Our Holiday Open House is Tomorrow!
The time has come for our last event of the year! We have a lot to help you with your holiday decorating and for gift giving to the flower lovers and the gardeners in your life. Everything is set up on a covered porch or in our processing shed, so we’ll be there rain or shine. Saturday, December 2 from 10:30 – 2:30.
Location
If you haven’t been to the farm before, the address is 787 Langford Road in Blythewood. If you use google maps to get the directions, there is an error in the last step. It tells you to turn onto Arnell Court. We are actually the driveway next to Arnell Court. If you are facing the farm, we’re the driveway on the left.
Bulbs
We have lots of things to choose from! We have amaryllis bulbs ranging in price from $14 to $24. This year we have potted up some of them to get them growing for you. They are $5 more than the bare bulb. We showed the colors in our last post, so I won’t repeat that here.
If you like to get creative, here is some inspiration from @karenlidbeck on Instagram. In this post, she walks through how to make this winter arrangement featuring her amaryllis bulb. So fun! Karen is a stylist for some of the home magazines, including Better Homes and Gardens. She is full of great ideas.
We also have 5 packs of paperwhites, and you could do something similar with those!
The daffodils ready to go in these fun gift packs for $10. Instructions are included.
Our amaryllis bulbs are bagged with growing instructions.
Bulb Gardens
Of course, if you don’t enjoy the arranging or don’t have a minute to spare, we have some bulbs potted up in decorative containers and some bulb gardens ready to go. Prices range from $10 to $90, so we have something for everyone
Greenery
We will have our greenery bouquets again this year at $22. We also have some holiday bouquets that include our heirloom mums for$45 in a sleeve and $60 in this birch bark vase. (We grew our first mums this year, and after the holidays I promise to tell you more!).
Our Holiday Shop Special - 3 stems of beautiful magnolia for $10, while supplies last!
Greenery bouquets are $22
Mum arrangement in this birch bark vase $60
2024 Subscriptions
We will be offering our bouquet subscriptions again next year. We update the website for ordering subscriptions and subscription gift cards by December 5th. Stay tuned!
This has been a full and challenging year for us and we could not do it without all of you. We are honored to be able to serve our community by bringing the joy and beauty of flowers to your door.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season!
Linda
Our Holiday Shop
Hi All,
We have a lot in store for you this holiday season! From bulbs to greens to bulb gardens, we have tried to incorporate all of your requests into our new holiday season offerings. Everything will be available starting on December 1. You may go ahead and order on the website to reserve your purchases. This year, we are offering delivery in our standard delivery area for $12. Delivery zip codes are the same as the ones we use for our bouquet subscriptions: 29201, 29204, 29205,29206,29209, 29016, 29045, 29169, 29223, 29229. Select from “shipping” and “pick-up” options at checkout.
While we did offer shipping for our spring bulbs (and will offer shipping again for our summer bulbs), we are not going to ship during the holiday season. Amaryllis are cold sensitive and since we are just getting started with shipping, we don’t want to risk having bulbs arrive damaged or frozen. Hopefully we will be able to do this next year. For now, help us find homes for all these beautiful bulbs in the Columbia area!
Read on to learn what is coming available.
Amaryllis Bulbs
Here is our selection of bulbs. When you get on the website, you will notice that the prices vary. This has to do with the size of the bulb. A 28-30 cm bulb is a standard size and will have one stem (possibly two) with multiple blooms on it. 30-32 cm bulbs have 2 stems with multiple blooms. This year we have included some of the largest bulbs available, size 36-38cm. These can have 3 or 4 stems and are a show of their own. Naturally, larger bulbs are more expensive since they take longer to grow. Prices range from $16-$27 per bulb.
When selecting your bulbs, consider how you want to display them. The container size and the visual effect can mean that you want several smaller bulbs or a large one.
Not every bulb shown here will bloom in time for Christmas. We will have a few that do, but many will take time to grow into their magnificence so that you can enjoy them during the winter days to come.
If you have any questions about any of these varieties, feel free to email me or come to our open house on December 2nd and let us help you.
Paperwhite Bulbs
We offer lightly scented paperwhites. The variety is ‘Nazareth’, also sometimes called ‘Nir’. See photo below, left, for the bloom. These bulbs are the largest available at 17-18 cm. The photo below on the right compares a standard daffodil bulb and the paperwhite. This means that they send up multiple flowering stems in a single bulb. Another great show. I am very excited to have them for you.
Priced at 5 bulb pack for $12.
Greenery Bouquets
We will also be offering our greenery bouquets again this year. Even if you have an artificial tree, like we do, its great to have the scent of winter greenery in the house. These can also be used for porch pots and swags outside. Deck the halls! These are $25
Potted Bulbs and Gift Kits
We have items potted up and ready to give or to use to decorate your home. Complete forcing kits are available for those who are travelling during the holidays and need to start theirs growing on their own schedule.
Holiday Open House
On Saturday, December 2nd, we will have our holiday open house. In addition to the items mentioned above, we will have bulbs potted up for gift giving and/or to decorate your home. Here are a few examples of what we will have, and another update will come out closer to the event.
