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May 20th 2014

Cafe au Lait Dahlia Giveaway {Winners Announced}
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Cafe au Lait Dahlia

In the process of cleaning up and putting away the dahlia boxes this weekend I discovered a little pile of leftover Cafe au Lait tubers that needs a good home. How about we do one more quick giveaway? Since I’m heading to the post office first thing in the morning, names are being drawn at 5:00 this evening, and winners announced shortly after. There are 4 chances to win a packages of 3 fat little tubers.

***THE LUCKY WINNERS ARE***

Ferriss Donham, “I love YOU! You are so so so so giving, generous and I am totally sucking up!!!”

William, “I would love to be able to plant these dahlias at the community garden I’m a member of in Brooklyn. I know they would look fantastic and contribute to turning our urban space into a floral sanctuary. The garden is open to the public so they would get plenty of attention and appreciation.”

Terri Todd, “I’m following in your footsteps in every way building my flower farm. I would love to add a little piece of your farm to mine!”

Maribeth Singleton, “Ohh how I would love to win & be able to grow these pretty flowers!!! They are breathtaking!! Fingers & toes crossed :)”

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346 Comments

  1. cori on

    Congrats to the winners, you can not find the tubers/bulbs any where.

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  2. catherine on

    In the quiet recesses of my dreaming mind, I’m formulating, creating, planning my very own flower farm. I keep all my ideas in a journal and pictures on my computer. Although I must still punch the time clock, persistent effort to save for my land is inching me towards a dream fulfilled. All that is required from me at this point is my least strong quality…patience. Yet, as I was on my knees digging 90 varieties of heirloom irises on a nearby farm, I could almost feel the earth beneath me as my own. Thank you, Erin, for your inspiration and generosity.

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  3. Anin on

    Here I am!!! After run around with my kids all day. I
    missing a piece of Eden ..~.~

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  4. Bernie miller on

    Flashback to my days following my grandmother and uncle as they plowed the field and placed the tubers in the row after the veggies. Would love to go down memory lane again.

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  5. Gar on

    Have a design studio and would love to these my my wedding clients!

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  6. Karen on

    oooooooh. Just can’t have enough Cafe au Lait – or floret! Thanks for all your flower growing inspiration.

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  7. Alexandria on

    Drop Dead Gorgeous. Would be so grateful to have these show stoppers. Thank you for creating this opportunity.

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  8. liz on

    I’d be so appreciative of the opportunity to have a cutting garden again. thanks for the consideration!

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  9. Liz Flatau on

    Our row of dahlias is not quite full…Cafe au Lait would be the perfect candidate to fill it up!

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  10. Mia on

    Oh! I am so excited there is one more chance to win beautiful dahlia tubers!! These are exceptionally gorgeous. Fingers crossed!! :)

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  11. Marina on

    Who doesn’t love a cup of Cafe au lait to start the day? These babes will look splendid in any of these 336 (and counting) hopeful gardens. Thanks for including so many people in your wild flower ride, Erin!

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  12. Julie on

    Would love to try dahlias!

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  13. Madison Hartley on

    Working on my cutting garden right now! These would be perfect!

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  15. Katie on

    I would love to win! Cafe au lait dahlias are gorgeous!

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  17. Lakshmi on

    Beautiful flowers. I hope I’ll be lucky enough to get some of these. Thanks, Erin!

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  18. Elia on

    This will be our first year to offer a flower CSA – I’m delighted to finally reach this point, and totally nervous about being able to pull it off! I’ve included small bouquets in our CSA the last couple years, practicing my flower-growing and bouquet-building skills.The cafe au lait are stunning. How generous of you to turn your leftovers into a giveaway!

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  19. Adam on

    My wife is always talking about Floret flowers…

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  20. Ainsley on

    So dreamy! Thanks for sharing the beauty. :)

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  21. Caitlin on

    ooooo those are some of the prettiest!!!! thank you!

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  23. Sue Ritter on

    Will they flourish in the state of Washington? We live not far from Olympia, located on the west side of the state. Would sure enjoy those beautiful flowers. Thanks for the opportunity!

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  24. Christina Cole on

    Dahlias are my favorite flower! I would love to win them! Crossing my fingers!!

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  26. Tracey on

    I love growing dahlias and find them to be the most amazing cut flowers! I first experimented with growing them three years ago for my wedding and have continued to grow them every year for friends weddings. This past winter I lost all my tubers… I guess they dried up. Gardening is a constant learning process! Thank you for all the information and resources you provide!

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  27. paige patterson on

    adore dahlias, have about thirty but we sold out of cafe au lair before I could snag any.

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  28. david froehlich on

    I would love to use these to be the first plants in my raised cutting beds to be used for my wedding this fall!

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  29. Jess on

    Would love some dahlias for the garden;)

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  30. Christina - Flores del sol on

    As a floral designer I have finally started my own small cutting garden this spring being inspired by the whole grow your own movement. These would be cherished by me and my three girls who love to help me and a pure delight to have in our garden.

