A Ten Mile Bouquet

A Ten Mile Bouquet

Have you heard of the 50 mile bouquet?  It’s a term used to describe the local, seasonal flower movement and is the title of a book written by Debra Prinzing on the subject.  Because many flowers sold by wholesalers today have an untraceable supply chain...
The Art of Flowers

The Art of Flowers

My art teacher once gave me a bit of advice about making art.  I remember I was working in oils on a coastal scene, so intent on getting part of the water right that I didn’t realize my brush strokes were creating a fog on the shoreline.  I was a little dismayed...
A Comedy of Errors

A Comedy of Errors

The first flower garden we planted as farmer florists was a comedy of errors. We were new at this, man. That spring we feuded mildly with Dad over some fallow soil in the lot beside our house.  The plot had been untouched for years but somehow, in the same year and...
Cut Flower Garden Tips

Cut Flower Garden Tips

I’ll freely admit that I’m the plant nerd around here and I love talking about how to grow a beautiful cut flower garden.  I love everything about flowers, their names (foxglove!), the research required to grow them well, and the art of shaping them into bouquets. ...
Children of the Eighties

Children of the Eighties

An Introduction We are Rosita Schrock and LaRonda Schrock, children of the eighties. We grew up pedaling our bright blue and yellow plastic “hot rods” at breakneck speed through the yard. Cap’n Crunch was big news and we listened to cassette tapes,...