Meet our new organic flower farm.
est. 2022
Flower Subscription
Available in most of Columbia and Rensselaer counties.
Each week, you’ll receive a fresh bouquet wrapped and ready to enjoy, filled with the best blooms the season has to offer. From early spring favorites like tulips and daffodils to late-season standouts like dahlias and sunflowers, every pickup is a little surprise. We deliver at your home.
Expect a beautiful mix of flowers like ranunculus, peonies, zinnias, lisianthus, cosmos, peonies, snapdragons, celosia, eucalyptus, ornamental grasses, and more—always. changing, always fresh.
Our 4 week Spring Share celebrates the start of our growing season, and our beautiful spring blooms, especially our heirloom daffodils and tulips. The Spring share starts when our daffodils blooming in the fields. Each week you will receive a bunch of what’s blooming in our fields.
The Spring share is 4 weeks. Start time of the Spring share varies depending on the spring weather and how quickly all the spring flowers come into bloom.
Starting time: early to middle April depending on the weather. (Members will receive an email 1-2 weeks before the scheduled start date). Make sure to contact us after your purchase.
Generally we can deliver in the Hudson Valley area, East of the Hudson River, from about Hudson to about East Greenbush.
Our Summer Bouquet Share is our most popular share. This share starts when our fields are finally bursting into blooms! You will receive a wrapped bouquet or large mixed bunch every week or every FILLED with color, texture, and all the most beautiful summer flowers we grow. Zinnias, lisianthus, cosmos, snapdragons, celosia, sunflowers, pincushion, globe amaranth, grasses and so much more!
8 weekly deliveries.
Start time: Last week of June or early July. Depending on the weather. (Members will receive an email 1-2 weeks before the scheduled start date)
6-weeks shares
Our bouquet of Dahlia celebrating these late-summer favorites. Each week, you’ll receive a fresh, hand-wrapped bunch of our beautiful dahlias. It is one of most beautiful summer and fall flowers. Fans of Dahlias will discovery so many new colors and different shapes and varieties of dahlias, never seen before, we have so many different flowers and colors. Each week you will receive a lush bouquet with dahlias grown in our fields
Start time: early September or late August depending on the weather. (Members will receive an email 1-2 weeks before the scheduled start date)
The Peony share is 4-week share featuring everyone's favorites, peonies!
Start time: Early June - as soon as the peonies are in bloom!
Generally we can deliver in the Hudson Valley area, East of the Hudson River, from about Hudson to about East Greenbush.
Flower CSA Shares
What is CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It is a way for farmers and consumers to connect directly without a middleman, and ahead of the growing season. In short: people buy "shares" of a farm's harvest in advance and then receive a portion of the crops as they're harvested. Your purchase of a CSA flower share helps us tremendously with planning how much to grow, having capital to buy seeds and supplies in the winter, and reducing our marketing costs and time during our busy season. The CSA is an important part of our business. Thank you!
What shares do you offer? Is it a monthly or weekly subscription?
We offer 22 weeks of subscriptions
Spring Share- 4 weeks - $125 (Tulips, heirloom daffodils, other Spring blooms!)
Peony Share - 4 weeks - $ 150 (Peonies,)
Summer share- 8 weeks - $250 (Mixed Bouquets of all our gorgeous summer blooms!)
Dahlia Fall share-4 or 6 week $130 - $200 (Dahlias and other fall blooms)
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Every week, our farmers walk the fields together and decide what is best to harvest for our flower shares. On delivery day, our designers create our bouquets using ingredients harvested within 24 hours from our fields. We work hard to bring a different blend of flowers and varieties to our flower share every week, and to give you a glimpse of the best of what's growing in our fields.
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The weekly value of each bouquet is an average of all of the weeks. (Share value = total cost / number of weeks) Some weeks you may receive a larger bouquet than others based on the variety and quantity of flowers in bloom.
Our flower share members receive first priority to our flowers and shares throughout the season. They also sometimes receive an extra free bunch when we have a bumper crop.
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Simple. Sign up here www.featherhillflowers.com
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Our start date for our shares is approximate based on the weather, especially in the Spring. Our Spring share usually begins in early May and runs through early to mid-June Our June share starts in early June when the peonies bloom. Our 8-Week Summer share usually starts the first week of July through August. The Dahlia Share begins around Labor Day through early October.
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If you are going to be away, we encourage you to have a friend or neighbor pick up your share. We finalize our seeding and planting schedules months in advance to meet the needs of our shares and orders each week. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate vacation change requests during the season.
Flower Care
How do I best care for my flowers to make them last the longest?
We typically harvest your flowers within 24 hours of delivering them to you making them much fresher than flowers you can buy in any store. Our flowers typically last about a week, but some varieties have shorter or longer vase life.
Tulips, daffodils, lisianthus, snapdragons, sunflowers - when harvested at the right stage, can last almost two weeks. Zinnias, dahlias, poppies, sweet peas and some other varieties typically last 4-5 days. We grow over 50 varieties of flowers, and each flower has its own unique habits and proper post harvest treatment. There are books written about this, no joke! Our best recommendation is this—- place your bouquet in a very clean vase, with clean water. Be sure to remove all leaves and extra foliage below the water line. Only stems should be in the water to keep it clean. Change the water every morning when you have your coffee. Bacteria build up in the water speeds up decay of flowers. You can snip 1/2 inch off stem ends every few day, so the stems take a fresh drink. Also, keep your bouquet out of direct sunlight and extreme heat as this will also shorten life.
Most of all, enjoy the bouquet as it ages and changes! Notice how some flowers continue to open and others do not. Notice how some colors fade as they age, sometimes very dramatically.
NOTE: We stand behind our product, and since flowers are highly perishable sometimes things happen. If your bouquet dies within a day or two of pick up something went wrong! Send us a pic on email to adele@featherhillflowers.com and we will schedule a time for you to come to farm and pick up a replacement bouquet.
Working On The Farm
Can I volunteer at the farm?
Yes! Send us an email to: adele@featherhillflowers.com and we will add you to our schedule
Photography
Are we allowed to take pictures in the fields?
Do you allow professional photography sessions in your fields?
If you are a professional photographer looking to book client photo sessions at the farm, please email us at adele@featherhillflowers.com for scheduling and site fee information.
Locally and lovingly grown fresh flowers for your happiness.
Our farm
Feather Hill Farm is located in the town Chatham NY.
Our farm produces high quality fresh flowers. Everything that we produce is organic - we do not use synthetic pesticides or synthetic fertilizer. We also use soil building techniques such a cover crops and composting to improve our soil. We control pests and diseases using cultural and biological methods These organic practices ensure that we are stewards of our farmland, committed to leaving behind better soil for future farmers.