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  31. Cindy on

    I would love to win – they are divine! Thank you for another lovely giveaway!

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  32. Lindsey on

    These are so very gorgeous. I planted 3 precious tubers of this kind this year but would love to plant a few more and share them with friends and family.

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  34. katy on

    These are truly queens in the dahlia court. Creamy and delicious, they can can jump style boundaries in so many arrangements. I live nearby–Bellingham– and would be thrilled to plant them in my new (and as of yet, under-planted) yard.

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  35. Shane on

    Love those! It would be fun to use some of my own farmed Dahlias in a wedding in August!!!!

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  37. shelle on

    Such a pretty colour! I have a little space where they would look perfect. I was so inspired by your talk at the Friday Harbor Master Gardner’s Clinic. I’ve been following your blog for a while and it was lovely to see you in person.

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  38. William on

    I would love to be able to plant these dahlias at the community garden I’m a member of in Brooklyn. I know they would look fantastic and contribute to turning our urban space into a floral sanctuary. The garden is open to the public so they would get plenty of attention and appreciation.

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  40. Megan Webber on

    Such a beautiful flower, I would love these in my garden!

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  42. Andi on

    Yes, please! These would be an oh~so~welcome addition to my garden!

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  43. Shannon on

    Thank you for the giveaway! I looked high & low this spring for Cafe au Lait tubers and growers were sold out. I’d love to add a couple to my growing collection. Plus, I’m in Anacortes so they’d stay close to home!

    Your work is beautiful, Erin. Your photos alone are a wonderful inspiration.

    Shannon

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  44. Amy on

    …believes in second chances…please count me in!

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  46. Kristy on

    I would love to grow some of those beauties!

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  47. Kendra on

    Mesmerized by your dahlia post a few months back, I now have 6 varieties that have just emerged from the soil – my first time growing them. But that didin’t fill up the bed all the way…there’s room for a few cafe au laits!

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  49. Erin on

    So excited about this giveaway! Thank you!

    Erin

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  50. Jessica on

    We’d LOVE to try some of those lovely dahlias :)

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  51. Chelsey Christensen on

    I would feel really, really happy to get picked! Thank you for always sharing!

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  53. Molly J on

    I love these flowers and they would look amazing in my garden ;)
    Molly

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  54. Kristen on

    These would not be for me, but for my best friend Jenn, who just bought a house with her husband in Richmond, and arranged with Floret’s Cafe au Laits for our wedding last year. Those dahlias – they’re magical!

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  55. Sandra Sarlinga on

    I would be thrilled to have them in our garden. gorgeous flower!

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  57. {wildflowers by design} lori witmer on

    ME<ME<ME :) SO excited to have gotten my hands on a little farmette this year, to start full blown flower farming!! These little babies would be the icing on the cake! Thanks Erin!!!

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  59. Katy Noelle on

    I think that I should get a special prize for persevering and finding the end of the comment queue! ;) No, actually, I think that the girl who had a dog named Dahlia ought to win! ;) Well, whatever happens, thanks for the fun and whether we win or not, we’ve got your gorgeous pictures to fill us up! :)

    xo

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  60. Ashley Malcolm on

    This is our first season growing dahlias. We’d love to grow these too!

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  61. Hon on

    Love your dahlias, Erin. Wish I could have some growing on my sad and empty balcony.

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  62. Kim U. on

    Thank you for the chance to win. They are beautiful.

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  63. Kate on

    I hope I win!!!!

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  65. mindy on

    I’m learning about dahlias now. Would love to attempt these beauties.

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  66. Jennifer on

    Those little beauties will find a good home in my garden!

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  67. Amber on

    You are such an inspiration! And the photography on your blog. Wow. Thank you for this giveaway, I’ll be crossing my fingers.

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  68. Michele on

    I am growing dahlias for the first time this year, and your dahlia posts have helped me quite a bit. I’m trying to track down the favorites you recommended. Thanks!

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  69. Leah on

    I’m a flower and herb apprentice this year and an eager to start my flower collection for the future!

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  71. Laura on

    Cafe au Lait dahlias make my heart skip a beat!!

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  73. Elise on

    Ex-dahlia-growing Seattleite moved to Maui and avid follower of your floral-farming adventures. My tubers are all over the Seattle spread amongst friends and I’ve just started building my Hawaiian collection. Since I grow at elevation, they do wonderfully here and your lovely Cafe au Laits would be perfect growing on the side of a volcano, no?

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  74. Suzy Haggerty on

    Oh, how I love those Cafe au Lait! The field is yearning for them!

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  75. Elisa on

    Ooo how I would love to ‘parent’ one of these beautiful Dahlia’s! They are one of my favorite flowers…so luscious! lol

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  76. Caitlin on

    This is my favorite of all the dahlias! I’m planning to grow a few in my community garden plot this year. :)

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  78. Lynn Sweeney on

    LOVE your posts! Your flowers are magnificent!!

