July 2021 Newsletter

Greetings from STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS!  

Summertime is here and the heat is on. Warm days have become hot days. The flowers are growing well despite a lack of rain over the past few weeks. The days seem long as we start harvesting when the sun rises in order to beat the heat and then do many of our outside chores later in the evening after the sun is setting behind the trees. With little rain, watering has been another item added to our chore list during these hot summer days. We hope you enjoy this edition of our Newsletter with updates from our farm and the latest seasonal offerings.

~STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS

Summer Garden Update

Our Summer Garden is now becoming the center of action on the farm. As mentioned before, we plant a variety of summer flowers and vegetables in this garden that sits on a gentle sloping area behind our barn. The flowers – Ageratum, Amaranth, Basil, Borage, Celosia, Cress, Cosmos, Gomphrena, Sunflowers and Zinnias – fill the rows with a beautiful array of cheerful colors. These heat loving plants enjoy the bountiful sunshine that showers them for most of the day. Alongside the flowers, our vegetables are doing well. Squash, Zucchini and Cucumbers were the first to produce. Now the Okra, Green Beans, Eggplant and Peppers are producing their first fruits. The Tomatoes look good too and it should not be too long before we can enjoy these red gems of summer.

Hedge Rows

One of the aspects of being a Flower Farm in the foothills of North Carolina are the occasional high winds. While we do net (hortonova netting) most of our flowers, the netting alone may not be enough as our fields are mostly exposed with little buffer to slow the wind. To help this situation, we planted our first hedge row of bushes and trees. They look quite small now, but these varieties should grow quickly to give us a nice wind break for our Dahlia and Hardy Annual beds.

Lisianthus - Focal Flower for July

Our Lisianthus are now blooming. This year, we planted a few varieties of colors (Rose, Champagne and White) in one of our tunnels for the first time. Other than an occasional rabbit running through the bed and knocking over a stem, the Lisianthus are enjoying the covered protection of the tunnel. Lisianthus have a rose-like appearance with ruffled petals. Most stems will have more than 1 bloom and they make a beautiful focal flower in an arrangement or bouquet.

Current Offerings – Fresh Flowers, Edible Flowers, Dried Flowers and Farm Fresh Eggs

For July, we are offering the following products for sale: 

• Fresh Flowers – Ageratum, Amaranth, Basil, Celosia, Cress, Cosmos, Dianthus, Gomphrena, Nigella Pods, Salvia, Snapdragons, Sunflowers, Yarrow, Zinnias

• Fresh Foliages/Branches – Baptisia, Mountain Mint, Curly Willow, Ninebark

• Edible Flowers – Basil, Borage, Dianthus, Snapdragons

• Dried Flowers – Ammobium, Blackberry Lily, Larkspur, Nigella Pods and Mixed Bouquets

• 2021 Bouquet Subscriptions

• Custom Arrangements – Available in select Vases and other vessels

• Seasonal Wrapped and Hand-tied Bouquets

• Other products - Farm Fresh Eggs

If you are looking for a special and unique gift, you may want to consider a 2021 Bouquet Subscription. Our Bouquet Subscription features a weekly bouquet filled with locally grown specialty cut flowers from our farm.

Also, if you have an upcoming Special Event/Birthday/Shower or you are searching for a garden inspired source for Wedding Flowers, we offer Custom Floral Design Services, A LA CARTE Selections and DIY Buckets of Blooms and Greenery. Our 2021/2022 floral event calendar is now taking reservations for Weddings and Events. Please fill out an inquiry form here for more information.

For more information about any of these items, please visit our online shop at www.stillwatersfarmandgardens.com or send us an email at stillwatersfarm@centurylink.net.

Our Story

STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS is a family run flower farm and floral design studio situated in the Mountain View community of Catawba County. Our farm offers seasonal specialty cut flowers 🌼, foliages 🌾 and edibles 🌿 to florists, restaurants and supermarkets. We also offer lovely garden style bouquets and arrangements using flowers and greenery carefully selected and harvested fresh from our fields. Our products are available for purchase at our seasonal roadside Farm Stand and online* at www.stillwatersfarmandgardens.com. Though we are growing all year round, our flowers and arrangements are offered beginning in late Winter and ending in late Fall. 

Whether you are looking for a custom arrangement or several buckets of flowers, we look forward to serving your floral needs.

* – Available for delivery in Hickory, NC and surrounding areas