In this episode, Sydney and Audrey talk with Rusty Willey a Gardening Enthusiast in Durango and a long-time family friend of Audrey's!

Rusty takes us through his hobby garden this year! Telling us his favorite things to grow in his backyard in Durango, CO and some of his tips and tricks he's learned over the last 8 years!

Rusty has created some amazing carvings with pumpkins and ice so he tells us more about that and his tips and tricks as we approach pumpkin carving season!

He will be carving at the Denver Botanic Gardens at the end of October - go check out the "Glow at the Gardens" from 10/22-27/2024 from 6-9pm!

October 17-19 you can find the "Fall at the Gardens: Harvest Illuminated" Pumpkin Carvings at our local Western Colorado Botanical Gardens if you are from the valley :)

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 our Flower Farm and Flower Shop!

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 Podcast Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni Student; Student Teacher; vintage VW Racer and Restorer; 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!

Visit our website to place a seasonal fresh florals order in the Grand Junction, Fruita, Loma, Palisade, Clifton, or Whitewater areas!

Email List Signup on our Website (weekly emails)

Our FREE Wedding Florals Checklist!

Our Stan Store where you can purchase courses and coaching from Sydney!

Our Instagram! @garveysgardens

This week we talk even more in-depth about our flower farm's irrigation system with Justen - Sydney's Husband!

Justen gets super specific about each part of our irrigation/watering system - explaining from the water source all the way to the flowers exactly what we do and how we updated it this year.

Here is a link to DripWorks!

Here is a link to our Podcast Page - sign up for our email list here :)

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 our Flower Farm and Flower Shop!

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 Podcast Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni Student; Student Teacher; vintage VW Racer and Restorer; 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!

Visit our website to place a seasonal fresh florals order in the Grand Junction, Fruita, Loma, Palisade, Clifton, or Whitewater areas!

Email List Signup on our Website (weekly emails)

Our FREE Wedding Florals Checklist!

Our Instagram! @garveysgardens

In this episode, Sydney and Audrey talk about....All things automated water systems and Irrigation!!

We have been teasing this episode for awhile and it is finally here!

We talk about all the ways you can make an automated watering system for your garden or your farm in the most sustainable and consistent ways possible! No matter if you have a small patio garden, or a flower field, we have got a tried and true system for you!! :)

Head over to our website to use our affilate links if you plan on purchasing any seeds, gardening/farming supplies, or want to get your soil tested!

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 our Flower Farm and Flower Shop!

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 Podcast Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni Student; Student Teacher; vintage VW Racer and Restorer; 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!

Visit our website to place a seasonal fresh florals order in the Grand Junction, Fruita, Loma, Palisade, Clifton, or Whitewater areas!

Email List Signup on our Website (weekly emails)

Our FREE Wedding Florals Checklist!

Our Stan Store where you can purchase courses and coaching from Sydney!

Our Instagram! @garveysgardens

In this episode, Sydney and Audrey talk with Sara of Poppy Candle Collective!

Sara makes every part of her candles, from the concrete vessel to the curated collage on top of each of her soy candles! Tune into the episode to hear more about her process and a few tips and tricks as well!!

Visit Sara's Website or The Poppy Candle Collective Instagram!

Don't forget - if you're local you can always come buy her candles from our Downtown Grand Junction Shop on 5th and Rood! You definetly want one of our signature Bloom candles -sold exclusively in our shop!!

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 our Flower Farm and Flower Shop!

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 Podcast Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni Student; Student Teacher; vintage VW Racer and Restorer; 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!

Visit our website to place a seasonal fresh florals order in the Grand Junction, Fruita, Loma, Palisade, Clifton, or Whitewater areas!

Email List Signup on our Website (weekly emails)

Our FREE Wedding Florals Checklist!

Our Stan Store where you can purchase courses and coaching from Sydney!

Our Instagram! @garveysgardens

In this episode, Sydney and Audrey talk about....

Our September Gardening Checklist, and how that looks on our Flower Farm! We deep dive into the checklist to give you some extra details for how to use it in your garden specifically and changes you might need to make based on your zone.

A quick update on what our Flower Farm is looking like right now; what's blooming, what's done, and what's on the horizon - frost is coming - here in Western Colorado with our high-desert climate!

