Petals, ink.

Mother’s Day 2024!!! Did you know Petals, ink. Launched Mother’s Day 2009? This is our *15th season* flowering all the mom figures out there. Spreading joy to the mamas is one of the best parts of this job! How to score our colorful, wild & wonderful seasonal blooms next week: 1. Pre-order now via the website. Delivery Friday/saturday 2. Swing by the farm on Saturday May 11 between 9-3. 3. Grab your bouquet on Sunday May 12–bring your mom & say hello to my daughter & I :) 4. Take mom to brunch and order an add-on bouquet. 5. Visit and grab a few bundles to build-your-own (look for the black wrapping-that’s us!) Thank you for your continued support!!

Dear April, why do I always forget how pretty you are?? My bad.

Juxtaposition: Spring bounty & Spring destruction. In my last post holding that beautiful handful of anemones I almost went into my quarterly “Mother Nature owns my ass” speech, because a month prior the farm got TEN inches of rain in less than a week, and despite raised beds in the big houses, the flooding destroyed 50% of our anemone crop. But last week I thought—nah, I’m just gonna focus on this handful of perfection right here. Well. Fast forward to yesterday. I left the farm at about 3 am for the airport. I’d checked the radar several times which showed a non-threatening, light green blob indicating 6 mile an hour winds and 0.08” of rain—aka—no big deal. But when my plane hit the tarmac in Arizona at 8 am, I got these pics of the destroyed tunnel from Chelsea. I may have startled the entire plane of people exclaiming “HOLY SH*T!” I’m shocked….and not shocked. I’m itching to get home to see what can be done…and contemplating not returning at all 🤣 If your greenhouse is blown away in a rogue storm and you’re not home to hear it, does it make a sound??? Mother Nature is the boss of me. And sometimes having every weather app on your phone just doesn’t freaking matter. This is farming.

Monday morning magic: extra special anemones for the first round of Spring Subscriptions headed out tomorrow. 😭 The marathon that is March is officially on— harvest everyday, weddings, workshops, farmers markets and events. The prettiest, busiest month of the year!

Day 3: How to enjoy poppy season! Our poppies can be found all around town during the month of March. We make drops to twice a week where you’ll find our blooms wrapped in black paper and stamped with the logo. We also make weekly drops to where you can also score amazing baked goods, homemade jams and more. Every Sunday (*hoping for the first to be Feb 18) until late November, you can shop our booth at Mueller from 10-2 (spoiler alert—we typically sell out fast, come before noon!) This market has SO MANY fantastic vendors—eat, shop veggies, cheese, honey, and baked goods for the week or treat yourself to a local artisan’s wares! You can also score poppies direct from the farm via online ordering for delivery to central Austin, Pflugerville and Manor on Tuesdays and Thursdays, or swing by the farm stand in Manor *beginning Saturday March 2*. We are shooting for the farm stand to be open 9-4 for the duration of the season. Cash & Apple Pay preferred payment methods. See you allllll around town with our gorgeous poppies!

Day 2–How to enjoy poppy season: Sign up for a Spring subscription or a farm tour. The Spring subscription kicks off the first week of March and will feature a selection of the seasons finest, including Iceland poppies! We offer delivery to central Austin, Manor, and Pflugerville on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Your subscription also comes with free entry to a farm tour & a farm tour bouquet. You can also sign up for just the farm tour. We have only *one* tour in March— Saturday, March 16. Cost of ticket is entry for one carload (whether that is just you, or you and 5 friends!) and comes with one bouquet. Additional bouquets can be added. The March tour highlights poppies and other greenhouse grown crops. Come out and experience the Spring Magic at Subscription sign up and farm tour tickets available now via the website. (Both would make a fantastic Valentine’s Day gift!)

Poppy season is upon us people!!! This week I’ll be sharing all the ways to enjoy Iceland Poppies—gorgeous, fleeting blooms we harvest just 6 weeks of the whole year! Up first: An on-farm workshop with paper artist Kerry Joyce aka This will take place on Saturday, March 2 and includes a farm tour, all materials and instruction by Kerry to create 4 paper flowers, and a bundle of farm poppies to take home and enjoy. This was such a blast last year. Grab a friend, or treat yourself—the experience will not disappoint. Tix and full details available now via our website in the “workshops and farm tours” section. Limited space, book early ;)

Over SIX YEARS in the making, the ORIGINALS make their debut for purchase on February 6!!! Erin & the Floret Team have been giving us exquisite behind the scenes as this processes has unfolded over the years. The amount of thought, care and work which has been poured into this project is truly incredible. I am beyond thrilled to add these stunners to our 2024 summer line up. Get ready for the gorgeous Austin! For a closer look at the selection, check out our stories. And be sure to jump on the Floret Seed Sale Feb 6– y’all know it’s gonna sell out (or break the internet trying!) Also—gotta shout out the honey of a million flowers!! Literally over here eating it by the spoonful 🤣

