Wood Frog Flowers (2024)

23/12/2024

Now that the days are getting lighter, here’s my 2024 holiday balsam wreath season wrap up:

108 wreaths (!!!), 2 classes, 4 whole trees 🌲 plus another 3 pickup truck loads of brush cut and dragged, 2 trips to the I-89 Sharon entrance ramp to cut sumac, 4 pickups, and many, many, many, many days of bunching and assembling wreaths (enough to make it through all 15 R.E.M. studio albums on my speaker, plus some).

No, I don’t have a wreath making machine - everything is cut and assembled with my own two hands.

Thanks so much to everyone who ordered this year. When you’re done enjoying your wreath, please save your frame and return it to me so I can reuse it next year!

11/12/2024

Save the date - Instagram story sale on Thursday at 10am!

If this doesn’t make sense, here’s how it will go: I’ll post pictures of everything I have left on my Instagram story along with prices. First to claim the piece (by replying to the story) gets to purchase it! When I post the pictures on my story on Thursday, I’ll make sure to post instructions again, so everything is clear.

Arrangements can be picked up in Strafford or Brookfield, or I can mail them ($10 S&H for mailed arrangements). Everything will be mailed out Monday, 12/16, which is before the USPS Christmas deadline.

Let me know if you have any questions, and set those alarms! This will be the LAST time I sell flowers until next Labor Day.

08/12/2024

Last “I’m at market!” post for 2024 🥲🥲🥲

Bittersweet to say goodbye to markets for the season (I’m so tired, but also, I’ll miss it before too long).

BUT! We’re going out with a bang in this beautiful spot upstairs in Tracy Hall from 9-1. Come on by to get all your gift shopping done for the holidays (or for treats for yourself!)

07/12/2024

All set up and fragrant - ready for .farmers.market holiday market today and tomorrow! All sorts of mini table decorations, wreaths, bouquets, swags, and more.

This is your chance to get flowers before the cold and dark winter!

07/12/2024

Somehow forgot to take any photos of what I’ve been making for the last two weeks in prep for Saturday and Sundays holiday market in Tracy Hall… except for these evergreen table decorations! 🌲🌲🌲

I’ll have them, cute mini willow wreaths, more adorable flower pots, a bunch of potpourri for stocking stuffers, some gorgeous garlic swags courtesy of Clotilde, and all the usual wreaths/swags/bouquets tomorrow and Sunday!

9-1 in Tracy hall in Norwich, I’ll be in the basement tomorrow so don’t forget to come downstairs, too!

04/12/2024

‼️Only one in person market weekend left! ‼️

My season is wrapping up, so if you still haven’t had a chance to grab dried flowers and know you’ll want some before next August, here are your chances:

❄️ Dec 7&8 at .farmers.market in Tracy Hall, Norwich from 9-1 both days. I’m in the basement again, don’t forget to come down there and say hi! These two days will be my last in person markets. Planning to have the usual dried wreaths and bouquets, plus (back by popular demand) mini flower “pots”, balsam table decorations, and mini willow wreaths.

❄️ Dec 12 I’ll do a sale of all my leftovers on my Instagram stories at 10am. More details to come in another post, but everything purchased can either be picked up locally, or I’ll ship it on 12/16 (before the USPS Christmas shipping deadline!).

Would love to see ya before my season ends and I curl up and hibernate with the cats (and start crop planning for next year😳)!

24/11/2024

Had the MOST fun teaching a balsam wreath class to a really lovely group of friends today! They all did a great job and made such gorgeous wreaths! 🌲🌲🌲

Huge thanks to Rices Mills Community Center for being such a gorgeous and light-filled space to work in, and for all these awesome students who made such beautiful arrangements!

If you’re hoping to have this much fun and take a class with me, there are still spaces available in my Willow Wreath workshop on 12/14 (see last slide). If you and a bunch of friends are interested in a private class, message or email me and we can chat!

20/11/2024

I’ve been busy busy and frantic frantic trying to get everything together for Saturday’s .farmers.market in Tracy Hall (9-1).

I’m pretty sure this will be my second to last market weekend until next year (I’m on the waitlist for a few others, but don’t count on it). If you want flowers this year, come by Saturday! I’ll also be back in Tracy Hall on Dec 7 and 8, and I’ll run an Instagram story sale again at the end of the season, but that’s it.

