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There are many, many, many fantastic seed houses and plant nurseries around the world. Unfortunately (ok, fortunately for our bank account), we can't shop them all. So we look for suppliers that offer unique & unusual heirloom seeds and plants. We especially like seed houses that are trying to bring back the old varieties that will die out if we don't propagate them. It allows us to assist in conservation through propagation while bringing unusual and hard to find flowers & starter plants to our customers. Below are suppliers we currently buy from on a regular basis or are next on our list as they are offering items we haven't seen elsewhere. Johnny's Selected Seeds Floret Farm Seed Savers Exchange Renee's Garden Swallowtail Garden Seeds Easy to Grow Bulbs
Every business needs a way to market itself & communicate with their customers and potential customers. A flower farm is no different. So while this website and blog are here to introduce our farm in the hopes that you'll think of us when you need fresh cut flowers or heirloom starter plants, we also hope it will become more than that. We particularly hope that our blog will become a resource to you in growing and caring for cut flowers or plants. With social distancing now being the new normal, we also hope that we can help grow a sense of community. Flowers have a way of making people smile. They can bring joy in the worst of times. From flower farmers & home gardeners to florists & DIY brides to anyone who visits our blog, we want to help grow kindness and share beauty in whatever way we can. Most of the blog posts will be resources that we find helpful. This is as much for me as it is for others since my brain is pretty forgetful some days. If you're looking for pretty pictures or updates on what's happening around the farm, the best place is our Instagram account where we're most active with photos or our Facebook page where we share some photos, but also share resources from other flower farmers or gardeners. We're still growing flowers & starter plants. So when this is over, we'll be here. Together we can all get back to beauty.
Until last year I didn't even know flower farming was a thing. For years I'd known that I wanted to do something in flowers or plants , but I had no idea what that looked like. In fact, I had started taking online garden design classes and was looking for self-paced online horticulture classes in an attempt to figure it out. My husband and I had talked in-depth about the year long horticulture program at a nearby community college. For health reasons , I just couldn't commit to that. Somewhere along the way, I came across Gardenia.net . I must have looked at almost every garden on their site at least four times. Then I found the garden design that kept pulling me back time and time again. This messy, contemporary garden had everything I love: lavender, hyssop, catmint, Russian sage, Annabelle hydrangeas. Who knew I'd also love African lilies? The messy, formal (at least that's what I call it) style and the mix of blues and whites simply set my soul on fire, but in the most peaceful way. I can't describe it, so I won't even try. That was the style and colors I wanted to learn to design with. Fast forward to my Christmas gift of the 2020 Floret Workshop my husband gave me (yes, there were tears). The course is amazing! You learn so much; from planning & planting to harvesting & marketing. As part of that course, you make a vision board of the things that speak to you. This helps you begin to see how you want your business to look & feel. I love old and unusual things. I love soft & frilly. And I think we've established that I love blue. I'm also pulled towards delicate, yet strong things (Thanks cancer! The one positive I can currently think of.). So I was researching flowers that look delicate, but are hardy. I came across bluets: a low-growing North American plant with tufted stems and bluish, white, or purplish flowers with yellow centers. Further research lead me to bluets: a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae with long, slender, iridescent green or blue bodies. Apparently that was enough for me, because I knew that was the name of my flower farm. Welcome to Bluet Farms .