Tranquil Farm Wedding
Time to celebrate the Dahlia season and peruse a copy of Discovering Dahlias by Erin Benzakein of Floret Farm.
I’m pleased as punch to introduce a guest contributor to Lars for the day, Erin Benzakein of Floret Flowers. I first discovered Erin’s flower farms when I attended Martha Stewart’s American Made in NYC a couple of years ago, and she won the design category! Erin and her family run this Washington-based farm where they […]
Brimming with gorgeous photography and practical design techniques, A Year in Flowers by beloved flower farmer and floral designer Erin Benzakein illustrates beautiful seasonal bouquets that anyone can make and everyone will enjoy.
We are a family-run flower farm located in Washington’s Skagit Valley, specializing in growing unique, uncommon, and heirloom flowers. Our thriving research and education farm is dedicated to giving flower lovers the tools and information they need to grow the gardens of their dreams.
How to grow dahlias with Erin Benzakein of Floret - all you need to know to cultivate and arrange these most blissful and prolific of blooms
Life on a flower farm is as beautiful as you might imagine. For Erin of Floret Farm, mornings full of fresh blooms are also full of meditation and 4am crows.
In the beginning, pulling together bouquets was almost effortless. A quick stroll around the yard and I could gather more than enough ingredients to put together something beautiful. But as time went on and my hobby turned into a business, having a steady supply of the right kind of ingredients became tricky. It’s one thing […]
As part of a series on specialist plant growers, Clare Foster talks to Erin Benzakein of Floret Farm in the Skagit Valley, Washington, whose prize flower crop is 850 glorious varieties of dahlia
It’s hard to believe that it’s been three whole months since I’ve posted in this space – possibly the longest break I’ve ever taken. Between pouring over the last rounds of book edits, teaching four workshops and working on some really special new projects, I’ve been a bit short on words lately. After getting a […]
Wild, natural and colourful Highland flowers
A few years back when we started working in earnest to document the beauty and magic that fill our days, taking photos was a struggle. Neither Chris or I understood how to use the camera. We’d end up arguing longer than we spent actually shooting and neither of us enjoyed the process at all. At […]
The Flowering Farmhouse is a small cut flower farm located in Hood River, Oregon. We grown on just over an acre and have around 2000 dahlias we grow each year. Be sure to sign up for our email list where we announce our annual tuber sale each winter!
Dahlien kaufen bei FAM Flower Farm. Direkt von unserer Gärtnerei zu Ihnen nach Hause geschickt.
Get a peek into our floral crush, Floret Flowers', recent workshop. Their floral workshops have just sold out through 2016! Get all the images...
From the beginning, I had this overwhelming feeling that our new farm, which at the time was just a wide-open field, was meant to become a place.
In this article, we are tossing social norms out the window and talking about money, numbers and sales. Go behind the scenes at Muddy Acres Flower Farm and see how they generate over $250,000 in sales year after with just one part-time employee.
Zinnia: "Farm Stand Favorite" Truly, zinnias have to be one of the best annuals to grow. Not only do they shoot up from seed to flower with astounding spee
