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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 w**ds, 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

All of our Spring favorites for next year have been ordered—we’ll plant Iceland poppies, ranunculus and anemones this Fall for a riot of color Mid-January through March. These stunning photos by capture Eleanor & Nick’s 100% grown wedding blooms so perfectly! This sweet couple came on a farm tour & fell in love with the poppies and planned so many gorgeous details of their day around this stunning bloom. While COVID sure threw a wrench in best laid plans, it was an honor to be part of both their intimate elopement, and the big party the following year to celebrate the marriage!

Petals crew redefining Hot Girl Summer. Y’ALL—Triple digits for endless days here in Texas and we’ve got at least 3 months till frost. 😳 Will there even be a frost this year?? Will it be cold in Texas EVER AGAIN??!! I’m having doubts. Despite this hellfire climate, we are crushing it. All those complaints about our clay soil and wet Springs or Fall?— I take it all back! Clay soil is saving our ass right now with its ability to hold moisture, and if there is a silver lining about drought for us it’s less w**d pressure and an ability to prep and plant beds as needed. We are TIRED! We smell HORRIBLE out here! We are desperate for rain and running on exhaust fumes….but we still got flowers for you! 💪💪💪 See you Sunday

This time last year the farm was underwater. After the deep freeze in February the rain just would not quit—very detrimental when working with clay soil—we were unable to prep & plant beds for soooooo long. This year is a complete opposite experience! It’s been in triple digits for a month now, irrigation runs everyday. Thankful for the ability to prep & plant & generate an abundance of blooms for y’all—but DAMN it has been HARD! I suppose that’s the bottom line in farming: it’s all hard! 🤣 Takes a Crew a crazy plant people to keep the machine going! ❤️

Just in: Gorgeous, 100% farm grown bridal bouquet for Kaitlyn. Zinnias, lisianthus, explosion grass, scabiosa & more. Photo:

Been sitting on these gems from for way too long! Do y’all know Dennis?? He’s seriously one of the best humans I’ve met in Austin—an entrepreneur himself, he’s constantly gathering up and bolstering up other creatives to help them shine. He’s full of great ideas & energy, and hanging around the farm shooting with him last fall was such a blast. Oh, and he’s totally Darlin’ - approved! The heat is here to stay folks—and the only good thing about it is our summer crops like sunflowers & celosias coming soon!

Last minute giveaway—A participant in tomorrow‘s workshop is no longer able to attend & donating two tickets! Workshop is from 10am-12:30 Saturday May 14 at the farm in Manor. Signed liability & close toed shoes required. Tell me your fave Spring flower in the comments to enter & 2 winners will be picked at random at 5pm.

Shout out to the farmers, to the florists & delivery drivers and everyone who hustled hard last week to spread love to the moms! New moms, veteran moms, moms to be and everything in between. It was record temps here in Texas, and despite several crops crashing in the stress, we managed to create a small army of gorgeous arrangements and bouquets for so many mamas! Shout out to my team for working extra hours to make it happen! And thank you to everyone who supported locally grown flowers!!

Mother’s Day week is going to be a blast!!! The field is looking gorgeous and we are so excited to spread the locally grown love to all the mamas!! Ways to score blooms this week: 1. Order online for delivery to select zip codes in central Austin for Friday or Saturday delivery. 2. Swing by our farm shop in Manor located at 10801 Schmidt Lane between 10-2 on Saturday. We’ll have bouquets and vased arrangements. Casual farm tour at 11 and 1 for ages 13 and up with sturdy footwear (no exceptions). No ticket required, just come on by! 3. Visit the on Sunday in Mueller between 10-2 or sold out. Yay for the moms! Treat her right-local lasts longer & the Texas wildflower season is in full effect ❤️

Pastels & a pop for this gorgeous Easter arrangement that went out this morning. The farm is headed into its wildflower phase—spikes & textures and all the unruly blooms. We are big fans! Wishing everyone a safe & fun holiday weekend.

We are losing one of our employees to the great state of Maine! 😢 Was our Chamaeleon, having a hand in everything from daily deliveries to seed starting to event set up and retrieval. We are sad to see her go but excited for her next adventure! This leaves us looking for our next Jane of all trades! If you have flexible hours, are a night owl, like a wide range of tasks, work well independently and with a team, and have a crystal clean driving record please shoot an email to [email protected] with “team opening” in the subject line. Bonus points if you drive a car big enough to haul bales of smilax and tons of fun glassware ;-)

The most gorgeous gallery just landed in my inbox 😭 Alison & Nelson in all their wedding day bliss!!! Stunning captures by So excited to kick off the 2022 wedding season!

We are back baby!! THIS Sunday in Mueller, 10-2 (or sold out.) Bloom supply is limited, so get there early! We will have Iceland poppies, ranunculus & anemones. 🎉🎉🎉🎉 (Also the center of poppies are pretty dang incredible 😭)

I know it’s only February, but it sure is feeling like the year of the POPPY over here! 😍 So incredible to have a stellar crop after last year’s supply issues & winter storm. We’ve got an extended delivery schedule next week—we’ll be slingin’ beauty all around Austin on Monday. Get your Love some poppies! (Or ranunculus! Or Anemones!) Late winter blooms are THE Best. Visit the Shop section of the website (Link in profile) to secure the goods!

Hey Lovers-- Need a last minute Valentine's gift? Order flowers by 2 pm today for delivery Saturday, or book by 2 on Sunday for Vday delivery. We've also got farm tours, flower subscriptions and flower workshops-- the flower possibilities are endless!!
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Our Holiday shop is LIVE. Visit our website for hand-crafted gifts like wreaths, succulent boxes and ornaments, or flower subscriptions for the flower lover in your life! Holiday deliveries available through December 18. Flower subscriptions available till sold out. Thank you!!

Rolling out Holiday Gifts this weekend We’ll have succulent/cactus & dried flower boxes, wreaths (sneak peek in stories) Dried bouquets & dried gomphrena ornaments. We anticipate December 12 to be our last market of the year, so come out and see us & treat yourself to some dried farm beauty till the next season begins!

Happy Thanksgiving to you & yours! As the growing and wedding seasons wind down, I’m struck by all we have accomplished this year despite many unexpected challenges (ahem—I’m looking at you Mother Nature!!) Grateful for the perseverance and grace of my whole team as we kept moving forward, no matter what! We’ve put so many farm blooms out into the world this year, and flowered dozens of weddings for some folks who waited and waited for that day to come due to covid! I’m grateful for all our loyal customers and clients who allowed us to keep flowering and flowering! Shout out to the whole Petals crew: .bishop 🙏🙏🙏

Fall on the farm has been SO good to us this year!!! Record-breaking-makes-up-for-the-winter-apocalypse-GOOD. The heirloom chrysanthemums are INSANE!!! We’ll be in Mueller this Sunday the 27th with tons of them—likely our last load of fresh blooms for 2021. ✨✨✨