Big Dog Flowers

11/01/2025

I've been growing tulips in winter for 3 years now, and while it's not the arms full of blooms in a downpour of fluffy white like , and share, finally, I'm able to get a shot of the seasonal contrast here in NC.

🧡

09/01/2025

It's time.

Valentine's Day is only 5 weeks away.

Yes, I know, your Christmas decorations are still up, but....

The tulips are all growing and hopefully they'll be joined by a few anemones.

All bouquets are locally grown flowers. Nothing imported.
Reds, pinks, purples, whites, and probably a few yellows.

Singles, fringed, doubles that look like roses!

Sign up now to reserve your bouquet. Supply is limited.
Orders closed when quota is met.

https://forms.gle/sBmf9F747EWS65Uy9

Link also in bio.











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28/11/2024

So many of these flowers are "out of season" for my growing zone right now, and yet, still they bloom.

Humans, take note.

21/10/2024

21/10/2024

18/10/2024

Weekend Raffle for Western NC recovery!!!

To continue supporting those in WNC, I am holding a raffle.

3 DAYS only!!

3 great prizes !

All entries MUST be received by Sunday, October 20th at 6pm.

Cash or Venmo only.

All proceeds got to continue supporting WNC rebuilding efforts

Link here and in my profile.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeldmVaIbOunuWaI5nBUwru8M4GeTFvSXgr0ekllRj_wxvnrg/viewform

16/10/2024

Time to celebrate!!

2025 Tulip Subscription Sign ups are open.

Space is limited.

What you'll get :

Gorgeous, unique, specialty tulips grown locally when tulips aren't locally available 🤗.

One fresh bouquet per week.

Your choice of 11 weeks or just one month.

Valentine's Day options also available.

Sign up now before slots are all taken.

https://forms.gle/jmteUrta33qRCM9j8

15/10/2024

He's been our provider...
Of house and home,
Security and reassurance,
Of second and fifty-second chances,
Encouragement and hope,
Laughs and insights.

He's our financial guru,
Schmoozer extraordinaire,
Family worrier and "fixer",
Connoisseur....
of frozen desserts, donuts, hotdogs, and Elmer T.

He's a flirt, of the grandest kind.
A social butterfly who can and will sell anything.
A misnomer of every animal's gender
A creator of grand surprises
And a world traveler.

He's our high maintenance, convenience loving, gregarious micromanager whom we love dearly and are so blessed to call Daddy.

02/10/2024

I wear my rubber boots in every season.

I wear them with shorts, jeans, skirts, and pajamas.

They allow me to walk over things that might bite, cut, feel uncomfortable, or make me fall.

They are a necessity in my field.

I have checked in with my friend, "Towski", in Western NC.

His focus for the monetary donations I will get to him, is to help folks who have lost their homes find more permanent places to stay before winter gets here.

However, he just let me know, rubber boots are needed too .

Boots that will protect feet that need to walk over lots of rocks, mud, debris.

Boots for men, women, and kids.

If you'd like to drop off a pair of durable boots in the next few days, ....my goal is to get them to Towski this weekend, so those who need them will be a bit more able to walk through the things that are making their lives extremely uncomfortable and continue the challenging task of rebuilding.

Thanks.

29/09/2024

My garden and I are on our last leg.

After celebrating and recovering the wedding, I decided I was just going to let it all go and start clean up and winter prep.

Tulips and anemones will be here in about a month and I decided to put my energies there.

Until Helene showed up and brought devastation to a part of this state that holds a good portion of my heart .

I am one person.
But I will do what I can to help those in need.

For the rest of this growing season, my stand will be stocked with whatever flowers remain in my fields.

They will be small arrangements in small containers. Bedside flowers. Bouquets for a working desk. Nothing grand. A bit of love simplicity.

ALL PROCEEDS from these will be donated to a dear friend and his community who runs a non profit thrift store in downtown Boone. Several employees have lost their homes. Others incurred enormous damage.The store is flooded.

While these arrangements aren't my typical size, if you are able, please donate the standard $20.

I will post daily in my stories how many are available and share the total donation with you when frost arrives. Flowers will be available by 7am.

If you choose to pay via Venmo, please DM me first so that I can share how to avoid the fees that Venmo charges business accounts.

If this isn't your cup of tea, I urge you to support a vetted organization that will help the people of Western NC rebuild.


#❤️ mountainsofnc

27/09/2024

Tulip news is coming soon!!
Really soon.
Be the first to know.

Sign up at the link in my profile.
Really soon.

🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

15/09/2024

There is no such thing as a DIY wedding.
It’s a complete misnomer.

Pinterest would have you believe that with a little creativity, a backyard, some garden lights, and a few shipping pallets you too can have a lovely wedding at little to no cost.

All fallacy.

I’m not saying you can’t have a beautiful wedding, without hiring acoordinator, a caterer, or booking a venue.

You can, but it’s not a do it yourself.

ANY wedding involves lots of people.
The planning, preparation of food, flowers, location, people, music, and all the “Pinteresty” details involve effort.

Dahlias and roses don’t miraculously grow.
Evenly spaced tables, chairs, and well groomed grass are not default.
Fairy lights don’t hang themselves.
Composing a portrait worthy of The Knot doesn’t happen just because you own a camera and click a button.

All of these things require people and a four letter word - work.

Quality people who work in the wedding industry know how to make all those things happen AND they sweep and take out the trash.
It might be pricey, but they are worth their salt.

DIY” is more like “DIWLFF”.
Do it with LOTS of family and friends.

Yesterday, my friends and family showed up big.
They set up chairs and tables, put out tablecloths, decorated them, RE-decorated them as the wind gusts tossed flower vases and lights about.
They directed parking, created Pinterest worthy charcuterie and cake tables, iced drinks, relocated leaky coolers, and made me lovely.
They picked up trash, moved chairs, hit play and stop when music was needed and not needed.
They did the jobs that at non DIY weddings would have been done by PAID vendors.

And that work began long before September 14th -
Killing and pulling LOTS of weeds
Making cookies, icing a cake
Growing vegetables and flowers
Checking the electrical system
Praying ... for everything and everyone

“Do It Yourself” weddings do not exist.
My friends and family gave selflessly to create a life long memory for my son and daughter in law.
My children received a “DWLLBLOP” wedding.
Done with lots of love by lots of people.

Priceless labors. And we are forever grateful.

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