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News: Flowers

Everyday Flowers

March 5, 2018 By Amanda Kinney

Did you know? One handful of good garden soil can contain more organisms than the number of human beings who have ever lived!

Freshly harvested flowers

The local flower movement is riding quickly on the heals of the local food movement.

Here at Persephone we’re passionate about fresh flowers! We grow dozens of varieties including many herbs, bulbs, greens, ornamental grasses and old fashioned favorites like sweet peas, dahlias, daffodils and sunflowers. We arrange them for weddings, bunch them for the farmer’s market, offer them in our CSA boxes and provide them by the bucket for DIY fun! It’s exciting to see horizons expanding. Customers are asking for more than the tired predictable blooms flown in from Colombia and Ecuador, flowers whose backstory is something we’d rather not think about. The first thing we naturally want to do when we pick up a flower is to stick our nose in and take a big whiff. But sticking your nose into a scent-less, chemically processed rose which might last for a week on your table, but without much heart, can be pretty unsatisfying. You even question at the end of the week: should I add this to my compost pile?

PLEASE, DON’T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT TREATING YOURSELF TO FLOWERS!

Flowers provide nectar and pollen for bees and other pollinators. Our precious bees need all the help they can get. The fact that we don’t use chemicals on our plants make them an excellent food source for all sorts of beneficial insects we rely on to help with the checks and balances of keeping our crops pest-free.

Having lots of flowers in our fields also helps tremendously in our crop rotations. Disease cycles build up in the soil when a relatively small representation of vegetable plant families are grown season after season. Inserting the huge diversity of flower varieties into the mix has noticeably helped give our soil a break.

Filed Under: Flowers

Intern Update: Squash, Farmers and Flowers!

July 14, 2016 By Persephone

Yellow and green summer squash
Summer squash ready for our CSA subscribers

Summer squash means it must be summer, right? We were warned about “Juneuary” but “Januly” is a whole different story. Luckily today seems to be warming back up – this sun is definitely a sight for sore eyes. This week we welcomed some new and old faces to the farm! Previous years’ interns stopped by to help out around the farm, and two new interns have been added to the mix (welcome Kris and Gracie). Be sure to say hello if you see them!

If you stopped by the Bainbridge Island Farmers market on Saturday (or saw our Facebook page), you already know we set a new Persephone Farm record of sweet pea bunches – 63! Those and all the other flowers bursting into bloom have been keeping us plenty busy, and us interns are getting to learn more about the flowers and how to harvest them. The most exciting part to me, though, is getting to use them in bouquets! Our intern bouquet making school, taught by Rebecca, is always a highlight of our Wednesdays and Fridays, and we hope you all are loving the beautiful flowers! Here are some pictures of our flowers we harvested this morning, and some of the bouquets we’ve made so far

-Intern Taylor
(Persephone’s note – Brian and Brooklyn are our other awesome 2016 Interns.)

CSA subscriber bouquets at Persephone Farm in Indianola , WA
CSA subscriber bouquets waiting for pickup
Freshly harvested flowers ready for bouquet making lesson
Freshly harvested flowers ready for our bouquet making lesson

Filed Under: CSA, Flowers, News Tagged With: Internship Program, local flowers, summer squash

Our Flowers Featured in Wedding Blog

November 3, 2014 By Persephone

One of our client’s weddings was recently featured on Rustic Wedding Chic, a popular DIY wedding blog. It was a local farm wedding at Raspberry Ridge Farm in Poulsbo, WA. Thanks to Blue Rose Photography for the beautiful shots of our flowers, and congratulations to Adrienne and Nick!

See more about our wedding flowers here.

Reception Decorations
Reception Decorations
Bridesmaid's Bouquet
Bridesmaid’s Bouquet
Bridal Bouquet
Bridal Bouquet

Filed Under: Flowers, News Tagged With: flower bouquet, local flowers, wedding flowers

Our Wedding Flowers Featured in a New Book, Fresh from the Field

April 13, 2014 By Persephone

Fresh from the Field wedding flower bookA new book, Fresh from the Field Wedding Flowers highlights the growing local flower movement and includes dozens of photos of wedding bouquets made with seasonal, locally-grown flowers— including a beautiful wedding arbor by Persephone Farm! Written by Lynn Byczynski and Erin Benzakein, the book celebrates the beauty of seasonal and sustainable flowers. From heirloom narcissus, ranunculus and frilly French tulips in the spring to dramatic café au lait dahlias paired with berries and dark ninebark foliage in the fall, the bouquets showcase the floral bounty of each season.

