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08/23/2024

Today I cut and documented some dahlias. Taking and marking each variety is time consuming. But it should make it easy peasy when I set up my website for the tuber sale. Arnside Rose, KA Keltie Rose, pink Sylvia and salmon runner were my favorites today.
Do you have a favorite in this group?

08/04/2024

Calling all my local friends! I want to give a bouquet to you AND a friend!

All you have to do is:
-like this post
- tag a friend
You both need to be within 20(ish) miles of Oakdale so I can deliver to you both.

Bouquets will be delivered Wednesday (8/7) morning!

Giveaway closes tomorrow night at 8pm

Have a restful Sunday 💕

Maria

07/13/2024

The next 9 to bloom!
(Large photo numbers )

2.Sweet Caroline
3.KA Mocha Maya
4.Bloomquist Tory P
5.Echo Jose
6.Wizard of oz
7.Mystery???
8.Tahoma early dawn
9.Bloomquist Blush
10.Small world (it's so tiny! Cutest thing ever!)

Which is your favorite from this batch?

07/10/2024

My first 9 varieties to bloom!!
2. Larks Ebb
3. KA Cinder Rose
4. My Forever
5 Camano Cloud
6. KA Blood Orange
7. Night Silence
8. Lakeview Peach Fuzz
9. Hollyhill Pinkie
10. KA Boho Peach

Which is your favorite!??

I seriously love them all so much!

06/12/2024

Some favorites from the last couple weeks 🩷🌸🩷🌸🩷
Ranunculus
Peonies
Yarrow
Sweet William
Calendula
Foxglove
Snapdragons
Oregano
Raspberry foliage

06/05/2024

When your dahlias keep dying from all the rain and God sends you more! But he also sends you this as a little good omen.

04/29/2024

🌷 Swoon 🌷.... I ordered the tulips for next year and they are all doubles!! So excited!!

04/24/2024

Last night was the last frost.... I gave myself the night off to enjoy watching a playoff game with the family.... I forgot about the frost and all the plants in the greenhouse. About 500 of them. Most heartbreaking of all the 40 precious Dahlia cuttings I've been slaving over since December. I'm in shock. This was a *thousands* of dollar mistake. These were some of my finest most expensive dahlias I got cuttings from. This hurts so bad 💔

04/05/2024

We did it! All orders are shipped! What a wild ride and a dream come true!

Some thoughts after my first year selling
1. It's really terrifying! I lost lots of sleep during the whole process.
2. That being said, We love it! We're going to triple the amount of dahlias this year!
3. I was too optimistic with my inventory numbers. While I had almost 100% success rate with storage I did not account for blind tubers and there were many. I was determined not to do any refunds. I was humbled. It was like a knife to the heart every time I had to refund someone's tuber. 😭 I hope that it affected me more than them. But after calculating I only had to refund 2% of the products which is not terrible for my first year.
4. Shipping went way faster with Nathan and my Rollo printer! Both were essential!

Thank you to all who ordered and stuck with me this year. Expect next year to be even bigger and better. With lots of Unicorns 🦄

03/27/2024

A very humble introduction for this dahlia heading into her 3rd season. I unsurprisingly call her "Flora". I didn't plan on doing anything with it, but after such a sweet positive response in stories, if all goes well this year, I think I'll launch it in my tuber sale next year. It's such a happy flower, the butterflies love it, and it produces an astonishing amount of flowers and tubers. It's such a no fuss Dahlia. I left it to its own devices last year and it just kept churning out blooms. It seems to get more and more curly cues as time goes on and I'm getting really excited to see what it looks like in year three.
It's not the biggest WOW Dahlia to be introduced to the market, but I've sure got a soft spot for it.

If you can't tell it's the same flower as my logo!

03/23/2024

Keep your eyes out for your Dahlia tubers! Many orders will be arriving today and Monday. If yours is a small package the mail carrier will usually shove those directly into your mail box- so make sure to check your mail daily if you got a shipping notification.
Lots of love from Minnesota and I cannot wait for you to grow these beauties in your gardens! Remember to either pot them up or store them somewhere cool (40°-50°) and dark until planting time.

