Creekside Flower Farm

10/07/2026

07/01/2026

Limited Edition 4th of July DIY Buckets available now for pick up only on July 2nd and 3rd!

Order online and pick up at the farm!

04/16/2026

Guess how much 💰

Let’s talk about numbers when it comes to baptisia, this gorgeous spike-flower crop!

Each of these plants started as a bare root—meaning just the bit that’s underground, no top growth. I selected 8 varieties that were available at the time through Walters Gardens. If I remember correctly, these roots were about $5 each WHOLESALE. I bought 200!

It’s been three years and our plants are well established and we cut hard on them!

So far from one variety of 25 plants, we’ve cut 480 stems, that’s 48 bunches and we sell each bunch for $20-25. That means from 1 of our 8 varieties (perhaps our most prolific variety) we will make $960-$1200. Now let’s be generous and say that we make that on all 8 varieties—we would gross about $8000 a year on this crop!

Again, this is just one crop and one piece of the puzzle of this farm!

What are your thoughts?

04/06/2026

Spring is for spikes!

In floral design flowers are categorized into different features that they represent in an arrangement.

Focal flowers have big heads and take up chunks of space—think peonies, ranunculus, roses.

Filler flowers are often smaller and more dainty, perhaps adding texture, movement and intrigue to an arrangement.

Spikes or line flowers are what give the arrangement height!

In spring there are copious options for spikes/line flowers—snapdragons, delphinium, rattail statice, baptisia, flowering branches, larkspur, foxglove, the list goes on!

A lot of these flowers only grow and bloom in the spring, using all of their stored energy from winter to send up tall blooms. It can be tricky to grow or source line flowers in the summer and fall as options can be much more limited.

I love the spikes, I think tall flowers are the coolest thing, especially when I remember the itty bitty, teeny weeny seeds that produce 4’ tall stems!

Do you have a favorite spike/line flowers?