I’ll have all the usual dried wreaths, swags, and bouquets, plus lots of potpourri, a few extra balsam wreaths (hopefully, if I have time), table decorations, and some gorgeous garlic swags my mom made.

Hope to see you there! I’ll be in the basement, along with some other great vendors, so don’t forget to come downstairs and check us out, too! Photo from last year’s Thanksgiving market setup also courtesy of my mom.

08/11/2024

Balsam wreath preorders are live! Available in six different styles, with pickups in Norwich, Randolph, and Strafford. It may be unseasonably warm, but it’s time for me to start making them, in order for you to have them for the holidays.

These usually sell out within a week (my quantity is limited by time and the amount of wreaths I can make before my fingers fall off), so if you know you want a balsam wreath, get it while you can! Wreaths are made with local balsam and natural foraged materials (no plastic!) and are only available by preorder. Order form on my website (under offerings) and on my story. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

07/11/2024

Lots of table centerpieces headed to stockpile sale this Saturday (10-1 in Norwich). They’re great for decorating your table during this harvest season, as we start to gather more with friends and family (and, in my case, finally have time to cook again!).

Want to learn how to make your own? I’ll be teaching a class at the sale at 9:30! Sign up at woodfrogflowers.com/classes (or link on my stories).

01/11/2024

Class sign ups are LIVE on my website! Thanks, everyone, for your patience while I got all these details together. Descriptions and times below!

Spaces in each class are limited, and will be filled in the order people sign up in. Prices listed include all materials - frames, wire, scissors to borrow for the day, and certified organic dried flowers grown by yours truly (or in the case of the balsam workshop, local balsam and natural decorations gathered by yours truly). Each workshop will also include tips and answers to questions about how to grow and dry flowers yourself!

Sign up at woodfrogflowers.com/classes (link in bio).

🧄11/9, 9:30-10am
Dried Flower Table Centerpieces at (Norwich)
Craft your own holiday table decoration during the Honeyfield Farm Stockpile Sale. Use colorful flowers, broomcorn, garlic, and peppers to make a beautiful accent for your table! $25

🌼11/17, 12:30-3pm
10” Dried Flower Wreaths at Rices Mills Community Association (Thetford)
Learn to make the full, colorful wreaths I bring to market! You’ll arrange dried flowers on a metal frame to make a beautiful wreath that will last for years in your home. $75

🌲12/1 1:30-3pm
Holiday Balsam Wreaths at Rices Mills Community Association
Get in the winter spirit and learn to make a 16” balsam wreath with local balsam and other natural foraged materials (think: birch bark, red dogwood, milkweed pods, cedar, an assortment of pinecones, etc). It’s the same process as making a dried flower wreath, but with much easier (and delightfully fragrant) material to work with! $50

🌸12/14 11:30-1pm
Willow Wreaths and Ornaments at Rices Mills Community Association
I’ll bring an assortment of larger grapevine and smaller willow frames for you to decorate with dried flowers and twine! All participants will leave with one larger and one smaller decorated wreath (or ornament!). I’ll also explain how to make your own willow and grapevine frames from local materials. $60

31/10/2024

Old, old photo of me making balsam wreaths to say: If you’ve been asking me if and when I’m going to host wreath making classes, I’ve got big news for you! I’m offering four classes this fall, and they’ll be live to book on Nov. 1 at 9am. Get em while they’re hot!

Preregistration required for all workshops, and all materials are provided. Details on each workshop and exact times to come, when I’m not laying in bed falling asleep as I type.

Basically, take this post as your warning: if you wanna take a class with me this fall, set yourself an alarm for Friday morning and check back here.

11/9, Dried Flower Table Centerpieces at Honeyfield Farm

11/17 10” Dried Flower Wreaths at Rices Mills Community Association (Thetford)

12/1 Holiday Balsam Wreaths at Rices Mills Community Association

12/14 Willow Wreaths and Ornaments at Rices Mills Community Association

28/10/2024

The last outdoor Norwich Farmers Market of the season may be over, but my market season is still in full swing! Catch me at these great markets this November!

🌸11/2 Reading Greenhouse Farm Market in Reading, from 10-4 (a great market with a fantastic array of vendors, all set up in the greenhouses for a cozy day)

💐11/9 Honeyfield Farm Stockpile Sale, Norwich (market from 10-1, but I’ll hold a dried flower centerpiece workshop at 9:30, preregistration required! You can sign up for my workshop on the offerings page of my website).

