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Continue ShoppingTo lighten the mood and freshen spirits as we move to 2021 we are doing 24 straight days of giveaways!! Each giveaway is open for 24 hours. One every day until December 24th.
We are kicking off with Amy Merrick.
Amy Merrick, author of ON FLOWERS considers herself an accidental florist. As she speaks about it in interviews for her book, it’s about not knowing where her path was leading and being spontaneous. Well who hasn’t felt that way this past year? It’s Amy’s chapter on Humble Pleasures that resonates with us during times like these, even as flower farmers, we have learned to see the beauty in humble flowers like four leaf clovers, daffodils and even dandelions. Let’s face it, in a world of global pandemic we all need to find joy in the simple things.
Her book is an inspiration for those seeking to find meaning in a life of flowers. Amazing photography and easy to identify with word crafting.
Amy Merrick’s book, ON FLOWERS, Lessons from an Accidental Florist is our first of 24 days of giveaways this month. Today we celebrate humble things and our love for them. One lucky winner will receive Amy’s book and packs of Amazing Grey Poppies, Double Click Cosmos, and much sought after Eucalyptus seed from Stems Flower Farm.
For a chance to win leave a comment below. In your message share what has brought you joy in the past months, what growing flowers means to you, anything really, as long as it's meant to pick people up. EASY. This giveaway is open to Canadian shipping address only. Contest is open December 1st for 24 hours. Closes December 1st at midnight PT.
Of course, if you know someone who would be inspired by Amy and how she became an accidental florist, please share!
Learn more and connect with Amy Merrick.
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulation to Olivia!
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Melissa H
Dec 01, 2020
When I was little we would go to my grandparents farm on the weekends and help them in the garden, picking and shelling peas, cleaning beans, corn, digging potatoes then when we were done I would take the scraps down to the pigs and toss the scraps in a little at a time. When I was done watching the pigs root through and devour what I had brought them I would sneak through the bush to my aunts house and cut flowers with her that she would then let me play with and arrange over and over at her kitchen table while she cooked supper and we would visit. At the time this was an ordinary weekend for me but I now am so great full for it was the beginning of a long love affair with things that grow. Thirty years later I have moved to my own farm and am forever grateful for the joy Mother Nature brings and memories that helped grow my passion for the garden.
Rose
Dec 01, 2020
This year has been isolating and difficult to say the least. Through people like Amy who share everyday beauty through flowers, our collective spirits have been lifted. My own garden has brought comfort and hope on even the darkest of days. I am madly collecting seeds for next year already!
Jody
Dec 01, 2020
Tried some new cut flowers this year, some of the seeds from Stems! The best part? Giving away little posies, especially to people I didn’t know… like the old couple parked beside me when I was filling up my water jugs. The smile of surprise was so worth it! Looking forward to browsing the seed selection again this year 😊
Robin
Dec 01, 2020
My life with flowers changed when I was hiking in Peru and saw wild proteas growing off the sides of the trail. How could a flower with such detail, such purposeful design, such rigid beauty be just causally be there? That is the beauty of flowers. They modesty grow with extravagant impact. I came home. Quit my job and applied at an amazing flower shop. I spent every minute researching flowers. I stumbled across the greats like Amy Merrick and how they elegantly captured nature in what felt like an incredibly deep way. I wake every day now and first think flowers. And I feel alive because of it.