Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Will you be surprising someone you love with an armful of flowers? Or are you hoping someone will plan a special delivery for you? I hope you’ll consider placing your order with my friends over at Dragonfly Farm.
“Commercially grown roses just don’t smell as wonderful as organic roses…” shares Carlisle, mother to a wee one and florist extraordinaire. I spent years trailing Carlisle around Dragonfly’s farm off West Side Road in Healdsburg, and I can affirm that her flowers are intoxicating. With more than 1500 roses on their six acre paradise, the scent and the colors are simply awe inspiring. Tour the farm one day and look for the rows of coral colored roses – who knew roses could be orange-colored and smell like honey?
Still, most local roses are hardly in bloom during the dreary month of February. Fortunately, Dragonfly’s arrangements pull from a vast array of seasonal flowers. “We grow an enormous selection of plants – each carefully chosen for form, texture, fragrance and color. The gardens’ variety and abundance allows us to produce wonders at almost any time of year.” (A cluster of daffodils showed their heads earlier this week – photo above.)
While the roses and fresh cut flowers are a true treat, the practical side of me would really rather receive a potted plant or living arrangement. Dragonfly’s offerings in this department are truly divine as well. “We offer natural and uncontrived floral service,” says Carlisle. In the photo below, Bonnie (Carlisle’s mother) expertly winds vines and tucks moss into soil to form a heart shaped base for some wonderful creation…
Valentine’s Day Orders
Dragonfly offers floral arrangements, flowers by the stem, vases, live plants and other creative valentine’s gifts. “If you know what you want, call ahead and we’ll have it ready 707.433.3739 (or we can deliver). If you have no idea, come by and we’ll help you figure it out!” says Carlisle. She also notes Dragonfly can help you place flower delivery orders out of the area.
Valentine’s Day is Tuesday February 14th – Dragonfly’s shop is open from 10:00am-5:00pm through the big day. On-line orders can be placed here: www.DragonflyFloral.com
More about Dragonfly
“Dragonfly is a unique and magical place. We are an organic flower farm, located in the Dry Creek Valley in Healdsburg California. We are also a florist, offering natural and uncontrived floral services. Dragonfly Farm is rare in that in 1990 we yanked out 6 acres of grapes. Needless to say this caused quite a stir. In doing so we have created a haven for birds, butterflies, occasionally dragonfly flies, and various other critters amongst the ever-changing array of sustainably and organically grown flora and fauna.” (via Dragonfly Floral website)
Dragonfly Floral
425 Westside Road
Healdsburg, California 95448
707.433.3739
For an instant visual tour, view the photos on their blog here: http://www.dragonflyhealdsburg.com/dragonfly-farm-blog.html












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