Celebrate!

We have alot to celebrate today! It’s the final day of our Spring Open House and it’s International Doodle Dog Day! Riley is looking forward to a Sunday afternoon play date on the flower farm with her best friends. We’re open from 10 to 4. Hope to see you!

Ready For Some Blooms?

Ready for some blooms? Join us this weekend to celebrate the start of the growing season! Spring Open House Friday and Saturday 9 to 5 and Sunday 10 to 4. It’s going to be a beautiful weekend!

Spring Open House!

A sneak peek at some of the new garden art! Spring Open House this weekend! Friday and Saturday 9 to 5 and Sunday 10 to 4!

Another Beautiful Bloom!

A beautiful beginning to a gorgeous spring day! Another bloom on our ‘Night Blooming Cereus Orchid Cactus’...and there are many more to come! If you are a morning visitor to the flower farm you might be able to see this one in person! We’ll have a limited amount of plants available for sale. Spring Open House May 4, 5 and 6!

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day from the flower farm! We are grateful to all of you who support us and other businesses who choose to raise their products in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. It matters! Looking forward to our Spring Open House! May 4, 5 and 6th! Lots of new treasures! You won’t want to miss this one!

Ladybug Love!

The ladies have arrived! These are true Ladybugs that were harvested by hand in the higher altitudes of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. A sea of Ladybugs overwinter in these mountains. In the spring they migrate down to the lower altitudes in search of food and water. 4500 of them are now living happily in our greenhouse! These Ladybugs will lay clusters of their yellow eggs on the underside of plant leaves. The larvae that will hatch resembles more of a small alligator than a ladybug and will consume even more bad bugs than an adult. The larvae will pupate and an adult ladybug will emerge (see photo lower right). We are grateful for Mother Nature’s gifts that help us maintain our gardens in a safe and sustainable manner!

Praying Mantis

Be sure to watch for Praying Mantis egg sacs when doing your spring garden cleanup! Praying Mantis are beneficial insects. They eat the bad guys and help to keep our gardens pesticide free. When the weather warms, 150 to 250 babies will hatch from this sac. Our native Praying Mantis are brown and grow to about 3 inches long. The Chinese Mantis are green and grow much larger. Some grow so large they have been known to eat a hummingbird. We discovered his sac when harvesting our Pussywillow. It is now in our greenhouse where it will soon be joined by several thousand ladybugs. Spring Open House May 4, 5 and 6!