Gnome Home Flowers

09/07/2024

This year has been a frustrating pest year with rabbits, deer, slugs, earwigs you name it and nothing pest control-wise working. However, what has survived the onslaught creates some interesting and beautiful bouquets! Still a fan of wormwood and love the honeywort this year!

21/08/2023

Salvia is a plant with so much variety. There are annuals, perennials, shrubs, plants...there are blue, red, yellow, white and more! I have chosen purples and blues to grow at the moment. I can say that they came back strong this year with my salvia growing in one area to over five feet tall. Not only do they last long in vase, add some cool structure to a bouquet, and have a very distinct smell (which I really like), they are also amazing attractors to pollinators of the buzzing and butterfly varieties! Salvia is a win-win for everyone!

15/08/2023

Nigella are one of those flower that I actually look to cut after it has bloomed. While the flowers are super cool, they do not last long in a vase or on the stem. The seedpods with their beautiful feathery leaves make for a unique bouquet addition and can be dried for a long lasting display. These are also a cool weather flower so I plant them as soon as I can see the soil in the late winter/early spring and watch them grow in the cold of early spring!

13/08/2023

Bouquets are coming in bright with high summer colors of purple, pinks, reds, and shiny yellow. There are $14 bouquets at the stand to add color to your week!

30/07/2023

Amazing dahlias and lisianthus at the stand today! $14 bouquets with containers!

30/07/2023

This flower is a beauty with a combo of rose and peony feel! They have amazing vase life and do attract pollinators as well if left in a garden. They are incredibly hard to grow by seed so many purchase plugs in the spring (as I did). The unfortunate thing is though native to the southern US, they do not like high humidity (like this summer). However, we have them as the star of some of our arrangements this week at the stand!

27/07/2023

Sometimes we have to share the flowers! Two swallowtail caterpillars came in on some cuttings of fennel so now we are “fostering” them inside to make sure they make it to butterflies! In truth, these are one reason I grow fennel every year!

22/07/2023

Stop by for some local flowers! Self-serve stand with ready made arrangements in vases for $14! Great summer colors in dahlias, lisianthus, zinnias and snaps! Finally more consistency in harvesting this year so should be up all summer! Purple stand on Cote St!

22/07/2023

The aftermath of what I harvested today and the arrangements ready for the stand tomorrow!

11/07/2023

The stand is open for this season! I have bouquets for $14 available to just stop by and pick up!

10/07/2023

Finally have some bouquets to put in the stand. These are more free flow than those later in the season but feature rudbeckia, wormwood, nigella, salvia, snapdragon, and more!

17/06/2023

This is such an amazing looking flower! I grew phacelia for the first time this year and didn’t end up with many plants but I’m motivated to do it again with a better starting plan after seeing them bloom!

03/06/2023

Things are growing inside and out! Can’t wait to get the bouquets started this season!

08/05/2023

Lots of sprouts coming inside and out!

09/11/2022

Last cuttings of the season yesterday as the freeze came last night!

02/10/2022

Just a few FREE bouquets today so stop by on this windy day to grab one! The trees aren’t the only colors this fall!

18/09/2022

More free bouquets today! The weather is creating some late season blooms though they are showing their long production (some of these plants started blooming at the beginning of May!)

10/09/2022

All flowers FREE! I have a lot of flowers coming in and some are a little wonky due to this drought but still beautiful! Want a local grown bouquet? Come pick one up for FREE at my stand!

30/08/2022

These beauties went out this morning. Didn’t know what dahlias would show up this year so excited by what is coming in.

03/08/2022

Where the magic happens…or at least the flowers happen! The backyard beds!

31/07/2022

Lisianthus and Bells of Ireland compliment each other well. I am a fan of purple!

30/07/2022

From bucket to bouquet! The colors and variety are wonderful to design with at this time of year! Stop by the stand for fresh, local flower arrangements!

23/07/2022

Zinnias have bloomed and the colors are rich! There are bouquets in our stand and trying to keep them cool (as we all are!)

17/07/2022

Loving the variety I’m harvesting today! Nigella pods, zinnia, and Rubeckia! Now we just need some more rain to keep the colors coming!

15/07/2022

Local flowers are in our stand! Stop by the stand on Cote St to get a bouquet to add color to your home! $16 and pay at the stand or order in advance on our website! Colorful zinnias, unique snapdragons, strawflowers, cosmos are all blooming this week!

08/07/2022

Always amazed at what comes out of the ground from a little seed. Excited to make creations from these blooms!

25/06/2022

My stand is all ready and bouquets are starting!

19/06/2022