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  79. Pamakane Pico on

    aloha, I absolutely adore your work I am a big huge fan of your work from hawaii, I’m also an upcoming hawaii designer. Grew up in flowers on the island of Molokai on a tropical flower farm. I’ve always adored Dahlias in fact I’m growing some right now. They are not like yours but tiny I would be the happiest girl in the world to own one of your beautiful dahlias and they will taken care of in my poetic Garden I have. I love gardening and taken care of plant designing I am a Flower Artist. Much Love & ALOHA
    MAKANE #8083979825 hawaii

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  80. Harriet on

    Planted 3 dahlias yesterday and they would love to have some company. Dahlias are always welcomed in South Carolina! Love your site, book and instructional videos! Thank you for all the eye candy and inspiration.

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  81. Lisa A on

    Would love the chance to try and grow them. Going to work to empower ourselves this year. We are so far away, we must become more creative to have access to the lovelies we want. We would be so grateful for the opportunity!

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  82. Kia on

    These dahlias are beautiful!

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  83. Rondi Anderson on

    Oi! I”m not the first, but I’d love a chance. Thanks!

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  84. Faro on

    I posted this last. Ight on the other giveaway post because this one was posted at the time of the instagram post. Hope I am not too late :) ///////// Hello, I hope this is the post to reply to for the new contest giveaway you just posted on instagram this evening. I so enjoy your beautiful feed and look forward to it every day, the images you send are so inspirational. I love dahlias and would be so thrilled to have some of yours in my garden. Please enter me in the current giveaway. Best, Faro

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  86. Tammy Howard on

    Would love to win this time around. I am planning on planting our dahlias this weekend! Montana is a bit behind most of the other flower farmers!

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  88. Beth from LI NY on

    I’d love to grow some of your beautiful Dahlias!!!!! I promise to take care and add them to my gardens!!!

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  89. Yelena Shumakova on

    So excited for another Floret flower opportunity! I hope to add some beauty to my yard and begin a journey into flower production! :) Thank you for the opportunity Erin!

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  90. Randi Johnson on

    I would love to add these Dahlias to my homegrown cut flower arrangements! They are so vintage and old fashioned looking, I just love them! Erin, you are such an inspiration to farmer florists and I can’t wait to attend one of your workshops sometime! Thanks for sharing all of your beautiful work with the world!

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  91. Kirsten on

    Awesome! We’re slowly growing our school farm here in Colorado with a very limited budget. And prizes and freebies are a super bonus for all of us scroungers. Thanks for the chance. I’m crossing my fingers!

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  92. rebeccah on

    We would love to put them to our fields at Stone Meal Farm!

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  94. Sarah C on

    They are so so gorgeous. Would be more so excited to plant these beauties in my garden!

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  95. Janet on

    Beautiful, Thanks so much for sharing!

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  96. Nika on

    Absolutely gorgeous. I know a certain farm girl who would love to have these!!

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  97. Elana @ Spoon&Sailor Letterpress on

    Oh! I promise that I would give these gorgeous Dahlias an incredibly loving home in my garden — promise! Thank you so much for sharing all your beautiful work with us and fingers crossed a package of precious tubers gets to head Rhody-ways!

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  98. Shannon Brown on

    I LOVE your photos and stories of the Cafe au Lait dahlias and would be thrilled to give them a try in my yard. I hope I get the chance!

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  99. Sophie on

    I would be thrilled to have some lovely tubers show up in my mailbox! I’m a confirmed Dahlia addict.

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  100. carol ross on

    I would love to go to the mail box and have a package from you.

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  101. Fuschia Moss on

    Oh please, please, please!!!! The ever coveted Cafe’ au lait!!

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  102. Meaghan on

    I LOVE Cafe au Lait Dahlias! They are my favorite flower, they would look so beautiful in my garden next year!

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  103. Jacqui Fulcomer on

    I would love to win some tubers-just planted some Dahlias yesterday..sadly I am low of Cafe au lait- only 4 plants-I was a few days short and hours short of other sales. The dahlia if I win will be growing on a non- certified organic farm est. 2007. I am so excited to grow 200 foot row of dahlias this year! I am so glad also to see Floret Farm being one of the forerunners to making folks more aware of growing cut flowers locally.keep up the awesome work.

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  104. Colie on

    I’ve run out of space in the garden, but I will MAKE IT for these. Thank you!

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  105. Terri Todd on

    I’m following in your footsteps in every way building my flower farm. I would love to add a little piece of your farm to mine!

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  106. Evangeline Mahler on

    I still have room in the flower field and I would love to give those beauties a try.

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  107. Amy on

    Please please please, love these!!

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  108. Steph on

    Fingers crossed, I love your photos they brighten my day every day. I have no dahlias, my dad used to grow them and it would be so nice to have a few of yours. Thank you!!

