. For Mom
$18…20th Ave. Gwen
$20…20th Ave. Memory
$16…20th Ave. Morning Mist
$18…20th Ave. Old Major
$25…20th Ave. Pink Cloud
$18…20th Ave. Pure Prince
$16…20th Ave. Rayna
$20…20th Ave. Softer Peach
$18…20th Ave. Tradition
$14…AC Firefly
$16…AC Sandra J
$20…AC Twisp
$15…AC Zarnia
$20…Alauna Millipiques
$13…Aljo Frills
$18…Allen's Angel Eye
$18…Allen's Cabin Fever
$18…Allen's Smoky Skies
$12…Alpen Sundown
$30…Araluen Leatrice
$20…Askwith Minnie
$35…Aspasia
$13…Aurora's Kiss
$15…Barbary Banker
$22…Barbary Dominion
$16…Barbary Maverick
$16…Barbary Mystery
$35…Baron Chloe (?)
$12…Bluetiful
$25…Beautiful Dreamer
$15…BJ's Dusty Rose
$15…Black Jack
$12…Blizzard
$20…Blomquist Alan
$16…Bloomquist Amazing
$13…Bloomquist Bea
$15…Bloomquist Blast Off
$18…Bloomquist Blush
$18…Bloomquist Clear Delight
$20…Bloomquist Compare
$15…Bloomquist Crave
$20…Bloomquist Cream
$20…Bloomquist Curt
$18…Bloomquist Georgia C
$18…Bloomquist Jean
$15…Bloomquist Jeff
$20…Bloomquist Mandrake
$20…Bloomquist Mojo
$18…Bloomquist Sam
$20…Bloomquist Sue
$18…Bloomquist Tory P
$20…Bloomquist York
$20…Blyson Everest
$20…Bode
$20…Born Sty
$15…Bowen
$20…Bowser Ann B
$20…Bowser Cormorant
$15…Bracken Rose (US Version)
$12…Brookside Snowball
$20…Budapest Blush
$20…Café de Paris
$15…CAL Mini
$13…Camano Buzz
$25…Camano Cloud
$15…Camano Love
$20…Camano Mystery
$20…Cameo
$25…Carmen Lotus
$20…Caro
$15…Carrie's Song
$20…CB Snowshadow
$20…CB Trevlove
$18…CDP Ezra
$18…CDP Kennedy’s Glow
$15…Chewy
$14…Chi Herma
$20…Chimacum Cathleen
$15…Chimacum Luke
$13…Chimacum Troy
$15…Clearview David
$30…Clearview Ginger
$18…Clearview Neta
$25…Clearview Pataha
$15…Clearview Peachy
$16…Clearview Whitney
$16…Colwood Hope
$16…Copper Boy
$20…Corn Bride
$10…Cornel Bronze
$15…Crazy Cleeres
$15…Crazy Smalls
$13…Creamy (skinny)
$20…Cupcake
$10…Cutie Patootie
$12…Czar Willo
$15…Daddy's Girl
$15…Darcy
$18…Dave's Glacier
$15…David Howard
$25…Dawson Tutti Fruiti
$20…DK's Perfect Sunset
$16…Dorothy (small)
$12…Double Jill
$20…Dutch Baby
$18…Echo Felicia
$25…Echo Jose
$25…Eden Benary (ugly)
$20…Eden's Blush On
$20…Elsi
$20…Everly Elizabeth
$20…Fairytale
$30…Fawn
$18…Ferncliff Apricot
$16…Ferncliff Bliss
$18…Ferncliff Bride
$18…Ferncliff Cameo
$18…Ferncliff Crevasse
$18…Ferncliff Dolly
$18…Ferncliff Ebony
$18…Ferncliff Gem
$15…Ferncliff Gumdrop
$27…Ferncliff Kathleen
$18..Ferncliff Mystique
$18…Ferncliff Pearl
$18…Ferncliff Rusty
$15…Ferncliff Solar Flare
$18…Ferncliff Sunstruck
$18…Fifi
$15…Fiona
$20…Fitzy's Dark Angel
$15…Frizzy Lizzy
$25…GC Pink Lemonade
$14…Giggles (small ball)
$14…Gitts Attention
$20…Gleneries Honeypie
$15…Hamari Rose
$20…Hapet Coppery
$20…Hapet Granet
$20…Hapet Mona Lisa
$40…Hapet Old Charm
$13…Heartland
$20…Hollyhill Ambiance
$35…Hollyhill Bashful
$18…Hollyhill Bewitched
$15…Hollyhill Bill M
$15…Hollyhill Black Widow
$20…Hollyhill Buttermilk
$40…Hollyhill Carefree
$20…Hollyhill Donatella
$35…Hollyhill Lilibet
$20…Hollyhill Maise
$20…Hollyhill Malificient
$18…Hollyhill Margarita
$15…Hollyhill Miss White
