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Growing dahlias & other summer

11/16/2023

Heirloom mums 😊🍂

11/03/2023

Un-staked Jasmine Pearl spilling over with goodness at the office garden.

She was a 2022 overwintered tuber in zone 6b & grew this year with little tending, but lots of love. I mean, come on 😭🙌 Also survived last nights frost.

10/31/2023

Maybe… maybe! Truly the last ladies of 2023. Harvested today by loving hands 🙏💕💐
seedling & Cafe au Lait

10/26/2023

They’re still showing off 🤪💕 featuring Sugar Daddy

Anyone want to buy tubers in the spring? Might plan little sale 🥔🌱🌼

10/24/2023

I cut my last flowers this past weekend with my mom. Bittersweet to put it all to rest soon. It’s possible we’ll harvest one more time this week but I won’t be in PA to cut with her 🥹🥹

It’s the longest cutting season we’ve had yet. Early August through ??? We’ll see 🙂

Will take a social media rest soon but not before sharing a bit more of this growing season.

10/17/2023

Shouting out big love to two wonderful friends that I shared flower time with this past weekend. Both with serendipitous Brooklyn & Pennsylvania ties 😃

is an insanely talented artist AND the owner of in Tamaqua, PA. We walked through rows of dahlias in the rain catching up while cutting the flowers.

and I have been flowering together for a few years. We finally had a chance to link up together to create bouquets on a perfect fall Sunday in BK 🍂🍁

🌸 🪻🌻🌷🌸🪻🌻🌷

Another flower filled weekend with Louise coming around soon. Stay tuned 🙂

10/12/2023

Skipley Spot of Gold 🌟
She’s radiant! Pink with perfectly yellow tipped petals & brushed with gold inside 💫

09/08/2023

Friends who give you their garden space are the best friends 😊 friends who give their garden space for unintentional experiments are THE best!!

I planted these tubers in Pennsylvania last season, 2022. They were left in the ground over winter and they’re totally thriving 🙌 In zones that freeze and have harsh winters, the tubers need to be dug out of the ground and stored in a controlled climate. This past winter was so mild that these tubers were able to make it through. He said “they’re blooming so much I can’t give them away fast enough” 👌

Slide 1: Cornel Bronze, a workhorse power bloomer

Slide 2: Picasso, incredible candy cane coloring, not the most ideal cut flower

Slide 3: Jasmine Pearl, delicate, soft pinky/purple. She hasn’t been staked or tied up. The plant fell over a few weeks ago but she’s still blooming!

09/04/2023

Diva! The flower, not me 😉

Yep the variety is called Diva and she’s dreamy.

08/27/2023

Sent this big mama off to a recurring client this weekend. Treat yourself to flowerzzz while we’ve got them 💐🌻

08/17/2023

Ultimate dahlia queen 👑 right here! My mother is the reason these flowers pop off 🥰🌸💕🙏

Here she is with Linda’s baby, a gorgeous peachy pink dahlia.

We’re planning a lil pop up this Sunday in Brooklyn. Stay tuned 💐

08/15/2023

For scale 🌸 compared to 👶

El Sol, a dahlia bigger than the size of an (almost) 2 month old baby’s head 🥰😊 staging flowers on point 👌

08/08/2023

Found the tiniest farm friend 🐸 💞

08/07/2023

Walking with flowers wearing a flowery back pack 😃 Coralie and Iced Tea front and center 🌸

07/22/2023

Second round of the first blooms to debut this season 🥹🌱 thanks for caring for them 💕

1. Valley Rust Bucket
2. Iced Tea
3. Maroon Fox
4. Lavender Ice

07/04/2023

Taking ‘em down, one 🐜 at a time. IPM week 3 in full swing. Plant babies are looking happy 🥰🌻🌱

06/17/2023

The snaps came back from last season and have been unattended. Nearly 36” stems 🙌🌱🥹💕 microflowerfarm

04/11/2023

Not a colorful array of blooms & petals but these bags have allll the flower babies that we’ll plant for a riot of color later this year 🙌 🙌 spent the weekend checking on the tubers and getting very excited for things to warm up 🌷🌱

02/05/2023

You know there’s a big flower filled holiday next week, right? SUUUUPER bowl! Just kidding!! 😆🤓 (Go 🦅) Well, two days after the most exciting football game of the year 😑 is Valentine’s Day! My friend in flowers planned perfectly for all you football and flower lovers! You can pick up fleurs at 3 Brooklyn locations on Sunday 2/12 to adorn your Super Bowl watching space 🌷 pick up or opt for delivery on Valentine’s Day 2/14. Gift yourself or someone you love 🥰

Cruise on over to her page for bouquet options & ordering details!