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  109. Maggie Marks on

    Very few things make me happier than dahlias! I hope I get to learn how to grow them!

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  110. Ana G on

    I think the work you and your family are doing is stupendous. It is amazing watching your harvest via Instagram. Would love to have a tuber.

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  113. Beth Syphers on

    Would love to take care of them for you! I have a spot ready in the most perfect location on my beautiful farm!

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  114. Tian on

    So pretty :) Would love to be able to try planting some

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  115. Terry on

    Those are really pretty. They would look great with my roses.

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  116. zurisadai olivo on

    Please please please please please please pick me! As a flower lover and a struggling college student on a very tight budget I’d very much loooooooove to own these.

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  117. William Boal on

    I hope to be a flower farmer like you one day! I hope I get picked. These are beautiful flowers.

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  118. Loretta on

    Pick me. Loretta 7185066449

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  120. Sarah Garris on

    Would love these for our new house!!! Gorgeous! Fingers crossed!

    Reply

  121. Leslie on

    Would be so lovely for my new bees. We will be buzzing happy from Floret! It would be so awesome to have some!

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  122. laurie on

    I just got home from having a tooth pulled and visions of cafe au lait dahlias are dancing in my head… really. This is one of my dream flowers that I’ve always wanted in my garden. I hope the traumatic morning gives way to a lucky evening. Thank you for the chance at making it so.

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  123. Alison on

    I would love to win those beauties!

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  124. Nadine Williams on

    Ohh! I love, love, love them! I have all my fingers and toes crossed for good luck!! ;-)

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  126. Heather on

    Would love to add these to my collection!

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  128. Ella Bella Floral on

    Oh, to be able to pick a fresh Cafe au Lait from the garden! Instead of trying to revive it from a packed shipping box. I scarcely can let myself fantasize! Thank you for the happy thoughts :)

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  129. Kathy on

    Can never have too many Cafe Au Lait!

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  131. Lucy Whitridge on

    I think that your flowers are so beautiful and would love to grow some of your dahlias. I work on a flower farm in Southern Oregon and also have a huge garden of my own that I am turning into a lush sanctuary for cut flowers and vegetables. I hope to have my own flower farm someday soon! Thanks for this opportunity, it is fun to be a part of the raffle.

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  133. Brekka on

    I love love love dahlias. It is my hope to raise flowers and sell them at the local farmers market this summer!!

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  135. Sami Volcansek on

    I’ve always loved dahlias and finally have a tiny space to try to grow them. I love following you on Instagram; it would be such a special treat to have a tiny piece of your huge garden in our new little one. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for this, I never win anything!

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  137. Erica Maier on

    It would be my honor to receive your excess tubers! Thanks for the generosity and extending yourself to go above and beyond.

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  139. Shari on

    Would so love some of these!

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  141. Flora R. on

    These are astounding. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  142. Fran on

    Those are stunning!!

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  146. Linnea on

    Yes, cafe au lait are my favorite! I would love to grow those fat little tubers here in CA, thank you!

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  147. Tor on

    I’ll give them a good little home.

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  148. Sarah ("mooreplease" on IG) on

    Oh! I would love to add these to my small dahlia patch! I have loved seeing them in your IG feed! I hope I win, I hope I win :)

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  149. Karen Batman on

    Yes, would love to have those beauties in my garden!

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  150. Veni on

    Lovely Dahlias, so pretty. Would love to have them in my yard

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  151. Bonnie on

    I Love, Love, Love Dahlias!

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  152. Kim Mills on

    Ahhh! I’m a floral designer out of California and would love to grow some of your dahlias! Pretty please send them my way! :)

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  153. Shayne p on

    Love the blog and th Instagram account. Would love an oppritunity to win some tubers

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  154. Lorna on

    I always need more flowers. :)

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  155. Jason Aldred on

    Wow. They look great. This would be just plain awesome.

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  156. Katie M on

    Gasp!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!! <3

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  157. Kim Cole on

    These are my favorite, but have NEVER been able to get my dirty hands on them

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  160. Katie on

    Pick me! Pick me!! I would LOVE to have these in my garden

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  161. Jennifer on

    Love these and would love to add them to my garden!

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  162. taylor on

    be still my heart, the most beautiful.

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  163. Bonnie Cherner on

    Love dahlias! We have our first blooms (forced over the winter in the greenhouse) this week!

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  164. Patrick on

    How beautiful! Count me in!

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  166. Sarah Reyes on

    thanks Erin!!! It’s so cool of you to share this find with us! I happen to be in LA today and am going to try to find Silverlake Farms before we head back back up to SF. I saw a post you wrote about Tara visiting your place for a flower play date. I’m so inspired by you, and others who do what you do! Thanks for all you do to help SLOW down the floral industry!

    sarah

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  167. LeeAnn on

    Could I be so lucky to adopt these little tubers? Let’s hope so!