We also give you all the fall planting tips for a gorgeous spring next year!

Happy Gardening Flower Family!!

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 our Flower Farm and Flower Shop!

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 Podcast Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni Student; Student Teacher; vintage VW Racer and Restorer; 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 for floral orders, deliveries, gifts, and more!

Visit our website to place a seasonal fresh florals order in the Grand Junction, Fruita, Loma, Palisade, Clifton, or Whitewater areas!

Email List Signup on our Website (weekly emails)

Our FREE Wedding Florals Checklist!

Our Stan Store where you can download our FREE monthly gardening checklists, or purchase courses and coaching from Sydney!

Our Instagram! @garveysgardens

In this episode, Sydney and Audrey talk with Jennifer Reed, a fellow Certified American Grown floral designer!

Sydney connected in-person with Jennifer Reed at the First Ladies Luncheon earlier this year - which Jennifer designed!

Jennifer tells us all about her journey through the floral industry - from working in her parents flower shop, to designing huge floral exhibits for the Philadelphia Flower Show!

If you are interested in going to Jennifer Reed and Kelly Shore's Floral Design Workshop in Oregon at the end of September you can sign up here through the Floral Source.

Follow Jennifer on Instagram @JenniferDesignsEvents

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 our Flower Farm and Flower Shop!

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 Podcast Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni Student; Student Teacher; vintage VW Racer and Restorer; 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!

Visit our website to place a seasonal fresh florals order in the Grand Junction, Fruita, Loma, Palisade, Clifton, or Whitewater areas!

Email List Signup on our Website (weekly emails)

Our FREE Wedding Florals Checklist!

Our Stan Store where you can purchase courses and coaching from Sydney!

Our Instagram! @garveysgardens

In this episode, Sydney and Audrey talk all about a seasonal favorite and a perfect beginner flower to start from seed - Sunflowers! 🌻

From branching to single stem we talk about the benefits and uses for both types of sunflowers!

Lots of great websites for buying sunflower seeds!

Logistics to help you decide how many sunflower seeds to plant and when depending on the circumstances of how you will seell them.

Our tips for avoiding various bugs and diseases.

The best time for cutting sunflowers to achieve a longer vase-life. 🌻

Links:

One of our favorite farm tools for direct seeding sunflowers- Earthway Seeder

Lisa Mason Zieglers Course - The Gardeners Workshop - the course Sydney took to learn about growing Sunflowers!

Sunflower Selections

Sunflower Steve Seed Co.

Johnny's Selected Seeds - Sunflowers

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 our Flower Farm and Flower Shop!

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 Podcast Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni Student; Student Teacher; vintage VW Racer and Restorer; 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!

Visit our website to place a seasonal fresh florals order in the Grand Junction, Fruita, Loma, Palisade, Clifton, or Whitewater areas!

Email List Signup on our Website (weekly emails)

Our FREE Wedding Florals Checklist!

Our Stan Store where you can purchase courses and coaching from Sydney!

Our Instagram! @garveysgardens

In this episode, Sydney and Audrey talk about....

Our August Gardening Checklist, and how that looks on our Flower Farm! We deep dive into the checklist to give you some extra details for how to use it in your garden specifically and changes you might need to make based on your zone.

A quick update on what our Flower Farm is looking like right now; what's blooming, what's done, and what's on the horizon here in Western Colorado with our high-desert climate!

We also give a nice pep-talk (if you need it like we do) for how to stay excited and motivated to work on your garden or farm after several long months so far in the season! :)

Happy Gardening Flower Family!!

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 our Flower Farm and Flower Shop!

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 Podcast Manager; Colorado Mesa Uni Student; Student Teacher; vintage VW Racer and Restorer; 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 for floral orders, deliveries, gifts, and more!

Visit our website to place a seasonal fresh florals order in the Grand Junction, Fruita, Loma, Palisade, Clifton, or Whitewater areas!

Email List Signup on our Website (weekly emails)

Our FREE Wedding Florals Checklist!

Our Stan Store where you can download our FREE monthly gardening checklists, or purchase courses and coaching from Sydney!

Our Instagram! @garveysgardens