The Fertile Burb, Wyngate Drive, Gainesville, VA (2025)

11/11/2025

It never really ends does it. It just shifts.

Today wrapped up our very last Blooms in the Burbs share of the year. The final week of weekly bouquets. The field offering her last handfuls before settling into a slower rhythm. I know I said the season was over this weekend, but really the season never ends. It just changes shape.

Because now The Club begins.

The dahlias might be finished, but the farm is not. The work is not. The beauty is not. Fall flowers are still coming in for our Club members. The beds are being cleared and replanted. The tunnels shift into their winter tempo. Seeds are sprouting. Plans are already unfolding for spring from under the soil.

But today did feel like a moment.
The closing of the weekly bouquet rhythm.
The field and I taking one deep breath at the same time.

Bloom in the Burbs becomes The Club.
Same heart. New flow. More room to savor.
Flowers that follow real seasons.
Flowers that meet your life rather than asking your life to meet a schedule.

The Club is for those who want to be part of the growing year, not just the bouquet. For those who love knowing what is waking, what is lingering, what is fading, and what is quietly preparing for the next beginning.

We will keep harvesting.
We will keep designing.
We will keep growing.
Just with a little more intention. A little more breath.

Here’s to the final share bouquets.
Here’s to the field shifting her pace.
Here’s to beauty still very much on its way.

11/09/2025

Today marks the end of our wedding season. And wow… what a way to close it out. This week was long in the way only the last week of the season can be. Our biggest wedding of the year, full of all the moving parts, all the beauty, all the emotions. I am tired in my bones and also so unbelievably grateful.

Grateful for every couple who trusted us. Grateful for every family who welcomed us in. Grateful for every person who said, “Yes, we trust the flowers to be what they are that week.” When you work only with locally grown flowers, you have to let the season lead. You have to trust that what is blooming will be exactly what is meant to tell the story of that day. And every single one of our couples leaned into that with us this year. That is not small. That is everything.

Ending the season with a wedding that showed off the full strength and beauty of fall felt fitting. Bold color, big texture, that end of season richness you can only get right before the frost. And then, two nights ago, the frost came. A true killing frost. The dahlias are finished. The field looks different now.

It is always a bittersweet moment but also a reminder. The flowers know when it is time to rest. So do we.

Now we clean up the bits scattered everywhere from months of movement. We tuck beds in. We plant what will become spring. We rest. We remember who we are outside of the whirlwind.

Tagging with so much gratitude the people who helped bring this last wedding week to life: , , , .lee.florals, , .beall5, ,

And of course I can’t forget the best partner in crime, the good kind of course 😉

We are heading into our winter work of tending the soil and preparing what comes next. I am already excited for the events ahead and for the couples we have yet to meet.

Thank you for this season. Truly.

10/27/2025

I haven’t been posting much lately — it’s been pure chaos over here. The good kind, the kind that means things are growing, moving, and blooming faster than I can keep up.

I have so many beautiful weddings to share from this fall (and a few from spring that never made it to the feed), but they’ll have to wait. We’ve got two more full wedding weeks left in our 2025 season, and honestly, I’m on pins and needles for my biggest wedding yet in just two weeks.

I can’t lie, I’ll be jumping for joy when I can finally call season 2025 wrapped. Our fall plugs and corms haven’t even made it into the ground yet because, well… time and space are not on my side. Normally by now we’ve flipped almost everything to start the big fall bed turnover for next spring, but we’re still waiting on blooms that will be used in the next couple of weeks.

It’s all coming together, and I can’t wait to share more once the dust (and petals) settle. For now, here’s a little pretty from this week, and a big shoutout to my girl at . She always makes me feel seen and so grateful to call her a friend in this wild vendor world.

10/12/2025

It’s official. Blooms in the Burbs: The Club opens today.

This is the new home for all our local flowers, from lush seasonal bouquets to holiday arrangements and everything in between.

After years of juggling everyday orders and flower shares, it felt like time to simplify. The Club brings it all together under one roof. You buy in once a year, receive 200 Credits, and then get first and only access to flowers as they are released through the seasons.

Spring and fall will still bring abundance. Winter tulips are still on the schedule. Holiday tables will still sparkle. The only difference is that access now belongs to the Club.

If you have been part of Blooms in the Burbs before, this is your new home for flowers.

To join, text BLOOMS to 866 620 9485 and you will get a text with the link to join. The Club will only be open through October 19.