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  168. Sharika Kim on

    I stumbled upon your blog about a year ago from a dear friend who attended UCA with your husband. Since then I have been mesmerized and inspired by what you do. You’re living my dream!! I would LOVE more than anything to have some of these beautiful cafe au lait tubers to add to my dahlia bed!!

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  169. Emily on

    In the last give away you mentioned the tubers are certified organic. That is amazing! And just what we need! Nervous to try growing dahlias as my one and only attempt was an epic fail. Eager though to try again!

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  170. Candace on

    This one is my favorite dahlia!

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  171. Audrey Hurd on

    Oh…. what a treasure it would be to have gorgeous dahlias growing close to me:)

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  172. Nicole on

    Sorry, no US citizen but must enter anyway. I’m so much on the look out for such beautiful ecofriendly cafe au lait tubers. But can’ t find them anywhere!! When I finally found a sustainable nursery and drove up there especially for the cafe au lait, they were sold out!! I really need them because I want to make beautiful bridal bouquets with them! Xx

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  173. Jonna on

    Yay for another dahlia giveaway! Thank you!!

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  174. Karen Watkins on

    I LOVE Dahlias and whenever I see them I’m reminded of a sweet friend in England who when she discovered my love of them would show up every year during the blooming season w/the biggest wrapped bouquet of them for me just because!!

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  175. Amber on

    I would love to surprise my amazing mother with some tubers for her garden!

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  177. Mia B on

    I’d love some dahlias in my garden!

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  178. Meagan Lissner on

    Loooove your work ! We are a Texas based mother daughter owned flower shop who focused on fairly traded and locally grown blooms! Would love to try our hand at these.
    Thank you!

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  179. Ashley on

    Oh my, those look like a little piece of heaven!!

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  180. Annette on

    I have a naked nook in my garden that would become lavishly dressed with a few of these beauties.

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  182. rebecca wiswell on

    We love and grow quite a few dahlias and would love a tuber if you have any left. Thank you!

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  183. George Orser on

    I might as well try my luck way down here at the bottom of worthy contenders. They would be well cared for.thank you for all that you share.~Geo

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  184. Laura on

    My little boy Jude would love planting these with me! We like to spend time together in the garden.

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  185. Marsha Swezey on

    Fingers crossed! Can’t get enough Cafe Au Laits. Thanks for offering them up!

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  187. Jillian (Fruition Flowers) on

    I’m such a fan of your work Erin, you’re a true inspiration to my little flower business! Since following on Instagram, I’d like to think my cutting garden has benefitted in a big way! My best friend is going to be married here in NH in October, and cafe au lait would be the dreamiest addition to her bridal bouquet. My little farm is only a year old, and I’ve been religious about digging up my dahlias, so when I saw your contest announcement, my little heart leaped! Please consider me, and I promise to send on IG photos of the finished product!

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  188. Margo Geddes on

    Those Cafe au Lait are stunners! Would love to have some in the gardens!

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  189. Jennifer Freund on

    Your flowers are by far the most beautiful I have ever seen! So glad you work so hard to produce a fantastic product. Would love a piece of the wonderful Pacific Northwest down here in Texas. Its my favorite place on earth :)

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  190. Jennifer Bingham on

    The Queen of the dahlias! Thanks Erin for the chance for some of these lovelies!

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  191. Kristen on

    Dahlias are a girl’s best friend! Would love to win some!

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  192. VillageRat on

    Would love to see a little pack in the mail given this is pretty much a flower ‘desert’ here and promise to share some around in a year or so with others!!

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  193. Laura Winslow on

    Your garden is my Inspiration…. would love to grow those beauties… thanks Erin for sharing your flower life with all of us… !!!

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  194. Kelsey on

    Hi Erin! I would LOVE a chance to plant some of your Cafe au lait dahlias in my garden! I have been reclaiming some farmland that was previously conventionally farmed with the help of my 15 chickens! Dahlias bring so much color and beauty to the garden! You inspire me to keep my flower farm dream alive! I hope to get to one of your workshops one day:)

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  195. Hannah on

    Oh those were one of my fave to pick when I worked at Wollam Gardens! Thanks!!!

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  196. Erin on

    Yes, please! I can always make room for more dahlias!!

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  197. Priscilla Rendon on

    Love dahlias, they are so beautiful!! I would love to try these in my garden.

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  198. Aylie on

    Wow! These are so beautiful and hard to find too! Thank you for the chance:)

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  199. Sharon S on

    Love dahlias. Thanks for the second chance to win.

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  202. Jessica be on

    It’s a long shot but I am entering :-)

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  203. Aundi on

    These are so delicious!! I’d love to add these to my flower collection…

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  205. Raechel Schwarze on

    So beautiful!!! How thoughtful of you to share. Love your work!