03/16/2024

Just a little reminder of what to do as your orders arrive! And, as always, message me if you have any questions or concerns! I tried to wake them up so the eyes are easier to see, but some are slower than others. Please let me know if any don't eye up for you. That happened to me last year and I was so bummed and didn't want to be a bother to the seller. I never did anything and I'm still sad I never got to grow those. I always make sure there is an eye. But sometimes the shimmer of an eye was actual a bit of vermiculite. Just let me know! Can't have a 100% success rate.

This is really surreal that people all over the country are getting my tubers 🤯
Really, a dream come true 💖💖💖

03/13/2024

We are diligently shipping out tuber orders. After talking to USPS we feel there is little to no chance of your tubers freezing in transit since USPS stores their packages in their temperature controlled storage houses at night. We stayed up late and got through about 40 orders last night. You can expect your tubers by Easter 🐣✝️
And local friends remember to come pick up your orders next Friday and Saturday here at the house.

Pictures here:
Jowey Winnie
Valley Tawny
Mystique
Versa
Night Silence
Copperboy (tucked behind night silence)
Zinnia (Benarys giant purple and Salmon Rose)

03/12/2024

In my newest role of weatherwoman, I'm now analyzing weather forecasts to see who I can ship tubers to this week (sorry it's so cold Utah and Idaho! Stinks to be you!)
But seriously it felt pretty cool to ship my first packages today 🥂💅🏼
I'm ready to get these tubers to their new homes. I know I love when I can get a cutting from newly acquired tubers. Hopefully some of you will get the chance. Next week is cold here, so I won't have an option. Hopefully by the first week in April you'll all have your tubers.

Pictured here: Zebrano

02/29/2024

25% OFF all remaining Dahlia varieties! Discount is automatically applied at checkout! I can also still combine shipping. These are the last 7 left 💃🏼

02/28/2024

I sent out an email with all the relevant information for Flora's Garden. Most importantly - local Dahlia pick up dates! Which will be March 22 & 23 9am-12pm. Mark your calendars! Just 3 weeks until these dahlias go to their new homes! I'm so excited!!
I am also keeping a close eye on the forecast and will ship out tubers and soon as weather permits! Remember I live in Minnesota 🥰
Lastly for locals, I still have a few plant packs available for you to grow your own cut flower garden AND some bouquet subscriptions! Get them for your mom or wife for mother's day!
This is the only time of the year when I have all. the. things. for sale at the same time! So I apologize for the bombardment

Picture: Creme De Cognac

02/06/2024

Locals - Plant packs now available for pre-order! Pickup will be in April here at Flora's Garden. Sorry I don't ship these!
This was a real joy for me last year. I kept in touch with most of the gardeners who bought my plant babies and they're all expanding their gardens this year and some are even growing their own seeds! What a gift to spread my love of flowers and gardening with others!
I'm only offering 8 of these this year! You will get 18* plants with each order. If you want a bigger garden you can purchase more than one.
We can work together to curate a color scheme with varieties you love or I can surprise you with a great combination of flowers.
Let me know if you have any questions!

01/29/2024

I just realized I have 500 followers! It's sweet to see a few more of you trickle in each day! I'm Maria and I grow on my suburban lot (.27 acres) in Minnesota.
This was one of my favorite nights of the year this summer. The dahlias were in full bloom, I was harvesting, documenting ,organza bagging and soaking them up on an absolutely perfect evening! As a flower farmer you spend more time planning, and waiting than actually experiencing the flowers, so I always try to enjoy each moment I have with them.
This winter I'm keeping busy by planning the 2024 garden (started my lisianthus seeds and a few Dahlia cuttings), renovating our kitchen, and listening to all the Harry Potter books with my 5 kids (it's been everything I hoped for reliving it from my children's perspectives). I barely leave my house in the winter and prefer to invite friends over. Thank goodness other people are willing to drive to me as I hunker down in full blown hostess hibernation mode.

