We’re so excited to share that the second episode of The Floret Farm Journal is now available to watch! In June, summer spills across the farm, and the green promise that was May bursts into color. The month brings an abundance that feels almost overwhelming at times, and each morning I find new surprises as the farm reshapes itself.
In this episode, we tend thousands of young plants as we prepare for breeding season, watch as our hedgerows come alive, visit Anne Belovich’s garden one final time before it goes on the market, and explore our rose preservation area where centuries-old European varieties carry scents and stories that feel like impossible memories. Plus, the cutting garden is at its absolute peak, with wave after wave of ridiculous beauty that will stop you in your tracks.
EPISODE RESOURCES
Plant Care
Compost Tea Supplies & Equipment
Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web Foundation Course
Featured Plants
- Hedges and hedgerow information, and favorite varieties can be found in this post
- Timelapse studio arrangement: Delphinium Highlander ‘Blueberry Pie’, ‘Crystal Delight’, and ‘Sweet Sensation’
- Rose shelf varieties: Top row: ‘L’Ingénue’, Alba Maxima, Alba Semi plena, ‘Princess de Lamballe’, ‘Sappho’, ‘Madame Hardy’, Foliacea, ‘Madame Plantier’
Top center row: Dupontii, Sancta richardii, ‘Chloris’, ‘Belle Isis’, ‘Comtesse de Murinais’, ‘Hebe’s Lip
Bottom row center: ‘Celsiana’, ‘Gloire de Guilan’, ‘Tour de Malakoff’, ‘Perle des Panachées’, ‘Leda’, ‘Pompon Blanc Parfait’, ‘Maiden’s Blush’
Bottom row: ‘Duc de Cambridge’, Blush Hip, ‘Désirée Parmentier’, Autumn Damask, ‘Nouvelle Pivoine’, ‘Bella Donna’ - Foxglove in cutting garden: ‘Apricot Beauty’
Timelapse Equipment
iPhone 16
Blackmagic Camera app
Cutting Garden
Custom metal archways created by Metalistics
DIG DEEPER
The Making of a Place: Designing the New Farm: Read about the journey of transforming our 24-acre blueberry farm from a wide-open field into the beautiful space it is today, including the areas we returned to nature.
Becky Crowley: Check out Becky’s beautiful botanical prints and notecards in her online shop. I love that so many of her art pieces were created with flowers grown right here on the farm.
Floret Online Workshops: Learn more about our Flower Farming Workshop and new Flower Arranging Workshop, and sign up for the waitlist to be notified when registration opens.
Floret’s breeding program: Dive deeper into our journey to develop new flower varieties. Read about our dahlia breeding adventures, get an overview of our breeding program, meet the Floret Originals themselves, and catch up with the latest on our 2024 year-in-review and breeding update.
A Rose Story blog series: Learn more about rosarian Anne Belovich’s inspiring life and how the Floret team is helping to preserve Anne’s extraordinary collection of roses in this four-part series.
Interview with Gregg Lowery: Gregg helped establish The Friends of Vintage Roses, a nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation and sharing of endangered rose species. In this interview, he shares about his collection of historic varieties and how anyone, anywhere, can get started growing roses.
How to Take Rose Cuttings: In our new video tutorial, I share the process we use here at the farm to propagate roses, including a few tricks I’ve picked up along the way that have increased our success rate considerably.
The Rose Ark: This new film tells the story of our rose preservation journey over the past few years, and the progress we’ve made since our last update.
Floret Library: Explore the plant collections we’ve documented here on the farm, and discover special treasures to add to your garden, including many of the varieties featured in the cutting garden.
Favorite Bulb & Plants Sources: Over the years, I have ordered plants and bulbs from hundreds of different sources across the country, and these are the ones that I love and highly recommend. You can find more information about each one of them in this post.
Workwear for Women: Read my review of the best brands I’ve discovered when it comes to quality workwear for women, including the things I like about each company, and also a few criticisms.
After you watch, I’d love to hear what resonated with you in this episode as we explore this monthly journey together. Please leave a comment below telling us what you liked, what could be better, and what you’d like to see more of as we continue filming. It will help us shape this special project going forward.
If you haven’t already, you can join our newsletter to stay connected with all the exciting happenings here on the farm, including future seed sale announcements. And if these monthly glimpses into life at Floret speak to you, we’d be grateful if you’d consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel.
Please note: If your comment doesn’t show up right away, sit tight; we have a spam filter that requires us to approve comments before they are published.
Floret only lists companies and products that we love, use, and recommend. All opinions expressed here are our own, and Floret does not offer sponsored content or accept money for editorial reviews. If you buy something using the retail links in this post, Floret may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!
Miriam Bonk on
Your videos are magical. I love the interview sessions interspersed with the videos of the gardens with that Wonderful music. You also have great informative comments about the development of your farm that we, as gardeners, find helpful when considering what to do in our smaller gardens. From how much weeding, pests and how to handle them, to whether to try old world varieties that may be less than perfect in today’s standards. Keep up the great work. Miriam -A novice Master Gardener from Maryland