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Our journey begun with chickens and goats. In 2023 we are launching a micro flower farm offering a bouquet CSA. Message us or visit our website for more info

10/14/2026

We chose not to list for preorder again this week, with a full schedule around the Garlic Festival (Roberta's Pottery) and another uncertain weather forecast.

Even so, we were able to harvest and send lots of scented geranium, the last few bunches of Green Dianthus, and our first bunches of Snowberries to the floor.

At this point in the season, each new stem feels especially meaningful. The main harvest is winding down, but the berries are reminding us of what this part of the year can offer — texture, color, and a different kind of beauty.

We are also keeping an eye on our young Ilex. We are not harvesting these this year, letting the plants keep growing and building strength for future seasons. But seeing the berries out there now makes us excited for what fall at Great Ring Farm may become.

Grateful for these late-season stems, and for the chance to keep learning what the farm can offer.

10/07/2026

We listed conservatively this week, unsure of how our flowers had held up after the recent weather. But we still pushed hard to send as much as possible to the floor, and once we wrapped up harvest, we ended up with lots of extra bunches.

Among the highlights: Green Dianthus, thornless blackberry, and eucalyptus.

The Green Dianthus feels especially fitting for this moment in the season. We harvested our first stems in late April, and this week we are cutting the last stems of this year’s crop while also planting fresh Dianthus for next year.

That is the rhythm of the farm right now — sending out what remains of this season while quietly getting the next one started.

Grateful for the flowers that held on, and for another week of local stems making their way into the world.

09/30/2026

The harvest may be quieter this week, but the farm itself is anything but.

With the weather forecast and a short lull before the mums begin, we opted not to list for preorder because our schedule was a bit uncertain. While much of the field harvest can wait another week, we were glad to have Chris from bring a few ready bunches of Sedum, green dianthus, and our last sunflowers to the floor today.

Behind the scenes, most of our work right now is about getting next year’s crops into the ground. September has this unique double life: sending the last of one season out the door while setting up the next.

We are in the middle of a big fall planting push, getting campanula, snapdragons, foxgloves, and other spring crops established. while seeding cover crops to build soil health heading into winter. Grateful for this work between flower seasons, and for the promise of what’s going into the ground right now.

09/23/2026

As the main season begins to wind down, we found ourselves harvesting from both ends of the farm’s story.

Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ was one of the first crops we planted here, nearly four years ago, right after our peonies and Baptisia. There are newer and fancier Sedums out there, but this humble, reliable crop has become one of our highest-volume offerings — steady, useful, and still showing up generously when so much else is beginning to slow.

Gomphocarpus, on the other hand, is one of our newest crops this year. We had heard there was strong florist interest in it, but every new crop gives us more to learn — how to harvest it, process it, and present it well. Seeing it move through the these last few weeks has been a real encouragement.

This week was less about introducing something new and more about sending as much beauty as we could to the floor as the season begins to narrow. We harvested lots of Sedum, extra scented geranium, Gomphocarpus, and other late-season stems — including a little curly willow, though not quite enough extra for the floor this time.

And if we are thinking about the fondest memories of the season, fragrance has to be part of it: walking into the cooler and catching eucalyptus, scented geranium, bouquet dill, phlox, and all the green, herbal notes that made certain harvest days feel especially alive.

There are still lilies and mums ahead, but this part of September makes us grateful for all that has already passed through our hands — the crops that surprised us, the ones that carried us, and the growers, florists, designers, and flower lovers who made room for them.

Grateful for this season, and grateful to keep harvesting what remains.

09/15/2026

In what may be our last big harvest week before the mums begin, Viburnum ‘Brandywine’ felt like the highlight — rich, seasonal, and right on time.

Alongside the Viburnum, we harvested lots more Sedum, some scented geraniums, a few extra Gomphocarpus, and pink and white Japanese Anemones for the floor.

Grateful for these September stems, and for each week that still brings something worth noticing.

09/09/2026

By September, some of the most interesting stems are not always the largest blooms, but the foliage, berries, fragrance, and texture that give arrangements depth.

Viburnum berries are still about a week away, but we were able to send a few extra bunches of Symphoricarpos to the floor again this week. As the main flower harvest begins to slow, these smaller berry stems feel like one of the first signs of where the field is headed next.

Alongside the Symphoricarpos, this week’s harvest includes an array of Sedum, fresh eucalyptus, scented geraniums, and more Gomphocarpus — with its delightful balloon-like pods.

Grateful to keep harvesting what September is offering.

09/01/2026

Labor Day feels like a natural turning point in the flower season.

