Winter time is a beautiful time for reflection. Slowing down and relaxing. Finding joy in the little things. Planting seeds, sprouting corms and getting organized for the season ahead.
A little reflection back to 2009 when I lived in Rome, studying Architecture. I remember roaming the streets of Trastevere looking for something to eat for breakfast. Italians don’t do breakfast like Americans, most breakfast is made at home. What they do have is one of the most amazing things I discovered while living in Rome, it’s called spremuta d'arancia! That’s fresh squeezed orange juice. I remember ordering spremuta almost every single morning for my breakfast with a croissant, sometimes a coffee. It became a routine; my favorite part of the day. Then, one day I showed up and asked for spremuta and they gave me a glass of red juice… I didn’t understand what this meant at the time. It was spring, and along with it came blood red orange season and that was the orange juice that you got. Oh a new love… like no other! One that speaks the language of the earth. This Idea of eating within the seasons was introduced to me in a foreign country. I will forever be grateful and so appreciative of this way of living. Whenever I see Blood Red Oranges this time of year I like to make a little spremuta to warm my heart.
I absolutely love this tradition, growing with the season and changing with it as well. Finding new things to excite me and inspire. As I’m planning for the garden this year I’m excited for all the different phases and flowers that will come in and out. Right now, the colors of fresh oranges and the memory of flowers bring the sweetness of summer into my body and fill my heart.
I have so many Flowers I am looking forward to this spring! Some are tulips, foxglove and Italian Ranunculus. I just started sprouting my ranunculus in the green room! They are such an incredible flower, they look like tiny land octopus.
I’ve dedicated an entire bedroom to growing and storing plants, where they’ll be protected from freezing temperatures until it warms up. The Tulips and yarrow are already showing signs of life in the garden, just in time to be blanketed again by a protective layer of a beautiful, white snow.
I just announced my CSA’s at an event in my local community and already have so many amazing friends and supportive neighbors. If you’ve cheered me on, purchased my flowers or a CSA from me, thank you for your support and encouragement, it means the world to me. I couldn’t do it without you!
Spring offerings
This spring we are offering several CSA’s
CSA stands for community supported agriculture. This is a great model that allows the community to support farmers in the beginning of the season when most upfront costs are incurred. The CSA model ensures that we will be able to provide you with weeks and weeks of beautiful flowers in the Hudson Valley.
May-June Spring CSA Offerings
Spring Flower CSA Featuring Tulips
Two or Four weeks of Spring Bouquets. We anticipate blooms around 5/10 or sooner. This is a lovely gift for Mother’s Day! Tentative Pickup Wednesday Afternoons at Unfiltered Wines in Woodstock. 3-5pm
Spring Perennial CSA Featuring NY Native Wildflower Plugs
This is our first year of providing Pollinator Perennial CSA’s!
Inspired by my love for supporting native wildlife and the restoration of the land that came before us, The Woodstock land Conservancy, the Pollinator Pathway, and the Woodstock Biodiversity Initiative; to include more pollinator friendly native wildflowers within the community.
These plants are selected for their collective beauty along with their climate resiliency and resistance to deer. They support native NY wildlife throughout the season. What a great way to support the biodiversity in our community. You can choose between having a pollinator patch (60SF) which consists of 32 perennial plugs of native wildflowers and grasses. The pollinator garden option consists of 50 native wildflowers, ferns, and grasses that fills an area of approximately (100SF)
32 Pollinator Perennials CSA + 50 Pollinator Perennials CSA
Join our mailing list so we can let you know when our flowers are ready! Pickup from our new flower farm in Saugerties, Delivery options also available locally within 30 miles of Woodstock.
We also have other CSA’s and Landscape Design this Season
Early Summer Flower CSA
Featuring Wildflowers
Late Summer Flower CSA
Featuring Dahlias
2, 4, and 6 Weeks of Dahlias from our Flower Farm
Spring Landscape Consultations and Installations available on a first come first serve basis. Please email Lauren@famousmeadow.com if you have any questions.