Thanks, lovers.

We are sold out 

of Valentines.

Here's a weird one for those of you who like that kind of thing:

(I like those of you that like that kind of thing.)

VDay Deetz

Okay, here we go:

In collaboration with the ladies behind Underground Alchemy, Forage Restoratives, The Little Ragamuffin, and the graphic designer Caroline Corrigan, Flower Scout is so psyched to present this February's greatest gift idea: The Full Moon Valentine.

I'm not going to tell you what will be inside each Full Moon Valentine bundle, because perhaps you want to receive one, in which case you should copy & paste the address for this post into an email, or that little "What's on your mind?" box on Facebook, or just leave your computer on the kitchen table, with a hand-drawn arrow-pierced heart pointing to this screen.

But if you want to give a Full Moon Valentine, please email me at flowerscoutfarm@gmail.com. We're only making 25 of them, and each is only $30 (a tremendous bargain, once you find out what's inside).

A hint: Each bundle will contain a contribution from each collaborator, plus some bonus treats. All of the proprietors featured are local makers, living in Troy, Albany, or Altamont, NY, and all of us create with an eye for the natural world, health, beauty and good design. You're gonna like it.

Here's some more info about each of the collaborators in our little lovely team:

Underground Alchemy is a small scale herbal apothecary in the City of Albany. We grow medicinal herbs and handcraft herbal products for sale through a CSA, Farmer's Market and local stores.
 
Tara Quackenbush knew she wanted to pursue her interest in restoring the connection between plants and people through collective participation for the health of living systems while earning a master's degree in Environmental Science, or more specifically in the discipline of Environmental Communication. Drawn to the magic contained within medicinal herbs, she continues to share her love and appreciation of these plant allies with others.

Jen O’Connor is the founder and owner of the small business The Little Ragamuffin where she sells her handcrafted soaps, housewares, and organic heirloom seeds grown on the 5.5 acres of land known as The Kirk Estate, in Altamont, NY. In addition, Jen is a musician, songwriter, and producer in the band The Parlor.

Caroline Corrigan is an Albany-based freelance graphic designer. Her work pulls inspiration from mid-century typography and Scandinavian design, using patterns, bold hand-drawn elements, and plenty of white space. Her old-fashioned snail mail greeting cards are printed on a Risograph at Troy Cloth & Paper on Speckletone cover stock from French Paper Company.

 

SO GET AT ME. 

(don't wait.)

sneek peak

Valentine's Day is a month from today, and Flower Scout hasn't forgotten you.

(That's actually not true. FS did forget you, and her potential VDay responsibilities, and booked a vacation on the West Coast for the two weeks preceding February 14th. But that's okay, because she figured it out, and there is a plan in the works, a better plan than bouquets even, a plan that will blow your mind and your heart and the heart of the person you love, because:

FULL MOON VALENTINES

are coming at you

Stay tuned for more info in the next few days. 

We're only making 25 of these, so you'll have to order quick!

more to come...

xoC

Thank you, everybody. For reals.

Let the next year be an even more productive, even more beautiful, 

even more complex, weedy, tenacious blossomer.

“You can eat a tomato in January,” she said, “but why would you want to?”

This article from yesterday's New York Times makes me simultaneously proud, excited, inspired, and terrifically anxious.



My thought process, upon reading it, goes something like this: "Yay! Farmer-florists. Yes. Wonderful."


And then quickly becomes: "WAIT. What if all sorts of people with money and time decide to do what I'm trying to do? What if I can't get moving fast enough and Flower Scout dissolves in a sea of sameness? What if the movement moves faster than me?"

Then I start thinking: "I didn't intend to be trendy. Do people think this is trendy?! I was inspired by the same strong, tenacious women that inspired this article, right? Is this scary? Why is this scary???"
 

And I flip back and forth, reading the article again and again, trying to figure out what's so damn scary about it. 

"But still and the same," I say to myself, remembering to breathe, "what's the matter with more people getting excited about local, organic flowers?" I think about summer, about walks in the woods, about my GARDEN. Wow, my garden. "There's nothing bad there."


In fact, it might be my favorite thing. So okay, alright, New York Times. Give all the props you want.

Let's all go get some shelf mushrooms and ornamental kale and vining things and love one another. If I spend the rest of my life putting stems in a vase for myself and no one else at all, I'll spend it perfectly.