What are you cultivating in 2024 ?
{ go into the garden : }
pre-orders are open for our
2024 SEEDLINGS
Follow our journey.
Gorgeous and lush plant sale herbs
See you May 25 at @washingtonctfarmersmarket
You’ll be able to preorder for market pickup online starting Wednesday, May 15
πΏ our online shop is still open for farm and @back40mercantile pickup June 1πͺ΄
Link in bio !
Attention wholesale buyers: Connect with us on @rooted_farmers !
Foliage, single tulips, and potted herbs, with more to come …
#localflowers #ctgrown #ctflowers #litchfieldcounty #newmilford #washingtondepot
Feeling β¨ celestial β¨ today πͺ… not too long now til we’re seeing our starburst flower friends again !
#callistephus #asters #asteroid #caryopteris #flowerfarmer #diyflowers #grownnotflown #ctflowers #newmilford #washingtondepot #litchfieldcountyct #litchfieldct
A sampler of some of the seedlings we’re offering this year…
1) “Vintage” Frilly Nasturtium π· by select seeds
2) Sungold Cherry Tomatoes
3) Edamame - grown your own !!
4) Borage (edible flower and bee magnet)
5) “Blue Torch” Fern-leaf Lavender - unusual lavender, gorgeous in galvanized steel containers as a centerpiece
Visit the link in our bio to take you to the shop to pre-order today. 12 days left to shop! Helmsteadfarm.com
#helmsteadfarm #litchfieldcounty #litchfieldct #ctgrown #ctgrownplants #organicplants #smalltownliving #farmtown #yankeemagazine #litchfieldmagazine
IT’S TIME ! Preorders are open for our annual plant sale. Link in our bio takes you to the Seedling Store where you can browse herbs and an expanded selection of vegetable starts.
Here’s to spring and an epic garden for Summer 2024!
A big thank you to everyone who shopped with us yesterday @washingtonctfarmersmarket ! It was a fantastic market filled with flower options.
For future flower inquiries or to host a flower pick up use the contact form on our website or email rachel@helmsteadfarm.com .
Keep shopping local ! #shoplocal #shopsmall #supportsmallbusiness #grownnotflown #localflowers #freshcutflowers #organicallygrown #organicpractices
π£ POP UP : @washingtonctfarmersmarket tomorrow
Come get these beauties 9:30-12:30 @judyblackpark and say hi π We grow everything ourselves just up the hill and we’re so excited to bring these beauties @explorewashingtonct
#litchfieldhills #litchfieldcounty #explorelitchfieldcounty #explorewashingtonct #shoplocal #cutflowers #grownnotflown
This week’s bouquets are a riot of colors, textures, and forms…
Our perennial baby’s breath is just starting and a few stems are in bouquets…
A few Hydrangea Bundles are coming to market alongside our favorite unique, ruffly, fluffy π»sunflowers (pictured in slide 1)
@litchfieldhillsfarmfreshmarket
See you there Saturday 10-1 !
@thisisthemiles having the time of his life at GARLIC FEST 2023
π wrapping up the week in good spirits even though it’s about to rain a lot, again …. But maybe, not ?
See us tmw @litchfieldhillsfarmfreshmarket
Flowers and veg galore π€
10-1p behind the Center School in Litchfield
#shoplocal #organic #produce #garlicharvest
Too pretty… flowers for me π₯° and flowers for the market - this is the first week DAHLIAS are making an appearance in our Big Bouquets - 2 sizes of mixed bouquets this week. @litchfieldhillsfarmfreshmarket litchfieldhillsfarmfreshmarket from 10-1 today in the parking lot behind the center school.
#localflowers #grownnotflown #dahlias #sahararudbeckia #mauve #goldensummer #julyflowers #week28flowers #chemicalfree #regenerativeagriculture
Evening harvest before the rain ….. Get these babies tomorrow @litchfieldhillsfarmfreshmarket ….
We are taking requests for pop ups! DM us here or email rachel@helmsteadfarm.com
See you Saturday #grownnotflown #localflowers
INCOMING: Best market flowers in #litchfieldct πand GORGEOUS FAVA BEANS and also SUGAR SNAPS @litchfieldhillsfarmfreshmarket
TODAY! Come get these Foxtail Lilies this week only @litchfieldhillsfarmfreshmarket - 10a-1p in the Center School Parking Lot in Litchfield.
TOMORROW : we are back at the @litchfieldhillsfarmfreshmarket from 10-1 in the Center school parking lot.
We will have first cuts of tender baby arugula, these gorgeous radishes, cut greens and bunches of Veronica, phlox and columbine.
See you there !
LAST DAY TO SHOP • our plant sale is still open for last minute orders to pick up this Saturday!
Please check your confirmation email to confirm your pickup location.
#certifiedorganic #locallygrown #growlove #growplants #growfood
Extremely exciting happenings at the farm …
- New timber frame barn going up - 2.5 years in the planning, 10-day framing performed by this expert crew
- 1st year perennials (daffodils) being vase tested
- Olive, resident farm doodle, inspecting straw mulch for peony field
- Creeping thyme perennial field border successfully overwintered and growing on
cultivating a vibrant future through
good food + good farming
honey, flowers, certified organic produce + mushrooms in Washington Depot, CT