Color Up

08/01/2026

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I wanted to pop in and let you all know I am still here but while I had hoped to garden just a bit and have some flowers, caretaker life has been quite challenging and time/energy consuming. The hope is that next year I will be back.

In the meantime, while I sit with my charge, I am teaching myself watercolor and sketching. When I am back out and about I will have a nice selection of original and original print cards and gift tags to go with your flowers.
If you are interested you can follow my journey on Tumblr.

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

A sample bouquet for this week. A little bit of everything!
Black Eyed Susans
Rudbekia
Bachelor buttons
Snapdragons
Mini sunflowers
Yarrow
Bells of Ireland

06/16/2026

Hey everyone!!! I found a little time to putter in the garden. I cut a few flowers to offer to you. If anyone would like a bouquet, please message me. I will need a couple of hours as I am not pre-assembling at this time.

These will need to be picked up at my residence as I am unable to take my charge out and about.
I am located directly next to Sheetz in Concord.

05/22/2026

Good morning everyone. I found a few rare free hours to pop up to the corner with some color! Pop by, say hi and grab a bouquet or two. I will be open as soon as this rain let's up and until 3:00.

Corner of 24/460 across from Sheetz.

05/10/2026

Edit: sold out! Thank you so much. Happy Mother's Day! Mother is here with me and we have just a few bouquets this morning. $20@. I am working on little $10 jars as we sit and enjoy this beautiful day. :) come see us!

05/01/2026

Dear friends and valued customers,

I wanted to share a quick update about this growing season. If you have been watching the garden down the hill, you will have seen that I am very slow out of the gate this year. There is a family member who needs my full time care and am finding it challenging to find time for my flowers. I will not be able to maintain a large garden or have regular sale days on the corner as I did last year. I am saddened by this as seeing your smiling faces was always the highlight of my week. However, I will still be growing a smaller garden and offering a limited selection of pre-made fresh bouquets which I will post as they become available. I may be able to deliver for a small fee depending on my schedule and the distance. Most may be picked up by appointment.

The season will be spent quietly, increasing the fertility and life in my soil, retrofitting a trailer for the flowers for next year, (ooh that will be fun!) and caring for my family.

Thank you all for your continued support. I am encouraged by last year’s overwhelmingly positive response and will come out swinging as soon as I am able. If you see me puttering in the garden as you pass, give a little honk! It makes my day.

P.S. I am hoping to have a large flush of flowers for Mother's day weekend and I have help so that I can bring them out to the corner. Stay tuned!

11/25/2025

Hi everyone. I have a request. I am trying to source wool for an early spring project for you. If you have an old, ruined wool sweater/blanket etc. that you are willing to part with I will return your kindness with a free arrangement/bouquet of your choosing next season.

If you are close by, I will come to you.

Photo is from March 2025. We should have these daffs this coming spring!

11/12/2025

Pictures for attention: well it seems our season is over. If you have watched the shenanigans in the garden you probably saw my attempts to protect the remaining flowers from the arctic blast. I was actually successful. Go me!

However.

This has been my first year with my cooler. It has behaved beautifully. It lives in my basement. It seems though, that when the temperature drops down there, the cooler drops too. I didn't have my sensor alert on and while the outside flowers survived, The 2 full buckets in the cooler froze just enough to bend the necks... and they are done. Sigh.

This is a very long-winded way of saying that our season is now closed. What a wonderful year. Many, many thanks to everyone who supported us. It truly meant the world to be so well received and to meet such lovely people.

I won't be too quiet though, it's time to shift to my winter work. Mobiles and garden prep for next year.

First flowers should be fancy schmancy daffodils!!

11/07/2025

Good morning! Yep we still have flowers! I am doing all I can to keep them alive in the cooler temps but Monday night may do them in so...

Todays flowers may me the last of the season...get em while you can!We will be on the corner across from Sheetz in Concord from 1:00 - dusk. We do have limited availability so come out early.