Summertime at Jello Mold Farm
June 28, 2016
Here are some more photos from my June visit to Jello Mold Farm. Lots of gorgeous flowers in bloom. I never tire of the beauty held in these fertile acres.
Jello Mold Farm: Awakenings
April 19, 2014
I love visiting Jello Mold Farm, my favorite flower grower in the Skagit Valley. I’ve stopped by in all seasons, but this week’s visit was the quietest by far. The Skagit Valley’s annual tulip festival is in full swing, and the fields there are full of colorful blooms. At Jello Mold Farm, in contrast, the flower beds are just now beginning to wake from their winter sleep. One of my painter friends commented, “Talk about peaceful — it felt a bit like a ghost town because you could see how much work had taken place yet no one was there. I would have thought the rapture had occurred . . .”
The greenhouses were full of plant starts and seedlings. The flower beds were tidy. It was as if everything was holding its breath, knowing that a few more weeks of sunshine and warm weather will bring on far too many tasks to keep up with.
Here are some photos of Jello Mold Farm in early Spring:
Red Poppies and Pink Peonies
June 12, 2013
Behind the Scenes at A Plant Nursery
November 27, 2012
“Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.”
— E. B. White
“Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.”
— Muriel Ruckeyser
Have you ever stopped to think just where your local nurseries, garden centers and flower vendors get their starter plants? I was recently the guest of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG) tour of Skagit Gardens, a large wholesale greenhouse company in Washington’s Skagit Valley. They employ 150 to 300 people, depending upon seasonal needs, so this is a large operation. The focus on healthy plants is impressive. Here is a behind-the-scenes look: