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Tanglebloom Vermont floral studio & flower farm specializing in inspired modern weddings + events, and a unique

01/03/2025

What if one crop could make your flower farm easier to run?

Peonies check all the boxes:
✔️ Residual income for decades
✔️ Minimal maintenance once established
✔️ Coveted by florists, designers & retail customers
✔️ Bloom in one of the highest-demand flower windows (hiii, wedding season)

But here’s the mistake I see too often 👇
👉 Planting peonies without a plan.
Without knowing which varieties actually have demand in your market.

Without a strategy for SELLING them.

The Peony Course takes the guesswork out—guiding you step-by-step from planting to profit.

We’re halfway through your only chance to join this winter — enrollment closes soon!

💬 Comment “peony” to learn more before doors close!

25/02/2025

Ready to grow a crop that pays you back for decades? 🌸

Peonies aren’t just beautiful—they’re a game-changer for flower farmers. Think: low-maintenance, beginner-friendly, drought-tolerant, AND one of the highest-value crops you can grow. 💸✨

But here’s the thing:
Peonies are an investment… and like any smart investment, strategy matters.

👉 The Peony Course teaches you exactly how to grow AND sell these coveted blooms—so you can build residual income for decades to come.

Doors are OPEN—but only for 10 days! 🗓️ Don’t miss your chance to make peonies your most profitable crop.

💬 Comment “peony” below, and I’ll send you all the details!

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24/02/2025

Feeling stuck on what crops to add — or IF you should even add more? 😅

Here’s the thing: Not all crops demand more of your time. Some actually lighten your workload.

👉 Perennials like peonies are the perfect example. Once they’re established, they come back year after year - bringing an income with less hands-on care than most annuals. Plus, they’re pest-resistant, drought-tolerant, and wildly popular across markets.

“Ok, ok, but what else besides peonies Melissa?”

If I could pick one other perennial to start with, it’d be✨Hellebore.

Hellebore is one of the earliest flowers to bloom on our cold climate farm. I use it in everything from mixed bouquets to arrangements to wedding work.

I can have it for Passover, Easter, Mother’s Day, graduation, prom, teacher’s week…and spring weddings.

Yep, right into peony season!

If you’re feeling stretched thin, adding a high-value, low maintenance crop could actually help you breathe a little easier.

💬 If you could add just ONE new crop this season, what would it be? Share below!

28/01/2025

Hi friends old & new!

I’m Melissa and I’ve been farming & designing flowers at Tanglebloom, located in Vermont (zone 5a) for a little over a decade.

Why flowers?

The seed was planted in 2010 when I couldn’t find a florist who would source locally for my wedding.

🦁 So I did what any creative, energetic, twenty-something Leo would do, and bought buckets of blooms from my favorite farm and did it myself (with a little help from my friends).

Years later, I planted my first actual seeds and Tanglebloom was born. We started the state’s first flower CSA, flowered dozens of weddings, twirled stems into thousands of bouquets, and shared the love with donated blooms.

🌿 Today we grow mostly peonies (my favorite!), valuable perennials, and a handful of special annuals. I teach workshops, and welcome guests to our magical little farm stay

As much as I love growing flowers, I live for guiding the next crop of small scale flower growers and lands-based business owners. Every day I wake up thinking about my rad students, clients & community and the world we’re shaping.

Every day, I embody the mentor I wish I’d had, with the added benefits of experience, wisdom, data, and my own continuing education.

Things may feel raw and unsettled in every direction, but I do know this:

A more beautiful world is possible.

Beauty goes (way) beyond a pleasing aesthetic around here. It’s community, generosity, kindness, and the ability to thrive.

If that sounds like you’re kind of beauty, welcome!

