Great Ring Farm

Great Ring Farm 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

We recently shared that what we are building here has always been about people, and how flowers find their way into some...
06/16/2026

We recently shared that what we are building here has always been about people, and how flowers find their way into some of life’s most meaningful moments.

This week, that truth became deeply personal as we navigated the loss of a dear friend.

In a poignant first for the farm, we were asked to create the casket flowers for the service. It was humbling and challenging for us, but bringing our fresh stems into that space felt like the most fitting way to honor a truly special life.

Meanwhile, life on the farm kept its relentless pace. Alongside a full harvest, we had a steady flow of retail bouquets as our community celebrated graduations and other early summer milestones.

Beyond sending more snapdragons and the last of our Penstemon and Lady’s Mantle, some of the more interesting flowers we brought to the floor this week included the whimsical, textured white puffs of ‘Peter Cottontail’ Achillea and the striking green spires of Bells of Ireland. We’re also debuting the first of our airy, feathery pink Astilbe and the rich, saturated purple plumes of our perennial Campanula 'Superba'

Thank you for allowing us to share both the quiet, personal moments and the busy, blooming ones as this season unfolds.

This week feels like old meeting new at Great Ring Farm.Snapdragons were one of the first crops we grew successfully for...
06/09/2026

This week feels like old meeting new at Great Ring Farm.

Snapdragons were one of the first crops we grew successfully for market. We still remember the excitement of those early harvests, when we began to realize this little farm might actually become something. While we haven’t quite replicated those early stem lengths yet, we’ve shifted our focus to improving the richness of our colors and overall stem quality — and it’s a joy to see that work paying off in this new lavender flush.

On the other end of the spectrum is Penstemon — one of the newer perennial additions to our fields, planted just last fall. It has quickly become one of the stems we’re most excited about. Its deep, dark stems and luminous pale flowers bring a moody elegance and airy movement that feels exactly like the kind of distinctive flower we love to grow.

Among the other flowers joining them on the floor this week is Lady’s Mantle, bringing that soft, frothy chartreuse texture that is so essential for early summer arrangements.

Thank you for following along as the season keeps unfolding.

Calling our community friends — peony season is here at Great Ring Farm!For those who loved our mums last November or ou...
06/04/2026

Calling our community friends — peony season is here at Great Ring Farm!

For those who loved our mums last November or our Mother’s Day tulips, this is another special moment in the flower season.

We’ll have straight peony bunches and mixed peony bouquets available this week.

Message us here or text Chand at 203-260-3911 to reserve yours.

Quantities are limited, and peonies are only here for a short window. 🌸

Despite last week’s weather challenges, it turned into a record week in Great Ring Farm’s short history — and this week,...
06/02/2026

Despite last week’s weather challenges, it turned into a record week in Great Ring Farm’s short history — and this week, the peonies flowed.

‘Shirley Temple’ — a soft blush peony planted four years ago — became the heroine of the drama. After years of waiting, seeing those stems come off the farm in real quantity felt like a real milestone.

And yet, if you followed along last week, you may have noticed that we kept talking about Baptisia.

We’ll always appreciate the big seasonal favorites, but as growers, we’re increasingly drawn to a different path: perennials, woodies, and unusual seasonal stems that make local flowers feel truly special. Tulips now play a small role here, mostly for our CSA, and last fall we made the decision to step away from dahlias altogether.

That path is showing up in the harvest now. This week we are bringing Saponaria, Geum, Lady’s Mantle, Sweet Peas, Alstroemeria, Craspedia, Sunflowers, and more Baptisia to the floor.

The best part? We are still harvesting only a portion of what we have planted — about a third of our peonies and roughly half of our Baptisia. Behind those are more perennials and woodies slowly coming into production, including the Mock Orange that delighted us this week with its white flowers.

That is what keeps us excited. Not just one beautiful week, but the sense of what is still ahead.

We deeply appreciate the team at the for the support they give growers through busy harvest weeks, the florists and event designers who made room for local flowers, our CSA members, and everyone in the community who stopped by.

Thank you for being part of this journey with us.

Recently, the reminded us that growers are heroes for farming through so many climate challenges. This weekend felt lik...
05/26/2026

Recently, the reminded us that growers are heroes for farming through so many climate challenges. This weekend felt like a testament to that truth.
Three days of rain, cool air, and heavy clouds slowed everything down. The rain made harvest difficult and threatened quality, while the lack of sun kept many buds tightly closed. We’ve learned how to respond to heat with shade cloth and cold with frost blankets, but this was one of those moments when there wasn’t much to do except wait and watch.
Weekends like this test us, but they also teach us. Each season gives us new information about timing, varieties, weather, and resilience. And then, just when the waiting feels hardest, a flower opens and reminds us why we keep doing this.
Seeing the peonies and Baptisia bloom this week felt especially poignant. Both came from some of our earliest perennial plantings — from a time when Great Ring Farm was not yet a concrete reality, but more of a hope and a calling we were planting toward.
The peonies were gorgeous, but this week, it was the delicate, ephemeral color of ‘Lunar Eclipse’ Baptisia that lit up our hearts. We don’t have extra bunches of ‘Lunar Eclipse’ for the floor this week, but we will have other beautiful Baptisia available through the CT Flower Collective, along with Bupleurum, Saponaria, and other late-spring stems.
These are the moments that keep us going: the trials that teach us, the flowers that surprise us, and the quiet joy of watching long-ago plantings finally become part of the harvest.
We’re so grateful to have you following along on this journey.

