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Majestic Scenery and Stunning Flower Fields
One thing for sure I do know is we grow gorgeous vibrant flowers here. We gear our entire growing season around our summer dinners, immersive flower retreat, farm walk tours and our little flower shop. The flower queen of of advocacy, Debra Prinzing of the Slow Flowers Podcast coined All Dahlia’d Up Flower Farm as being a “boutique flower farm” during my podcast interview with her. Although my farm as been referred as being boutique I’ve never thought of my farm as being “boutique.” When I hear this word I think of fancy little buildings full of high end goods and trinkets. Even this french word bou-tique sounds fancy. Yes, you could say…
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Stay Flower Happy Year Round
As a professional self-proclaimed flower-freak and farmer I see flowers everywhere I go. I purposely seek them out 365 days a year. Can you relate? The winter months especially here Alaska can be kind of tricky. Our local greenhouses are closed for the winter and the grocery store flowers are really not that fresh. Weekly I eagerly scour the discounted “old” bouquet corner in hopes to find something I can rescue for the dinning room table. Of course in the summer, May-through 1st. hard frost I’m surrounded by all the blooms I grow here on the farm. So by the time November rolls around I can hardly wait to start amaryllis for indoor…
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2024 Season Highlights, Flower Power is Real
All Dahlia’d Up Survived and Thrived despite the loss of our main Facebook page hacked to the point of no return a couple months before the ringing in of 2024. From increased local foot traffic, customers driving from Anchorage, more men buying flowers, the pink pig fair special, and gorgeous flower topped cheesecakes galore. Ending the season with more dahlias than ever with a 35% increase in gross profits and about a 50/50 split of new and returning customers. The season was a win. Here are a handful of highlights that made 2024 so wonderful. Tuber to Bloom: The last time I spoke about dahlias aka flowers was back in 2017…