🌱 Join my free weekly(ish) email list with actionable tips, tutorials & guidance with a dash of heartfelt real talk by commenting GROWER

🌸 Learn more about The Peony Course, the self-paced online course with live support I created to help you grow AND sell profitable, low maintenance peonies by commenting PEONY

💐 Order flowers, book a farm stay, or join us for a workshop at Tanglebloom.com

I’m glad you’re here flower friend 💪🌸

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08/01/2025

❣️The countdown is on to register for the most incredible conference around for northern flower growers!

Flowering in the North
Jan 21-22
Portland, Maine

Come learn about…

- profitability & work-life balance
- forcing spring bulbs
- hoop houses
- sales channels & marketing

-perennials
- soil health
- social justice

- roses & mums
- post-harvest handling
- weddings (I’ll be presenting👋)

- dahlias
- pest & disease
- ranunculus & anemone

✨ Plus a special session on Strategies for Uncertain Times with industry pillars

Come learn, hug your flower fam IRL, make new friends, and support your Maine farmers by eating and drinking your way around Portland (trust me it’s GOOD) 🙌

Time is running out so register TODAY at the link in my stories (or DM me for it). Your business and your heart will thank you all year long ❤️‍🔥

https://extension.umaine.edu/agriculture/flowering-in-the-north-conference/

07/11/2024

What’s it like to grow flowers in the snowiest city in the US? 🌬️🌸

Today I’m thrilled to introduce you to The Peony Course member Celia Frost of .house.project who’s raising her family, flowers, animals, and a host of creative projects in the Arizona mountains.

Located at nearly 9,000’ elevation Celia contends with a very short growing season (USDA Zone 4) and lots of winter snowfall.

“We’ve been the snowiest city in the US for the last several years,” she shares.

—> comment BLOG to continue reading Celia’s stirring story (& learn what else she contends with besides surplus snow…)

Thanks for sharing your inspiring story .house.project we’re all excited to watch as your journey continues to unfold!

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01/11/2024

The season slow down has begun and brings a little bit of breathing room to reflect. So much beauty; so much good hard work.

As I tuck in new peony roots whose flowers I won’t get to harvest for a few years, I can’t help but wonder what things will be like when I cut those first stems in 2027.

Today I’m doing everything I can to help them grow up healthy, strong, and beautiful - and I guess that’s a good way to be in the world.

Happy November ✨🍂🕯️

16/05/2024

Today the last of the Narcissus started blooming, and with that the season will shift 🌀

Peonies are looking spectacular & will be here soon! Predicting our earliest variety will bloom by the end of next week, thanks to a few warm sunny days in the forecast.

Stay tuned to my stories to see if I’m right - it’s a game I love to play every year 🙃

09/05/2024

Can you believe it?

In 2010 I couldn’t find a florist who’d source local flowers for my wedding, so I bought buckets of blooms from my favorite farm and made them myself (with a little help from my friends 🙏).

➡️ I learned 80% of the flowers we buy in the US are imported and traditional floristry wasn’t exactly sustainable. Cheap flowers were costing us. I wanted to do something.

In 2014 I began Tanglebloom as a production flower farm and floral design studio. We started the first flowers CSA (community supported agriculture) program in Vermont, designed dozens of weddings, distributed wholesale bouquets, and donated stems within our community.

After a decade of farming full-time, I transitioned Tanglebloom to favor peonies and perennials, with a focus on education and experiences. Each season we welcome people from all over to pick flowers, design a bouquet, and slow down at our dreamy farm stay 🌲🌙

I find joy in growing flowers and sharing them through our farm.

And I ✨live✨ for helping people who work with flowers - farmers, growers, florists, creatives, and land based businesses - do what they love in a way that’s sustainable (buh-byeee burnout).

Curious to learn more?

🌱 Become a subscriber of my free Grower Community email list by commenting GROWER

🌸 Check out The Peony Course: Small Scale Production for Farmers & Florists by commenting PEONY

💐 Order farm flowers, sign up for an event, or book a farm stay at tanglebloom.com

Thanks for being here flower friend!

