Big Dog Flowers

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.

Photos:

07/09/2024

Today's post starts with one wedding and ends with another.

The first bouquet is to celebrate five years of marriage for a sweet couple. I grew these sunflowers, Procut Plum, for that wedding and loved the fact that I could include them in a bouquet for them today.

The last image is the site for next weekend's wedding. A cherry tree that's been on my grandparents ' property since I was little and will serve as the backdrop for my son and his bride.

There's a lot to be done between now and then to finish preparing. I'm grateful for all the hands who have and will show up to make the day a memorable one.

That said, I won't be taking any flower orders this week.

If you need local blooms, try , , , or .

We'll see you on the other side!🍾💐💒

16/06/2024

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

Happy Father's Day
Daddy.

12/05/2024

She's champagne laced with jalepeños and gunpowder in your back pocket,
Loving acceptance, while being faithfully resolute.
Frugality and luxury
On a windowless Carolina day.

She's an open invitation to a table that is never full,
A firm word stated in goodness and love,
An error turned into delight and dessert,
The keeper of the pieces.

She's a spoonful of firey truth that causes you to think.
The link to casseroles and heartaches of generations past,
Adventures on heart stopping, winding back roads
Intentions honored and kept
And sincerity with neighbors.

She's fragility and strength,
All in the same touch.
A living question and a long sought answer,
A walking, never plodding, example of grace given...
and grace accepted
And love that never, ever fails.

She's forgiveness and accountability,
Neon yellow and soothing lavender,
A whisperer to all dogs,
A front porch swing, the aroma of home, a garden glove, an honest kindness, and an untethered flight across God's mountain vistas.

04/05/2024

Summer subscriptions for 2024 are available!

Fresh, locally grown flowers once a week for one month, two months, or three months, beginning the first full week in June.

Treat yourself, your family, your friends, or perhaps for Mother's Day.

All grown here in Rowan County and cut fresh weekly.

Details and signups can be found at:

https://forms.gle/5q7ic6TS9NVNcTRB7

Link also in my bio.

SPACE IS LIMITED and site will be closed once it's full.

Message me if you have questions.

31/03/2024

I harvested my first tulip bouquet on December 27, 2023.

Because tulips prefer cool weather, and because it's supposed to be in the 80's multiple days this week, I'll probably harvest my last bouquet this first week of April, 2024.

14 weeks of tulips... With anemones and specialty daffodils thrown in!

This year brought gorgeous success, multiple pockets of tulip fire, new customers, an inconsistent cooling system, lessons learned, and hope for 2024-25.

As we head into warmer weather, a few things I'd like to share:

1) Thank you. To my subscribers - old and new, to those of you who placed special orders, and to those of you who just stopped by the stand and shared BDF with others. Thank you for supporting this local grower.

2) I will be sending out information about summer subscriptions in the next week or so. If you haven't already signed up for the newsletter, you can do that here:

https://mailchi.mp/77e1c01c1d88/run-with-the-big-dog

( The link is also in my bio.)

3) Newsletter subscribers will be the first to find out about Tulip Subscriptions for 2024-25. That information will come out by May 1. I've already ordered 20,000 for next year and newsletter subscribers will be the first to know the details and also get the best price. They will also be the first to find out about peony bunches this year when they're available.

Lastly, the flowers on the stand will slow a bit the next few weeks. I don't have a lot of cold hardy annuals planted, but when I do have flowers newsletter subscribers will find out first, followed by IG followers. If you need flowers, and haven't seen anything in Stories, feel free to contact me.

Thank you again for all your support. I pray your world has been brightened and made a bit more joyful because of flowers and that you share that joy with others.

~ S

BDF

11/03/2024

The fields are full and the flowers need homes.

💐💐💐

So...

* Gather your colleagues
* Call your family members
* Treat your employees
* Rally or surprise your besties
* Randomly surprise your neighbors
* Fill every room in your house
* Shower the people you love with 🌷
* Throw a party!

Take advantage of this week's abundance of tulips, anemones, and daffodils and bring Springtime inside.

Order 5 or more FULL, classic $20 bouquets for delivery to the same location, on the same day ( between March 11 and March 15) within 5 miles of BDF and delivery is free.

(For locations further than 5 miles, one, distanced determined delivery charge will get all 5 bouquets on your doorstep.)

OR

Order 5 or more FULL, classic $20 bouquets for pick up and receive a 6th bouquet free.

Offer only good March 11-15, 2024, while field supplies last.
When they're gone, they're gone.

First come first served.
Don't miss this chance to shower yourself or others in locally grown flowers!

Delivery and pick up times subject to BDF schedule.
Offer separate from all previous subscriptions or sales offers. Not associated with IG or any other company.

Message me on Instagram or email at [email protected] to let me know you're interested.

03/03/2024

I love 99% of growing Spring flowers ( especially growing them in the winter!).

But the best part is seeing them in your homes, hoping they bring you as much joy as they bring me, that they help you get through the days when life doesn't seem very nice.

Thank you for allowing me to bring a little joy to your lives.

Happy (almost) Spring!

10/01/2024

She's champagne laced with jalepeños and gunpowder in your back pocket,
Loving acceptance, while being faithfully resolute.
Frugality and luxury
On a windowless Carolina day.

She's an open invitation to a table that is never full,
A firm word stated in goodness and love,
An error turned into delight and dessert,
The keeper of the pieces.

She's a spoonful of firey truth that causes you to think.
The link to casseroles and heartaches of generations past,
Adventures on heart stopping, winding back roads
Intentions honored and kept
And sincerity with neighbors.

She's forgiveness and accountability,
Neon yellow and soothing lavender,
A whisperer to all dogs,
A front porch swing, the aroma of home, a garden glove, an honest kindness, and an untethered flight across God's mountain vistas.