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Our favorite autumnal decorations are back! I’m leaving now to deliver curly willow bunches to Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough and Carrboro. They will be available for the next several weeks. Pick one up now, while supplies last.

We are adding a new fall bouquet subscription session. Five weeks of flowers for $75 ($15/week). Sales from this session will really help our farm grow: we will invest all our income from this session into spring bulbs, helping us get flowers even earlier in the spring.

The session runs from Sept. 21 to Oct. 19.

Registration deadline is Sept. 19.

Info and registration form:

SFF Extra Session Registration

Check us out on the Civil Eats website. This great story focuses on the economic and environmental benefits of growing flowers.

http://civileats.com/2017/07/13/local-flowers-make-a-comeback/

Since we started the farm, it has been important to us that Spring Forth Farm be a socially responsible business. That is why we donate produce from our vegetable garden and tithe from our sales to a local food pantry: We have the gift from God of this farm and the skills to grow food, and we want to share God’s bounty with others.

Similarly, we have the great gift of sunshine, and we designed our house with both passive solar heating and photo-voltaic solar panels in mind. Today, Yes Solar Solutions finished installing our 32-panel, 8.48kW system. We anticipate this system generating all of our home electrical use plus a good portion of the farm’s. While combating pollution and global climate change requires national policy and international cooperation, there is a lot each of us can do for sustainability as well. Installing these solar panels and striving for net-zero electrical usage is one of the ways we are doing our part.

We have two brief announcements. First, our Curly Willow Bunches are for sale at Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough. They are great holiday items. They are long-lasting and will decorate your house for the whole holiday season. They also travel well, so they make great gifts. Please head over to Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough and tell your friends to do the same.

Secondly, we were named “Homesteaders of the Year” by Mother Earth News Magazine. We are featured in the current issue’s “Firsthand Reports” column.

Last month we had a great visit from Debra Prinzing, creator of SlowFlowers.com and the Slow Flowers podcast. Debra recorded a podcast episode with us which is available today.

Debra’s visit started with a meetup with flower growers and florist from four states and ended with a workshop at Pine State Flowers. You can read about the rest of her visit on her blog.

It has been a busy spring and early summer here at the farm and here are some photos of what we’ve been up to. We’ve been making slow but steady progress on our house but most of it isn’t the kind that looks good in photos. However the cabinets that we installed in the kitchen show up on the camera and give shape to a space that had previously been hard to picture. Enjoy the rest of the pictures of the farm, of our subscription bouquets, and of course of the ever-present Mr. Bingley.

Don’t forget to come on out this SATURDAY May 7th 12-4pm  for Spring Forth Farm’s tours and mother’s day flowers! Spots still available for DiPrima Photography mini sessions too!

We are excited to announce our first ever bouquet subscription. Each week this summer, you can have beautiful, fresh Spring Forth Farm flowers for your home, business, or office. Bouquet pick-up will be in downtown Hillsborough and Durham near the intersection of Broad and Guess on Friday afternoons. For more information and to register, please read our 2016 Subscription Info.

We are excited to announce a collaboration with Jenna DiPrima of DiPrima Photography. Jenna will be offering “Mother’s Day Mini” family photo sessions, half-hour photo sessions with your family with Spring Forth Farm as a backdrop. Please contact Jenna to reserve a time for your family photo session today.