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01/05/2024

Have you met my friend Geum? 🍹

This perennial with fun names like Totally Tangerine, Mai Tai, and Cosmopolitan sends up semi-double blooms in early summer. Stems are 15-18” making it a fun sparkly accent for floral arrangements. Hardy in zones 5-9 (sometimes 4) they need to be divided to remain vigorous 🫤

BUT 😮 it’s an easy, satisfying process - no jumping up and down on a spade shovel like a circus performer required (wait u saw me? no u didn’t).

I made a 2-minute video tutorial showing the start-to-finish process for subscribers of our Grower Community email list, and it goes out soon.

Comment GROWER to join and get regular tips, tutorials, guidance, and more sent straight to your inbox 👩🏻‍🌾💌✨

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20/04/2024

Who doesn’t love a 2-for-1 deal? 🙌

I’m sharing 3 must-have perennials - like this chocolate-y beauty - that not only make excellent fresh cut flowers 🌸 but also wonderful foliage 🌿 for floral design over on the blog.

These prolific performers are basically my farmer-florist love language…

✅ easy to grow
✅ low maintenance
✅ super productive

They’re a no-brainer for both beginners and busy flower farmers alike.

Stroll on over to the blog or comment BLOG to receive a direct link in your DMs to find out why you should add these 3 eternal spring beauties to your plot!

19/03/2024

More than ever folks are eager to support businesses that are small, local, and sustainable.

But they (we!) don’t always make it easy…

🔢 Many times I’ve said

“I didn’t know they offered ______ .”
“I didn’t know they were open on ________ .”
“I didn’t know you could ________ with their product/service.”

As small biz owners, it’s not enough to say it once in a social post or website update. People are busy, distracted, hangry, etc etc

🤲 We have to HELP them buy from us. And you can do it from a place of service (not sleaze).

👉 But first we must understand sales and marketing & how to apply it to our unique position as purveyors of a seasonal product (AKA ✨magic✨)

Join me inside The Peony Course and you’ll not only learn how to grow 🌱 beautiful dependable peonies, but how to SELL them (and your other flowers!) using proven, repeatable techniques.

❗️Enrollment closes Thursday 3/21! Comment or DM me PEONY and I’ll send you the info 🌱🌸✂️

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06/03/2024

The Peony Course is now OPEN! 🥳

We’ve created the first and only comprehensive online training focused exclusively on growing and selling peonies for flower farmers and florists.

✨✨Join today for instant access to:

🌸 Part I: Growing Peonies
🌸 Part II: Selling Peonies
🌸 Workbooks with time-saving checklists, instructions, worksheets & more
🌸 Members-only forum to ask questions, receive support from me & network
🌸 Live Q&A sessions (with replays)
🌸 All course updates at no additional cost

💳 Payment plans available

With over 4 hours of content, you can binge it Netflix-style in a day or work at your own pace over the course of the season.

I created this training using everything I learned the hard way over 10 years. But you don’t have to, and that’s exactly what I want for you! This single resource can save YEARS of trial and error growing and selling flowers.

➡️ Comment “PEONY” below to learn more!

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05/03/2024

❓What’s the #1 mistake I see new cold-climate flower farmers make?

👉 Not planting high-value perennials like peonies ASAP!

Look, I know seeds are cheap and annuals grow quickly. It’s fun to grab a few trays of fancy Geum named after tropical cocktails 🙋🏻‍♀️

Thing is, you’ve gotta start those seeds every winter. Those Mai Tais need to be divided every few years. And while a couple stems can elevate an arrangement 💫 they’ll never be the backbone of your bouquets or save your butt on a wedding 💪

There’s plenty of time to plant the sparkly bits.

Let’s save your butt first 🍑

The truth? Many new farmers - surrounded by hustle culture and steeped in social media - don’t plant perennials early on bc there’s no instant payback. We aren’t taught to take a long game approach.