10/10/2025

Can’t wait for Thanksgiving arrangements? Thinking ahead to join Blooms in the Burbs for the 2026 growing season? Here’s your chance.

Don’t worry, we’re still armed for beauty all the way through next year. Even winter forced tulips are on the schedule. We’re just shifting how we offer them.

When The Club opens this Sunday, October 12, it’s simple. If you aren’t in The Club, you aren’t getting flowers. Cool kids are Club kids.

Don’t be one of the folks who texts me next week saying “shoot, I forgot…”

👉 Text BLOOM to 866-620-9485 to get on the list. Enrollment runs October 12–19 only.

10/05/2025

She wanted bougainvillea, the kind that tumbles down villa walls in some sun-drenched Mediterranean daydream. But June in Virginia has its own rhythm. So we got clever. Madame Butterfly snapdragons, tips trimmed and coaxed to spill and sway, became our stand-in for that wild, draping magic.

Did it feel exactly like the inspiration? No, that bougainvillea was growing where it was meant to grow. But this? This hit its own kind of perfect. It is the kind of challenge that keeps me hooked, bending the rules, finding beauty in the close enough, and turning farm-grown blooms into something that feels like art.

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10/03/2025

Do you want flower shares or holiday arrangements this year? Then you need to be in The Club.

The Club is how everything outside of weddings will happen from now on. Bouquets, holiday pieces, even those one-off everyday gifts — all through one clear system. You buy in once for $200, get Credits that spend like dollars, and decide which releases to claim through the year.

Most weeks that means bouquets at $36 each, just like shares in the past. Around the holidays it means arrangements at the same prices you’re used to. And once your Credits are gone, you can still buy every release if you want more.

This is not an order-anytime system. On weeks when we’re fully booked with weddings, flowers won’t be available. But when they are, you’ll be the first, and the only to know, by text.

👉 Text BLOOM to 866-620-9485 to get on the list. That’s the only way you’ll hear when The Club opens October 12.

Want the longer story of why we’re making the switch? You can read it here:
https://www.thefertileburb.com/blog

09/28/2025

We got a bit of a makeover this summer. A refreshed website and a whole lot of thought about what is working and what is not.

I love this community we’ve created. I love bringing locally grown flowers to your homes, your holidays, and your big moments. What I don’t love is being pulled in a million directions all while trying to give the best customer service I can.

So Blooms in the Burbs Flower Shares and everyday orders, including holiday arrangements, are changing.

From now on, everything outside of weddings will live under one roof: Blooms in the Burbs: The Club.

You’ll still be able to get bouquets, holiday flowers, dance florals, and all the little moments in between. The difference is that it will all be through one clear system that works better for both of us.

And because I know you don’t need another inbox full of emails, all releases will now be announced by text.

Text BLOOM to 866-620-9485 and you’ll get a quick reply confirming you’re on the list. That’s how you’ll know when The Club opens in October.

Want the full story of why we’re changing? You can read it here:
https://www.thefertileburb.com/portfolio-post/goodbye-flower-shares-and-everyday-orders%2C-hello-blooms-in-the-burbs%3A-the-club

09/26/2025

The bride’s nails ended up matching the asters we tucked into her bouquet—one of those little details you can’t plan, but when it happens, it feels just right.

They went with our Bright palette (with a quick “no red, please”), and when I spotted lavender in their inspiration photo, I knew it belonged. A quick call to another local farm, and suddenly, it was part of the mix.

I’ll admit, while I was designing, I wasn’t totally convinced the colors were going to play nice. But then the photos came through and wow. It was them. Bold, joyful, and just a touch unexpected—exactly the way flowers should tell a story.

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09/15/2025

Yesterday was Homecoming which meant twelve hours of pictures, dinner, and the after party for our kid and her crew.

I didn’t offer flowers this year because we had an A La Carte wedding to be delivered in DC Saturday morning that kept me plenty busy. But when your daughter’s best friends send the group text asking for bouquets, of course I said yes. Call me the farmer florist mom, showing up with blooms even when it is not officially on the menu.

These bouquets were built around dahlias, the queens of late summer and fall. Big, bold, and perfectly in season.

They weren’t headed to the dance itself, but they still wanted that little something extra to mark the night, and honestly, that made it even sweeter.

These are the kinds of requests I’ll always find time for. Flowers don’t have to wait for the “big event” — sometimes they just make an already special day a little more memorable.

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