plantmasters

05/08/2025

When you love locally grown garden flowers it doesn't take long to fill your arms
For Mother's Day we are open Friday and Saturday at the Montgomery Farm Women's Cooperative Market in Bethesda, Also Saturday at Kensington and Columbia Heights Farmers Market. Sunday at Bethesda Central and Olney Farmers and Artists Market.
Hope you'll choose the armful of flowers you like best!

04/16/2025

Herbs, annuals and perennials are making their appearance at farmers markets. This is the year to have a yard you want to spend time in.
Let your friends know they can get healthy locally grown plants and flowers from us!

04/07/2025

We received our advance copy of the new book we are pleased to be included in. The Flower Farmers by Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni tells the story of flower farmers from across the country.
The book launches May 6 and is available for preorder on Amazon. We'll bring some copies to farmers market too
The Flower Farmers, by Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni (; .imprint)
Cover photography by Mary Grace Long
Hellebores grown by Jello Mold Farm

03/31/2025

Ranunculus coming in nice right now

03/26/2025

03/23/2025

Big news! We are part of a new book by Debra Prinzing telling the story of flower farmers across the country. Release date is May 6th but the book is available for preorder on Amazon now.

03/22/2025

Washington Gardner magazine revisits and updates our story after 15 years.

The March 2025 issue of Washington Gardener Magazine is out. It is posted and archived online at: https://issuu.com/washingtongarde...

03/01/2025

The older farmer Leon at the Kensington market today till 1:00

02/28/2025

Please welcome Carol Carrier at plantmasters to the Q+A! Carol, along with her husband Leon and their son Lee run their 2nd generation flower farm in Howard and Montgomery counties. Lee oversees the day to day operations, field & greenhouse crops and farm markets. Carol tries to stay on top of their participation in the Chesapeake Flower Exchange, keep the books and be their customer liaison. Leon, who has the horticulture degree, is the master seed starter and propagation talent.

Since they operate sales all year, it's hard to pick a specialty so here's a few: lilacs, peonies, dahlias, chrysanthemums and winterberry. They also grow annuals, herbs and houseplants for our farmers markets. Plant Masters attend the Montgomery Farm Women's Cooperative Market in Bethesda, Bethesda Central Farm Market also in Bethesda, Kensington Farmers Market, the Olney Farmers and Artists Market and Columbia Heights in Washington DC.

🌸 What piece of advice would you give to a beginning flower farmer?

As a beginning flower farmer it is tempting to do all the things. I'd suggest growing into your expansion and doing it as debt free as possible. We always made a point to take a vacation too because burn out is real.

🌸 What's your favorite season on the farm and why?

It's hard to pick a favorite season and it's certainly changed over time. Spring is the exciting time, new things constantly coming into bloom, so much to accomplish in a finite amount of time all while dealing with sometimes challenging weather. Also when lilacs and peonies bloom so I guess spring is my season.

🌸 If your flowers had personalities, which one would be the most dramatic and why?

The flower with the mostest personality, diva of the hoop house are the football mums. Sometimes called magnums and just like that name suggests, they are big boys. We grow white and yellow varieties. Their fall blooms are particularly welcome after the dahlias have passed. Football mums are a focal flower and catch your attention. My MIL was from the generation when your beau would send you a corsage for the big game and the best ones were made with football mums. They have an area of Japan where they are prized, yet are a hardy flower with great vase life. Can't ask for much more!