Backyard Flower Pot

Backyard Flower Pot Welcome to Backyard Flower Pot! Passionate about quality, sustainability, and beauty - thank you for supporting local!

I'm a small backyard grower of native plants, perennials, cut flowers, fresh fruits, veggies, herbs, and handmade natural products. I'm a retired professional turned homeschooling mama with a deep love for nature. My passion for gardening began in my teens, but I didn't start growing plants myself until my early 20's. After having my first child, I dove head first into growing herbs to create natu

ral soaps, teas, and cleaning products - a craft I've been perfecting for over 15 years. I now grow a wide variety of plants to create herbal tinctures, oil infusions, skincare products, cleaning products, and teas. I also enjoy experimenting with fermented foods, like water kefir, kombucha, and my favorite creation: pine needle soda! At home, we compost, recycle, and run a thriving worm farm to minimize waste. My gardens are herbicide and pesticide free, grown following organic practices, and enriched with homemade compost. I'm deeply passionate about native plants, habitat restoration, and connectioning people with sustainable living and locally grown plants, flowers, and produce. What started as a personal hobby has blossomed into a rewarding new career and small business. My mission is to help my community access native plants, fresh produce, and affordable options for their yards, gardens, and tables. Thank you for supporting small growers and local businesses!

Looking for something to do next Saturday afternoon? Come check out harvest sip & stroll in Middleborough from 4 to 7 PM...
09/06/2026

Looking for something to do next Saturday afternoon? Come check out harvest sip & stroll in Middleborough from 4 to 7 PM.

I will be there with my full apothecary lineup, as well as fresh, locally grown flower bouquets. I will also be rolling out some new seasonal and giftgiving goodies!


Flower bouquets are stocked at all three locations this morning.All flowers are properly conditioned after harvesting to...
09/06/2026

Flower bouquets are stocked at all three locations this morning.

All flowers are properly conditioned after harvesting to help extend vase Life. They come wrapped in individual water bags and with a packet of flower food.

Self serve stand

10 KOSS Ave., East Freetown

125 County St., East Freetown

98 Main St., Lakeville

You will also find some other goodies on the stand at County Street and Main Street.

Over a dozen flower bouquets in the stand as of 5PM Saturday. All flowers have been properly conditioned after harvestin...
09/05/2026

Over a dozen flower bouquets in the stand as of 5PM Saturday.

All flowers have been properly conditioned after harvesting to help extend vase Life. They are each wrapped in an individual water bag and come with a packet of flower food.

$12 each

Self serve stand
10 KOSS Ave, East Freetown

What a fantastic day it’s going to be at the North Fairhaven Open Air Market today!The weather is FANTASTIC and there ar...
09/05/2026

What a fantastic day it’s going to be at the North Fairhaven Open Air Market today!

The weather is FANTASTIC and there are SO MANY vendors!!

Hope to see you there!

Our THIRD farm stand location is officially OPEN!I’m so excited to add another spot where you can grab fresh flowers, ga...
09/04/2026

Our THIRD farm stand location is officially OPEN!

I’m so excited to add another spot where you can grab fresh flowers, garden goodies & a few of my handmade favorites!

📍 98 Main St., Lakeville

The stand is self-serve, so stop by when it’s convenient for you!

Right now you’ll find:
💐 Locally grown fresh flower bouquets
🌱 Garden boosters — including feather meal, kelp meal & crushed lobster and crab shells
✨ Magnesium spray
🌸 Room & linen sprays
🎀 Handmade barrettes
🛁 Bath fizz
🎨 Paintable magnets — a fun little project for the kiddos!

💵 Easy self-serve payment options:
Cash • Venmo • PayPal • Cash App • Credit Card

As always, inventory will change throughout the season depending on what’s blooming and what I’ve been busy making, so there will often be something new to discover!

A huge thank you to everyone who continues to support my little Backyard Flower Pot business. Seeing it grow to three farm stand locations means more to me than you know. ❤️🌻

📍 98 Main St., Lakeville

For the security of the stand and property, the premises are protected by 24-hour audio and video surveillance.

Come grab some flowers, treat yourself to something handmade, or pick up a little boost for the garden! 🌿💐

Weekend bouquets are out on the stand. All flowers were properly conditioned after harvesting to help extend vase Life. ...
09/04/2026

Weekend bouquets are out on the stand.

All flowers were properly conditioned after harvesting to help extend vase Life. Each bouquet comes individually wrapped with a water bag and a packet of flower food.

$12 each

Self-serve stand
10 KOSS Ave., East Freetown

09/03/2026

**Lights Out Alert This Weekend**

Heads up birders, a lot of migration is expected during Labor Day Weekend. The fall migration season is about to kick into high gear. We have a unique set up this weekend as a strong area of low pressure in the Atlantic will be tilted just right to provide a wind from the north to northeast across the Northeast and eastern Great Lakes region. The low level wind flow will continue to guide birds toward the Gulf. Saturday night will likely be the biggest migration night of the weekend with more than 300 million birds in flight. We are about 2-3 weeks away from the fall migration peak. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights.