$25…Hollyhill Pandora
$15…Hollyhill Pixie
$15…Hollyhill Pollyanna
$20…Hollyhill Serenity
$18…Hollyhill Sweet 16
$20…Hollyhill Wedding Day
$12…Honeymoon
$15…Hy Patti
$12…Ice Tea
$12…Intrigue
$15…Irish Blackberry
$20…Irish Blackhart
$15…Irish Candy
$17…Irish d Porter
$12…Irish Delight
$27…Irish Erin
$12…Irish Glow
$15…Irish Gnome
$12…Irish Imp
$15…Irish JD, mostly open bloom this year in my garden, although same stock bloomed well for others.
$20…Irish Moon
$18…Irish Ruffles
$12…Irish Speckles
$16…Jackie's Red Devil
$18…Jaimie's Lucky 7
$18…Janet Leigh
$20…Janick's Symphony
$14…Jasmine Pearl
$16…Joel's Favorite
$15…Jolene
$12…Jowey Linda
$12…Jowey Nicky
$15…Jowey Winnie
$14…Just Married
$12…Just Peachy
$20…KA's Rosie Jo
$25…Kelgai Ann
$15…Kenora Amestyst
$18…Kenora Lisa
$15…Koko Puff
$14…Korb Riverbend Jean
$20…ALOA Kristina Vogel
$18…Lady Liberty
$13…Lake Ontario
$16…Lakeview Blush
$20…Lakeview Lady
$18…Lakeview Peach Fuzz
$20…Lakeview Premier
$12…Lavadandy
$22…Lee's Buttercake
$25…Lee's Mauva Gauva
$28…Lee's Tumeric Tea
$18…Linda's Ester
$12…Little Scottie
$20…Lotus Paradise
$25…Luan
$30…Lyn’s Lexi
$20…Lyn's Louise
$20…Lyn's Opal
$12…Manor Sunset
$14…Margie Day
$35…Marryn's Memano & Popo
$14…Marvolous Mans
$14…Maya
$13…Meadowburn Old Tweet
$14…Megan Dean
$20…Mission Abyss
$16…Mission Galactica
$18…Mission Gypsy
$16…Mission Jazzy
$15…Mission Pink Eyes
$15…Mission Pixie
$25…Molly Raven
$16…Mondriaan
$20…Monet Glory
$20…Montana Centennial
$12…Myrtles Folly
$12…Mytique
$15…Narrows Ryder
$20…Nellie & Grace
$14…Netherton Cindy
$18…N-Force
$16…Nicholas
$14…Nighty Night
$18…Orange Globe
$18…Oreti Ella
$16…Pam Holden
$15…Parkland Tribute
$14…Pat n Dee
$15…Peaches n Cream
$25…Peachy Parade
$15…Pink Sylvia
$15…Pride of Place
$18…River's Angel
$16…River's Black Cherry
$25…River's Can't Elope
$17…River's Crystal
$16…River's Dark Chocolate
$15…River's Jedidiah
$15…River's Rosebud
$20…River's Snow Cone
$22..River's Summer Fling
$14…River's Tangy Tart
$12…RJR
$16…RM Baby Girl
$20…RM Tarnished
$14…Rock Run Kaitlyn
$12…Rose Tuscano
$15…Rosemary Dawn
$25…Rosemary Webb
$16…Ryecroft Brenda T
$18…Ryecroft Dave's Choice
$14…Ryecroft Jan
$20…Salmon Kiss
$15…Salmon Runner
$20…Sandia Bertha
$20…Sandia Nocturne
$15…Sheval Megan
$16…Skelmersdale Jayne
$15…Skipley Frost
$13…Skipley Moonglow
$15…Skipley Prelude
$18…Skipley Swan Song
$16…Snoho Storm
$12…Southern Belle
$15…Spellbreaker
$15…Sugertown Sunrise
$15…Summer Rain
$14…Sweet Caroline
$14…Sweet Love
$20…Sweet Sanne
$18…Sylvia Craig Hunter
$16…Tahoma Amble
$15…Tahoma April
$15…Tahoma Early Dawn
$14…Tahoma Kelli
$18…Tahoma Tailspin
$14…Tiny Treasure
$13…U2 Ania
$13…Umpqua Sunrise
$14…Valda
$13…Valley Porcupine
$15…Valley Tawny
$15…Verrones Sandra J
$14…Versa
$20…Vian Shrimp
$18…Vista Kestyn
$20…Vista Linda
$18…WB's Cecil
$18…WB's Peachy
$15…Westerton Ella Grace
$20…Westerton JWH
$20…Westerton Pearl
$14…White Nettie
$14…Willowfield Matthew
$15…Windholm Diane
$15…Winkie Lambrusco
$20…Wyoming Frost
$16…Zwink

