A custom arrangement from April 2025, featuring Pastelo Elegance ranunculus, Sir Winston Churchill daffodils and Just Joey roses At the end of the year, I like to post a review of what we grew, what went well and what didn't. Hopefully we can learn from mistakes as well as showing our readers pretty pictures.   What we grew As in previous years, we planned to sell flowers from February to November. Our earliest blooms were anemones and early daffodils. Next were Iceland poppi

"Toward the Sun" oil painting I’m an artist, and my garden has been the inspiration for hundreds of my paintings. Some of them were...

Scotney Castle, in bloom in May of 2025 In late May we spent nine days in England – nine days that gave me enough ideas for several...

Don is our cutting expert. UPDATED FOR 2025 - WE NOW GROW HEIRLOOM MUMS TO SELL LOCALLY. WE OFFER ROOTED CUTTINGS (IN SPRING) AND LARGER...

Rose "Joseph's Coat" cascading over our gate If I titled this post “Keep Records” you wouldn’t read it and I wouldn’t blame you! But the...

I just finished planting 300 anemones to bloom early next spring, and I have 200 ranunculus ready to go in the ground soon, so I'll have...

Jefferson Park (lavender) and Seaton's J'Adore (blush) are the stars in this bouquet. UPDATED FOR 2025 - WE NOW GROW HEIRLOOM MUMS TO...

I’ve planted sweet peas every year for over thirty years now. Barring one sad year when all the seeds failed to germinate, I’ve had sweet...

Chrysanthemum cuttings UPDATED FOR 2025 - WE NOW GROW HEIRLOOM MUMS TO SELL LOCALLY. WE OFFER ROOTED CUTTINGS (IN SPRING) AND LARGER...

Zinnias and Scabiosa will always be staples for us! In our first year of growing flowers to sell, I wanted to grow everything.  It felt...

Sweet peas and ranunclulus will start blooming soon Don and I worked like crazy in November and January, so now we can rest a little and...

Whether you grow in a home garden or a flower farm, there’s always work to be done. Here at Tiny Footprint Flowers, our bouquet year is...

A custom bouquet featuring heirloom mums Every weekend from February to November, I make small bouquets for our subscription customers....

Heirloom chrysanthemums from our 2022 season UPDATED FOR 2025 - WE NOW GROW HEIRLOOM MUMS TO SELL LOCALLY. WE OFFER ROOTED CUTTINGS (IN...

A bouquet of pink and white Lisianthus You’ve probably never heard of this flower, but if you go to a summer wedding, chances are you’ll...

It’s finally summer around here! After the endless rain and cool weather we had for the first six months of this year, heat has arrived...

It’s mid-April now, and yesterday was the first day that seemed warm enough to call spring. Today, tomorrow and next week are going to be...

Pink and Gray - cosmos, larkspur and dusty miller Today I’m showing one of my favorites from last spring – one of our subscription...

We’re very spoiled here in California. We have sunshine and warmth earlier than many parts of the country, and more days to garden than...

We’re into tulip times here at Tiny Footprint Tulips, so I’m making a list of favorite varieties. I grew tulips for many years as a...