Today was a prune-all-the-willows, (store them for another day!), pull-out-the-perennials (we’re changing our business plan a good bit to hopefully reduce year-end losses from the current crisis), soak-up-the-SUNSHINE and be-THANKFUL-for-this-moment kind of day....
Sharing beauty
THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Sharing beauty
THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Spring chores
We deep cleaned the house this morning (it’s been many years since we actually, properly SPRING-cleaned instead of investing time in the flower fields. We typically WINTER clean! haha!) and I spent time early this morning finishing the decisions about where all the...
Larkspur
Larkspur is my favorite cold hardy annual, and one of the very few things that’s green and in the fields already, self-seeding at the edges of our annual field! ????
Fleeting beauty
We’re just a few weeks out from planting these beauties and a few months from holding them again. This kind of ephemeral beauty is fleeting, but I feel more intensely lovely for its brevity.
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: 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...
Business Planning for Flower Farms: Set specific Goals
The sunny days are more frequent now, and highs are in the 40’s and 50’s at the farm. We’re preparing for a fantastic new season, and can’t wait to share it with you! Even though we’re busy here, and adding new things to our farm line-up, it’s so easy for us to slide...
Perfect Fit
Every year our business evolves. Some season-to-season changes are drastic, some more subtle. I’m a planner to my core, and most changes at Triple Wren go through a rigorous vetting and micro-planning process ???? but some of the *best* changes we’ve made have come...
We share beauty (in all kinds of little ways)
At Triple Wren, we Share Beauty. We make sure that every #TripleWrenCrew member knows that whether we’re making a bouquet, splitting dahlia tubers, weeding rows of plants, greeting a farm guest, refining a spreadsheet, or digging holes for more perennials,...
Scholarship Winners!
We are SO pleased to announce the winners of our 2020 Flower Camp Scholarships! ????✨???? Farming and flowering in the beautiful state of Kentucky, Lauren Spencer with @browningsflowertruck is a Coast Guard veteran, native Californian who left Puerto Rico to pursue a...
Scholarships for 2020 Flower Camps
In summer 2020, we’re offering one scholarship for one spot in each of our overnight Camps! In 2012, we bootstrapped the start-up of Triple Wren, and remember so well the financial challenges of that season. We are so thankful for friends and family who...
Growing Pains
This photo from the first year at our new farm holds so many memories. @bigbenbender came over at dawn to capture us working, and we were so weary. It was near the end of our hardest season, and our bodies were tired, our nerves frayed. Looking back, those difficult...
Bloom
I love this sign. It hangs on the door to the old “milk house” that was here wayyy before we were at the farm, and I like that it reminds me to not hold back, to go all out and embrace the life that’s mine to live! But lately (maybe it was the 0° windchill or the snow...
Warm flowers for a chilly week
It is a frigid week here at the farm, and I’m diving headfirst into the buttery, warm memories in my camera roll to cope! ???????????????????????????????????????? School is closed, our windchill’s hovering at -1° and it’s a great day for s’mores in the fireplace, all...
Our Favorite Sunflowers for Cut Flowers
We love growing sunflowers. Harvested at the correct stage, they win almost every vase life test hands down. Their cheerfulness is unrivaled, and if you think that bright yellow is your only color option, I've got some fantastic news for you! Photo by Dani Winters. At...
What do you grow at Triple Wren… and what do you do all winter??
Probably the two most frequently asked questions we receive here at the farm are, "What kind of things do you grow at your farm?" and "But what do you do all winter?!" Sometimes, it's a little hard to explain. We grow over 100 kinds of flowers at our cut flower farm,...