➡️ You gotta think about the future. Wait a few years before cutting. Peonies are a bigger investment than a packet of those new fancy zinnias (no shade, I bought them too)

AND…

Prioritizing a valuable focal flower perennial like ✨peony✨ can help build a business that’s profitable, sustainable, and resilient. A business you can pivot. Create a legacy with. Even enjoy time away from.

In the early years we’re usually asking “What does my business need from me?” but I think a better question is “What do I need from my business?”

🌸 THE PEONY COURSE 🌸 Small Scale Production & Sales is a self-paced digital course & it opens for enrollment 3/6! Comment WAITLIST to be notified & receive a special bonus ✨✨

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21/02/2024

It’s (almost) here!! 🙌 We’re putting finishing touches on THE PEONY COURSE | Small Scale Production & Sales for farmers and florists and I would ❤️ for you to be the first to see it.

This course not only has everything I wish I knew when I got started growing peonies, but also an entire part dedicated to *selling* flowers. Why?

Because it’s the harder, oft neglected piece of the conversation, especially if you’re a beginner. I always had more questions than answers, and after all that figuring-it-out-the-hard-way I realized it didn’t need to be that hard!

So I spent the last 8 months compiling everything I’ve learned over the last 10+ years into a self-paced course organized into manageable modules on everything growing and selling peonies. Alongside an inspiring cohort of early access growers, I created the go-to resource that I wished existed.

🌸 Comment WAITLIST and I’ll DM you a link to join our special email list. (Psst: Subscribers are gonna get a special bonus too!)

31/08/2023

The seasons are shifting and that means dahlias are at their peak! These ‘peaches n cream’ are a real favorite of mine and customers alike. I’ll be tucking them into orders for the next few weeks.

There’s still time to get flowers by the bucket - we’re taking orders for pick up til 9/16. One bucket will provide plenty of blooms for bouquets all around your house, or to share with a friend. A few buckets is usually plenty for a party. Send me a DM if you’re not sure how much to order.

Let’s enjoy this late summer goodness before little luxuries like fresh flowers are just a memory! Visit the bio 🔗 to order yours ✨

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20/07/2023

The gardens are loving this sunshine & we have stunning locally grown cut flowers by-the-bucket available now!

They’re great for DIY designing your own decor that’s pretty, sustainable & budget friendly. Split one with a friend and spread vases around your home or office. Or pick up a few for your next BBQ, party, shower, or low key wedding.

You can:

💐 create 8-10 Mason jar sized arrangements from each bucket
💐 specify your own color palette or opt for a seasonal mix
💐 select your pick up time Mon-Sat

We recommend ordering 2+ weeks ahead but will gladly accommodate last-minute orders as available. Head to the bio link to reserve your blooms today!

04/07/2023

So many enchanting Clematis to grow, and not enough time (or vertical surfaces) to enjoy them all! This is Princess of Wales and it’s my favorite. When I first discovered this one it felt like Tanglebloom, embodied ☺️

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We have a few openings including a couple of weekends due to cancelation - at our little oasis @tanglebloom_cabin 🌲July 18-22 🌲Aug 12-15 (wknd) 🌲Aug 31 - Sept 2 🌲Oct 7-11 (wknd) Visit the link to book your stay & visit us here in Vermont!

The peonies are abundant and wildly gorgeous, people are celebrating big things @tanglebloom_cabin , it’s my little one’s last day of preschool forever, and I’m at the tail-end of the farmer delirium that is Spring. Feeling all the feels. Farm stand will be one of the dreamiest of the season! ✨Open Friday & Saturday 9–6✨ Link in bio will get you directions & details. (Head’s up: the stand will be closed next weekend June 18-19 so we can celebrate our favorite dad @vermont.realtor ) Hope you can snag some beauty and experience joy this weekend, whether in flower form or otherwise 🤍

Learn more about this rose-like bloom, which is the longest-lasting flower we grow.

June’s blooms for you at @brattleborofoodcoop, @vermontcountrydeli Market, and @gardencafeandgallery Market.

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