11/14/2024

🌼NOVEMBER 23rd…IN-PERSON TUBER SALE 🌺

Dividing should be almost complete by tonight, in-person tuber sales details coming to your email tomorrow evening!! If you haven’t signed up on our website in the past two years, (home page, near the bottom) that’s the best way to stay up to date with sale information. The website currently has a lot of information from last season, I will be updating everything starting in January, please ignore.🤣

https://willowlaneflowerfarm.square.site/

🏷️UPCOMING DATES

March 16, In-person tuber sale, Fort Wayne, Indiana

March 19, Online sale, shipping immediately following if daytime temps are above 40 degrees. Tracking will be sent.

April 12, cutting and pre-started dahlia sale, Fort Wayne, Indiana. No shipping. I will send out an option to pre-order for this event in February.

11/09/2024

Everyone’s getting stamped before they head to bed for their winters nap!

I’ve tried a ew different styles and sizes of stamps but have settled on this set as my favorite. You can find it on Amazon. I will post the link in the comments.

11/04/2024

🍁Fall Tuber In-person Sale Update🍃

Tubers are all dug, now to finish dividing!!

When: November 23rd

Where: Fort Wayne, Indiana

What: an opportunity to pre-order/pickup from the varieties that did well for us and we have excess tubers of. You will be responsible to confirm each tuber has an eye before final purchase. Much bigger sale in March. Head over to our local page to arrange swaps with other dahlia growers if that’s of interest. Indiana dahlia collectors. A fun morning to interact with other dahlia enthusiasts, followed by an optional late lunch after, more details soon.

For complete details please sign up for an email notification on our website at the bottom of the home page. Please excuse the empty website, updates for the spring sale will start appearing in January. I will aim to send an email no later than November 15th with the availability list and all the details for the November 23rd in person sale!

https://willowlaneflowerfarm.square.site/

📷Rivers Angel and Rivers Snow Cone, 2023 new introductions that will be available for the in-person fall sale.

10/30/2024

Another beautiful day to continue harvesting, so grateful! Who has been your super stars in the tuber department! Yesterday I dug up a beautiful section of 20th. Ave. Softer Peach, she is a workhorse above and below ground!

10/27/2024

I took a break yesterday from dahlia harvesting and played with the remainder of the dahlias that survived the last frosts. There are now 8 arrangements scattered throughout the house and front porch ! Sometimes as a flower farmer you don’t take the time to truly enjoy the flowers, it was just the break I needed!

Hope all you dahlia farmers are finding a way to come up for air! 🌺

10/24/2024

I imagine a lot of you are in the middle of harvest! Show us what you are finding! I had one field that was almost unusable.. But then I harvested from the 10 gallon grow bags!! Huge success!! Check out the size of these tubers from this mystery dahlia…was sold to me as Danique.

10/17/2024

“Frostmas at Willow Lane Flower Farm!”

Today, the first frost, is a happy/sad day for a flower farmer! It marks the end of the gorgeous display these beauties have provided us with the past few months, but it marks the beginning of harvest! Harvest is a much anticipated activity as that will help us plan for next season!

Farewell, my beauties, see you next year!