Grow Nourish Inspire

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Dec 01, 2021
  • 586 comments

24 Days of Giveaways - Day 1 Dahlia Package

Our first day of giveaways for 2021 is a copy of Connie’s book and a $50 Gift Card to the Stems Flower Farm Dahlia store which opens in March 2022.

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Sep 14, 2021
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All About Iris

The Iris is one of the easiest to grow perennials.  They really require little of your time and give so much back to your garden.  They are hypnot...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Sep 14, 2021
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Do squished Japanese beetles attract more beetles?

  I have read online that you should carry a pail of soapy water and pluck off the Japanese Beetles and drown them and to never squish them.  What...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Jul 22, 2021

The Life Cycle of a Plant

There is a huge advantage as a grower to having knowledge of how your plants reproduce, that is, especially the cycle where they germinate, grow, f...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Dec 24, 2020
  • 82 comments

24 Days of Giveaways - Day 24

Day Twenty Four.  Today marks the end of our Twenty Four Days of Giveaways. We started more than three weeks ago because I felt like we all needed...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Dec 23, 2020
  • 35 comments

24 Days of Giveaways - Day 23 Cut Your Own Flowers for Four

The spring of 2021 will bring a magnificent new feature to the farm.  More than one acre of Cut Your Own Flowers.  A chance to walk through row up...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Dec 22, 2020
  • 91 comments

24 Days of Giveaways - Day 22 Stems Gift Card

  "People change(d) slowly, over time. You didn't take one step, then find yourself in a completely new location. You first took a little step off...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Dec 21, 2020
  • 34 comments

24 Days of Giveaways - Day 21 Escape Package for 2

When the need for soft soil between your toes, or the desire to stand still and just listen to a vast flower garden seems like just the tonic that...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Dec 20, 2020
  • 38 comments

24 Days of Giveaways - Day 20 Instant Vegetable Garden

Growing your own food provides better tasting, higher nutrient value, always fresh vegetables. And they cost a fraction of what you have to pay at...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Dec 19, 2020
  • 55 comments

24 Days of Giveaways - Day 19 Instant Cutting Garden

When people visit the farm, they are in awe of row upon row of lusciousness.  A rainbow symphony waving in the breeze, and what you can’t see in o...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Dec 18, 2020
  • 60 comments

24 Days of Giveaways - Day 18 Kristine Albrecht

This year at Stems Flower Farm we grew close to 20,000 dahlias, that’s right, just a little over one acre of the gorgeous blooms that really look ...

  • by Heidi Brautigam
  • Dec 17, 2020
  • 77 comments

24 Days of Giveaways - Day 17 Stems Gift Card

“Despite the forecast, live like it’s SPRING”,  Lilly Pulitzer Ah, the life of a gardener is all about renewal.  Always looking forward with energ...