For some, this is still a busy stretch of wedding work. For many of our CSA members and farm friends, the rhythm is shifting toward school routines and fall schedules.

This week, we’re especially excited to send Gomphocarpus to the floor for the first time. New to us this year, its bright green, balloon-like pods are exactly the kind of unusual, texture-rich stem that keeps us curious as growers.

We’re also harvesting Japanese Anemones for the first time. Planted two years ago, they are one of the quiet rewards of perennial growing — a reminder that some of the best flowers ask us to wait.

As the season changes, we’re grateful for the flowers that keep arriving, the growers and designers moving with the rhythm of the year, and the community that continues to make room for local flowers.

If you’re headed to the floor this week, we hope you find something beautiful and unexpected.

08/26/2026

Last week was an eventful one for Great Ring Farm.

We had an educational and inspiring visit to the floor — seeing so many beautiful stems and enjoying a warm conversation with a florist who had recently used some of our more unusual flowers. It was such an encouragement to see photos of her arrangements and to glimpse how our flowers became part of her work.

It reminded us once again what a privilege it is to belong to this wonderful community of local growers, buyers, and designers.

Even as our availability begins to taper, we were still able to send a varied assortment of foliage and fillers to the floor this week: fresh eucalyptus, three types of scented geranium, tall Persian cress, chocolate Sedum, and an array of texture-rich grasses — including ‘Frosted Explosion’ alongside Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah,’ a native perennial grass we’re excited about as a local alternative.

But this week, what moved us most was something we didn’t send to the Collective.

We harvested our first tuberose of the season.

A series of challenges largely wiped out this year’s tuberose crop, so we won’t have extra to offer. But even a single stem felt deeply meaningful.

Tuberose carries us back more than thirty years, to when Chand was living in São Paulo, Brazil, and Roberta was still in college. When we first started dating, she would visit every other weekend, and one of the things Roberta remembers most vividly from those days is that there were always fresh tuberose stems in the apartment.

We could not have imagined back then that our shared love of flowers would one day lead us here — to this farm, this work, and this community.

This year’s tuberose crop may not have turned out as we hoped, but we are so grateful for the memory it brought back. We’ll bring them back in full force next year.

08/18/2026

Even as the season begins to shift, we have a few new flowers headed to the floor this week — including a rich chocolate Sedum, crisp variegated Snow-on-the-Mountain, dainty pink ‘Proud Berry’ Symphoricarpos, and a gorgeous lime green Lisianthus.

We post often about the flowers themselves, but for us, they have always been about people. What moves us most is knowing they become part of someone else’s meaningful moments — celebrations, gatherings, goodbyes, tables, weddings, gifts, and quiet acts of care.

And behind the flowers at Great Ring Farm are people we are deeply grateful for.

Roberta is our grower-in-chief, the steady heart of so much of what happens here. Juliann came to us as an intern during our very first month, four years ago, and has been helping shape the farm almost since the beginning. She heads back to college this week, and we are so grateful for everything she has poured into this place.

And Chand is here too — harvesting, delivering, taking too many flower photos, and always learning.

Juliann and Chand will be visiting the CT Flower Collective floor this week, so if you see us there, please say hello.

Thank you to the florists, designers, buyers, CSA members, friends, and supporters who keep making room for our flowers. We are grateful that something grown here can become part of your lives and moments of joy.

08/11/2026

Late summer has us living in two seasons at once at Great Ring Farm.

We’re still harvesting beautiful stems for the floor — and this week includes a few that feel especially exciting to us.

The Roselilies were a late addition to our availability list after they quietly crept up on us over the weekend. ‘Ciara’ is a stunning pollen-free double Oriental lily, with large vibrant pink blooms, soft white edges, and a delicate fragrance. They feel like a true late-summer treat.

We’re also sending Great Burnet, one of those unusual local flowers we get especially excited about. Its deep burgundy-maroon, drumstick-like blooms float on wiry, branching stems with fine-textured foliage, adding movement, contrast, and an architectural quality to arrangements. It is exactly the kind of distinctive stem we love growing.

And the scented geraniums we were watching so eagerly in the greenhouse earlier this year are finally coming in with enough abundance to share more fully, bringing the fragrance and foliage texture we had been hoping for.

At the same time, our minds are already turning toward next season. We’re preparing beds, starting seeds, refining crop plans, and thinking about what worked, what challenged us, and what we want to grow more of in the year ahead.

That is one of the strange and beautiful parts of farming flowers: one season is still blooming while the next one is already beginning.

If you’re headed to the floor this week, we hope you find something beautiful, fragrant, and full of late-summer feeling.

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Sandy Hook, CT
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