Everything Botanical LLC

05/30/2026

A little more polished each week.

This week at the self-serve nursery, we focused on the ground beneath our feet — smoothing the w**d barrier, improving the footing around the tables, removing an old mailbox post that was no longer in use, and continuing to make the space easier and more beautiful to shop.

We use wood chips intentionally. Rather than paving over beautiful farm land, we’re trying to keep the nursery surface softer, more permeable, and more in keeping with the soil and working greenhouse around it. It is still evolving, but the goal is to preserve the character of the land while making the self-serve nursery more welcoming each week.

We’ve also added new drip zones so we can begin offering larger perennials and more substantial material as the nursery grows.

New on the tables this week: Lavender ‘Phenomenal’ and Iris ensata ‘Gold Bound’ — both budded and ready to bloom.

A new order of smaller trees also arrived last night. They are not perfectly sorted yet, and the wind had its own opinion this morning, but sorting and staging those will be one of our projects for the coming week.

This is nursery life in real time: a working landscape company, a growing self-serve nursery, family schedules, weather, wind, baseball games, and steady improvement.

Thank you for shopping local, following along, and giving us every reason to keep refining this greenhouse corner week by week.

Fresh material is out, more is coming, and we’re grateful.

05/28/2026

An unexpected combination for a special customer today.

Black petunias, white begonias, and blue lobelia — soft, moody, and a little dramatic in the best way.

Sometimes the best garden combinations happen when contrast leads: pale blooms, deep velvet tones, and a bright thread of blue to pull it all together.

This is the kind of pairing we love for containers, entry moments, and little places in the garden that deserve more personality.

05/26/2026

05/21/2026

How to have success using poppies for cut flower:
Cut the stems when the buds are: Showing color, just beginning to crack open, and still slightly nodding.
Right after cutting:
Recut stems cleanly.
Dip the bottom 1–2 inches into:
boiling water for 7–10 seconds, or
an open flame for a few seconds.
Immediately place in deep lukewarm water.
Homemade Holding Solution
Per quart (liter) of water:
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp lemon juice or white vinegar
1–2 drops bleach
Change water daily
After searing:
Place stems in deep water
Keep in a cool dark room or cooler
Hydrate for 4–12 hours before arranging
Then arrange.

05/20/2026

Boxwood leafminer is on the move in Litchfield County.

This week, we’re seeing the tiny, wasp-like adults hovering around boxwood — a brief seasonal window that can lead to the blistered, bronzed foliage often noticed later in the year.

The adults lay eggs in tender new growth; the larvae feed protected inside the leaf. That is why timing, observation, and follow-through matter.

In the gardens we care for, management is never one-size-fits-all. We confirm activity, treat only when conditions and labels allow, prune strategically after the hatch window, and then support the plant with the nutrition and cultural care it needs to recover beautifully.

If your boxwood struggled last season, now is the time to pay attention.

Seasonal plant-health note only. Always follow product labels and Connecticut pesticide regulations; commercial applications should be made by properly certified applicators.

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05/18/2026

05/18/2026

For thousands of years, willow has been woven into human history as a symbol of healing, resilience, grief, renewal, and transformation. Ancient cultures used it in medicine, sacred rituals, basketry, architecture, and ceremonial art — drawn to its ability to bend without breaking.

After imagining the possibility for years, we finally created this 10-foot woven sun from curly willow on a 48” frame. The interior was tightly woven while the outer branches were intentionally left wild and untamed, allowing the material to move the way willow naturally wants to move.

When first completed, the branches glowed bright orange in the spring light. Over time they dried into rich earthy browns, continuing to evolve long after the weaving ended.

This piece was never meant to become a product line or trend piece. It was made simply for the joy of imagining what willow could become.

Today it hangs above our dining table — in the same room where I once cared for my sister during the final chapter of her life. What was once a space of grief and goodbye has slowly become a place of gathering, friendship, meals, storytelling, and living again.

Perhaps that is part of why humans have always returned to willow. It reminds us that even after loss, life continues to grow in wild and beautiful ways.

— Everything Botanical

• 10 feet wide
• Handwoven curly willow
• Built on a 48” frame
• One-of-a-kind
• Possible opening for similar custom work in 2028

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05/15/2026

Lily of the valley bouquet preorders are now open 

We grow these here at our farm and harvest each bouquet to order for maximum freshness and fragrance.

A limited number of bouquets will be available for Friday–Sunday pickup.

• 25 stem bundles — $48

7 bouquet preorder slots still available 🌿

Text 203-217-6996 to reserve.

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05/14/2026

Lily of the valley bouquets available Friday–Sunday

One of the most fragrant flowers of spring, available for a short bloom window each year.

We grow it here at our farm and will have a limited number of locally grown bouquets available by preorder this weekend.

These are simple bouquet bundles only — not custom arrangements.

Each bouquet will be freshly harvested to order for pickup at our self-serve farm stand.

• 25 stem bundles — $48

No extra bouquets will be available at the farm stand.

We are also beginning an interest list for established lily of the valley planted in bulb pans for spring 2027.

DM us for bouquet reservations or to join the 2027 preorder list.

05/14/2026

05/12/2026

Blue-eyed grass in bloom this week

This native perennial is not actually a grass, but a small iris relative with delicate star-shaped flowers.

The blooms open and close depending on the weather — warm sunny days keep them open longer, while cool temperatures or shade make them close back up.

Established clumps create an incredible spring display year after year.

Available on our self-serve plant tables this week only