We are down to our last crop of the season: heirloom chrysanthemums. Alllll year long we hem & haw about these plants—they are the long game—in the ground since early April they are watered and babied through the hot summer months to finally give us blooms once the days shorten in November. And every year we decide they are WORTH IT! 😍😍😍 Follow the Link in profile or our stories to grab a bunch before they are gone! Last delivery this Thursday, Nov 30, and last this Sunday, December 3. Thanks for all your support this year!!

Our last farm bouquet went out a few weeks ago & she was a stunner! Several varieties of celosias and zinnias, along with gomphrena, tuberose and a special guest appearance of blush lisianthus. This bold bride wanted a dramatic palette & we loved how it turned out ❤️

Best summer activity? Hunkering down in the AC enjoying images from a Spring wedding that just landed in your inbox! Spring wildflower vibes are our jam, with loads of farm blooms & seasonal textures. has done it again with the most gorgeous captures!

Harvested the last of the basket flowers, and the first of the nicotiana this week. Ranunculus season feels like another lifetime, and I’m having mixed feelings about the zinnias taking up residence for the next 5 months 🤣 Early & late Spring crops are just so lovely & special, Its painful to see them go! This transition time is my least favorite on the farm. Our abundance of blooms slows down a bit and the weeds, mosquitoes, and sheer volume of beds needing to be torn out and re-planted swells. It’s overwhelming. It’s hot & itchy. My PTSD about rattlesnakes keeps me jumpy. It’s an ugly mess, really. I’ve had to remind myself a dozen times these past couple of weeks—it’ll get better. We’ll tear it all down and build it back up. The puddles (and hopefully the mosquitos!) will recede, and we’ll be back in the abundance of celosia, then all our different varieties of marigolds, then chrysanthemums—which are looking SO promising. This gig isn’t really about flowers, it’s about resilience. Luckily we always have an abundance of that, regardless of the season! ❤️

Gorgeous gallery from the talented landed in my inbox last week! This Spring wedding at with was a total stunner! Congrats to Tara & Steven!!! ❤️🍾👏

Wildflower season!! Colorful spikes, airy tendrils, ethereal textures—it’s a whole VIBE out at the farm right now. 🤩 We’ll be taking Mother’s Day orders for delivery Friday & Saturday just one more day. Featured here is our Deluxe—our biggest, showiest display of the season’s finest. After deliveries close, you can still score our small farmers market bouquet from the farm shop Saturday 9-4, and on Sunday 10-2.

This week’s fave colors & textures on the farm ❤️

We’re hiring! In search of helping hands this summer & Fall season on the farm. Farming experience preferred, but mostly looking for a hardworking person with a positive attitude! This position includes manual labor (planting, harvesting, flipping beds) and running our farmers market booth on Sundays. Hoping to find the perfect fit to start by early May. Interested peeps, please email [email protected] for further details. Hourly rate based on experience and performance, with a generous end of season bonus.

It’s Godetia season at the farm and this is the best crop we’ve ever had! Multiple buds per stem that open over time, delicate looking blooms with an incredible vase life—what’s not to love?? Get yours tomorrow at 10-2 in Mueller

Wedding season is in full swing—alongside Spring season at the flower farm (aka harvest morning, noon, and night season!) It’s hands down our busiest time of year— and the most beautiful! This bouquet was from last week for one of our brides who used 100% farm flowers. She requested a vibrant, round & textured bouquet highlighting orange & yellow. We loved shopping the flower field for this one!

That kiss! And those smiles! Wedding days are THE BEST. Shout out to .photography for capturing all of Rebecca & Nicholas’s details so perfectly!

A peak at what’s blooming on the farm right now 😍 Last week we were covering plants for a freeze…this week we hit 85. These are the fleeting beauties of our season—ranunculus, anemones, sweet peas, Iceland poppies and butterfly ranunculus. They can’t take the heat! Let’s hope it’s not here to stay—it’s way too early for that, even in Texas!