I rarely take myself too seriously, so if you don't mind a bedraggled housewife in your stories rambling about something or other plant related I think you'll like it here.

p.s. As memory recalls when I took this photo I believe my children were fighting in the background and my husband was yelling through the window asking for backup 😅

01/25/2024

Trying to muster up the brain power to get all the seeds started to have these beautiful blooms in June. We're about 14 weeks away from our last frost. So I don't need to freak out yet. But, the cold hardy annuals can be planted out about a month before that. So then we're 10 weeks before their plant out date. Which means it's definitely time to get those organized and lined up.

01/09/2024

All refunds have gone out for multiple shipping charges! You should have gotten a notification. If you didn't get notified and believe you should have, send me a message and I'll look into it. See my last post for shipping charges.

01/06/2024

Hey sweet friends!
I thought I would post my shipping rates as I'm going through and refunding multiple shipping charges. Sometimes your total number of tubers bumps you up to the next category resulting in a strange refund amount. I'm taking my time and double triple checking that I'm doing the calculations correctly. So far it is looking like your refund amount could be as little as $3.30 on up.
I haven't gotten around to many yet as I've been sick, my computer charger died, the big kids are still home on Christmas break, and there were much more orders than I anticipated (so exciting!). I'll have much more time next week and should be able to finish them all!

Thanks for being here!

~Maria

01/04/2024

Yesterday was a dream filled haze! How can I ever possibly thank you all enough?! Thank you for making my first tuber sale such a success and for all your kind words. I've really enjoyed getting to know some of you on this app!
I'm hoping to refund your multiple shipping orders in the next day or two. But, my computer charger just died on me (seriously 30 minutes after the sale launch, which I thought was funny! I had given it a pep talk last week telling it it couldn't die until after the sale! Little thing gave me everything it had).

Also, after the dust has settled I still have some varieties left! Feel free to add onto your order or try your hand at growing them in your yard!

Ironically this is a picture of me with zinnias and we're talking about dahlias. Oh well 😊

11/26/2023

Thank you so much to everyone who purchased a bouquet subscription! It's been a fun weekend watching the orders come in and dancing around the kitchen. I wish I could give each of you a big hug (which I may do when you pick up your first bouquet 😁). There are still some available! Head on over to florasgardenmn.com if you haven't gotten yours yet.

11/24/2023

Today is the day! My 2024 Bouquet Subscriptions are finally live! Run and get yourself, your mom, and your grandma one. There are delivery and pickup options for both the 3 and 5 month subscriptions. You will be assigned your pickup and delivery days later on.
I truly cannot wait to make you beautiful bouquets next year and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing my love of flowers and supporting this wild, urban flower farmer dream.
P.S. please let me know if your subscription is a gift and I'll mail you a card to give them.

https://florasgardenmn.com/collections/subscription-bouquets

11/21/2023

I'm feeling very bah humbug this week! The Inundation of Black Friday sales is making my head spin and I kind of just want to stick it to the consumer man this Christmas and not buy anything!
So I kind of hate myself for being a part of it and launching my bouquet subscriptions on black Friday (I should probably do small business Saturday anyways, but whatever). BUT on the other hand, if you want to gift yourself or someone you love with something beautiful and real and locally grown and very much different from your typical Christmas gift, this is the way to go.

I gave my 2023 members early access last week and they did not sleep on it! If any of you had trouble with the "password early access situation" please reach out and I'll get you set before the subs are released to the public on Friday.

Remember all subscriptions will say "Sold Out" until Friday! They are not actually sold out. I wish I could have them say "coming soon" but I'm far better at growing flowers than setting up a website. 🫠

Take care friends, and I hope you enjoy your thanksgiving weekend! 🦃

11/08/2023

Dahlia preview is live! All varieties will say "sold out" until the sale goes live January 3rd at noon CT

I might switch prices up slightly but they're within $1-$2 of what they will list at.

I'll be offering combined shipping! If you place multiple orders I'll give refunds at shipping time for multiple shipping charges (depending on the number of tubers ordered).

Which one(s) are you hoping to snag??

11/07/2023

It's happening! 2024 Subscription bouquets go live Black Friday, November 24th 9am! If you want monthly bouquets next year make sure to add this reminder to your phone.

