March 2026

Hello Best Flower Friends!

March. Grey and brown and slow all over. The ground thaws and refreezes. Water gets into our basement. One of our three children celebrates his birthday. Hockey season ends for our two sons and dreams of baseball season begin. I knit furiously to give all my pent up gardening and creative energy an outlet.  I’ve seeded some new perennial columbine and digitalis varieties that I am very excited about. Check out dianeseeds.com for some very cool perennial seed varieties.  I’ve started placing fall bulb orders. I’ve made reservations at state parks and campgrounds for family trips in spring, summer, and fall. Still, the cold seeps into our old house and the wood pile is nearly gone. “Put on a sweater,” I hear myself saying to our kids. “Put on a sweater,” I say to  myself. 

My mother in law, whom I adore, says, “Don’t make any big decisions in March.” She told me once she got a bad haircut or made ugly curtains in March. Whether the decisions are big or small, I think she is right.  March is tough.  There is this disequilibrium combined with hope after winter that makes things tricky.  I desire to move fast and begin, BEGIN! But there is still slippery ice and sticky mud to slow me down.  Just be patient.  April will be here soon with narcissus and tulips and sun late in the day and the unbridled joy of a t-shirt on that first warm sunny day. 

While we wait patiently, enjoying March’s gifts of tiny miracles of green, maple syrup season in Maine, and the resurgence of sweater weather, I want to thank you for supporting BFF, as it allows me to have a business and provide the kind of childhood we want our kids to enjoy. Supporting BFF helps make my dreams come true, so THANK YOU! 

Be kind, don’t get a bad haircut, and give freely.

With love,

Katie

Blue Flag Farm

Your Best Flower Friend

Blue Flag Farm strives to grow, source, and deliver the highest quality flowers and products, artfully designed, and delivered with care in the pursuit of celebrating life with beauty!

Reminders and Upcoming Events:

March 19th: Cape Elizabeth Gardening Club Talk 6:30-7:30pm at the Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth. I’ll be doing a floral arrangement demonstration and answering questions about spring gardening.

March 27th and 28th: BFF will be selling 100% American grown fresh cut flower bouquets at Art in Bloom at the Portland Art Museum! Come se the show and get a gorgeous flower gift for yourself or your bestie! https://www.portlandmuseum.org/art-in-bloom/

March 29th-April 5th: Passover and Easter Celebration Flower Arrangements available for pick up and delivery! Shop here: https://www.blueflagmaine.com/shop/passover-and-easter-2026

April 26th: 10am-1pm  “DIY Wedding Floral Training Workshop” collaboration with Ferris Farm.  This is designed for people wanting to DIY their own wedding/event florals, but who would like a coached, hands-on practice round before their big day. Participants will create a hand tied bouquet, boutonniere and centerpiece using fresh flowers from our farms. For more information:  https://www.blueflagmaine.com/workshops

BFF Farm Tours: May 2, 10-11am and May 29th 5:30-6:30pm - Sign up here: https://www.blueflagmaine.com/shop/p/spring-farm-tour

Stay tuned for info Mother’s Day 2026!  It is going to be a good one!

Rentals! (ongoing) We have wedding arbors and chuppahs available for rent to the public as well as a collection of floral related rentals for event industry professionals. https://www.blueflagmaine.com/shop/rentals is the public shop.  Email me for access to the wholesale rental portal! (blueflagfarmmaine@gmail.com)

February 2026

Hello Best Flower Friends!

I am happy to be writing the first official monthly newsletter from Blue Flag Farm!  I am so thrilled that you’d like to be one of my Best Flower Friends and I can’t wait to share, grow, and learn with you!  It’s been hard to start this newsletter because I haven’t been sure what to say to be honest!  But everyone tells me newsletters help grow businesses, so I’m giving it a go!  If we’ve never met, I’m Katie, the owner/farmer/florist of Blue Flag Farm.  I’m so glad you’re here! The farm is located in beautiful Buxton Maine on 3.5 acres which includes our cute little 1830’s cape and 1 acre intensely farmed with flower crops. We also use neighbors land to grow flowers! My husband and I have three amazing children, all under the age of 10. Blue Flag Farm allows me to have my own business and provide the kind of childhood we want our kids to enjoy. Supporting BFF helps make these dreams come true, so THANK YOU! 

Reflecting on 2025, I am so glad I have decided to focus my growing on spring crops.  The land, my energy, and the plants seem to thrive best April through early July. We start with specialty narcissus, hellebores, and muscari.  Then a symphony of amazing spring perennials and fall planted bulb crops come on, including tulips, leucojum, fritillaria, dicentra, geum, columbine, and digitalis. A sea of bearded iris joins in and we end our main growing season with the amazing divas we all love: peonies! I’m leaning in to this new focus, transferring all my beds from annual crops to perennial spring crops.  Instead of crop rotations, I now focus on companion planting, squeezing the most out of each bed. It is a fun and intellectually exciting pursuit for me.  The summer months are now free for more camping trips, beach time, and adventures with my children.  Any summer/fall event florals are packed with flowers I source through the Maine Flower Collective (https://www.maineflowercollective.com/) and other local growers. 

I’m adding in two more focuses for Blue Flag Farm in 2026: rentals and workshops! 

High quality, professional grade arbors and chuppahs available for rent to the public and even more for floral professionals. Information about rentals direct to customers is live on my website: https://www.blueflagmaine.com/shop/rentals 

If you are a florist or venue, reach out for the password for the wholesale rental portal on my website. Email me at blueflagfarmmaine@gmail.com

As a longtime teacher, I am also leaning into workshops this year as it is something I very much enjoy.  What's better than hanging out with great people doing fun, creative things? Nothing!! As a former k-12 Visual Art teacher, CTE Horticulture and Landscaping teacher, and frequent speaker for gardening clubs, I really feel the joy of teaching in my bones.  I hope I’ll have the opportunity to share the love with you this year!! A growing list of workshops will start to show up on my website. The first one(s) posted for 2026 is a collaboration with Ferris Flower Farm (https://www.ferrisfarmflowers.com/) called “DIY Wedding Floral Training Workshop”.  This is designed for people wanting to DIY their own wedding/event florals, but who would like a coached, hands-on practice round before their big day. Or maybe if you’d just like to do the workshop without an event on the horizon, we’d love to have you! Participants will create a hand tied bouquet, boutonniere and centerpiece using fresh flowers from our farms. For more information:  https://www.blueflagmaine.com/workshops

Thank you so much for making it to the end of my first newsletter!  I’d love to hear from you with any ideas you have for workshops, either at your home, at BFF, or at some other sweet spot! I look forward to writing you again in March!

Stay warm, be kind, and take care of yourself.

With love,

Katie

Blue Flag Farm

Your Best Flower Friend

Upcoming at BFF

March 19th: I’ll be presenting at the Cape Elizabeth Gardening Club!  I believe the Cape Elizabeth Library has more info!

March 27th and 28th: BFF will be selling 100% American grown fresh cut flower bouquets at Art in Bloom at the Portland Art Museum! Come see the show and get a gorgeous flower gift for yourself or your bestie! 

April 26th: Session 1 of the DIY Wedding Floral Workshop with BFF and Ferris Flower Farm. https://www.blueflagmaine.com/workshops