The growing year keeps moving, and the anticipation builds.We’re still waiting for what we hope will be our first big pe...
05/19/2026

The growing year keeps moving, and the anticipation builds.
We’re still waiting for what we hope will be our first big peony harvest from ‘Shirley Temple’ — a soft blush peony we planted four years ago. These long-term plantings ask for patience, and this spring we’re watching them closely.
But while we wait, the farm keeps offering signs of what’s ahead.
This week, we’re sending lots of Tangerine Geum and our first Baptisia of the year to the floor. We expect to have more Baptisia to list next week as the stems continue to open.
Nearby, we also spotted the first bloom of ‘Red Charm,’ a peony we planted just last year.
These are the moments that keep us excited: the crops we’ve waited years for, the first blooms from newer plantings, and the steady reminder that the farm is always building toward what comes next.
We’re grateful to have you following along on this journey.

Mother’s Day has come and gone, but the excitement continues.This was a quieter week on the farm as we began shifting ou...
05/15/2026

Mother’s Day has come and gone, but the excitement continues.
This was a quieter week on the farm as we began shifting out of tulips, ranunculus, and poppies and into the next wave of seasonal flowers.
We were delighted to send two favorites from last year — cynoglossum and bupleurum — to the this week. Quantities are smaller than we had hoped after a challenging winter, but seeing these familiar stems return still felt like a good marker of the season moving forward.
What excited us most this week, though, were our first few sweet peas — tall, graceful, and already hinting at what’s still to come.
We also had a few bright stems of alstroemeria and sunflowers make their way to in Newtown. Sal e Pepe has been part of our farm story for four years now, and long before that, it was one of our favorite restaurants in town. We’re grateful for relationships like these and for the chance to share our flowers with places we already love.
The season keeps shifting, and we’re grateful to have you joining us on this journey.

Mother’s Day is one of the biggest flower weeks of the year — a weekend when so many people choose blooms for someone th...
05/07/2026

Mother’s Day is one of the biggest flower weeks of the year — a weekend when so many people choose blooms for someone they love, and when flowers carry so much love, memory, gratitude, and meaning.

I’m thinking of my own mother this week, too, and I’ll be sending her lots of flower photos from the farm. Flowers have a way of helping us honor the people who have shaped our lives.

It has been a busy week on the farm, with tulips, ranunculus, poppies, and the last of our Peach Foxglove headed out to the , while we prepare flowers for our CSA members for Mother’s Day weekend.

But what brought us the most joy this week were these first hellebores.

We planted about 80 hellebore plants last year, not expecting much from them yet. The numbers are still small, but seeing these first cuts come off the farm felt like such a gift — and a small glimpse of what’s ahead.

These are the kinds of flowers we get most excited about: distinctive, seasonal blooms that remind us why local flowers can feel so special. Even in small numbers, they feel like a meaningful glimpse of where the farm is headed.

Wishing everyone a gentle and beautiful Mother’s Day weekend. Thank you for letting our flowers be part of your meaningful moments. 🌷

This week, we were delighted to send Peach Foxglove, Quince, Poppies, Ranunculus, and specialty Tulips to the .While t...
04/28/2026

This week, we were delighted to send Peach Foxglove, Quince, Poppies, Ranunculus, and specialty Tulips to the .

While the harvest is moving, what we’re most excited about is the start of our CSA season this Friday and Saturday.

As we prepare for these first pickups, we’ve been reflecting on why we started this journey. While we truly enjoy the flowers, what we’re building here has always been about people.

We’re looking forward to reconnecting with our returning members after the long winter break and meeting those of you joining us for the first time. We’re deeply grateful for this community—many of you have been with us since the begining.

We’re also grateful for the CTFC community of growers and buyers and for a few nearby florists who have been so encouraging to us along the way.

Flowers are how we express our joy and our sorrow, and they find their way into life’s most meaningful moments. Thank you for allowing us to be a small part of your lives—and for being part of this journey with us. 🌷

The excitement continues. The future is here.We were happy to send more ranunculus and poppies to the this week, along ...
04/21/2026

The excitement continues. The future is here.

We were happy to send more ranunculus and poppies to the this week, along with our first green dianthus of the season. We also added leucojum—an elegant alternative to lily of the valley.

But what really brought us joy was this quince in peach and white. Planted over the past two years as part of nearly 600 woodies, we weren’t expecting much yet. Seeing these stems come off the farm this week was a welcome surprise.

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