Comments on: Year in Review 2019

By: Patricia Ridgeway

Patricia Ridgeway — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 23:29:35 +0000

I just received my new book today and I am so excited! I raised the flowers for my daughters wedding last year and although exhausting, I loved it! I hope to expand this year. I love your story and honesty. I would love to visit your farm someday!! Thank you, Trish

By: Viv Herman

Viv Herman — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 21:44:03 +0000

Erin-my goodness how far you have come!! I found you in the winter of 2012..at a time when I needed a new direction to go in my life of early (not intended) retirement. I looked into farmers markets in the area and no one had flowers. This will be my 8th season growing for 2 markets. Small–1/2 acre–but very rewarding. I love the way you share all the ups and downs;putting it all out there for us to see and learn from.
A freelance wedding florist,-worked @ 2 floral shops–and a hospital;and now real retirement has arrived. I only wish I were a little younger and started this a little earlier in my life. I will watch for more ways to make watering and other chores easier for the (senior) farmer florist. Love the 1st book, as I will all the others to come.

By: Rosi Aspin

Rosi Aspin — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:43:57 +0000

Wow. You have a Big Destiny!!!

We all love to hear your journey, the ups and the downs… and it certainly resonates with me. A wild mixture of love, hard work, joy, generosity, hope and good fortune all coming together and radiating out to us all..

All for the love of flowers.

Thanks Erin.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:34:24 +0000

Thank you SO so much for sharing. You put into words exactly what I’ve been trying to. Having a clear plan moving forward is exactly what is needed. Also, I am thrilled to have found you. There’s always been an interest in growing but my fear stood in the way. Maybe this year :)

By: Pam Williams

Pam Williams — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 14:30:08 +0000

I am so happy for you making the trip to England to tour the public gardens! I wonder if you were there the same time I went; did you get to the Chelsea Flower Show? Hope you came away with as much inspiration as I experienced.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:02:18 +0000

Erin, thank you for sharing your year in review. It has inspired me to reflect on my own year and to think about how I can be more intentional with planning 2020. I too felt like 2019 had little clarity and I am thinking if I continue like I am now, I’ll bring that blurriness with me into the next year. Hope your quiet time is proving restful and restorative, and that you and your family have a very happy New Year!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:27:07 +0000

I enjoyed reading your year in review. Gave me a new appreciation for what goes into a successful flower farm.

By: Lucy Berkoff

Lucy Berkoff — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 21:38:15 +0000

What a beautiful year in review, Erin. I’m hoping to be a more intentional gardener in 2020, as well. Like you, I am using this quiet time to draw a path through the garden year. I’m truly looking forward to your seed launch and wishing you and Chris, your family, & team, an amazing year. Warmly, Lucy

By: Hillary Hatfield

Hillary Hatfield — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 15:45:06 +0000

WOW – what a year! Congratulations on all of your many accomplishments. You’ve really become an inspiration to so many. Thank you for your continued efforts to bring beauty and happiness to the world, through flowers. I cannot wait to begin the Workshop in January. Happy New Year to you, your family and Floret crew.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 06:09:35 +0000

As a first year graduate of the Floret Online Workshop, I’ve had so many moments where I felt less than for not being ahead of where I am. But then I remind myself to stay in my own lane (and I literally hear it in my head in your voice) :) I immediately became interested in soil science when I got to the soil testing and amendment portions of the course. For my future success, I knew I’d need to learn a lot more than just basics as it applies to my personal piece of property. In the meantime, I’m happy to say that I had my biggest year yet for the practice of growing dahlias. I say practice, because it’s just that, a practice run to see what it takes to do it well alongside working my full time job and with the help of my husband and mother in law. With over 1,000 tubers in the ground (in gopher infested NorCal no less!), it was more than double what I grew last year and a great learning experience. I’ve reached out to a few local florists and was well received. I can feel things are slowly turning in a direction I am hopeful about.