09/02/2026

Monarchs and viceroys are one of nature's most famous cases of mistaken identity, and honestly, most people never notice the difference until it's pointed out to them.

At first glance the two butterflies look nearly identical. Both have bright orange wings crisscrossed with black lines and dotted with white spots along the edges. This is not a coincidence. It is one of the best documented examples of mimicry in the insect world.

Monarch caterpillars feed almost exclusively on milkweed, and milkweed contains cardiac glycosides, toxic compounds that build up in the caterpillar's body and remain in the adult butterfly. Birds that eat a monarch quickly learn their lesson. The toxin causes vomiting, and predators tend to avoid orange and black patterned butterflies afterward.

For a long time scientists believed viceroys were harmless mimics simply copying the monarch's warning colors to borrow that protection without any of the toxicity themselves, a phenomenon called Batesian mimicry. Research published by entomologists at the University of Florida changed that assumption. Viceroy caterpillars feed on willow and poplar trees, which contain their own bitter, unpalatable compounds called salicylates. Birds that sample a viceroy find it distasteful too, just through a different chemical pathway. That means monarchs and viceroys are actually engaged in Müllerian mimicry, where two separately defended species evolve to look alike, reinforcing the same warning signal to predators and making it more effective for both of them.

So how do you actually tell them apart? Look at the hindwings. Viceroys have a distinct black line that runs horizontally across the veins of the lower wing, almost like a stitched seam. Monarchs do not have this line at all. Size is another clue. Monarchs are noticeably larger, with a wingspan that can reach around 4 inches, while viceroys typically stay closer to 3 inches. Viceroys also tend to have a more rapid, choppy flight pattern low to the ground, while monarchs glide and soar at greater heights, a behavioral difference documented by researchers at the Xerces Society.

Range matters too. Viceroys are found throughout most of the continental United States and southern Canada, generally sticking close to wetlands, streams, and areas with willow trees since that is their larval host plant. Monarchs have a much broader range and are famous for their multigenerational migration to overwintering sites in central Mexico, a journey covered extensively by monarch researchers at Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the University of Kansas Monarch Watch program.

If you want to support either species in your own garden, the approach differs. For monarchs, plant native milkweed species appropriate to your USDA hardiness zone, since that is the only plant their caterpillars can eat. For viceroys, willow and poplar trees serve the same purpose. Both species also benefit from a diversity of native nectar flowers throughout the growing season to fuel adult butterflies.

Next time you spot an orange and black butterfly in the garden, take a second look at that hindwing. It is a small detail, but it tells a much bigger story about how two unrelated species evolved to protect each other through shared appearance, one of the more elegant examples of natural selection at work.

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Looking for a different kind of Girls’ Night? Skip the same old dinner-and-drinks and get creative instead!Backyard Flow...
09/02/2026

Looking for a different kind of Girls’ Night?

Skip the same old dinner-and-drinks and get creative instead!

Backyard Flower Pot can bring a Dried Flower Pumpkin Workshop right to YOU!

Gather your friends, family, coworkers, or favorite group of people and spend about 2 hours creating your own beautiful dried flower pumpkin arrangement — with three different pumpkin sizes to choose from.

✨ I bring everything to your location
🌸 All flowers, botanicals & supplies are provided
🌿 Flowers and botanicals are primarily locally grown (by me!)
🎃 Everyone goes home with their own unique creation
🧹 And the best part? I handle the cleanup too!

These workshops are perfect for:

👯 Girls’ nights
💍 Bridal & wedding showers
🍼 Baby showers
🎂 Birthday celebrations
🥂 Anniversary parties
👩‍💼 Work or team gatherings
🍁 Neighborhood or friend get-togethers
…or simply an excuse to gather your favorite people and do something fun!

No artistic experience needed — part of the fun is seeing how completely different everyone’s pumpkin turns out. ❤️

Have a space and a group? I’ll bring the workshop to you!

💚 Nonprofit organization? Special discounted workshop pricing is available.

Fall dates are filling, so reach out to Backyard Flower Pot for details, pricing and availability! 🎃🌻🍂

Sometimes the best memories are made around a table, surrounded by flowers and friends. 💐

Can you believe it’s almost THIS time of year again?Where did this year go?!….Pumpkins will be rolling out in the next c...
09/02/2026

Can you believe it’s almost THIS time of year again?

Where did this year go?!….

Pumpkins will be rolling out in the next couple of weeks and along with those will be all the fall & winter decorations.

Check back soon for updates

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