Planning the Farm at Floret

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Planning the Farm at Floret

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I’m really excited to share a video that takes you behind the scenes of how we plan the farm. It is truly a window into our unconventional process and is my favorite video to date!
Even though I’ve been creating a farm plan for nearly 20 years now, I always find this activity to be quite daunting. It’s a delicate balance between dreaming big and also trying to be as realistic as possible about our many limitations.
Because Jill and I are visual learners, pictures, paper, and writing things out make sense to our brains. And while we’re often told it’s not the most “efficient” way to plan, it really works for us.
This year Chris captured the months-long process on camera so that we could share it with you.
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@floretflowerfarm 4 ай бұрын

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@jamiehill3220 4 ай бұрын

My takeaway is…surround yourself with good people who are hard-working and share your vision. Love you guys!

@kkflower1111 4 ай бұрын

Chris is such a sweetheart ❤Seeing him how he talks about Erin ❤it’s beautiful

@joanthomson924 4 ай бұрын

I love the dynamics between you and your husband. The planing boggles my mind! Happy Earth Day floret is destined to be stewards of the land. Thank you

@NextdoorHomestead 3 ай бұрын

Wait, what? This is bonkers-level of planning. I'm so impressed and suddenly feel like I need to seriously up my flower game. So excited to order some seeds when the shop reopens!

@bailybeckstrand664 4 ай бұрын

What is amazing is how beautiful this cinematography is and Chris is so talented!!

@memethomas5402 4 ай бұрын

I love seeing the seed sorting back ground story!

@KerryAtkns 4 ай бұрын

Keep nurturing your vision and sharing your experiences; it’s making a positive impact far beyond your fields. 🌼

@thewolfethatcould8878 4 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more!!!

@robinzuppan 4 ай бұрын

I Love that You get to work with Your Best friend Jill!! 💐🦋🌈

@aharnish9557 4 ай бұрын

Watching this brings a smile to my face as I think about my own spreadsheets, graph paper, frame grabs of flower images, measuring tape, pencils.... love it.

@TsunamiSmif 4 ай бұрын

Another fun, instructive video! So warm and human, like everything you do. You are a light🙌🙌🙌

@marygilmer3368 4 ай бұрын

I lov! e the honesty, the drive and above all your sharing of your life's adventures! Thank you!

@tabismiles 4 ай бұрын

I couldn’t stop grinning throughout the entire video. You are all SO delightful!! Thank you for such an eye opening experience learning your planning process

@JenDionisio 4 ай бұрын

To see you having the same “struggles” on your farm while I’m trying to figure out how to lay out my brand new farm gives me hope that this will turn out just fine! Thank you! Dream Big!

@veronikakapras2551 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for making these videos Erin (and Jill, Chris and everyone :))! I love watching them :) This one made me laugh out loud too!

@alexandraswirski4087 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for being you and showing us such an honest look at the process! Also team sticky note! 🎉

@shopcookeatwi 4 ай бұрын

Love love love you two! Thanks for giving us a peek at the process. I so enjoyed this video. 🌼🏵💐

@cwillis2033 4 ай бұрын

It is so validating to hear Erin say that the planning is like going into a cave! That is exactly how I feel. Terrified that I will bite off more than I can manage but going excitedly ahead anyway. Mistakes are made and knowledge gained. It is quite a lovely dance indeed.

@MargaretCroom1 4 ай бұрын

I don’t have a farm, just an area for cut flowers but I love this. It’s applicable to whatever we all do in life. The fact that your life goal is to make sure you give all of us the info to do it ourselves is the best kind of legacy. Now I need Grams Crabapple trees.

@mistygeller3193 4 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness what a crack up you two are!! 😂😂😂 What a team! I love it!! And I can’t wait to see what you guys do on the farm this year! Go team Floret!!

@kimberlymayeux-maillet2363 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video, love seeing everyone "behind the scenes."

