This week, Sydney chats with her mom, Leslie, in a takeover episode since Audrey gets married this week!

Sydney and her mom talk about....

-growing up in Atlanta and Colorado Springs

-where Sydney gets her farming genes

-favorite flowers and shop items

-lessons learned having a daughter as a flower farmer

-wedding flowers from Sydney's parents' wedding

-where to find local flowers in your area: localflowers.org and www.slowflowers.com

In this week's episode Sydney and Audrey (and Dottie our sweet farm dog) talk about...

Did you know Grand Junction is the #1 Place to Move in Colorado right now according to USA Today?!

Grand Junction is only a couple hours from SO MANY amazing places! And we have an airport so we are super easy to get to - with plenty of amenities, but a small town feel :)

The Grand Valley includes: Palisade, Clifton, Orchard Mesa, Grand Junction, Redlands, Fruita, Loma, Mack.

Palisade: Rent bikes and ride around to wineries! Wine Fest in September! Hiking! Our Favorite Restaurants: Slice of Life Bakery, Fidels Cocina, and Pesh. The Palisade Farmers Market is Sunday Mornings! Palisade Peaches!!! Season is mid July to mid September. Palisade Peach festival in Early August!

Sydney's Article in Shout-Out Colorado!

Downtown GJ - Visit our Shop at 5th and Rood! Lots of great shops and Restaurants! Including Kiln, Hog and Hen, Bin 707, Taco Party, Suehiros. Watch a show at the Avalon Theater! Sweet Kiwi is just a short drive from Downtown!

The Colorado River - Float the river through town on a Kayak, Paddle Board, or Raft!

Las Colonias River Park - Lazy river for tubing, butterfly ponds for kayaks and paddle boards, riverfront trail biking path, Ourdoor Ampitheater and Zipline over the Colorado River! BMX bike park and a park featuring a humpback chub fish climbing structure for kids! Eat at Edgewater Brewery while you're down there!

We have a minor league baseball team - The Jackalopes!

Colorado National Monument lots of (no-dog) hikes, the visitor center, and lots of view spots! Beautiful drive!

Rattlesnake Arches - second highest concentration of arches besides Moab!

Fruita - Great coffee shops, LOTS of mountain biking and dirt biking! Dinosaur Journey Museum!

Loma - Highline State Park

Day Trips from here ~ Moab, The Mesa, Cedaredge, Paonia, Crested Butte, Telluride, Ridgeway, Ouray, Silverton, Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Aspen, Vail.

Local Plant Nurseries - Bookcliff Gardens and Mt. Garfield Greenhouse and Nursery.

Cross Orchards Farm - Apples in the Fall! Cedaredge Apple Fest in October!

Olathe Sweet Corn in July-September! Festival in August!

A refresher on Garvey's Gardens for everyone new listening in!

We have so many new listeners we wanted to make sure everyone knows a bit about us as people, and about Garvey's Gardens as we enter the 2024 growing season!

Sydney: Owner and Farmer-Florist; former teacher; Braves baseball fan; loves reading romcoms and baking in her time away from the shop and farm.

Audrey: Shop Associate and Marketing Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni student; soon-to-be teacher; vintage VW racer and restorer; soon-to-be newlywed; Grand Junction Native.

Garvey's Gardens: Flower Farm and Floral Boutique in Western Colorado! We grow flowers in Palisade throughout the whole year, although most are grown May-October, and those flowers end up in our shop and in our wedding designs for our lucky couples! Our Floral Boutique in Grand Junction, right off of Main St on 5th, is open daily for everyday floral orders, deliveries, gifts, and more!

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In this episode, Sydney and Audrey Interview Cassidy Evans of Cassidy & Co Event Planning!

Cassidy tells us about the different options she provides for wedding planning and how the options can work for different style weddings and couples.

We also discuss how to communicate with vendors and wedding couples most effectively - giving some tips for both sides of that communication loop.

You can find more about Cassidy on her website - she is already booking for 2025!!

A refresher on Garvey's Gardens for everyone new listening in!

We have so many new listeners we wanted to make sure everyone knows a bit about us as people, and about Garvey's Gardens as we enter the 2024 growing season!

Sydney: Owner and Farmer-Florist; former teacher; Braves baseball fan; loves reading romcoms and baking in her time away from the shop and farm.

Audrey: Shop Associate and Marketing Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni student; soon-to-be teacher; vintage VW racer and restorer; soon-to-be newlywed; Grand Junction Native.

Garvey's Gardens: Flower Farm and Floral Boutique in Western Colorado! We grow flowers in Palisade throughout the whole year, although most are grown May-October, and those flowers end up in our shop and in our wedding designs for our lucky couples! Our Floral Boutique in Grand Junction, right off of Main St on 5th, is open daily for everyday floral orders, deliveries, gifts, and more!

Follow us!

Email List Signup on our Website (weekly emails)

Instagram: @ garveysgardens