I'll have 4 options this year

3 month pick-up (July-August-September Bouquets)
3 month delivery (July-August-September Bouquets)
5 month pick-up (May-June-July-August-September)
5 month delivery (May-June-July-August-September)

Pick-up will be here at Flora's Garden in Oakdale, MN. If you choose delivery make sure you're located within 20 miles of Oakdale. If you're not sure if you're within our delivery range send me a message.

These were an absolute blast to make last year and were such a hit! I hope you get to experience them next year.

Check out the pricing on florasgardenmn.com (link in bio). Feel free to share it with your significant other, or plan to buy it for yourself. You won't regret it!

Orders placed on Black Friday get a free Dahlia tuber included with their order!

11/05/2023

Introduction for my new followers
👋🏼 Hi, I'm Maria! I started growing flowers to get through the long cold winters of Minnesota. I love my grow room in February and March! The warm lights keep the dark cold days at bay. I started Flora's Garden officially in 2022 and I'll have 2 big sales this year Subscription bouquets for locals on Black Friday! And my Dahlia Tuber sale on January 3.
I live on the most basic suburban corner lot you can think of (.24 acres 🎉). I'm slowly taking over the entire yard, but mainly grow in the two side yards. We love to make scrappy raised beds out of whatever wood we can get our hands on.
I have 5 kids and the best husband! We worked in the yard all day today, getting ready to hibernate for the winter.
I'm very excited to have some new flower loving followers!

11/01/2023

In honor of my first Dahlia tuber sale I'm doing a giveaway! I wanted to gift some of my favorite dahlias as well as some hard to get varieties. The winner will receive:

1. KA's Rosie Jo
1. Jowey Winnie
1. Bloomquist Alan
1. Kelgai Ann

To enter you must

1. Follow
2. Share this post to your story (please make sure to tag me so that I can see that you shared, especially if your account is private)
3. Check out my website and sign up for my emails. Don't worry I'm only planning on using your email to alert you of my tuber sale.

I'll be adding varieties to my site leading up to my sale on January 3! For now I have a handful of varieties up for you to view.

Giveaway closes Sunday November 19 at noon. The winner will be alerted via direct message and will receive their tubers in the spring. Good luck!!

This giveaway is valid for anyone in the US and is not affiliated with Instagram.

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I was so tired after a full day and I was not in the mood to make bouquets. But, once I started working with the flowers it didn't feel like work at all. The bouquets came together smoothly and effortlessly. The celosia, amaranth, zinnias and green mist lace flower (ammi) were fantastic ingredients tonight. I'm so grateful for my subscription customers! These all get to go flower lovers tomorrow. I think I'll sit and stare at them for a while though ☺️

We've got two winners!! I'll be in touch and deliver your bouquets tomorrow. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Thanks to all who entered! I'll try to do another one next month! @midwestmama88 @areluctanthomemaker

Some July bouquets 💕

Beauty abounds 🥹💞 hitting the sweat spot of summer. And planning always planning for next year

Finally got the time to make one of these 🥰 If you have a subscription don't worry if you see me making bouquets and it's not your pickup date. I've spread out all subscriptions 4 times throughout the month. I will always email or text you a reminder 1-2 days before your pickup or delivery. These are the last of the June bouquets heading out in the nick of time. How incredible are some of these flowers! The godetia and snapdragons really put on a show this year.

Transition bouquet- The last of the tulips and the first ranunculus and peonies. Things are getting exciting now as I can do much more versatile mixed bouquets! Oh what an exciting time of the year for flower farmers and florists!!

Start saving those Amazon boxes but also, **In case you didn't know all boxes are free at the post office** You can order them online or pick them up at any post office. I plan to have these available for my customers when they have pick-up orders! I've been trying to figure out an affordable, disposable option for them to get bouquets home, especially when they're picking up multiple bouquets. I delivered a few bouquets today and a customer used them to get her bouquets home and they worked like a charm!