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  206. Lindsay on

    I have a spot waiting for them!! :)

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  207. Angela Humphrey on

    Cafe au Lait are the flowers that started my obsession with dahlias….I have yet to grow my own and would love to grow as many as I can….
    Thank you for your generosity once again, Erin!

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  208. Maribeth Singleton on

    Ohh how I would love to win & be able to grow these pretty flowers!!! They are breathtaking!! Fingers & toes crossed :) kindly, Maribeth from Delaware

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  209. Kim Ocallaghan on

    I’d be honored to take these lovelies off your hands. We just moved into a new home with the most beautiful yard. I have the perfect spot in mind. Thanks for your generosity to this flower loving community.

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  210. Kate fadden on

    I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to add some of these beauties to my garden! What a sweet give-away!!

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  211. Roxanne H. on

    These are my favorite dahlias!!! So romantic!

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  213. Margie Heffinger on

    Oh my! I have been following your beautiful work for months now and am constantly inspired! I would take the best care of those tubers, I would send weekly photos of their progress and then use them in the centerpiece at one of the showers I’m hosting in the coming months! Regardless, thanks for the daily beauty – it brings such joy!

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  215. Kristi on

    My husband just built a planter box, half for veggies, half for flowers. I was wondering how I could get these beauties! I use them a lot during wedding season, and would love to try my hand at growing these on my own! Love them!

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  216. jodi on

    Yay for another chance to get ahold of these beauties! Thanks for your generosity, Erin : )

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  217. Pinouille on

    My daughter has an Oct. 4 wedding in Vermont and we are using the local farm at the Common Ground Center venue for the fresh-from-the-field wedding flowers. I would love to ship them to the farm to grow for us! HA! Although I have a huge flower garden here in CA which could always use a cool dahlia.. PS Love your book and the young farmer bought it too.

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  218. Kate on

    I’ve got nothing but space for these gorgeous Dahlias! Our garden is being renovated to make more room for veggies & flowers – less grass! Would love to grow these!

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  219. Jennifer on

    Such a beautiful flower and I love the name!!

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  220. Theresa on

    What a dream! Can’t wait for my first dahlias to bloom!

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  221. Molly Harman on

    I just bought my first home and would love to grow these this fall! I can be reached by email.

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  222. Jenn H. on

    I flew out to Seattle from Virginia to arrange flowers for my best friends wedding last august. She was the easiest bride with only one request to have some Cafe Au Laits in the mix. Of course they were no where to be found, all bought out months and months ahead of time. But with a last minute call and crazy amounts of luck, Floret came through for us! Every time I see a Cafe I think of Seattle, my best friend and her beautiful wedding! Thank you Erin for giving us such a wonderful memory!

    http://instagram.com/p/czIddhmQeY/

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  223. Beth S on

    These are the dreamiest dahlia… thank you so much for sharing your tuber wealth with us all!

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  224. Taryn D. on

    Would love to have these in my garden!

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  225. Emily Webb on

    My favorite dahlia and they would be so pretty in my garden surrounded by David Austin roses.

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  226. Emily on

    Dahlias are my absolute favorite!!

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  228. tia on

    ah! I would love these in my ‘growing for market’ plot !! <3

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  229. alisonlynn on

    New home owner here!! Just spent the last couple of weekends planting and fixing up our gardens. I already planted a couple dahlias and would love to add these beauties to my collection! I drool over you instagram – such a inspiration :)

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  231. Lydia DeWolf on

    I neeeed these because they’re my favorite flower ever and I’m dying to have them for my wedding bouquet!

    L

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  232. Bayley on

    I would love love love my garden to have some gorgeous dahlias growing in it!

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  233. Heather on

    Send some beauty to an urban garden in Chicago!

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  234. Kat on

    These are so incredibly beautiful! I have always wanted to plant dahlias and finally have a garden to do so in :)

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  235. Carolina Robayo on

    I have a little cardboard box of tubers from when we bought tubers from sunny meadow flower farm and would love a couple more to keep learning and plant all at once!

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  236. cat on

    These would be so lovely to add to my garden! I’ve been working hard to reverse the neglect it’s been experiencing lately!

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  238. Molly Jackson on

    Just swooning at the thought! These giveaways are just so kind of you. Couldn’t forgive myself if I didn’t give it a go for those illusive beauties! Happy Spring!

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  239. Shelley Gregory on

    These dahlias are stunning! This is my first year gardening and I would love to add these to my little garden sanctuary!

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  241. Christina Esp on

    My favorite variety, I have always been so jealous of the ones you grow, would LOVE them in my yard ;-)

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  244. dawn kelly on

    I love these and so do my clients so we would LOVE to try to grow some this year. Pretty pretty please ;) Love reading your posts. Always such beautiful images!

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  245. angela schuster on

    Would give them to Stone’s Throw Urban Farm that I intern with. They are growing flowers for the first year as an addition to their CSA.

