Are you tired of trying to remember how long each flower takes to bloom? We can help you! We've made a free printable of days from seed to blooms for all of the most common cut flowers. So, next time you sit down to plan your cut flower garden, you can just refer to...
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THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Sharing beauty
THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Should You Start Seeds Inside or Direct Sow Outside?
Have you ever wondered about why some growers start some seeds indoors and sow others directly into their gardens?My first year of growing, I planted even the tiniest seeds directly into the ground, and many of them blew away before they could germinate in my hard-won...
Cut Flower Garden Planning Inspiration
If you’re following along in our Garden Planning for Success series, I want you to take some time this weekend and remember why you're undertaking this kind of planning. First, pull in a deep breath and imagine *your* ideal bouquet. Since spring is the season that’s...
Use a Spreadsheet to Make Detailed Plans for Your Flower Garden
I have a confession to make: I am a spreadsheet girl. As we jump back into our Garden Planning for Success series, today we’re using a spreadsheet to plan “What to Grow” for our big goal (????If you’re joining now, there are links at the end to all of the posts in...
Don’t Fall Into the Trap of Trying to Grow Everything
We’re in the middle of our Garden Planning for Success series, and I’ll dive right in where we left off yesterday. (???? If you’re just joining now, scroll down for links to all of the posts in the series.) We’re using a very specific example to talk about breaking...
Our Bouquet Palette for 2022
If you’re following along in our Planning for Success in our Garden series, you’ve heard Sarah talking about the plants we used to create bouquets all summer long at the farm.Today we’re giving you a window into our 2022 plan here at Triple Wren! These are the...
Start Big and Work Small for Successful Garden Planning
Start Big Work Small Welcome back to our Garden Planning for Success series! We're picking up right where we left off yesterday. The clearest way I can express how we plan (our space, schedule, crop timing, field layout, *everything*) is that we start big and work...
Your Reason for Growing Flowers Matters
It’s Garden Planning time! If you are ready for an epic battle with the elements of the earth, to fight for lush, pure beauty, to dig deep into your grittiest places to find the strength and endurance for marathon seasons of work and creativity, if you have a strong...
A Brief History of Triple Wren’s Humble Beginnings
Sarah holding Bloomquist Morris dahlias. Since we’re sliding into a busy weekend, I’d like to tell you a bit of our history before I fully dive into the topic of planning for success in your garden.I started Triple Wren in 2012, by double-digging several 100’ x 4’...
Push Through Fear and Make Your Gardening Plan
Linda's Baby, Sweet Nathalie, and Rebecca Lynn Dahlias Ok friends, I’m busting out a series of posts over the next few days about how we “Plan for Success” here at Triple Wren. Yesterday I talked about a healthy definition for success and The Comparison Games...
Making a Plan for Success in Your Cut Flower Garden
Today I’m soaking ranunculus… because I want them to bloom in late spring and early summer. I am not starting seeds for our fields in earnest quite yet, because I want Triple Wren’s fields to look bountiful… in August and September. Since we have chosen to focus on...
Winter Seed Sale!
Amaranth "Hot Biscuits"Celosia "Flamingo Feathers"Phlox "Cherry Caramel""Glass Gem" CornFoxgloveAmaranth "Green Tassels" and "Coral Fountain" What do all of these have in common? They're all available in our Winter Seed Sale! We’re really excited to offer 20 seed...
Easing Gently Into 2022
I’m uncharacteristically resisting the urge to mark the “days until” all our major farm events coming later this year… just not quite yet. I’m resting, waiting, holding fast. I’m making sure to fill up my own cup, breathing deeply in my own oxygen mask, soaking in the...
New Year’s Eve Reflections
Photo by Dani Winters Photography Happy New Year’s Eve, flower friends. It’s been such a heavy year for so many of us. At the farm, we’re focused on beauty and the hope that’s ahead, but also we acknowledge the loss, the weakness, the hardship, and the disappointment...
Our Favorite Filler Flowers for Fantastic Bouquets
We love making a big beautiful bouquet. To make a truly fantastic bouquet, you need three key elements: focal flowers, secondary flowers, and foliage. Even though the stars of a "bouquet show" are usually big, showy blooms like dahlias, peonies, roses, lilies,...
Ten Seasons of Beauty
We’ve walked through 10 whole seasons of beauty. Sure, it was also 10 whole seasons of very hard work, sweat, blood, tears, trial, error, mercy, grace, friendship, success, loss, defeat, happiness, heartbreak, self-discovery, and everything in between… but it was 10...