Conscientious consumers are increasingly aware of where and how and where the products they buy are produced. For brides and grooms, using local flowers is a way to make their weddings distinct, different and more meaningful. Learn more about Persephone Farm’s wedding flowers. We primarily serve Kitsap County, West Sound including Bainbridge Island, Hansville, Poulsbo, Gig Harbor and more. Occasionally, for large parties, venture farther afield to the Seattle area or the Olympic Pennisula. Don’t miss our photo gallery of Persephone’s beautiful wedding flowers — bridal bouquets; reception decorations wedding arbors, and of course, boutonnieres.

More info: The book Fresh from the Field Wedding Flowers can be ordered at: www.freshfromthefieldweddings.com
Slow Flower expert, Debra Prinzing has great post and podcast about the book.

Filed Under: Flowers, News Tagged With: boutonnieres, bridal bouquets, Debra Prinzing, floral arrangements, local flowers, reception decorations, slow flowers, wedding arbors, wedding flowers

Bouquet Making 101: A Flower Arranging Class with Rebecca Slattery

August 16, 2013 By Persephone

2012 apprentices Ben and Cody making bouquets last Summer
2012 apprentices Ben and Cody making bouquets last Summer

This coming Wednesday, August 21st, please join us at the Johnson Farm on Bainbridge Island for Bouquet Making 101: A Flower Arranging Class with Rebecca Slattery.

Come learn from a pro! Rebecca will share flower arranging principles and tricks at the beautiful Johnson Farm. Class starts at 3pm and runs til 4:30 pm (please feel free to leave earlier if you wish).

The class fee is $25 which will include instruction and the opportunity to make two fresh flower bouquets to take home. (Basically, the $25 just covers the cost of the flowers. The instruction is free.)

Please feel free to invite friends and spread the word. All are welcome.

If you are able to attend, please let us know by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, so we know how many buckets of flowers to harvest before the class. Call (360) 297-1877 please leave a message or email Rebecca. (No drop ins, please or we might not harvest enough flowers!)

We hope to see you Wednesday!!

Sunflower bouquet
Beautiful Persephone Farm flowers

Filed Under: CSA, Flowers, News Tagged With: bainbridge island, class, flower arranging, flower bouquet, Johnson Farm, local flowers, Rebecca Slattery, workshop

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We just made flowers for a rainbow wedding🌈!! W We just made flowers for a rainbow wedding🌈!! We love to create all kinds of bouquets and had so much fun getting creative with all of the colors. The bride asked for rainbow with sage and ferns. We love how it turned out, isn’t it beautiful 😍✨💐

What a perfect way to celebrate pride month and the start of summer! 🏳️‍⚧️🌞🏳️‍🌈 Let us know if you want to work with us for your wedding flowers. We do custom arrangements and love to see your vision come to life ✨🧚
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Fire up those grills and christen them for a summer of ‘grillin! 🧅🍺🍔

Catch us at the @bifarmersmarket this Saturday and online at @kitsapfresh
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We know we have been absent from the market for a We know we have been absent from the market for a bit but we have been hard at work and are back and ready to roll. We will be at the @bifarmersmarket this Saturday from 10am to 2pm with so many goodies 🌸

We will have peonies, the first basil of the year, walla walla onions, gallon size tomato starts, basil starts and more!!

If you want to get tomatoes this will be the last week we will bring the starts to the market. 🌱

Peony season is only a few short weeks long so get your peonies while you can 💐

See you at the market!! ✨
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We finally have peonies! 💐 Tune into the @vnpla We finally have peonies! 💐 Tune into the @vnplantcast that launched this week to listen to their episode on peonies featuring our very own Rebecca Slattery. Learn all about growing peonies, the botrytis fungus, how to deal with sick plants, and more ✨

Rebecca is such a wealth of knowledge and we are so excited to see her featured on this podcast. To listen go to your streaming platform and find - valley nursery plantcast 🌱 or click on the link in our story! 
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