A Guide to Understanding and Buying Sunflowers Sunflowers offer multiple benefits for gardeners. They grow well in dry conditions. They thrive in heat. They are generous in their length of bloom – all summer long until early... Read More
Trusting Your Intuition: Learning to Speak Fluent Flower Everyday we are learning more and more that the language of flowers is very real - but not in the traditional, romantic way we have traditionally thought about it. A... Read More
Don't Squeeze the Bud: Three Ways to Extend the Life of Your Cut Peony Nothing marks the gentle return of summer like a peony. At Bear Creek Farm, we are obsessed with this extraordinary flower - and always moved to write about them. Their... Read More
Nature's Artistry Woven by Annual Summer Seeds Today I am going to remind you about the seminal role of seeds. While the importance of seeds may seem obvious, it is my experience that the floral varieties that... Read More
Maximize Success Growing Dahlias in Pots There is an understandable temptation to attempt to grow dahlias in pots for a myriad of reasons. We all love dahlias. As well, many dahlia lovers living in urban areas... Read More
Dahlias: A How-To Guide from Beginning to End and then Beginning Again Few flowers seem to catch that late-summer-into-early-fall shimmer quite like a dahlia. In an extraordinary nod to the ever-dynamic wonders of nature, the subtle hues of dahlias – throwing royal... Read More
Aphids, Spiders and Mites, Oh My: How to Grow Flowers without Chemical Treatments At Bear Creek Farm, as we nurture beauty from the ground up. We are ever mindful of the natural tendency of people to overthink the very thing that they are... Read More
Coloring With Cosmos: Discover these Easy-to-Grow Blooms Cosmos, a stunning flowering bloom (belonging to the daisy family) derives from the sunny and color-drenched climes of Mexico and Central America. Cosmos are beloved for a host of reasons,... Read More