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  246. Kelly Mendenhall on

    I would be over the moon if some cafe Au laits showed up in my mailbox! I’ve got the perfect place for them next to my studio entrance. Thanks for sharing your lovelies with us!!!

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  251. Letia Brown on

    Dahlias are so beautiful. I so want to plan a vacation to see your farm! The pics are always so spectacular. As a floral designer, it would be a dream come true!

    Blessings for a fabulous day!

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  252. Amy on

    Beautiful…I would love to add them to my small collection.

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  253. Erin Bauer on

    Tried buying these this year and completely sold out. This is my last chance!

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  255. Sweet Top Farm on

    Oooohhh lala! Would love to start our Dahlia collection!

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  256. Jodie on

    Graditude!!! Thanks for sharing your
    abundance!!!!

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  257. Anneke on

    I covet these beautiful dahlias! So enjoying the inspiration on your blog. Absolutely beautiful.

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  258. Jillian on

    Beautiful! And you are so generous to share.

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  260. Kris Drayovitch on

    So I’m probably not the most practical recipient given the fact I’m a relatively new gardener and have never grown dahlias before, but I’d love to give it a shot if you’ll take a chance on me!

    Have a beautiful day!

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  261. Angie on

    I’d love these! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  262. Neely on

    Love dahlias! So pretty!

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  263. Maggie on

    Where I live they don’t sell these, so I would love to have these in my garden!! The flowers will bring all the boys to my yard ;)

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  265. Arre Fuller on

    Oh I love dahlias! My grandmother has them in her yard (out of state) and last year I was visiting her the week before my brother’s wedding and saw the blooms nearing the end of the season. I thought how nice it would be if we could have used them for the wedding. The next week on a whim, I emailed my grandmother asking if there were any blooms left. She didn’t respond and I forgot to follow up so we proceeded with the floral arrangement and bouquets. Wedding weekend came and Nana showed up with the biggest, most beautiful single dahlia bloom that perfectly fit the top of the wedding cake. It was perfect and gorgeous and from there a love affair with dahlias was born!

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    • Pat kingsley on

      Nebraska soil
      Is so healthy.

  266. Toni on

    I remember seeing them for the first time last year on your blog. They are beautiful and I would love to grow some myself! Thanks!!

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  267. Julie B on

    oh oh oh….pick me, pick me, pick me!!!!

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  268. Jumee on

    Aahh must have! Crossing fingers and praying*
    :)

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  269. Kimberlee Anspach on

    I would love to try growing Dahlias. I love their blooms and would make some lovely cut arrangements using these for my house!

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  270. Sara Brown on

    My daughter from Seattle has been raving about these! I would love to grow them here in Kentucky!

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  271. Sarah on

    My garden in Portland, Maine NEEDS some of these!

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  272. Delores on

    Thanks for sharing your flowers with other dahlias fans. Our cafe au lates didn’t bloom properly for the past two years and I would really like to try your successful tubers. Thanks again!

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  273. Kelly on

    I’ve been wanting to plant dahlias in my yard since we moved last year! So happy to see this lovely giveaway!

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  274. Sarah Schulweis on

    I love my mason jars but it would sure be nice yo have theses babies around to put my weekly farmers market loot in.
    323.333.1229

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  275. Serah Jo on

    A priceless gesture!!! The anticipation builds!

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  277. Erika Stephens on

    Super excited for a chance to tuck these tubers in! Seriously a dream. I would baby these beauties like a surrogate mama.

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  279. Lindsay on

    I just moved to a new home last year and need some dahlias in my garden. I just love following your season on Instagram + blog. Thank you for sharing!

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  280. Kendra on

    Love my flowers like I take my coffee!

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  281. Maria Garcia on

    I would love to have these in my garden! I’m a budding florist with a big heart for flowers and would be so excited if I can grow these babies and see them outside of my house!

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  282. Juliana Ibarra on

    Cafe au lait dahlias are gorgeous! Would love to grow them in my garden in Mexico!

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  284. jennifer on

    beautiful!! would love to try my hand at these

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  285. Stephanie on

    These look a lot like the dahlias we had at my baby daughters memorial service. The picture is pulling my heart strings. I love all your flowers but pink dahlias are of course quite special.

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  286. alicia on

    My sweet dog was named Dahlia. I plant a tuber every season in celebration if her adorableness and tenacity.

    Au lait is not yet in my dahlia garden. It would be so cherished!

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  287. Kristin Dahl on

    I’m starting my first dahlia garden this spring. These would be a great addition to the 6 tubers I bought. Thanks for the offer!

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  288. Jesse M on

    It would be so fun to win these beautiful dahlias!!

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  289. Julio on

    Café au lait are my favorite dahlias in the whole wide world!! There beauty in shades of peach, cream and blush is indescribable!

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    • Julio on

      Oh God! Their, not There!

  291. Sarah S. on

    Love au Lait with my café! Would love it even more in my garden!

