River Road Flower Farm

River Road Flower Farm We grow lavender and dahlias on our farm at 1364 River Road in Sequim, Washington.

We have been busy these past weeks. We handle our cut flower dahlias differently than our dahlias for tuber sales. We ...
12/21/2025

We have been busy these past weeks. We handle our cut flower dahlias differently than our dahlias for tuber sales. We make an effort to keep the cut flower dahlias in the ground over the winter. The relatively mild winters with a little bit of help make it possible. After we cut the tops, we lay plastic over the dahlias and then cover that with straw for insulation. Last year we had almost 100% survival. And they bloom up to a month earlier. And the lavender is finally looking OK for its winter's break. By the way, we have great deals on lavender and lavender oil right now. Riverroadflowerfarm.com

Five days until Christmas. Still enough time to gift some of our pure steam distilled Lavender Oil. Our lavender is na...
12/20/2025

Five days until Christmas. Still enough time to gift some of our pure steam distilled Lavender Oil. Our lavender is naturally grown and the oil is then aged before sale. We have extended our "Black Friday" sale with 25% off all lavender products. Use the coupon code, Lavender. Local folks can choose to pick up your order and save shipping. Riverroadflowerfarm.com

Twelve days until Christmas. Still enough time to gift some of our pure steam distilled Lavender Oil. Our lavender is ...
12/13/2025

Twelve days until Christmas. Still enough time to gift some of our pure steam distilled Lavender Oil. Our lavender is naturally grown and the oil is then aged before sale. We have extended our "Black Friday" sale with 25% off all lavender products. Use the coupon code, Lavender. Local folks can choose to pick up your order and save shipping. Riverroadflowerfarm.com

So we have most of the outside dahlia chores done. But plenty to do in the greenhouses. The tubers have to be cut and ...
12/07/2025

So we have most of the outside dahlia chores done. But plenty to do in the greenhouses. The tubers have to be cut and sorted. The mother plants for next season's cuttings have to get started in pots under lights. And we still have to tuck in the big field in the front of the farm. In the meantime, we are busy packaging lavender sachets and our steam distilled lavender oil. These are great stocking stuffers. We are going to keep our Black Friday sale running through the holidays. Use coupon code "Lavender" for 25% discount. And note we have a local pickup option so there is no shipping charge for local folks. Riverroadflowerfarm.com

We have been busy digging the dahlias from our raised beds. The beds are huge with about 320 dahlias , so it takes a wh...
12/03/2025

We have been busy digging the dahlias from our raised beds. The beds are huge with about 320 dahlias , so it takes a while. Our son, Luke, pulled the stakes and cut them off this weekend. This spot is apparently pretty protected and they still haven't been hit by frost. So the tubers just keep growing. These are some of the Bloomquist Jean tubers. They are painfully large. Shipping is going to be a bear. Oh, and we are extending our Lavender products sale through the holidays. Riverroadflowerfarm.com

I found Carol working with the lavender this morning. She is making lavender sachets and labeling bottles of our steam ...
12/01/2025

I found Carol working with the lavender this morning. She is making lavender sachets and labeling bottles of our steam distilled Lavender Oil. She is ready for our Cyber Monday 25% discount Holiday Sale ( use the coupon code "Lavender") on the website. Local folks will have the option of picking it up here at the farm to avoid shipping fees. Riverroadflowerfarm.com

They call this Black Friday, but it is the first sunny day in weeks. And we need to get outside and take advantage of i...
11/28/2025

They call this Black Friday, but it is the first sunny day in weeks. And we need to get outside and take advantage of it. But we spent the morning setting up our own 25% discount Holiday sale for our Lavender at riverroadflowerfarm.com. We grow both English and French Lavender. Most of the English Lavender is dried and we make sachets from the buds. The French Lavender buds are steam distilled into essential oil here on the farm. We then cure the oil a year before bottling. We have discounted our prices 25% - use the coupon code "Lavender". Local folks will have the option of picking it up here at the farm to avoid shipping. Riverroadflowerfarm.com