01/14/2023

So thrilled to share some photos from Travis & April’s wedding this past summer! They are such a fun, easy going, bad-ass couple! Especially grateful to have sprinkled flowers around for their nuptials at The Green Building as the venue has now closed 😌 Many thanks to my friend in flowers for helping on this one. Photos by

10/30/2022

The last bit of color in the dahlia patch glistening with frost this morning 🥰 taking all the babies out of the ground today

10/19/2022

The last buckets of dahlias for the year 🥹 the most beautiful blooms ever

10/09/2022

Feels like this could definitely be the last day of dahlias 😌 We had a light frost last night but all plants survived. I know other farms weren’t so lucky. (Swipe to see hasty frost protection 🤓🤪) So come on over to on Vanderbilt Avenue today starting at 3:15pm to snag the last of this seasons dahlias! flowers

10/07/2022

Flower pop up this Sunday 10/9 at Milk Bar! Corner of Vanderbilt Ave & Prospect Pl in Prospect Heights! I’ve had an amazing partnership with the cafe hosting flash sales of dahlia bouquets. This time, I’ll be there in person with a couple different size bouquets available. We’re setting up in the afternoon, stay tuned for timing soon 😊 see you Sunday! city

09/30/2022

Hey Brooklyn! Coming at ya this weekend
with some dahlias! We’ll be popping up Smith Street location between Bergen & Dean. Come by & grab a bouquet for yourself and a friend + a new fall sweater (or two or three… 😉) in the boutique. But of course always stop by just to say hi if you’re in the area 😙💐🌱 city

09/23/2022

I’ll be popping up a zero waste store in Park Slope, BK tomorrow starting at noon! Come on down to enjoy open streets along 5th Avenue, refill alll your household essentials at the store, and of course grab a bouquet for some flower therapy while dahlias are at their finest 👌🏼🌱 and if nothing else, please stop and say HI 👋🏻 I love meeting my neighbors 😊

09/22/2022

Hey PA!! You need some dahlias don’t you? 😊 Another wave of the most stunning flower is about to get harvested! Lehigh Valley, PA friends if you’d like a bouquet Friday or Saturday send me a DM for details!

08/19/2022

Peep 👀 the IG story right now for dreamy tour of tiny flower farm in Eastern Brooklyn! 🌱🌻 got my hands on her flowers this week and it was totally joyful 💐🌺

08/08/2022

What I want to look like farming flowers VS what it actually looks like farming flowers. This season has been challenging. I heard on a podcast recently while trying to furiously gather info on Dahlia virus, "if it can happen in farming, it will" And that phrase won't stop repeating in my head 😑🥹 I've planned for months to be rocking out selling lots of beautiful blooms about now. But the plants just aren't there yet. For now I'll just keep singing words of encouragement to them along with a good foliar spray 🤓🌱

08/05/2022

🌺💇‍♀️ Dropped off one of the year's first batches of dahlias to L Roth Salon!

07/24/2022

It was a tremendously wonderful Flower People meet up in Brooklyn today- hanging out under the largest, shadiest tree we could find in Fort Greene Park 😊🌱 left with a little flower swag from grown in Stamford, NY. Do you grow flowers in NYC or anywhere else and want to join the (unofficial) Brooklyn Flower People meet up?! Send me a message to join in on our next gathering. Missed you !

07/23/2022

Not pictured — the sweat pouring into my eyeballs 🥹🥵

07/19/2022

Selfie while walking w fleurs to a delivery = blurry photo 😑 oh well! Don’t care about capturing the perfect photo. I wanted to capture the moment because I’m reaaaally excited that I’m v close to sharing flowers with you all. I’ll be sprinkling blooms around Brooklyn soon and I 👏 cant 👏 wait 👏 So much planning & tending goes into raising flowers and it’s felt like a very long year so far of pest control, navigating proper nutrients for the plants, and not much rain! Lots of learning curves as I expanded this year to grow more plants. Stay with me as I’ll be announcing locations starting in August! Some fun new things are in the works 😉

07/11/2022

💜 Larkspur growing toward the sky! One of the first flowers to bloom in the garden this season...

