Welcome to our diversified cut flower and fiber farm in the heart of New York’s Hudson Valley.
On 12 acres of Dutchess County land, we grow seasonal specialty blooms year-round and raise beloved flocks of Swedish Gotland sheep. Every step of the way, we create opportunities for you to learn and connect with the cycles of small farming life.
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE FARM
100% Pure Raw Hudson Valley Honey is now available from our farm apiary. Never heated or treated. Order your jars here.
Coming Soon! Registration for our Spring Flower CSA opens up in mid-March. Join our Waitlist to be the first to know!
Hot off the fiber press—the latest batches of pure Goland yarn have arrived! Check out our offerings and grab the first skeins!
TENDING TO THE LAND
SINCE 2001
We believe everyone should have access to their local farms and know how their flowers, fiber and food are grown. Our approach to farming is rooted in seasonality and sustainability, using natural methods that heal instead of harm. Through a pasture-based regenerative model of agriculture, we prioritize soil health and a balanced, bio-diverse farm ecosystem that lets the beauty of Mother Nature shine bright.
Honoring the Land, Caring for Animals & Creating Meaningful Connections with our Community
Notes from the Farm
From the Farm Shop & CSA
Gotland fiber is renowned for its natural lightness and luster, signature bloom, softness and warmth. These qualities make Gotland yarn an exceptionally unique fiber to knit with and to wear. You can read more about this special yarn on our blog.
Our Gotland yarn is 100% pure, breed & batch-specific, shorn right here on our farm and processed locally, at Battenkill Fiber Mill in New York's Hudson Valley.
Each of our skeins is traced back to a single sheep or two, who lends her wool and special energy to each batch of our yarn. In this way, we can preserve the unique, signature grey-scale color and character of each individual fleece. Our 2024 yarn selection showcases the beautiful fiber of Mama Izzy, Lisbeth, Mattina, Madde, and twins, Sister Pia and Brother Per.
Each skein is 100g/4oz, approximately 240 yards.
We are so incredibly excited to be included in this beautiful new book alongside 28 inspiring flower farmers from across the United States and Canada. You’ll find our farm and flowers featured in Chapter 1 with images by dear friend Ana Gambuto. All copies are signed and domestic shipping is included.
The Flower Farmers: Inspiration & Advice from Expert Growers by Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni. Foreword by Christina Stembel, Farmgirl Flowers. Epilogue by Becky Feasby, Prairie Girl Flowers.
Twenty–nine of today’s most inspiring flower farmers present stories, how–to–cultivate expertise, and favorite new varieties in a lushly photographed guide to feed your every floral fantasy. Flower farmers are the lifestyle influencers of the gardening world, with dedicated social media channels and hundreds of thousands of avid fans who dream about the lifestyle and of having a lush cutting garden of their own. Today’s gardeners follow celebrity growers to gather ideas and expert advice regarding planting techniques and the best varieties and seasonal plants to choose.
The Flower Farmers presents a curated group of favorite growers, from industry leaders to pioneering newcomers. Each grower shares their specialty knowledge and seasonal practices, so that readers will be able to create a similar relationship with flowers and discover sustainable techniques for their own gardens. Dedicated sidebars dig deeper, with information on everything from raising a unique cultivar to the best floral varieties for long lasting arrangements. Gorgeous photography illustrates each farmer’s profile, highlighting the beauty of their farms, floral passions, and the flowers themselves.
Debra Prinzing is author of 12 books and the founder and producer of SlowFlowers.com, the online directory of American and Canadian flower farms, florists, shops, and studios who supply domestic and local flowers. In 2015, she founded American Flowers Week, which occurs annually in late June. For the past seven years she has produced the annual Slow Flowers Summit, dubbed the TED Talk for floral professionals.
Robin Avni is a creative director and experienced designer in the media + high-tech industries. Her specialties include creative management of award-winning teams and content development for high-profile projects. She has produced 18 floral and lifestyle books, including eight in collaboration with co-author, Debra Prinzing, showcasing the floral lifestyle of creatives and entrepreneurs.
Straight from our honeybee hives, coarse-filtered and with loads of healthful goodness, our raw Hudson Valley farm honey is the ultimate natural treat.
For maximum health benefits, our 100% pure raw honey is hand-harvested and never heated. Every summer and fall, we harvest excess honey from the hives on our farm, ensuring we never dip into what the bees, themselves, need to survive. The ultimate holiday treat, each jar is traceable to our apiary and comes hand-labeled, numbered, and packaged in gift boxes with festive ribbons, seasonal foliage and a picture postcard, featuring the magical honeybee.
As a small family farm, we rely on honey sales to fund our farm’s apiary program. What we earn in sales, we put back into the bees—nurturing their natural instincts and providing a safe foraging space, free of chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
Our 2023 harvest showcases medium-colored summer honey, a delicate blend of mid-summer foraging flavors and always our most popular gift offering.
Elegant glass jars are offered in four convenient sizes.
Everything that we grow on our farm comes from one simple belief: happy and healthy land and livestock produce the highest quality products.
Whether it’s a skein of pure Gotland yarn, a bouquet of fresh seasonal blooms, or a jar of raw summer honey, all of our farm offerings are grown sustainably, with love and care, and in partnership with nature.
Fiber | Gotland Yarn
We shear our sheep on the farm every spring and fall, and from their fine wool fleeces, we produce pure single-source Gotland yarn, which is spun at local mills in the Hudson Valley.
Flowers | Hudson Valley Grown
Few things bring more joy than fresh, fragrant flowers, grown sustainably in local soil. From winter through fall, we grow seasonal cut flowers and foliage, chosen for their beauty and compatibility with our Northeastern climate.
Food | Honey, Berries & More
With the seasons, we grow pesticide-free berries, herbs, edible flowers, raw honey and mushrooms. We also offer a variety of CSA options from spring through the first fall frost.
Farm Classes, Events & Workshops
Through our monthly farm-based and virtual educational programs, we spread the joys of small farming, homesteading, gardening, cooking, and handcrafting to our community and beyond.
Wholesale Flower Partnerships
Your Business. In Bloom.
We specialize in long-lasting, long-stemmed elegant blooms, always harvested promptly for optimal freshness and quality. Our approach is local, seasonal and sustainable, and we integrate regenerative, soil-based practices at every opportunity. Our greatest joy is working together with Mother Nature, treating her well, and sharing her bounty of blooms with the Tri-State community.
Wholesale blooms for florists & designers
Wholesale retail bouquets
Retail table arrangements
Retail Celebration bouquets
In-store flower pop-ups
& more
Find your Flowers
THE FLOWER GALLERY
From beloved dahlias to showstopping lisianthus and campanula, learn what we grow, and when they are in bloom here in the Hudson Valley. From beloved dahlias to showstopping lisianthus and campanula, learn what we grow, and when they are in bloom here in the Hudson Valley.
Visiting the Farm
Our 12-acre farm in Southern Dutchess County is just 70 miles from New York City.
Due to our small working staff and the inevitable shortness of time on a working farm, we are unable to accommodate drop-by visitors or requests for private tours. However, we do offer a full calendar of seasonal classes and events.
