Flowers+Fleece

Flowers+Fleece A magical 37 acre flower and alpaca farm. Farm products, special event venue, glamping & more!

08/27/2026

It's probably you.

We were so pleased the rain held off Monday evening to welcome the Brockville Horticultural Society to the farm. We alw...
08/26/2026

We were so pleased the rain held off Monday evening to welcome the Brockville Horticultural Society to the farm. We always love sharing our plans for the property and how our alpacas are helping us achieve our land restoration goals.

Thanks for visiting!!

08/21/2026

POV: you scrub out and refill their drinking water, but apparently should have started with the wading pool...

08/20/2026

Our Goldenrod Trail is glowing!

With all the rain we've been having, we've been cut off entirely from parts of the farm due to wet conditions. Today I was able to get to our Goldenrod Trail to see what work needed to be done.

A patch of Goldenrod roughly an acre in size has grown to nearly 7 feet tall! Naturally, I had to clear a path to enjoy it.

Despite its reputation, goldenrod is something we are happy to see. It's an incredibly important late-summer food source for bees, butterflies, moths and other pollinators, blooming just as other flowers are beginning to disappear.

Though it's often associated with hay fever, that is usually a case of mistaken identity. Goldenrod's pollen is heavy and thick, and sticks to pollinators. Ragw**d, which blooms at the same time, sends pollen through the air, causing allergic reactions. Thus the common misconception.

Goldenrod is a natural part of Ontario meadow habitat, providing food and shelter for an astonishing amount of tiny life. We have identified 2 varieties of goldrenrod so far on the farm so far, but Ontario is known to have as many as 30 varieties!

What do we do with it? Well, enjoy its beauty! It is a wonderful backdrop to photographs and acts as inspiration for paintings and other art projects. We also use it to make floral jelly, and dry flowers for future projects.

Needless to say, we are more than happy to surrender this corner of the farm to the gold. 💛

Early morning mist rolling off the fields. If you have to be up early, it should at least look nice. 😍
08/18/2026

Early morning mist rolling off the fields. If you have to be up early, it should at least look nice. 😍

Apparently the internet has developed a sudden interest in wicker.Pure coincidence, I’m sure. 👀Technically, wicker isn’t...
08/09/2026

Apparently the internet has developed a sudden interest in wicker.

Pure coincidence, I’m sure. 👀

Technically, wicker isn’t a material at all, but a method of weaving with flexible plant materials. Willow, reed, rattan, cane...

And cattails.

We happen to have about five acres of those.

Who’s up for some basic cattail weaving on the farm? 🌾🧺

This fall, come learn a few traditional weaving techniques, play with a material growing right here in the fields, and make something to take home.

What you choose to do with these newly acquired skills is entirely your own business. 👀

Some may look at these fields and see w**ds or wasted farmland. We see land learning how to live again.We never had the ...
08/06/2026

Some may look at these fields and see w**ds or wasted farmland. We see land learning how to live again.

We never had the intention to cash crop. We were told that before we took over the farm, these fields had been planted almost exclusively in soybeans for more than a decade. The land had been repeatedly worked and treated with chemicals, with little opportunity for diverse plant life to establish. Our first summer here, the fields had already been rented out for soy, and the land was strangely quiet apart from the occasional Killdeer.

We began slowly. Our next summer we planted a large crop of sunflowers as an early soil-building crop, with their phytoremediation potential in mind. We added willows in wetter areas to help us work with the movement of water rather than against it. We planted a small orchard of fruit trees and berries where the soil was visibly running off of the field, which is now beginning to produce.

In other areas, we stepped back. At first those spaces filled with the undesirables: giant rag w**d, wild parsnip, stinging nettle, and horse w**d. Admittedly, we did wonder if we would actually be able to restore the land without resorting to chemicals. But each summer the fields have evolved.

Through mindful care and intentional meadowing, the fields have changed dramatically. Each season now arrives in waves of colour: wild daisies, black-eyed Susans, red and white clover, fleabane and asters, followed by naturalized Queen Anne’s lace, goldenrod varieties, blue vervain, yarrow, and common boneset.

Each year, beneath the flowers, the grasses are becoming thicker, more varied and better rooted. Above them, birds move through the seed heads, butterflies travel from bloom to bloom, and the fields hum with insect life. Ground that once seemed depleted and silent has become a bustling habitat.

Though some locals might think we've gone mad, we haven't abandoned our land. This is an intentional process of restoration. We are creating habitat, improving the resilience of the land and gradually developing healthier future paddocks for our animals.

Every summer, the land responds in more colour and diversity...and it's absolutely magical.

This is exactly why we leave the milkw**d! Our farm lies within the monarch's eastern migration range, and every patch o...
08/06/2026

This is exactly why we leave the milkw**d!

Our farm lies within the monarch's eastern migration range, and every patch of milkw**d offers the next generation a place to begin.

Working with nature sometimes looks like doing less: leaving a plant, making room, and letting one tiny traveler eat its way towards wings. 🦋

As odd as it sounds, we have to periodically cut the paddock! Alpacas are selective in their grazing (at least our ls a...
08/06/2026

As odd as it sounds, we have to periodically cut the paddock!

Alpacas are selective in their grazing (at least our ls are), which means w**ds need to be kept at bay in order to prevent them from crowding out the plants they like.

But that's not the only reason. Grasses also lose nutritional value if they get too long, and the alpacas will instinctively stop eating them. So occasional cutting helps keep everyone healthy and happy.

Long grass isn't all bad, however. Our alpacas love laying in it, and they can seemingly disappear until a head pops up. This week I made sure to keep some long corners so shy Sari could still have a hiding spot. ❤️

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Prescott, ON
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