• Farm News,  Flower Farm Dinner Tours

    We offer health and personal care on our farm

    Misty Vandeweele with her dahlias

    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…

  • Farm News,  Flower Farm Dinner Tours

    When Slow Flowers & Farm Girl Flowers Visit Your Flower Farm

    Christina Stembel, Vanderweele, Debra Prinzing

    While the Peony flower put Alaska on the map in Floriculture. For over a decade Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers and Christina Stembel of Farmgirl Flowers are leading the way in making sure American grown flowers are not forgotten and top of mind. *Slow Flowers, the voice of the slow flower movement of making the conscious choice for buying and sending flowers. *Farmgirl Flowers, Purchasing 10+ million dollars worth of American Grown flowers annually for their iconic burlap wrapped bouquet online delivery service. If you love flowers be sure to check out these two floral Queens.   Combined with knowing what flowers truly mean for these two floral professional women and the fact…

  • All Dahlia'd Up,  Flower Farm Dinner Tours

    Flowery Vintage Tablescapes

    One of the highlights of my summers as a flower farmer is seeing a long table loaded with Flowers, Food, and Friends. I got my first taste in 2015 when I hosted 8 or so of my friends to see if the events would take off. And boy did they ever. To date, we’ve held 13 Sold-Out -Field to Vase, Alaska Grown Dinner Tours here on the farm.  What started small on the deck of my home, graduated to the yard with various gathered tables and a couple of purple market umbrellas, to the famous magical extended tablescapes laden with flowers, beautiful place settings with vintage dishes, embroidered monogram napkins, and fun ribboned…