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  292. Travis Anderson on

    First discovered Cafe au Laits when I started following your work. Very cool of you to give some of these amazing dahlias away!

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  293. Heather m on

    Yes please! I promise to give them a good home and take a ridiculous amount of photos of them.

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  294. Lora on

    Would love to win. This is my first year attempting to grow them.

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  295. Jamie A. on

    Would love to see those west coast beauties find their way into my east coast garden!

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  296. Amanda Burnette on

    Ooh, my yard needs some Cafe au Lait loveliness! Thanks for another awesome opportunity to win some goodies!

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  297. Erin on

    I have a perfect spot for these bad boys!

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  298. Jamie on

    I would LOVE a chance at growing these!

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  300. Ronda Snyder on

    Gonna give this another try..haven’t tried Dahlias before, always admired them in the bulb catalogues..we are besot with deer this season and I’ve read deer don’t favor dahlias..if this works it may be the next favorite neighborhood flower! Thank you for the opportunity! Ronda Snyder

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  301. Viv on

    I searched for this dahlia high and low online to get started on my new cutting patch. NONE to be found!!! Also was trying to find the beloved Appleblossom dahlia that you grow. NONE–nadda—zip-. …….. Would be honored to get ANY of your beloved dahlias to start my first patch. Thanks, again for all you share….:)

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  302. svitlana miller on

    Dahlias are one of my favorite flowers!!!! And let me tell you I have been enjoying reading your posts. So glad ur link popped up on my Facebook!

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  303. Lennie Larkin on

    Ooh thanks Erin. Nothing like the promise of winning some tubers to start the day off right :)

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  305. Monica on

    Pick me!!! They are so perfect!

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  306. Renee on

    Wonderful and generous of you! Many thanks, no matter who gets them, many will be delighted!

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  307. Linda L. Loy on

    I left a rather gushing note to you Erin on the Facebook only because I am inspired by your love of flowers and the manner in which you celebrate them. Your Cafe au Lait pics last year were the impetus for me to plant dinner plate dahlias. I am grateful for your site and thank you for loving flowers. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE a dahlia tuber of any kind, but a Cafe au Lait tuber would thrill me. Linda Loy

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  308. Bekah on

    Cafe Au Lait dahlias are my absolute favorite. I planned my wedding around them two years ago. Would love to have those memories growing in my garden!

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  309. Katie Phillips on

    I just got my flower bed dug, edged and weeded- ready for planting. I would love to add dahlias!

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  310. John Auger on

    I would be so excited to give this plant a home in my flower beds! Thanks for this contest and the chance of winning some tubers.

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  311. Maureen deBruyn on

    I love these Dahlias! I would take good care of them, and share them with other florists here in MN where it is just the right time to get them started. Also my son in law has decided to start growing them and other flowers for our market here. He became interested in the Slow Flower movement after reading your blog, and is hoping to suppliment their income and improve their families Heath with better gardening. He is renting farmland to get started!
    Thanks for sharing Erin!

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  313. Alyson Paredes on

    I would love to add Cafe au Lait to my small but growing dahlia family!

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  316. Cassie on

    Thank you for being so generous. Would love to win!

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  317. Amy Cason on

    They would be a lovely addition to our dwindling Mother’s Day garden! You all are amazing!

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  318. Terri on

    Super excited, can’t find these anywhere (I waited much too long).

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  320. Susan case on

    Just joined your blog. Love flowers Dahlias do so well here in Pa!

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  321. Katelyn on

    Cafe au Laits may just about be my favorite Dahlia! Would love to give some a home :)

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  322. jennifer on

    these are lovely and I still have an open spot! Thanks for another chance to win.

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  323. Elizabeth on

    Just what I need to add to my white, pink and black long border!!!

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  325. Katie on

    Love those cafe au lait!

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  326. Michelle Shackelford on

    I love cafe au lait! I grew five last year but due to my own negligence, they were a disaster! I bought nearly all the dahlias that you listed as your favorite in your blog this winter.

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  327. Robyn on

    I would love to try growing dahlias!!!

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  329. Katie on

    I’d love to score some healthy CAL tubers!

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  334. Mary Thirsen on

    I LOVE this dahlia! I tried ordering one this spring but was sold out. Your flowers are absolutely gorgeous. Keep up the good work. :)

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  336. Kristin Jones on

    I started following Floret Farm because of those dahlias. I would cherish them.

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  338. Kaity Teer on

    I would absolutely love to provide a good home for beauty!

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  340. Corine on

    I would love some dahlias. I promise to take good care of them :)

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  342. Michelle on

    Ohhhhh I’m super exited!!! I have a spot waiting in my garden. ;) morning is my favorite time in the garden with a cup of cafe au lait :)

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  343. Natalie on

    I love dahlias and have never tried growing them before! I have an empty planter bed ready for them.

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    • Cindy on

      One of thoses tubers would be nice and cozy, well tended in my Chicago garden.

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