@thewolfethatcould8878 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this. Your entire crew is awesome, I love the interactions between everyone. Your labor of love is spreading rainbows of hope and dreams to so many people. I look forward to one day implementing all you have taught me. Thank you for this from the bottom of my heart. It fills me with unbounding joy and cheesy nonstop smiles. Keep up the amazing work! 🌱🌺🥰

@MicheleNoma 4 ай бұрын

You bozos are so fun and brilliant and funny and beautiful and just simply amazing! I wish more content, entertainment, media was this authentic. You're a breath of fresh air. Thank you for giving us SO MUCH of yourselves!

@pnwfarmandgarden 4 ай бұрын

You ladies crack me up!! What a great friendship

@Momcat6 4 ай бұрын

You all are so dang cute! Love watching 'the planning' and how well you all work together!♥♥

@jessicapoirier-knitel1436 4 ай бұрын

I love watching you guys! What a team! 🩷 I also love how you said, Erin, that some decisions you made for the farm 5 years ago you don’t necessarily love anymore so it’s time to edit. I always feel like a failure when I decide to move some things around AGAIN but you made me realize that it’s a work in progress and that’s ok. Plans will change as I continue to learn and grow. 🌸

@user-fe3mv9ph5j 4 ай бұрын

Loved Chris’s comment, “I hate planning, but I love a good plan!”😂

@maggiefrancis4194 4 ай бұрын

Cute! I love you gals! This is very exciting. It was fun to farm vicariously through you for 20 minutes. Thank you!! 🌸🌺🪻💐🌲🌳

@Tieaz63 4 ай бұрын

You two crack me up! Thank you! ❤

@MichelleSuggs-ls1ki 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely fabulous! Your team is wonderful and it shows how much everyone loves what they are doing.

@melissadean676 4 ай бұрын

I just read the first 4 minutes, and omg so much you do! Excellent and love it.

@sammorrison9257 4 ай бұрын

This video is SO GOOD on so many levels!! The genuineness of visionaries flirting with madness while acknowledging the importance of pencil sharpeners and extra sticky post-it notes. I LOVE IT! btw... please consider finding an apparel supplier so I can order a Floret shirt to wear when I watch your videos. :-)

@edgarr.canonv.7109 4 ай бұрын

From the point of view of an agronomist, that is the essence, planning!!

@amandastapleton1953 4 ай бұрын

This could also translate to life planning! ✨

@sonnysome3201 4 ай бұрын

You folks crack me up :D! Love seeing this!

@Ladybugsandflowers 4 ай бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed you all explaining your process!

@user-bs7hb7jq1h 4 ай бұрын

Oh to be a fly on the wall and watch that entire process.

@kkflower1111 4 ай бұрын

The magic of flow flexibility and adaptation this is how nature is also. We have the greatest teacher in nature 🌸 oh you need to end up with a botanical garden!!! Florets Botanical Garden!!!

@djamilam 4 ай бұрын

So fun! Can't wait to see what's next!

@maryjomathews4749 4 ай бұрын

I love this. I live by sticky notes and the really important ones go on the bathroom mirror 😂

@christiesaas4386 4 ай бұрын

I love the last shot in the video, the big overhead view of the farm. Please share more so we can see the whole thing, IRL, not on paper. :)

@DonnaDanner-wk2ru 4 ай бұрын

You two are too funny! It’s amazing all the things you have accomplished!

@ardybb Ай бұрын

You are so special and fierce! So enjoy this video. "Plant math". Who knew? Love the way you work!!!

@elisiabarber7541 4 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see what you all do next. Love love love the glimpse into your gardening madness. Makes me feel better about my big dreams 😊

@TheAndreawixson 4 ай бұрын

Love you guys and all you do so much!! So proud and thankful for all you share with the world 🌱🌸💗

@loreliemerton8133 4 ай бұрын

What a great video. Thanks for sharing this insight into the planning that happens on your farm. Very relateable. It's a massive job and very few of us are anywhere near your scale!

