Marigold Acre

09/25/2026

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
~ Ecclesiastes 1:1

My flower season is over.
Well…at least the cutting and bouquet making part.
This is the last fresh cut bucket of flowers.
Such a great season.
Such a hard season.
Both can be true.
Flower farming and bouquet making is the closest I have ever felt to the heart of God.
All the times of wanting to give up.
All the times of doubt.
Does God cheer us on?
I think so.
Does God whisper, “Try again.”
I know so.
We are all wildly capable beyond what we could ever imagine.
We all have parts of us that have a hard time believing that.
Flowers have been a beautifully creative project…but it’s more than just flowers.
It’s being pruned in order to bloom more abundantly.
Thank you for all your support, both financially and with the kindest words that really touch my heart.
Prune and bloom, Marigold Acre friends.
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09/17/2026

🌼4 beautiful market jars left. $20 each.

🌸 4 Dried bunches left. $15 each.

Will deliver locally tonight or tomorrow.

Message me or text me if you’re interested 🤗

09/17/2026

Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what
God has done for us. - Lauryn Hill

When I put arrangements together, my heart is so in awe.
I am always so grateful.
The work is hard.
The season has ups and downs.
However, the reward is beyond measure.

Today is the Monticello Farmers' Market and I’m bringing some beautiful market jars with a lovely fall palette. I also have dried flower bouquets from flowers grown this season.

If there are arrangements left after the market, I will post that. Sometimes you can’t make it to a market.

09/17/2026

🌸Come to the market today🌼

09/16/2026

The fall colors are breathtaking.

🧡The celosia is a mix of apricot, salmon, light pink, and a rusty terracotta.
🩷Beautiful cranberry cosmos.
🧡Dainty marigolds.
💛Golden zinnias.
💜Purple zinnias.
🩷Blush zinnias.
💚And incredible eucalyptus foliage.
I have to still cut the strawflowers because they were still tightly closed up due to the rain this morning.

These will all be turned into the sweetest market jars and sold at the Monticello Farmers' Market tomorrow, Thursday, September 17.

09/15/2026

And all at once, summer collapsed into fall. - Oscar Wilde

🌼I’m getting ready to put together beautiful dried bouquets from cut flowers grown right here at Marigold Acre.

🌼 They were all cut and hung to dry at various points this growing season.

🌼 Dried bouquets make a beautiful fall centerpiece and can be stored in tissue paper and put away until next season.

🌼I will have them at the Monticello farmers market this Thursday.

09/08/2026

Flowers as far as the eye could see.
What a beautiful flower farm located in the rolling hills of Stockton, Illinois.
Rows and rows, 20 acres in all, of the most magical colors.

09/08/2026

09/03/2026

Here she is 🕷️

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/black-and-yellow-garden-spider

09/02/2026

Not today!
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