Reusing Dried Flowers You’ve enjoyed your flowers for days, and now they’re starting to look a little tired. Do you really have to toss your beautiful bouquet in the trash? No, you don’t. Your flowers will last another year or longer if dried and properly cared for. We’d like to share some ways...

Displaying gorgeous, lush flower arrangements throughout your wedding ceremony and reception is an excellent way to add elegance, sweet aromas, and beauty to your wedding vision. However, after the last guests have left and the wedding day is complete, you may be unsure what to do with all of...

When Easter time rolls around, everyone is ready to break out their colorful clothes and gather with friends and family to celebrate. Even if cold and dreary weather is still looming, this holiday reminds us that spring is on the way. And spring means flowers! So why not take a note from spring...

When you receive a bouquet you love, it’s hard to let it go. Maybe it’s the beauty alone or perhaps it’s because the bouquet is a reminder of your anniversary or birthday. Regardless of the reason why you hold these flowers so close, you want to keep them around. Unfortunately, even if you’ve...

Drying flowers is all the rage in recent years as a long-lasting way to display flowers all over your home. It’s also a fantastic way to preserve special memories like wedding bouquets or anniversary gifts. Luckily, the floral experts at Bouqs are here to help you learn how to dry flowers! There...

For many years, in the heyday of blogging, I used to write a long, detailed post at the end of each year reflecting on the highs, the lows, and everything that had transpired that season. They were some of my favorite posts to write and served as both a seasonal journal and a visual record as...

I started dabbling in dahlia hybridizing way back in 2017 and have bred more than 300 varieties in the years since. Over time, as the focus of our farm has evolved, my hybridizing focus has changed as well. Back when we were primarily cut flower growers selling large volumes of bunched blooms...

I first met Brenna Estrada in the winter of 2019 when she came to help ship orders during our big seed sale. I remember thinking, “Who is that?” as I watched her bound up and down the stairs with endless stamina, quickly and efficiently pack orders, and stay on top of all the tiny little...

100 Years of Iris explores one of America’s oldest and most celebrated flower farms, Schreiner’s Iris Gardens, located in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. They are celebrating their 100th anniversary of business this year! In an era where specialty nurseries and small family farms are rapidly...

Many of you have been following along with our rose preservation journey over the past few years. Today, I’m excited to share our new film, The Rose Ark, which tells the story of this important work and the progress we’ve made since our last update. For many years, roses lived only along the...

We’re so excited to share that the first episode of The Floret Farm Journal is now available to watch! This new series will take you through what’s growing, what we’re working on, and what’s most beautiful here on the farm. In our May Floret Farm Journal episode, the entire farm is awash with...

There are few things more thrilling than learning how to propagate roses from cuttings. Knowing how to multiply your favorite varieties and how to preserve treasured heirlooms is both exhilarating and addicting. Last year I took more than 1,500! We’ve just started to take rose cuttings here at...

We’re so excited to share that the second episode of The Floret Farm Journal is now available to watch! In June, summer spills across the farm, and the green promise that was May bursts into color. The month brings an abundance that feels almost overwhelming at times, and each morning I find new...

Ever since we announced our Floret Originals pre-order, we’ve been overwhelmed with so many excited emails, messages, and questions. Below you’ll find answers to some of the most common ones. If you have a question that is not answered here, be sure to leave it in the comments section below...

We’re so excited to share that the third episode of The Floret Farm Journal is now available to watch! After months of preparation and planting, we dive into a new phase of work that’s more methodical, more focused, utterly consuming, and also really hot! In this episode, we focus on our...

Every year around mid February, I am ready for winter to be over and start longing to get my hands dirty and to dig in the soil again. While most of the field work is still several weeks away, there is plenty to do in preparation for the season ahead. At the top of the late winter to-do list...

The first year I grew flowers, my cutting garden was a delightful jungle of flowers and waist-high weeds. While I loved the process of selecting varieties, planting, tending, and picking, I hadn’t anticipated just how much energy would be used battling weeds to ensure a healthy and abundant...

Before we expanded our farm, we grew an insane number of flowers on our 2-acre plot of land. With so much beauty going out the door, we worked diligently not only to replace the biomass, but also to build and improve the soil every season. I’ve found that the old adage “you get out what you put...

Each fall as the weather starts to turn and farm clean up begins in earnest, I face two of my least favorite, but most necessary, tasks: digging up the dahlias and planting fall bulbs. Neither are fun, at least in my opinion. At this time of year, all I want to do is curl up by the fire and...

Only in recent years have I become a fan of dried flowers. I always used to turn up my nose at them because they reminded me of tacky, dated flower books from the late ‘80s. Now I can’t believe it took me so long to discover their benefits. Drying flowers means you can preserve the abundance...