07/05/2022

First ultra mini harvest of annuals. It’s sloooow growing for a lot of these but they’re coming around 🌱 😊 most excited for more snapdragons
and chamomile!! 💕💜

07/03/2022

🌱 GROW, MY BABIES 🌱

06/27/2022

🌸 What would you name this beauty?

06/14/2022

Slinging protea’s as big as my head this past weekend with my friend in flowers at in Manhattan. The weather was 👌🏼 and the flower loving people were in abundance 💐🌱 Oh! You’ll def want to scope out to view her newly launched wallpaper collection, Afrobotanical, featuring these unbelievably cool King Protea’s and Blushing Bride.

06/09/2022

💐💐💐 Can't wait to start making bouquets & arrangements again soon! Pop-ups coming soon & taking special orders starting in August! Contact via our website fortissimoflorals.com

06/01/2022

💀😀 Old dahlia tubers (dug up after a mighty haul last year) vs. new tubers.

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First ultra mini harvest of annuals. It’s sloooow growing for a lot of these but they’re coming around 🌱 😊 most excited for more snapdragons and chamomile!! 💕💜 #fortissimoflorals #flowers #flowersofinstagram #lehighvalley #pennsylvania #brooklyn #brooklynny #bkn #newyork #Pennsylvaniagrownflowers #dahlias #dahliasofinstagram #localflowers #Flowerfarming #farmerflorist #microflowerfarmers #Brooklynflorist #Newyorkcityflorist #localflowersmakelifebetter #tinyflowerfarm #microflowerfarm #floretworkshop2022 #florist #florists #womanownedbusiness

💜💛💚 Can't wait to get some of these Queen Lime Zinnias back in the soil!!!

Thanks to Erin @floretflower through the workshop we learned how to and felt confident potting up some tubers to try and get some cuttings! 🌱 fingers crossed 🤞 it’s our first time having a go at this method of increasing our supply of plants! 🙌🙌 #fortissimoflorals #dahliasofinstagram #dahlias #pennsylvaniagrownflowers #discoveringdahlias #localflowers flowerfarming #farmerflorist #brooklynflorist #newyorkcityflorist #tinyflowerfarm #microfarm #floretworkshop2022

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Cooking up some tasty botanical goodies for an upcoming holiday market this weekend in Brooklyn! 🌲💐💕 location & details coming soon #fortissimoflorals #brookylnflorist #newyorkflorist #pennsylvaniagrownflowers #shoplocal #shopsmall #winterdecor #supportsmallbusiness

This mixed bucket is going on a road trip to decorate a 70th birthday dinner 🥳🌸 #fortissimoflorals #pennsylvaniagrownflowers #localflowersmakelifebetter #dahliaseason

Dropped these babes and more to some of my favorite flower people @stemsbrooklyn today! 🥰💐🌸 #fortissimoflorals #brookylnflorist #newyorkflorist #pennsylvaniagrownflowers #localflowers #dahliaseason #dahliasofinstagram #supportsmallbusiness

I felt like I was harvesting shades of orange all weekend and then I cut these and was like yesss please! 👌🏼😍 THANK YOU to all who purchased dahlias this weekend! Sold out everything that was ready to be cut 💐☺️ More bouquets available next week for the holiday weekend! #fortissimo florals #pennsylvaniagrownflowers #brooklynflorist #newyorkflorist #organicgardening #paflorist #shoplocal #supportsmallbusiness

Rudbeckia Prairie Sun 😍😍

Raised bed prep complete ✔️pounded 6.5’ stakes in place for the plant support system 😓💪🏼 planting will begin tomorrow! All the beds will be filled with dahlias & many other blooms planned for the lanes inside 🌱💐 There will be so many wonderful flowers for sale later this summer. My mom and I are so excited to share what we’ve been planning! Stay tuned! www.fortissimoflorals.com #pennsylvaniagrownflowers #pennsylvaniagrowndahlias #pennsylvaniaflorist #brooklynflorist

Dalia tubers are waking up 🙌🙌 Many tubers from last season wintered over well so there will be a lot more than originally planned for 😍👩‍🌾🌱 visit www.fortissimoflorals.com to see the varieties we’ll have. Anyone want to have a flower pop up in Aug/Sept? Maaaybe even early October? Give me a shout! #pennsylvaniagrownflowers #brooklynfloraldesign #localflowers #dahlias