Our return to is happening THIS Sunday, Feb 19! We are excited to bring y’all the first of this season’s finest— long lasting ranunculus, ethereal Iceland poppies, flawless anemones and mixed bouquets featuring fragrant sweet peas and frilly butterfly ranunculus. 10-2 at the Mueller Pavilion. Please arrive early to ensure you get the goods—limited supply till warmer temps set in. Xoxo Gretchen

*GIVEAWAY* We had an amazing Valentines Day thanks to all of YOUR support! As a thank you to the incredible Austin/Manor/Pflugerville community, we are giving away 2 tickets to our first workshop of the year! We’ll be celebrating our faves—Iceland poppies- with paper artist You’ll harvest & take home fresh poppies and learn to craft paper poppies. It’s going to be a blast!! Feb 26, 10-12:30 at To enter: 1. Like this post. 2. Tag the friend you’d like to take to the event. 3. Follow Winner will receive two tickets. We’ll announce on Friday!

Valentines Day Pre-Orders are now available in our online shop. Juicy ranunculus, ethereal Iceland Poppies, fragrant sweet peas and flawless anemones all grown on our farm . We’ve loaded the site with several options—all limited, as this is the very start of our season. Don’t delay in reserving! We’ll be updating as the flowers trickle in. ❤️ Link in Profile.

Poppies! Poppies! Poppies! Our first workshop of the year is available—come to the flower farm February 26 to craft Italian Crepe paper Iceland poppies with paper artist ! Kerry Joyce is a talented artist making realistic paper blooms—swipe to see our fresh poppies on the left, besides her paper creations on the right 🤯— there will also be a tour of the greenhouses complete with the opportunity to harvest poppies & take a bundle home to enjoy. Full details & ticket purchase found on our website under the Workshops & Farm Tours section.

My forever favorite photo by ! These Colibri Iceland Poppies are typically our first crop of the year to take off on our flower farm. Their large, papery faces are always a welcome site! Sherbet tones & a long vase life—what’s not to love?? I just listed a few options for deliver this week. And don’t worry— we’ll have plenty to go around in another week or so :)

The last armloads of fresh flowers for 2022! While they are a bit of a diva, chrysanthemums win our heart year after year—especially Pink Fleece with her adorable, soft lavender buttons and Seaton’s J’Adore with her creamy blush tones. Happy Sunday flower lovers!

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Question: if you don’t post an armload shot all year, did you even farm flowers?? 🤣 coming in hot at the homestretch of the season! I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again—farming in a zone which allows for nearly year-round production is a blessing AND a curse. There is little room for pause & reflection & rest. Honestly, I spent a good part of the season working on getting the joy back—it gets buried sometimes beneath the dirt and muscle and sweat and troubleshooting and constant stress and worry about weather, pests, the state of the economy and on and on. Sometimes I just keep my head down and WORK. If the thing you love and built is also a sh*t-ton to carry sometimes—I see you! A lot of not-pretty happens outside of these picture frames. Give yourself a minute. It doesn’t make you ungrateful to acknowledge that things are hard or overwhelming at times—it just makes you human! Human on entrepreneurs! Joy always rises to the surface, promise! ❤️

It’s almost here! My favorite workshop of the year, this time with a Fall twist. Join us Sunday, October 9 at 9:30 AM as we host local fine artist for a lovely painting workshop inspired by the blooms of the season at Farm tour, painting instruction and beverages included. Grab your bestie & come out & create with us!!

Raise your hand if you’ve been following along since my rattlesnake bite in 2018? Well dear people, I am thrilled to report that this week I have paid that b*tch of a medical bill in full. Can I get a Hell Yeah!? While I can certainly think of at least a dozen other things I’d rather have spent that $$$ on, I’m here to give you a few tips should you too live in a wretched landscape that is home to venomous snakes. #1: locate your nearest hospital **with a trauma center** that has a supply of antivenin. It is entirely possible there is a facility closer to you which has antivenin, however once they administer it, you are considered a trauma patient and need to be in a trauma unit. (If you are having an immediate severe reaction, call an ambulance or go to the closest one—this was not the case with me and after driving myself to the hospital I actually had to wait and watch the swelling progress for an hour before they made the call to start antivenin) They *will* transfer you in an ambulance and that will add *thousands* more to your astronomical bill. #2 Have health insurance. Less than 24 hours in the hospital with 6 vials of antivenin administered cost $120,000!!! I maxed out my deductible and entire out of pocket yearly expense in ONE day. I paid a fraction of that bill. #3 After you get home and the bills start rolling in, call them up and see what you can negotiate if you pay in full. The ambulance folks knocked almost a 1/3 of the bill of for paying in full. Hospitals will set you up on a zero interest payment plan for the rest. #4, just an observation really—the *same exact vial* of antivenin cost upwards of 10k more at the newly built, smaller facility near my house than the trauma unit at an established hospital. Just a hunch the new facility is fast tracking paying off their construction costs. 🤷‍♀️ use that info as you will.
Be safe out there folks! You’ve got just one precious life! Xoxo Gretchen