Spring Seedlings

We grow in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire in zone 6b. We grow seedlings for our own cut flower and vegetable gardens, and to sell at our roadside stand. We offering seedlings to home gardeners by pre-order. We are aiming to have cold-hardy varieties after April 1st and tender plants between May 15th and Memorial Day weekend, depending on the weather.

Latest photos 3/22/21

We've moved anything cold tolerant out to the hoophouse now. Already jockeying for space! (3/22/21)

Fresh woodchips in the aisles. (3/22/21)

Everything gets tucked in every night. (3/22/21)

Redbor Kale and a few alyssum. (3/22/21)

On 3/22 we potted up pepper plants! These are Cubanelles, Sweet Bananas, Jimmy Nardello's, and the ones I'm really excited about - Shishito! (3/22/21)

Warm flowers starting in the basement. These are celosia 'Pampas Plume' for our mid-summer bouquets. (3/22/21)

Calendulas, putting on true leaves and nice size. (3/22/21)

Feverfew Tetra White and Lime for our spring bouquets.

Earliest Snapdragons hardening off in our hoophouse.

Calendula Indian Prince and Sherbet Fizz

Arugala, Chinese Cabbage, Butterfly Weed, and Thyme that we will prick out to soil blocks or individual cells.

Lisianthis take almost 6 months between germination and bloom. These little babies will go into the hoophouse in mid-March.

Kholrabi and Kale Mix, just emerged with excellent germination.

Red Bohr Kale and Carpet of Snow Alyssum. Alyssum is actually a brassica and it's very cold tolerant. I hope to sell these in early spring just starting to bloom.

These sweet peas will go into our hoophouse for early bouquets. They are about 3 weeks ahead of sweet peas for planting outside.

Our second sowing of Calendula 'Indian Prince' and 'Sherbet Fizz', just emerging.

We start most flower seeds in these tiny 3/4" soil blocks and then pot them up after germination.

Chamomile and Echinacea have a lot of growing to do!

Peppers are the very first warmth-loving seeds that we start.

Rose mint agastache is an annual but it's form and fragrance are lovely and really draw in the bumblebees and other pollinators.

Perennials & Cut Flowers

We grow all of our own perennials, either from seed, from cuttings, or by root division. We’re particularly interested in native perennials and other plants that encourage and support pollinators. In 2022, we added a small, slightly heated greenhouse to overwinter fall-started perennials to greatly broaden our offering, as well as to give an early start to cold-loving plants for cut flowers.

Latest photos 3/22/21

Dormant perennials starting to emerge. These are columbine, Montauk daisy, and garden phlox. (3/22/21)

Dormant perennials starting to emerge. (3/22/21)

Dormant perennials starting to emerge. These look like yarrow, rudbeckia, catmints, and russian sage. (3/22/21)

Yarrow, "Summer Berries" , seeded last fall. (3/22/21)

Yarrow, 'Summer Berries' seeded in the seed room in early spring. (3/22/21)

Overwintered bachelor's buttons for bouquets. (3/22/21)

This week, we put the lisianthus in beds in the hoophouse. (3/22/21)

A few dahlia tubers from last year. (3/22/21)

Purple coneflower, probably for the 2022 season. (3/22/21)

Tiny Asclepias tuberosa, native butterfly weed, just finally emerging and planned for 2022. (3/22/21)

It'll be a while before we can do anything outside, but inside the hoophouse, our overwintered plants are just starting to take off.

Dianthis, planted in the fall spent the winter frozen in the beds.

These will be our earliest snapdragons for spring bouquets.

Feverfew Tetra White and Lime were seeded in October.

Bachelor's Button, starting to push new growth.

2020 Summer Season

In 2020, we offered plants and bouquets for sale at our roadside stand. The stand kept us busy and offered a no-contact option for visitors to beautify their own homes and occupy their time during a difficult time. In 2021, we plan to DOUBLE our offering of seedlings and perennials with greater focus on native and pollinator friendly varieties.