@suepanton-ej7yk 4 ай бұрын

Chips and good people make planning anything better

@memethomas5402 4 ай бұрын

Erik, the triangle screen is for RoseHips seeds.the Rose Hip seeds are triangle in shape.

@GardenKath 4 ай бұрын

I really loved this video. 😄 I especially love that the two of you are planners, but with a side of chaos. I relate so hard. I have to have a plan, or at least an outline, but it's going to involve a lot of scribbles and scratches (and potato chip crumbs).

@Nmprix 4 ай бұрын

I laughed so hard during the first five minutes! LOVE the bantering!

@KjessieEssue 4 ай бұрын

Loved giggling along with you guys and seeing the process. And the chips. And the post Its. Super sticky. Noted.

@MarieStephensArt 4 ай бұрын

I love Jill's painting analogy. And if you ever decide to try oil painting, in the beginning, it often feels like Erin's analogy of going into a cave! You wonder what the heck you got yourself into, and if you'll ever find a way out! But with painting, you have to think like Jill, trust in the process and everything usually works out:). Great vid ladies!

@Bluebirdhouse 4 ай бұрын

You all have such a special rapport with each other. No wonder you are successful, and your videos are the best. I am happy to report my Unicorn Zinnia, Alpenglow Dahlia and celosia seedlings are all going gangbusters. They are my backyard farm plan for now.

@johannalillie8093 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely love watching your updates!! I took the workshop in 2021 and am looking forward to my biggest plan yet! I feel like we are planning together ❤ best wishes for a great season to the whole team!

@MarieStephensArt 4 ай бұрын

You two are so funny. And so relatable!!!! Do you ever feel like you always cram way more into a space when thinking about it in your head vs. the actual space in reality? I struggle with this, and my husband is always the voice of logic and reason! I'm like a kid at a dessert buffet whose eyes are bigger than her stomach!

@michellep1592 4 ай бұрын

I love your TEAM everyone is an asset! Can't wait to see what 2024 in the garden brings! Thank you again for what you all do!!!!!

@therapywithisabel 4 ай бұрын

I miss friendship. It felt so good watching you all work together. "ships" of all kinds are so important. And WOW that was a very insightful video. Thank you so much for sharing. Mindblown

@cherylelkins1403 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing. Loved this❤😂😅

@johnfravel9772 4 ай бұрын

I had to laugh at the end with the "chewing your leg/or Jill's leg off to get out of the cave comment." So how I'm feeling right now. Fall is busy around the farm, but spring is gangbusters on steriods, and I always feel like I'm playing catch up and just skidding through by the skin of my teeth....and thanking my lucky stars for the decisioins that panned out and don't make more work for me. Greateful for you that you have a good team, especially Jill. I need a Jill, just can't afford one yet 🤣

@lyndadorrington1790 4 ай бұрын

You are all mad but in the most adorable, impressive, crazy way. Thanks for sharing your inspiring and very down to earth approach. What a team!

@Hillsidegardener 4 ай бұрын

Love your beautiful minds! I really appreciate the honesty, messiness, and collective effort from everyone. ❤️ your team!

@KyLinda 4 ай бұрын

I love you guys! you have chihuahua sweaters on!

@jackiedurk8799 4 ай бұрын

These videos are so enjoyable, thank you🤗

@lindahovgaard9786 4 ай бұрын

You go girls!!! And never stop having fun along the way! You both inspire me! I had my husband listen to the part about Erin's husband supporting her through her endeavors . My husband is pretty good about supporting me but sometimes I think he thinks I'm crazy...lol.

@monicakroft8720 4 ай бұрын

Yes to pencil, graph paper, and tape measure!

@cheryljanedecastro411 4 ай бұрын

Amazing!! Thank you for posting this as we cannot watch your show in Australia Erin!

@mistygeller3193 4 ай бұрын

I am still a paper, pen, pencil and sticky note gal too!

