Jody's Joyful Blooms

04/05/2026

While this is my second growing season with a strong focus of adding more native plants into my flower beds to support our pollinators and other local wildlife, I do enjoy and grow some non-native flowering plants. Seeing as it's Easter, I thought it was timely to mention tulips and daffodils. Tulips originate from Central Asia, while daffodils originate from Europe and Northern Africa. Both are early Spring bloomers and are a cheerful sign that the Earth is waking up from its Winter slumber. I haven't grown tulips or daffodils in a few years, but I miss having their joyful colors to grace my gardens as Winter slips away and Spring ushers in warmer weather. These photos are from my 2017 and 2018 gardens.

Did you know that the sap from cut daffodil stems can be toxic to other cut flowers and can shorten the vase life of said other cut flowers? The easiest way to prevent this is to either keep your cut daffodils separate from your other cut flowers all together, or to leave your cut daffodils in a separate vase of water for a few hours before adding them into your mixed arrangements.

03/21/2026

Hello and welcome to my page! I'm a long-time hobby gardener living in Chester County, Pennsylvania and am using this page to share my love of gardening with and offer gardening and floral arrangement services to local folks. Please feel free to follow along as the gardening season comes to life!

Below are a few previous floral arrangements I've put together right from my own yard.

08/03/2024

Summer is in full swing and my garden is producing some very lovely purples 😍🌱

05/03/2024

When your seedlings first come up versus when it's time to thin them 🤣
I just thinned my radishes and carrots, whew!

05/02/2024

I'm obsessed with my Columbines that are blooming for the first time this year! 😍🌱🌼

03/01/2024

With Spring just around the corner and my gardening planning game on-point for this season, this is 100% accurate 😂😂😂😂🌱🌼

07/03/2023

A couple small arrangements I put together this past weekend 😍

11/28/2022

It's been a while since I've posted any garden-related info! I know, you may be thinking, the gardening season is over, what's to post?? Well, stay tuned for an update on this experiment later, but I did acquire a cold frame on Facebook Marketplace and have set up my raised beds with said cold frame - things are growing, but are still on the small side. But, I digress. What I came here to share is about my favorite gardening tool. These Fiskars micro pruning shears are used constantly in my garden, from small pruning jobs to clipping flowers and herbs These little bad boys are SHARP, so watch your fingers! I've had mine for several seasons and they are well-used, but they are still very sharp and do a great job! Fiskars

Perfect for encouraging healthy growth on plants and flowers, the precision blades on Fiskars® Micro-Tip® Pruning Snips are ideal for shaping, repetitive trimming and intricate snips. Precise, Micro-Tip® blades cut all the way to the tip for clean, healthy cuts in tight spaces, while fully harden...

10/29/2022

3 photos each of 2 arrangements that I just put together this afternoon. Guys....I'm still harvesting flowers from my garden at the end of October. Woo-hoo! ❤💐🌸🏵🌹🌺🌼🌷⚘