So we have three different dahlia "patches" here. The big one that is used for just cut flowers is in the front with mo...
11/04/2025

So we have three different dahlia "patches" here. The big one that is used for just cut flowers is in the front with mostly open land around it. The one we use for dahlia tuber sales is a few hundred yards towards the back of the farm with mostly trees around it. And between the two we have quite a few "pot tubers" still busy growing outside the greenhouse. The big patch was frosted several weeks ago. It has been below freezing several times where the pot tubers are growing, but we turn on the sprinklers to protect them overnight. And the ones in the back have not been hit at all. In any event, we keep a close eye on the temperature because we aren't fully winterized outside and a thousand growing pot tubers are an investment we don't want harmed. The weather report yesterday said lows in the 40s. And last night at midnight I get alarms from our temperature monitors. It was nearing 32 degrees in the pot tubers, and the temperature in the front field was near 25! Out I go in my robe and slippers, turning on sprinklers and dragging tarps over un-winterized water systems, racing up and down the fields. And I ran out of tarps, so I grabbed up some very big pots and even the picnic table umbrella to cover the un-winterized irrigation systems. It was cold. But the moon was bright and otherwise a beautiful night. I thought I was too old for such, but I've still got it 🙂.

We have been busy at the farm. The list of chores is long. We are tidying up the cut flower field, preparing to tuck t...
10/29/2025

We have been busy at the farm. The list of chores is long. We are tidying up the cut flower field, preparing to tuck them in for the winter. We have hundreds of dahlias to dig for tuber sales in the big raised beds, but they aren't ready yet. But one chore is finally complete. All of our lavender is now distilled for the sesson. Our distiller is fairly small and our custom is to run a batch at day's end. Hopefully every day, but sometimes other chores get in the way. A fair bit of our lavender is sold fresh from the field, with the rest hung in the drying shed to be processed into "buds" for the kitchen or sachets and such, but most of it is distilled. We finished yesterday evening. And even though the farm-stand is closed, the web site is open. And we can make arrangements for local pickup (there is a coupon to remove the shipping for local pickup on the web site). Riverroadflowerfarm.com

Here are some photos looking back at the lavender harvest.

We want to thank you all for a successful season. We cut thousands of fine dahlias that brightened homes in the region. ...
10/20/2025

We want to thank you all for a successful season. We cut thousands of fine dahlias that brightened homes in the region. The farm-stand will be back in June when the lavender harvest starts. And for now you can purchase lavender products, including our steam distilled lavender oil at RiverRoadFlowerFarm.com

And we will share photos of our off-season projects here.

Well, it was a good run. We have cut a lot of dahlias this season and we have met a lot of very nice folks. And we wan...
10/15/2025

Well, it was a good run. We have cut a lot of dahlias this season and we have met a lot of very nice folks. And we want to thank each and every one of you and look forward to seeing you next season. But the seasons rule and they have brought us pretty much to a halt. Our low temp last night was 27F. Colder in the front field. The raised beds mostly missed it, but we don't have enough blooms there. So yesterday was the last day for the farm-stand. If you have a special event, get in touch. We may be able to help. And we will post here because we have plenty of dahlia and lavender chores still to come.

We dodged that frozen bullet last night. We had a solid 32F in parts of the field complete with ice on the straw mulch....
10/14/2025

We dodged that frozen bullet last night. We had a solid 32F in parts of the field complete with ice on the straw mulch. But there was enough breeze to keep it off the plants. And the weather map looks good for a week or so. Every day is a gift. We cut our big Emory Paul bloom last night because it might freeze. Taking it to the Post Office shortly. Plenty of blooms and our lavender products in the Farm-Stand.

Dahlias by the stem at 1364 River Road in Sequim on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 10 until dusk.

Address

1364 River Road
Sequim, WA
98382

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 6:30pm
Thursday 10am - 6:30pm
Friday 10am - 6:30pm
Saturday 10am - 6:30pm

Telephone

+18008601420

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