Comments on: The Making of a Place: Designing the New Farm

By: Linda Partyka

Linda Partyka — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 21:35:39 +0000

I have been watching your dream of sharing for years….and it still keeps me focused on mine!! It has been a dream for me oh, I think since 2011 or so…….I have all your books. I take your mini courses, and have watched both season’s 1 and 2 of Growing Floret!!
There have been so many things you have done that have continued to inspire me. But, I think the one that does the most…..is when I watch Growing Floret season 2 , “Preserving the Old”. . As I watched, I became overwhelmed by the story of Anne Belovich, her passion for the “Old Ones” , and her love for these roses! I could almost see myself there with you and wanting to do the same thing……”Preserve the Old”!!
I have been gardening for most of my life…..mostly vegetable gardens. I had some roses in my front yard and love the smell every time I would walk by! I think at that moment, I knew that I would be a person who would grow flowers, a person who would remember the days in my Great-Grandmothers gardens…….both, vegetable and flower. I had always enjoyed those times and as I grew older and had my own home, that I would want to do the same, and I DID!
As my gardens grew…..so did my passion for flowers. More and more it grabbed ahold of me like a sponge to water. I started designing and then doing a wedding here and there…..then, I seen your name and your small flower farm. I thought, I could do that……and it has taken some time, but I have started that dream of having my own small flower farm. I have made mistakes, gotten frustrated and almost quite last year, but I decided that I would keep trying. I lost almost all my dahlia tubers last year and was devastated! Planting flowers the past few years has gotten me through some of my darkest times….after losing my mom in 2019, my second oldest brother, January, 2020, both my uncle and older brother November and December of 2021, a niece and nephew the summer of 2021 and 2 of my beloved fur babies…..growing flowers helped me cope and feel that life goes on even when things get tough. Like life, the flower grows, blooms, then dies. But, there are the seeds (children) that keep growing, blooming…..and in the end, leave behind a legacy of the ones before us!!! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and passion for preserving flower for others!! You have truly become a pioneer in the flower farming community!!

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:03:55 +0000

I so want to be immersed in your gardens!!!! Listening to your dreams is like listening to my own dreams

By: Kodi

Kodi — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 03:32:53 +0000

Congrats on the new expansion!!!!! Keep pumping out content!!

By: Erin Ardoin

Erin Ardoin — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:36:44 +0000

i love this so much. congratulations on everything. I can’t wait to take some of this inspiration to my own garden

By: Katie Pence

Katie Pence — Tue, 30 May 2023 14:25:01 +0000

Your movie made me cry and cry. The words coming out of your mouth and Greg Lowrey’s were the words in my heart. The words I’ve tried to use when all my vegetable beds turn into flowers… people don’t always understand how beauty can be the food you need. The soul food. The food that keeps you sane and happy.

By: Flora

Flora — Sat, 27 May 2023 20:57:11 +0000

Very inspiring and thrilling to read. You have created this through your vision, hard work and positive outlook and openness to learn from others and to teach it forwards. Your grandmother would be so proud of you! (I recall reading of your fondness for your grandmother and her flower gardens. I had a similar experience with my grandmother.)

By: Kristi Hein

Kristi Hein — Sat, 27 May 2023 20:30:28 +0000

I was thrilled to see the start of your hedgerows in Season 1. The first planting we did at the Skagit home we bought (our first!) in 2005 was a native plant hedgerow — inspired by taking the Skagit Conservation District short course. The three serviceberries we planted as small saplings are now over 20′ tall — these three sisters take turns blooming and fruiting in a sequence. These and the snowberries, tall Oregon grape, salmonberries, twinberry, gooseberry, black hawthorn, dogwood, and slough sedge are all knitted together in a dream habitat for birds and pollinators; we see juncos and towhees bringing their fledglings out from the undergrowth. Another hedgerow, of ocean spray, mock orange, and more Oregon grape, is a favorite of bushtits when the ocean spray seedheads ripen.

By: Carina

Carina — Sat, 27 May 2023 18:28:09 +0000

It’s wonderful to see your farm dreams coming true. What a special spot it is and will be, for many years to come!

By: Shaunna

Shaunna — Sat, 27 May 2023 15:40:32 +0000

I’m overwhelmed seeing your dreams come true. Thank you for sharing so much with us!

By: Gerry Betz

Gerry Betz — Sat, 27 May 2023 15:09:08 +0000

We’ve watched you grow over the years, and you are such an inspiration to all who get to know you and your magical world. If your garden is in an acre, or just a small in city space, you can always find new and exciting ideas through your books, videos, and TV show.