https://vimeo.com/731489550 Welcome to Triple Wren Farms! We are husband/wife business partners who live & farm on 20 beautiful acres in Western Washington state, growing hundreds of varieties of dahlias (and other flowers!) so we can sell tubers and flower seeds...
Sharing beauty
THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Sharing beauty
THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Deep Beauty
Bloomquist “Arise” is just one of the many new varieties we’ve been quietly adding to our online store as we finish cataloging and photographing all. the. dahlias. (Isn’t she pretty?! Visit our store to see what other treasures we’re popping in there! We’ll re-stock...
Growing on a Legacy
Here’s a little Bloomquist Pleasing for your evening! All the Bloomquist dahlia tubers in our store are part of the Legacy Collection at Triple Wren. We have worked hard to provide the hybridizers represented in our 2021 Legacy Collection with fair compensation for...
Triple Wren Farms Flower Steam Facial
Triple Wren is introducing a Flower Steam Facial! {We've bottled up summer at the flower farm for your aromatherapy and skin treatment needs. Enjoy glowing skin year round with our Flower Steam Facial, made with dried flower petals, herbs, and berries from Triple Wren...
Continuing the Legacy Matters to Us
At Triple Wren, we are passionate about doing good in our industry by not only the way we grow, but by the way we help others grow. We’ve been given an incredible heritage of dahlia beauty to use and enjoy, and in keeping with the core values of Triple Wren Farms, we...
Bite-Size Tasking
I’m a driven, goal-oriented, spreadsheet-loving, list-writing person. I show up to work with a plan of action every day.But sometimes when the job at hand is big and I have too many big tasks on my plate (hello, farm life!), it can be hard to motivate myself to start...
Triple Wren in Santa Cruz
Earlier this month Steve and I zipped down to Santa Cruz to pick fresh lemons, gaze at the ocean for five minutes, feel the sun on our skin, and most importantly to meet Kristine Albrecht, of Santa Cruz Dahlias, and her lovely, supportive family and crew. It was...
On Letting Go of Rigidity
As our farm business plans expand and morph, I can see them reflected in our flower fields. They’re a beautiful echo of the direction we’re headed. And isn’t this a familiar echo?! We often set out with our best-laid plans, but desires, abilities, resources, markets,...
Sunshine for the Heart via Honey Dijon
Yesterday’s glorious sunshine gave way to buckets of PNW rain... so I’m showing you my warmest, most romantic “Honey Dijon” roses today to warm your heart! It may have been yucky outdoors, but our crew was snuggled in the barn dividing tubers all day! We’re meeting...
Business Planning for Flower Farms: Bite-Sized Pieces
Sometimes when the job at hand is too big, it’s hard for me to even start chipping away at it. However, if I break it down into sections, or “bite-sized” pieces, it’s way more manageable. This is not a novel concept: we cut up our food instead of trying to eat a whole...
With Hope-filled Determination
I have serious questions for this New Year. Will we gather? Will we prosper? Will we buy or sell or go or come?? There are so many unknowns, which makes long-range planning dicey and keeps a sharp edge on my faith. But there are also so many *knowns,* and decisions we...
Building a Legacy
Because of the programs we are building here at Triple Wren, we have the incredible privilege of growing out a few very special hybridizers’ varieties on our farm. In 2021, we will add several new trial sections and two new hybridizers’ collections to our fields. This...
Business Planning for Flower Farms: Plant your Plan
This fifth installment in our Business Planning process is where your boots really hit the ground. After setting a good foundation, clarifying your motivations, working big-to-small to set up your goals, and making a market for your plan, it’s time to Plant your...
Business Planning for Flower Farms: Making a Market
The 4th step in our successful business plan process is the one that we as producers and growers may feel least in control of, but there are several planning stages and objective steps you can accomplish. Today I’m talking about Making a Market for your Business...
Business Planning for Flower Farms: The Plan
After carefully considering your goals and the motivations behind those goals, let’s dig right in today to how we build a Business Plan at Triple Wren. This type of planning works best with very specific goals, so as an example I’ll say that my specific goal is to...
Business Planning for Flower Farms: What’s your motivation?
Photo by Katheryn Moran Photography Who are you? I mean, who *are* you? What makes you get up and go? What puts a fire in your belly? What truly, deeply motivates you to action?Your heart is the beginning and ending of all you imagine. It matters WHY you’re doing what...