Our Paperwhite Santa Tin (left) is a great gift for book club, teaches, church groups or others. $12 each. If you are ordering a number of these, please allow one week for delivery.
An amaryllis bulb planted in a birch pot, ready for its new home. $32 and up, depending on the bulb.
The website shop will be available by Wednesday 11/8 at noon.
We are looking forward to the excitement of the holidays and more time with friends and loved ones. We are working diligently this week, with lots of help, to get the majority of our spring planting done. Then we take a break through Thanksgiving. Horray!
We are so thankful for each of you who have supported our farm in some way. We appreciate your business and the honored to serve our community.
Wishing You Joy,
Linda
Last Call for Bulbs!
Thanks to all of you who came out to our first ever Holiday Garden Market! We enjoyed meeting some new flower friends and seeing some familiar faces too. Since our first year was a big success, we are looking at doing it again next year. For the second year, we will do a weekday and a Saturday for those who can’t get out during the week. Please let us know if there is anything you would like to see us offer.
Selling bulbs, forcing kits and bulb gardens is a great way for us to bridge the revenue gap between cut flower seasons. And of course, we have to offer bouquets! Our greenery bouquets have been well received too, so thank you.
This is our last week for bulbs. If you are ordering now, bulbs will not be in bloom by the holidays, but will bring some sunshine into January for whoever grows them. We have a selection of Hot Pink (Bolero) and Soft Apricot (Rilona) and White (Denver) that will be great choices, along with Sparticus, the red and white striped bloom that works for Valentines Day too. Forcing kits make a great gift for those who travel during the holidays and are home in January and February.
For the gardeners in the group, we still have a few anemone and ranunculus corms available. Check out the website for the color selection. You still have time to soak and plant them for gorgeous spring blooms!
So, if you order by 12/9, you can pick up at the farm on Saturday 12/10. For orders over $40 we will deliver next Tuesday 12/13. We will be taking the bulb shop off our website on 12/9 at 8:00 pm
Subscriptions
For those who want to provide a bouquet subscription as a gift, or to get your order in early, we will be setting up the subscription shop on 12/12 for spring and summer subscriptions. Stay tuned!
As always, thank you so much for all of your support of our flower farm. We feel so blessed to be able to provide flowers to our community and we couldn’t do it without you!
Linda
Our Holiday Open House is Tomorrow!
We are so excited to welcome you to the farm for our Holiday Open House tomorrow, December 1, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm! We will have our paperwhite and amaryllis bulbs for sale as well as forcing kits, which include the bulb and a nursery pot and soil. The forcing kits make great gifts for those who have a busy travel schedule over the holidays. The bulb will stay fairly dormant until it is planted and water is added. I will be closing the online store today and will open it back up on Friday, after the open house is over. We don’t want to oversell and risk disappointment!
At the open house, we will have a selection of potted up bulb gardens for easy holiday preparation or gift giving. Along with amaryllis and paperwhites, these can include some succulents and angel wing begonia so that you have something to keep your “need for green” going through the winter. We can also help you fill your own container, if you have something special that you use for the holidays.
We are also making greenery bouquets. I love doing these for the holidays. Since most of us use artificial trees these days, a vase of fresh greenery can be just the thing to get the holiday scent going at home. Some also use the greens around the house to enhance their other decorations.
Mary Ann Adams from One Hubcap Farm will also be there with her gorgeous wreaths! She will have a variety of sizes available. She can also take orders for later pick-up if you don’t find what you are looking for.
Tina Hall-Franklin from T2K Java will also be there with her hot cocoa and coffee to keep us warmer. She also sells her coffee beans. Tina has a portable pop-up shop so think of her for your events too!
The weather will be a little cooler tomorrow so you may want to wear an extra layer! More like the holiday weather I grew up with so happy for a little chill this time of year. We will be on the front porch of the processing shed, so covered but outside.
We hope to see you there!
Linda
The Holidays are Coming!
Wow! We have had such a busy year at the farm. So many infrastructure projects are done which allows us to provide you with more flowers over a longer season. There is much to tell about all that has been accomplished but that will have to wait until winter arrives and things finally slow down. For now, we are in the season of Amaryllis and Paperwhites!
Ednie Photos
For growing instructions, see our blog post here: https://www.purpletuteur.com/blog/2019/10/31/amaryllis-and-paperwhites
We have bulbs and forcing kits again this year. We have again searched out larger bulbs and more unusual varieties to make available to you in Columbia. You can order them from our website and select a day to pick them up at the farm. See our selection here: https://www.purpletuteur.com/garden-bulbs
We will also have a selection for sale at the Jingle and Mingle event held Thursday, December 10 at The Lake Murray Visitor's Center (2184 North Lake Dr. Columbia, SC 29212), 4-7pm. If you live out that way, you will also be able to pre-order online and pick up at the Visitor’s Center during the event.
Thank you so much for all the support you have given us this year. It means so much and keeps us going.
Wishing you many blessings over the holiday season,
Linda