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How to DIY a summer wedding in Texas
6 bouquets for my market bride I'll never forget one day at the farmer's market when a young lady came up to me and asked if I'd be willing to set aside 6 bouquets for her the following Saturday. She was having an impromptu backyard wedding and wanted a bouquet for her and her five bridesmaids and simply wanted whatever I had to bring. Many people don't realize that the cost of wedding flowers come from the intense logistical work to get a bride the right flowers and colors t


Growing Snapdragons
I've written a few times about our production process growing cut flowers for florists but have never highlighted Snapdragons. It's about time :) They were our featured flower in The Flower Farmers book from bloom.imprint by Debra Prinzing & Robin Avni, so they definitely deserve their own post. Environment: While snapdragons can tolerate a light frost, our goal is a high quality cut flower for our florists, so we do everything possible to give them their ideal growing condi


Designing With Locally Grown Flowers
At the beginning of my flower farming business, I was lucky enough to attend several workshops on the art of designing with flowers....


Hybrid Wedding Florals for the Micro Flower Farm
All the personal flowers were grown in North Texas, with the exception of the peonies which were Alaskan grown. As a micro flower farmer,...


Delphinium Cut Flower Growing in Warm Zone 8 Texas
For years I dabbled with a small plot of delphinium without much success. The harvests weren't super productive and the stems weren't...

