• All Dahlia'd Up

    A tremendous job from your heart

    What is really cool about creating bouquets of flowers from your very own flower farm is you are apart of the entire process. You are literally taking your flowers from seed, to field to vase. Its where the term farmer/florist fits in perfectly and by what I can tell there are not many of us doing it. Although down in the states there seems to be a movement of farmer florists popping up everywhere. Which is fantastic since 78 percent of the 4 billion cut flower stems purchased in the U.S. — including the roses bought on Valentine’s Day come from Colombia and Ecuador where they are grown in large production greenhouses, then harvested, sorted and shipped…

  • All Dahlia'd Up

    Sweetpea’s, Sunflowers and Dahlia’s

    Sweepeas for my grandma Mary. Sunflowers for my granny. And if you know my story Dahlia’s for my son. One of the business decisions I made after starting this flower season is I’m going to supplement my Dahlia’s with flower favorites of my loved ones that are no longer here. So far it’s been a GREAT choice for All Dahlia’d Up and our customers. We’ve had our first wedding with Sunflower and Dahlia bouquets and at Monday Market everyone is saying how much they LOVE sweetpeas! Just for fun here are these three flower meanings with photographs from our flower patch. Enjoy! Sunflowers, are considered the “happy flower” they symbolize adoration, loyalty and…

  • All Dahlia'd Up

    It must have heart

    Not that long ago, like this last winter I was trying to put myself into this box of having an online business that I loved doing and well actually paid the bills. I took online business school, which was amazing, I created online courses, and videos etc. nothing seemed to stick. You’d think after having 7 self-published books I could figure this online thing out. I need a business that fits into the Alaska farm homespun lifestyle I have. It is also extremely crucial that I can be creative, active and inspired. This means any business I create needs to have a lot of heart, happiness, be able to serve others and at…