Whistling Bee Farm & Florals

12/03/2024

This year, we are offering two festive ornament options in our Holiday Shop: Mini Wreath Ornaments (new this year!) and our beautiful glass Confetti Ornaments. Both are filled with various colorful dried flowers from our farm. These will add sparkle to your tree or can be hung for year-round enjoyment, lasting well beyond the holidays. Preorders are now open for these cuties, and pickups will begin on December 6th. Ornaments are $10 each.

Please message me for details and to reserve your ornament today!

12/02/2024

UPDATE: THE RED AND GREEN JINGLE BELLS ARE SOLD OUT. WE STILL HAVE A FEW WHITE BELLS LEFT.

We only have a few of our Festive Jingle Bells left, and the red bells are already sold out! So don’t delay if you’d love to snag one. You won’t want to miss these 5-inch hanging jingle bells adorned with fresh greens and dried Whistling Bee flowers. These festive bells look beautiful as decorations in your home or make unique gifts for someone special on your holiday list. Preorders are now open, and pickups will begin on December 6th! Bells are $25 each.

Please message me for details and to reserve your Festive Jingle Bell today!

11/30/2024

UPDATE: THE RED JINGLE BELLS ARE SOLD OUT!

I couldn’t think of a better time than Small Business Saturday to pop in and share a quick announcement: our Whistling Bee Holiday Shop opens Friday, December 6th! I’ve been busy crafting in my floral studio and can’t wait to share all our Holiday Shop goodies. I’m so excited that I decided to give you a sneak peek AND LAUNCH PREORDERS for all of our Holiday Shop items TODAY!

I know peeking is often discouraged during the holidays, but I’m confident we’ll stay off the Naughty List with just one little peek.

We are thrilled to announce that our popular Festive Jingle Bells are back this year! These 5-inch hanging jingle bells, which come in white, red, or green, are adorned with fresh greens and Whistling Bee dried flowers. We are also offering two festive ornament options: our beautiful glass Confetti Ornaments and Mini Wreath Ornaments (new this year!), which are filled with various colorful dried flowers from our farm. Festive Jingle Bells are $25 each, and ornaments are $10 each.

And when our Holiday Shop opens on December 6th, registration for our 2025 Whistling Bee Floral Subscriptions will also open! So, mark your calendars! A flower subscription makes a beautiful gift for anyone on your holiday shopping list!

Quantities of all items in our Holiday Shop are limited, so please message me for details and to preorder and reserve yours before they’re gone. All pickups will be at the farm and begin Friday, December 6th, when we officially open the shop!

I’d love to help you cross off some gifts on your holiday shopping list, and don’t forget that treating yourself is always allowed!

I hope you all enjoy the start of the holiday season, and as always, thank you for your support. On Small Business Saturday and every day, when you support small businesses, you support a dream, and I can’t thank you enough for supporting mine.

11/28/2024

Well, this is 47! Yes, I’m lucky to have my birthday fall on the holiday this year! Who wouldn’t want pumpkin pie as a birthday dessert?! At 47, I’m here to tell you that it’s never too late to follow a new path; go where your heart leads you. Three years ago, mine led me to the flower patch, where I’m happy to stay.

11/27/2024

During this season of gratitude, I’m incredibly grateful for those who supported our small farm this season. Whether by making a purchase, subscribing to our newsletter, liking our social media posts, or offering encouragement, your support has been instrumental in our success. I treasure our relationship and thank you from the bottom of my heart for trusting me to meet all your floral needs. By supporting our farm, you’re backing my dream and showing that you appreciate our mission to spread joy and kindness through our flowers. So, during this season of gratitude, I wanted to reach out and let you know how grateful I am to have you as part of our Whistling Bee community.

11/26/2024

As you gather around the table this holiday season, may you be surrounded by warmth, happiness, and the comforting embrace of good company.

11/25/2024

It’s the season of gratitude, a time to reflect on what we are thankful for, to gather together, and to enact our treasured family traditions. What are you feeling grateful for this season?

11/22/2024

Our latest blog post discusses which dahlias stood out this season, becoming farm favorites! You won't want to miss it!

Our 2024 dahlia season is officially over, and all the dahlias are (thankfully) dug, divided, and safely stored until next season. It was a very challenging growing year, as climate change brought …

11/21/2024

Rain, glorious rain! Thank you Mother Nature; boy did we need this!

11/20/2024

These beautiful sweet alyssum flowers are still blooming on the farm in late November! We use these lovely plants as “living mulch” in our beds underneath our cut flowers. They help suppress weeds, retain moisture at the roots of our flowers, and aid in keeping our soil in place. Best of all, they feed the pollinator population all season long!

11/19/2024

Restock Alert! I have restocked our popular Dried Flower Mini Pumpkins! These festive pumpkins have arrived just in time to decorate your holiday table. All flowers were grown, dried, and arranged here on our farm, and the pumpkins were sourced locally from Hudson Valley farms. At the end of the fall season, the dried flower posy can be untied and saved as a keepsake. These are sustainable, eco-friendly holiday decorations you can proudly place on your table and share with your loved ones. Our restock quantities are limited, and this will be the last restock of the season. So, if you’d like to bring a festive mini pumpkin home to brighten your holiday, message me to reserve yours today!

11/18/2024

“Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.”

11/15/2024

“I must have flowers, always, and always.”
~Claude Monet

11/14/2024

We are thrilled to announce that our popular fall Dried Flower Mini Pumpkins are back! These festive pumpkins have arrived just in time to decorate your holiday table. All flowers were grown, dried, and arranged here on the farm. And the pumpkins were also sourced locally from Hudson Valley farms. Our flowers are naturally and sustainably grown with no harmful chemicals, so you can feel good about having them in your home. The dried flower posy can be untied when the holiday ends to save it as a keepsake before composting the pumpkin. These are sustainable, eco-friendly holiday decorations you can proudly place on your holiday table and share with your loved ones. Mini pumpkins are $12 each and come in yellow or white. Message me to reserve yours today, as quantities are limited!

11/13/2024

Yesterday I started working with our dried flowers (like these assorted celosia) to create festive fall decorations for your holiday table. Stay tuned to see the results!

11/12/2024

Believe it or not, we are planting more than just bulbs this time of year! While most of our flowers are taken out in the fall, there are a few plants that we tuck in that will overwinter in our beds. These cold-hardy Iceland Hummingbird Poppy seedlings will grow strong roots all winter and provide beautiful blooms in early spring (hopefully for Mother’s Day!) Sleep tight, Poppies; we’ll see you in the spring!

11/11/2024

We did it! All of our dahlias have been dug, divided, and stored for the winter. This is always such a big task to tackle in the fall and I am relieved that it’s been completed. I miss these beautiful blooms already, but I’ll be seeing them in my dreams until next season.

11/08/2024

And so it begins-the great dahlia dig! Today we spent the day digging, dividing, and storing the first of our dahlia tubers. Because we live in a climate with cold winters and freezing temperatures, it is necessary to dig up and store the tubers at the end of each growing season. The tubers are then replanted in the spring. Dahlias are definitely a labor of love, but we think their beautiful blooms make all the effort worthwhile.