Growing For Connection

Growing For Connection Gardener who hopes to help, inspire, and equip others to feel ready to garden with a green thumb!

I was hoping to open up this week to have people shop but I have to just be honest that it’s too cold at night still. I ...
05/06/2026

I was hoping to open up this week to have people shop but I have to just be honest that it’s too cold at night still. I have lost a couple things from testing the waters. May 15th is usually like the safe time but Mother’s Day is early this year. I do have some teacher appreciation type pots and planters as well as Mother’s Day planters and hanging baskets though, so I will try to get those posted and will hopefully be able to officially have people come shop flowers, veggies and herbs next week. I don’t want to offer them out too soon and have customers lose them due to temps. I see so many commercial stores putting everything out so I know it’s tempting, but I care too much to sell things when I know the might die on you on these cooler nights. I also am making flower arrangements for Mother’s Day, but those will be offered as custom orders only for pick up Saturday. Feel free to text me what what you may be interested in 6303012214. Thank you for your patience!

03/03/2026

Quiet over here, but that does not mean things are not happening. I am hopeful that within the next week I can post an inventory list of the vegetables, herbs and annuals that I will have ready in May. So many seedlings are being prepared. I do suggest holding off until May just because we still get an occasional hard frost up until about Mother’s Day.

Veggies, herbs, and annuals are all $2.50 for a 4-5in pot. Plants are hardened off and ready for you to transplant at purchase. I also will be ready at that time to do custom planters and hanging baskets for Mother’s Day and there will be plenty premade for you to look at as well. I also always have perennials but prices for those vary by type, plant maturity, pot size, etc.

I will try to have some cold tolerant planter options ready for Easter, but you can also always order a custom cut flower arrangement, too.

Keeping my plant prices low is one tangible way that I can positively impact the world around us by hopefully making gardening accessible to more people. I also reuse pots (until they tear) to have a greener impact, so I will accept any in-tact planter pots opposed to someone throwing them out. Please consider shopping with me for your plants, so I can keep doing this.

Once everything is ready for purchase, you can reach out to me if you’d like to come and look to pick things for yourself, I am happy to accommodate as long as we schedule ahead of time. Otherwise, you will be welcome to send me a list that I can pull for you for pick up.

Just wanted to put this on the radar as everyone is planning their gardens with these bursts of kinder weather.☀️


I still have some treats available for Valentine’s Day!Valentine theme bouquets come in three sizes this year: $25 for a...
02/10/2026

I still have some treats available for Valentine’s Day!

Valentine theme bouquets come in three sizes this year:
$25 for a Valentines themed wrapped bouquet
And then there will be a medium and a large vase bouquet available for $50 or $75.

I will post pictures of leftovers once I’m completed with special orders, but I recommend placing a personalized order if there’s anything in particular you would like in terms of color or flower.

I also have some plant packages that will come wrapped in Valentines themed wrapping. Wrapping may vary based on availability.

I put some plant groupings together and they’re not interchangeable for this specific event. Cost is discounted as a bulk order opposed to buying any of these plants individually. Package details will be listed with each photo.

Come see us and many other great vendors at the farmhouse today! Pop-up Christmas market!
12/14/2025

Come see us and many other great vendors at the farmhouse today! Pop-up Christmas market!

Come see me at this upcoming lovely Christmas market at a beautiful venue! This market is special because it will featu...
12/11/2025

Come see me at this upcoming lovely Christmas market at a beautiful venue! This market is special because it will feature many young entrepreneurs! Artisan gifts, always feel a little extra special to me. I will have lots of house plants, some wreaths, and some hand painted gift tags and gift bags, you may also see some cute Torres kids selling some of their creations as well!

As we enter this season of gift-giving, I have to share that plants make a great gift!Yesterday I spent a lot of time po...
12/04/2025

As we enter this season of gift-giving, I have to share that plants make a great gift!

Yesterday I spent a lot of time posting a lot of my inventory with descriptions and prices and I think the post was too big at once and it never uploaded. Unfortunately, it was incredibly time-consuming so right now I can just upload the photos and I will add prices and descriptions this evening. Feel free to reach out if you are interested in anyting and I can share that specifc info with you sooner.

Additionally, I will be picking up more greens in the morning tomorrow and I would be happy to make you a custom holiday planter or wreath. The larger wreaths are $35 for the one with the inner metal base which makes a thinner wreath and $50 for the one with a woven stick base which makes for a really full wreath. I also have a smaller metal base wreath size for $22.

11/22/2025

A closer look at some of the items available right now posted on my page, (not yet updated on my website)

Some holiday items ready! I will keep posting as options are available but there is always an option of anything customi...
11/22/2025

Some holiday items ready! I will keep posting as options are available but there is always an option of anything customizable and I have planters of all shapes and sizes to fit any budget. You may also drop off your planter to me and I can fill it for you.

Everything (including bows, any painted sticks, cones or greenery) is handmade. I purchase and collect supplies (like pine cones etc) year round while greenery purchased. I want my price to be affordable but must fator in that making these items is just not a super fast process and done with a lot of love and intentional effort, time and resources.

The few flowers and floral greenery used was selected for exactly how it dries. It offers a pop of color or interest that will last.  if there’s anything more specific, I can help you with please never hesitate to reach out.

11/19/2025

Making all of the Christmas things! Reach out to me for a custom holiday planter, centerpiece, wreath!

10/23/2025

Hey all! I’m lucky to get to know so many other wonderful, local, small businesses so I’d like to do a better job highlighting them at times. I HAVE to tell you about one right now because I recently ate the most delicious dessert of my life. The type of delicious i suddenly crave. I let my kids go buy themselves a treat at pride fest and snuck a bite and then went and bought an extra one. Please follow The Sweet Knead and when she has a pop up stand, or is at a fest, do yourself a favor and go try some of her amazing sour dough creations. Also quite scrumptious is her sour dough salted toffee cookies. The dessert mentioned was maybe a cinnamon cake, frosted, with like a caramel on top- Ty feel free to correct me, all I know is I need it again someday! I have no doubt that anything she makes is that ridiculously good, though!

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