🌼 11/23 Norwich Farmers Market, now in Tracy Hall, from 9-1pm. I’ll have some of the first balsam wreaths of the season at this market (preorder form coming out sometime next week). .farmers.market

25/10/2024

Last outdoor market of the .farmers.market season tomorrow!

If you’ve been feeling that frost on the air and thinking about how to have colorful flowers in your home this winter, come on out! On Rt 5, from 9-1.

22/10/2024

Gorgeous, gorgeous day to do lots of fall field work. 25 lbs of garlic cloves in the ground and mulched, the pansies my mom and I saved to put in pots next spring are transplanted and ready for winter, and I picked the last of the Perkins beans to save for seed next year.

I got so hot and itchy from mulching the garlic that I was tempted into a very cold swim (ponds cool down fast with those 30° nights!). Swipe to see my little helpers through it all.

13/10/2024

💐BIG news for those of you who have been asking me about classes!💐

Join Wood Frog Flowers for a dried flower bouquet workshop at Honeyfield Farm in Norwich on October 20!

This half hour workshop will teach you how to arrange a dried flower bouquet with certified organic materials from Wood Frog Flowers. You can choose from some spooky looking seed pods and grasses and lots of fall colored flowers to make your very own arrangement that will last for years to come!

Workshop will also include tips on how to grow and dry your own flowers next year. Half hour workshop includes all materials to arrange a bouquet.

Workshops at 2 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3 pm.
Pre-registration is required, at woodfrogflowers.com/offerings
Workshop cost: $20

I am hoping to have some dates nailed down soon for flower and balsam wreath workshops this November - watch this space and my website for those announcements, and reach out with any questions!

12/10/2024

I gave myself my first day off in almost a month on Friday. It was my fifth day off since the end of August. I (over)packed my fall market schedule this year, and I’ve been doing Saturday and Sunday markets most weekends since Labor Day. Combine that with the 22 hours a week I work “off farm” for a dairy farm, fall wholesale harvests (think digging ~1100lbs of potatoes by hand), the threat of frost, and some phenomenal markets that have meant I need to make more arrangements…and there just hasn’t been time to stop or rest.

I am, frankly, pretty beyond burnout. I’m at the point where I had stress dreams every night for a week about digging potatoes, cried in the kitchen from sheer overwhelm and exhaustion when a friend asked me how it’s going, and am trying (and failing) not to fixate on all the chances to see friends and hike that I’m missing because I have to work near constantly.

I have some winter planning to do about how to make this more manageable next year, but in the meantime, today I had a really nice day. I went for a run on my favorite class four rd. I washed and admired the clothes my roommate and I dyed with seconds marigolds, and then we went for a walk with their sister’s dog to take in the foliage. Ness (the dog) helped me plant Scilla and snowdrops in the lawn for next spring.

Anddd then I drove over to my parents, packed their truck for market, pulled special orders, and came back and made a few wreaths I was short on, because there’s still not totally time for a day off.

I don’t want this to be a woe is me post - I’m more trying to say thank you to everyone who has helped/supported/commiserated with me recently. I’m also trying to be clear about the economic realities of small scale ag - that making it work financially means working two months straight without a break. And I’m trying to say I’d really like it if our country spent money on climate change mitigation, affordable housing, and things that would make my job easier, rather than on killing civilians in other countries.

Anyway, I’m feeling way more refreshed after this gorgeous fall day, and hope to see you at .farmers.market today or Sunday!

10/10/2024

Certified organic bulk butternut for sale!

I grew lots of butternut for some wholesale accounts this year, and the yield was great. This means I can offer some up for sale to you all at bulk prices: $25 for 20lbs (about 6-10 squash depending on size). In case you’re wondering what 20 lbs of butternut look like, it’s about a half bushel box, or what is in this picture here!

Butternut can be picked up from the Norwich Farmers market, my porch in Strafford, or my parents porch in Brookfield. You can choose between 20 lbs of regular size butternut (on the left of the photo, great for families or people who like making big pots of soup) or 20 lbs of personal size butternut (squash on the right of the photo, great if you are just cooking for one, or if you find cutting large butternut hard). Form to order on my website (under the offerings page).

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