I finally figured out how to get my tulips out with the bulb on! Water! Lots of it. There are some stubborn varieties it doesn't work on. But I was shooting like 10% before. Now I'm getting most of them up with the bulb! Just in time because I need these bad boys for mother's day week! Subscibers, get excited! They are SO pretty!

Finally documenting my new Dahlia acquisitions! There are so many more 🫣 I'm not very good at technology and there might be easier ways to do this, but this works well for me. I like to get the image from where I bought it from if I can. I absolutely love planting by color. It's so magical! *These are not my images* You can see where the image comes from based on the farm name next to them.

Ranunculus in the ground March 1!! Please watch through to hear Simon's adorable commentary. I seriously can't handle it 🥹🥰. The Root inoculant I use for transplanting is MYCO+. It makes a big difference! I did some experiments with it last year with sunflowers and the ones I used it on didn't miss a beat growth wise, and the ones I didn't use it for had 1 week where they looked close to death, one week where they got back to what they were pre transplant and week 3 of finally new growth. Now let's pray these survive for Mother's Day ranunculus! We're in a newly minted zone 5a (used to be 4b). With a mild winter! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

We have exciting news! Our new website www.haywardlodgingexperience.com is LIVE! All calendars are up to date. You can now book without having to pay the outrageous VRBO fees. This has been a goal of ours for years. You can find both our cabins as well as our 6 motel rooms right on the site! Link in bio. To celebrate we will be doing THREE giveaways - one for Spider Lake Motel, one for Teal Lake Cottage and one for The Lookout! Keep an eye out as we continue to line up some fun collaborations. For now, enjoy this compilation of all the bedrooms. And happy Birkie week, if you celebrate!

I'm not going to lie, Nathan and I don't even do Valentine's gifts 🤭 BUT!! If you're going to spend $60-$120 on a single bouquet for Valentine's day, let me recommend getting one of my subscription bouquets instead. While your love won't have fresh (ahem imported) flowers in February, they'll get the freshest cut most unique bouquets all summer instead!

Thought I'd throw together a reel of some of my dahlias still available. I still have 16 varieties available 🥰 Including these three orange ball varieties all great producers and easy keepers. You'll want at least one come September! -Cornel bronze -Jomanda (my favorite of the three. She's got a subtle pink undertone which gives her a little extra glow) -Beatrice Versa- if you squint a little it gives Salish Twilight girl vibes. Mystique! A stunning raspberry Dahlia with THE longest stems, if you're into that. Miss Amara! One of my favorites! Works so effortlessly in bouquets and has some major similarities to Bloomquist Alan. Camano Zoe! I feel my photos do not do her justice! I was always so excited to use her I missed photographing the best ones.

We are a day and a half away from the tuber sale! That is all.

My Top 12 dahlias of 2023 Coming in at number 12 ---------- SEATTLE---------- An underrated Dahlia! Though a shorter plant, the petals glitter and shimmer. It works effortlessly in bouquets and is a very elegant flower.

Dahlia preview is live! All varieties will say "sold out" until the sale goes live January 3rd at noon CT I might switch prices up slightly but they're within $1-$2 of what they will list at. I'll be offering combined shipping! If you place multiple orders I'll give refunds at shipping time for multiple shipping charges (depending on the number of tubers ordered). Which one(s) are you hoping to snag??

It's happening! 2024 Subscription bouquets go live Black Friday, November 24th 9am! If you want monthly bouquets next year make sure to add this reminder to your phone. I'll have 4 options this year 3 month pick-up (July-August-September Bouquets) 3 month delivery (July-August-September Bouquets) 5 month pick-up (May-June-July-August-September) 5 month delivery (May-June-July-August-September) Pick-up will be here at Flora's Garden in Oakdale, MN. If you choose delivery make sure you're located within 20 miles of Oakdale. If you're not sure if you're within our delivery range send me a message. These were an absolute blast to make last year and were such a hit! I hope you get to experience them next year. Check out the pricing on florasgardenmn.com (link in bio). Feel free to share it with your significant other, or plan to buy it for yourself. You won't regret it! Orders placed on Black Friday get a free Dahlia tuber included with their order!