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We offer health and personal care on our farm
Most of us inherently know spending time in nature can be a boost for our health. But when we add in flowers from our farm you have a complete package for personal care. Like Miley’s song, “I can buy myself flowers.” Which is great. But we take it a step further around here. Additionally we are also two farms in one. A vegetable farm with our flower farm nestled amongst the irrigated fields of Vanderweele farm, the largest commercial produce farm in Alaska. Furthermore the ambiance of our surroundings, the scenery, the mountains, our gardens and all the growing spaces you have the perfect place to experience it all. Health, personal care, beauty…
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7 Steps to Make Large Flower & Ice Luminaries in the Winter
Flower and ice luminaries are a beautiful fun and creative way to add a special touch to any occasion. I’ve made these large flower & ice luminaries with flowers in them for 10 winters in honor of my late son, Luke. Which means bearer of light. He was also almost a Christmas baby born on the 22nd. It has always seemed so fitting to make them for all these reasons especially since I live in Alaska where we seem to have endless darkness a few months out of the year. As well as on the 21st we start gaining light a few minutes every day. So let’s light up the winter, but please…
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10 years in flowers celebration highlights
Our 10 years in flowers celebration all summer was up and down, round and round during the worst weather flower season we’ve ever had. Alaskans are kiddingly calling it “8 days of Summer’. May we had wind, June hardly ever saw 50 degrees. August and September, rain, cold and more rain. We only had a handful of temps in the 70’s. Then early hard frost. I’m calling it the summer I lived in rubber boots which did my ankles no favor. I’m so thankful at least our two dinner tours the sun came out which was so nice. But hey, I’ll take a mild sunny October any day. It totally made for easy…
