Alpine Acres Flower Farm

18/09/2023

Hard to believe it took until the middle of September to get some decent variety of dahlia blooms in the bouquets. The Kelvin floodlight (yellow) and orange enjoyed a prolonged hide and seek game, but finally announced their presence!

24/09/2022

Come to the Abingdon farmers market this morning for your fresh flower bouquet. Small bouquets are $10 while large bouquets are $15.

21/09/2022

A Kelvin Floodlight dahlia that couldn’t wait until Saturday!

21/09/2022

We will not be in Marion this week due to the Chilhowie Apple Festival. Come see us at the Abingdon Farmer’s Market from 8AM to Noon.

This is a flower farm in the mountains of Southwest Virginia where the climate is so conducive to growing annuals, perrenials and bulb flowers that I love to share with friends and family.

20/08/2022

Come see us at Marion Farmer’s Market!

06/08/2022

16/07/2022

Chance of God’s water today about 15%, but chances of gods water captured and supplemented with miracle Gro bloom booster 100%! 

02/07/2022

A very good way to start a Saturday morning is to take a walk through the dahlias!

23/06/2022

Good morning Alpine Acres Flower Farm fans! We are excited to announce the first red, yellow, white and second orange dahlias to bloom this season! The fuchsia/wine color is still going strong with multiple plants blooming as well as the red and orange combination. Send me a message if you would like a bouquet. 

15/06/2022

Two more purple wine/magenta bouquets. This came from two dahlia plants so there are more to cut. If you’re interested in a bouquet let me know they would be $15  

15/06/2022

Here is the second dahlia variety to bloom this season. 

12/06/2022

Dahlia cuttings (70+) and Foxglove seedlings looking good.   

11/06/2022

Early morning dahlia propagation from my second favorite dahlia patch. 

10/06/2022

The first dahlia bouquet of summer 2022. 

09/06/2022

This one is from October 2020 near the end of the season.  

08/06/2022

Another beauty from 2021.

06/06/2022

Two more additions to the farm this year.

05/06/2022

From last season an orange with yellow combination bloom.

04/06/2022

I wish I had the private number to Kool and the Gang because if so I would have them blast out Celebration on repeat. It is June 5 and there is a fully bloomed Dahlia. I Actually find myself speechless at this moment. 

03/06/2022

I wish I could share with each of you the unbelievable joy and excitement I feel walking through the dahlia patch this morning seeing color on dahlia bulbs on the third day of June. I’m thankful we didn’t suffer the damage some of our neighbors did but I am also grateful for all the rain that we’ve received recently. 

I believe my earlier assessment is solid and there will be blooms to harvest by next weekend.

03/06/2022

A new addition to the sunflower rotation for 2022.

01/06/2022

From late October last season, all the dahlias were producing fabulous amounts of flawless blooms.

31/05/2022

From last season and this is the truck loaded on its way to the farmers market in late August.

30/05/2022

Who can play a trumpet fanfare? Because I want you to know this is BIG NEWS! In the history of Alpine Acres Flower Farm we have usually had to wait until mid to late July for multiple dahlia blooms.

But not this year! No this year is so totally different. When I was working in the dahlias this morning I saw a dahlia bud. Then I saw another and another and felt that surge of excitement that comes with the promise of the first bloom.

So what does this mean for you AAFF fan? It means we will be selling dahlia bouquets in JUNE!! That is no misprint. There is photo proof with this post of buds that are less than 10 days from bloom.

We are considering a subscription service where you can have a fresh bouquet every week for a discounted price as opposed to the weekly amount. Give me your thoughts about it.

30/05/2022

To all the fans of Alpine Acres Flower Farm we offer a hearty thank you for the terrific support during our off-season. I know you’ve probably missed blooms as much as I have and are looking forward to the beauty of the dahlias and the other companion crops that we pair with them. In this post you’ll see some of the companion plants were adding this year and a couple of new dahlias. I have some dahlias that came from cuttings from my uncles patch that will be new this year and I’m planning to make more cuttings in a couple of weeks from his patchTo add even more variety. You will be seeing more regular posts from now on This season. (HINT) There’s a really big post coming later this morning!!!

01/05/2022

IT’S DAHLIA SEASON!!!!!!!

05/12/2021

Now the preparation begins for next season. I need to divide the dahlias and then I will give them a heavy blanket leaves and Pineneedles to try to keep them from freezing during the winter. If anyone is interested in some value balls after I divide them send me a private message so I can keep up with it.

22/10/2021

Still loving the blooms!

11/09/2021

Come to the for some great dahlia bouquets and fun farmhouse items!

04/09/2021

Come by and say hello at the to get a fresh flower bouquet! The are looking great and we still have

01/09/2021

Casualties of Ida. While the dahlias like all the moisture it is a different story when moisture combines with wind. Nearly all these big blooms broke their stems. Thankfully long enough to use in bouquets.

28/08/2021

Loaded and ready for the Abingdon Farmer’s Market! Come and get it! We’re seeing the benefits of all the rain last week.

Developing my love and knowledge of nature, including flowers, critters and environmental concepts as I enjoy God's rich creation.

24/08/2021

It is Sunflower bouquet day! 

23/08/2021

I went to the Dahlia patch to do some miracle Gro bloom booster to augment the rain we had last week and I saw two of the very nicest Kelvin Floodlight dahlias I’ve seen so far this year. Unfortunate for Abingdon Farmer’s Market fans this will be cut within the next couple of days because they won’t look this nice long enough to put in a bouquet this weekend. 

22/08/2021

Early morning sunflower harvest. Send me a PM if you’d like to have some.

21/08/2021

While you’re out at Abingdon townwide yard sale stop by the farmers market and check out everything that is for sale including dahlias and sunflowers zinnias and Sedum! ’sMarket 

20/08/2021

Don’t forget we can do custom bouquets for your special occasion. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, parties and other events. This is a custom bouquet made for a young lady who graduated from Emory and Henry this past Saturday.

18/08/2021

For many the moisture the last 30+ hour was anywhere from a minor convenience to a major one but for the flowers on Alpine Acres Flower Farm it is just the medicine that they needed. The three individual pictures are new cuttings I made from my uncles patch that are showing new growth after this rain. I won’t be cutting any of those to sell this year just trying to get a good route established before end of season. 

15/08/2021

Ohhhh yeah!!!!! 

14/08/2021

ThanIs to all who came out to the Abingdon Farmer’s Market this week! But we are sold out at 10:30!