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A New Wedding Venue in Town
Now that the flower season here in Alaska has come to an end for us and I’ve had a chance to breath. Time for the planning. Not sure if you knew we had a Wedding Vow Renewal earlier in the summer, a wedding photo shoot and suggestions we should start having weddings on our flower farm. Guess what? I decided to jump in. Well, cause that’s the way I role. What had me hesitating until now was figuring out all the details like, will receptions be apart of what we want to offer, to what the heck will the name be. So I decided to get real quiet and close my eyes. When…
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From this to that
Dahlias have a really cool trait that makes them prime for growing in Alaska and that is they will keep blooming until the frost freezes them. Yes the cooler temps have them not blooming as much, but they are still more than beautiful. So if you can cover them when the nights start to get colder to protect them from freezing they keep blooming again and again. Which is happening for us here at the farm. Its a bit extra work but worth the pay off in more blooms for the season. Besides single bouquet orders, events and weddings, one of the services we offer at All Dahlia’d Up is a weekly subscription…
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Small, personal and relaxing
When I set out to do the exclusive flower farm tour and workshops my aim was small groups of 10 or smaller to ensure a private touch the heart experience. I wanted to keep them around two hours, provide information about growing dahlias in Alaska and have the participants to be able to take home their very own dahlia arrangements. It was also important for me to drive the Alaska Grown lifestyle home and I thought what better way to do that then to share Alaska Grown Foods. And since I hadn’t ever had the workshops before I had to start somewhere. I’m thrilled to say I’m pretty sure my goals were accomplished.…