@memethomas5402 4 ай бұрын

Oh my Word!!! Absolutely Love This!! BAHAHAHA ❤️ Love the answers...Dentist/Cove!!

@charleneroof2123 4 ай бұрын

I love you guys!!!

@40JoCharles 4 ай бұрын

Yay, let’s do it. 👊🏼

@marciamersky8910 4 ай бұрын

You guys crack me up!

@Elliesbeautychannel 4 ай бұрын

I'd love a video on cleaning seed! I would love to save some seed off my own dahlias this season and have noticed that your seeds have a much higher germination rate than other seed suppliers.

@evaburgess3648 4 ай бұрын

Great video.

@gardeningonthewestforkwith8994 4 ай бұрын

My head hurts in a good way! I needed to see this your joy and stress is real! You change lives with all your planning! I’ve friends planting floret zinnias👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻I’ve watched you from beginning they have not so I tell them cherish those babies!!

@jessn331 4 ай бұрын

You gals are adorable!! Love that potato chips made the supply list! And do they still make Trapper Keepers?!? 😂

@adriennegricius4703 4 ай бұрын

I have learned so much from you! Thank you 🌼🌸🌺

@kkflower1111 4 ай бұрын

Omg all of what you all do is great but man this video is great but freaking genuine and super freaking funny I guess we all relate 😂

@ritathompson5688 4 ай бұрын

You girls had me crying laughing at the end. OMG to find ladies that speak my own language! YES! Into the cave we go!!!! To lose our minds and find our souls! BTW I love the name deer candy for an apple tree....so perfect....makes me think of all the wild apple tree's I would play around running in the fields in Idaho with my friend Rosemary and Willow. HAPPY GARDENING!!!

@lorisullivan7915 4 ай бұрын

"chewing your leg off" 😂😂

@autry9562 4 ай бұрын

“Woah it’s like a beautiful mind!…but it’s really just two bozos with a bunch of post its” 😂🤣

@dianacohen3498 4 ай бұрын

Loved this!!! ❤

@victorialegris8516 4 ай бұрын

Love this so much!

@summerskyegardens 4 ай бұрын

Love this! Looking forward to more behind the scenes! Did Chris film and edit this himself? If so he did a phenomenal job

@SopariaInc 4 ай бұрын

Sticky note sanctuary! My kind of planning. 😂

@rebeccacheney9566 4 ай бұрын

Timmy! Love that cat 🐱

@kkflower1111 4 ай бұрын

Erin crack me up 😂!!! She is sooo funny

@kkflower1111 4 ай бұрын

You both are!!! It’s been so great seeing you you grow through the years ❤ 🌸

@luck_543 4 ай бұрын

I like "focused...go dork"

@pauloli6931 4 ай бұрын

This is amazing! Any advice for those who have toddlers that love to pull up tags and play with lots and lots of paper and markers?😬😅

@ina647 4 ай бұрын

❤

@anafernandez6639 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for all the information you share in such a candid and fun way! I feel my love of crabapples is now validated!!! Can you please share who your suppliers were (especially those who sell the rare heirloom varieties?

@TeamFloret 4 ай бұрын

Here's a blog post with some great crab apple sources: www.floretflowers.com/favorite-bulb-plant-sources/

@JessieDubuque 4 ай бұрын

What are the fly larvea used for??? Inquiring minds...

@cathymccall9846 4 ай бұрын

😵‍💫😻

@catefloreystudio4010 4 ай бұрын

Plant math 🙋‍♀️

@MeredithGardner-vo4qn 3 ай бұрын

clearly you don't have bear pressure - we could never grow crabapples without having a tree full of drunk bears at Halloween here in Pemberton BC Canada (:

@kimberlychauche3892 4 ай бұрын

The sound of absolute disgust my husband made before walking away after y'all said G7 or G10 for Pilot pens about did me in. APPARENTLY anyone with "classic good taste" knows the G2 is superior. Pilot pen fans have OPINIONS